Cinematic Universe

It's a packed news roundup this week, with Wonder Woman and Doctor Strange casting, the Preacher trailer, and some more details on Suicide Squad . Then it's on to the Blade -inspired comics recommendations from last week: Blade: Undead Again and Welcome Back to the House of Mystery . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our first ever Halloween special! So naturally, we're looking at a superhero/horror crossover in the shape of Stephen Norrington's 1998, Wesley Snipes-starring, Blade . Oh, and it's the first major Marvel film of the modern era and its success may have paved the way for the mega-successful Marvel we know now, or something. But is it actually any good? Meanwhile, the guys also take an in-depth...

There's an X-theme to the news this week, as Joe discusses Fox's Legion and Hellfire TV announcements, and makes the now-usual weekly check-in with the director rumours for Gambit . Then it's on to the X-Men: First Class inspired comics recommendations: the classic 1993 crossover Fatal Attractions , and Dennis Hopeless and Jamie McKelvie's Season One OGN. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Our Wolverine-centric look at the X-Men movie chronology continues with Matthew Vaughn's 2011 film, X-Men: First Class. And in the news, we look at Marvel's latest release date shuffle, Vin Diesel's Inhumans hints, and casting announcements for Agent Carter and Jessica Jones. Apologies in advance for Joe and Seb's low-quality mics and James' low-quality health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

This week's news items include new directors for Thor: Ragnarok and The Flash's next big-screen outing, as well as news about the Damage Control, Watchmen and Jessica Jones TV shows. Then Joe reviews our comic - or rather, manga - picks from last week: Ghost in the Shell and Excel Saga. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a step into new territory for the podcast, with our first animated movie - and our first movie based on a Japanese manga. To help Joe get his head around 1995's Ghost in the Shell , James is joined by anime expert Ian Grundy. In the news, meanwhile, we look at the possibility of a Blue Beetle/Booster Gold movie, and the latest on Jessica Jones . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

It's a relatively quiet week for comic book movie and TV news, but Joe touches on Gambit 's directorial troubles, rumours of a Booster Gold/Blue Beetle movie and some MCU Netflix updates before getting on with last week's Incredible Hulk -inspired comics recommendations - Planet Hulk: Exile by Greg Pak and Carlo Pagulayan, and Damon Lindelof and Leinil Yu's Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk . Hosted on...

Cinematic Universe returns to its Marvel namesake to re-examine Louis Leterrier's 2008 film, The Incredible Hulk, which stars Ed Norton, Liv Tyler, and a bunch of other people who subsequently disappeared from the MCU forever. But before that, we look at the latest comic book movie news, including casting news for Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel, the Jessica Jones teaser, and Scarlet Witch's poten...

Joe takes a look at the latest comic book movie and TV news, before discussing last week's Howard the Duck -related recommendations: issues #5 through #8 of the original Steve Gerber and Gene Colan run, and then the recent first volume of Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones' 2015 run. He also picked up Skottie Young and Jim Mahfood's Howard the Human . Crikey, anyone would think he liked the movie or so...

It's Marvel's first ever feature-length live action theatrical movie! What a special event for us to cover. Unfortunately... it's also Howard the Duck . Heaven help us, we actually went through with it. Before that, there's discussion of those spoilery Civil War promo images, and the potential casting of Mads Mikkelsen in Doctor Strange . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Joe reviews Batman: Year One, Batman #455-457 and Shadow of the Bat #16-18 after Seb and James recommended them at the end of our Batman Begins episode, as well as running down the latest comic book movie news including casting news for Gambit and a new spin-off for Agents of SHIELD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our first reboot, as Joe, Seb and James look back at Christopher Nolan's 2005 film Batman Begins . As usual, there's also a roundup of the latest comic book movie and TV news, including 100 Bullets , Powerless and Wolverine 3 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While the world recovers from Fantastic Four , Joe delves into the comics recommended by James and Matthew last week: Fantastic Four issues #52-60 and #570-575. As usual, there's also a run through the latest comic book movie news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a rare Saturday release for Cinematic Universe, as Joe, James and special guest Matt Turner discuss 2015's most controversial comic book adaptation: Josh Trank's Fantastic Four . As usual with new releases, there's a few minutes of spoiler-free chat if you haven't seen the film yet but just want to get our opinion - then it's on with the in-depth discussion after that. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

In a change to our original schedule (enforced by the Fantastic Four review embargo) this week's Cinematic Universe is another bonus episode, in which Joe, Seb and James look back at the 2009 video game Batman: Arkham Asylum . Are the Arkham games the definitive superhero video game experience - or does such a thing even exist? What other games in the genre would we recommend? And do Seb and James...

After our SDCC special last week, it's a quieter one for news this time around, but Joe quickly runs through Rachel McAdams' being linked with Doctor Strange , the Marvel/Netflix "every six months" strategy, and the Spider-Man writers announcement. Then it's on to the Ant-Man -inspired comics recommendations: 1968's Avengers #57-60 by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, and the first volume of Nick Spenc...

Wait, hasn't SDCC finished already? Well, yes - but we know you're just itching to hear our detailed take on some of the biggest news stories that emerged from the convention. Besides, this is a special BONUS episode, designed to fill the gap left by bringing you our Ant-Man ep a week early. So listen in for our take on the Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad trailers, before Seb and James fill Jo...

It's another Release Day Special, as we come to you LIVE (nb. - not actually live) with our thoughts on the latest addition to the MCU: Peyton Reed's Ant-Man . As per usual, we give you a few minutes of spoiler free opinions (in case you really can't wait to hear what we think) before moving on to the spoiler-filled discussion proper. There's no news section this week, as we'll be doing a special...

Joe begins to tackle the wealth of movie and TV news coming out of SDCC, before moving on to Seb and James' Spider-Man comics recommendations: The Master-Planner Saga and Ultimate Spider-Man vol. 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Original recipe Cinematic Universe finally returns, as Joe, Seb and James reunite to discuss a subject that's very close to all our hearts: Sam Raimi's 2002 film Spider-Man . In the news, meanwhile, we give our thoughts on the CW's new Vixen animated series, and the status quo changes for Agent Carter season 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe runs through the latest comic book movie news before tackling this week's trio of Scott Pilgrim-inspired comics recommendations: Kevin Smith and Jim Mahfood's Clerks , Jen van Meter and Christine Norrie's Hopeless Savages , and Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's Phonogram: The Singles Club . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's on like Donkey Kong, as Joe, Seb and special guest Al Kennedy of House to Astonish look at Edgar Wright's 2010 adaptation of the classic Bryan Lee O'Malley series Scott Pilgrim . There's also a late-breaking-news segment discussing the casting of Tom Holland as the MCU's new Spider-Man. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe discusses Grant Morrison and JG Jones' Marvel Boy , Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos' Alias , briefly talks Velvet and Hawkeye , and runs through the latest comic book movie news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe, James and guest Rhys Williamson discuss Josh Trank's 2012 found footage superhero/villain movie Chronicle , plus the latest news on The Wicked + The Divine and Aquaman . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's minisode, Joe looks at the week's latest comic book TV & Movie news and reviews the comic recommendations from last week's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles podcast - TMNT Black & White Classics Vol. 1, collecting the first 4 issues of the original 1980s Mirage series, and TMNT Vol. 1: Change is Constant, collecting the first four issues of the modern IDW series which started in 2011. Ho...