Viewers no longer need the digital equivalent of a magnifying glass to see Marvel's new Ant-Man footage. 

The studio debuted a 17-second clip of the Paul Rudd superhero film. The clip will be promoted during ABC's airing of Marvel's Agent Carter on Jan. 6.

When it came to the North American comic market, 2014 belonged to Marvel without a shadow of a doubt. In fact, of the top 10 comic books of the year, only one wasn’t published by the Disney subsidiary — and even that solitary exemption only ended up in the list thanks to a special distribution deal that I’ll get to soon enough.

If you still shudder at the mere thought of the much-derided Spider-Man 3 (emo Peter Parker, anyone?), the film's director is right there with you. 

Sam Raimi spoke to the Nerdist podcast Monday about the challenges he faced in directing Sony's Spider-Man trilogy, particularly 2007's third installment. 

Speedsters who can't wait until The Flash returns Jan. 20, fear not. The Hollywood Reporter has assembled some homework (the fun kind!) to complete during the show's hiatus, with five must-read comic book arcs for Flash fanatics.

We also have guides for other show as well. Check out recommended reading for Gotham and Arrow.

While awards pundits debate and complain about how 2015 produced few truly great movies and few clear frontrunners, that same cannot be said about the genre-fanboy fare that graced the screens. This year saw high points in comic book movies, original sci-fi, studio films and indie gems. The 1980s are often said to be the great decade of sci-fi and genre movies that laid the geek seeds for future filmmaking generations. Well, 2014 could easily find itself tucked away in that decade as it felt very much like 1980-something.

Oscar Isaac is disappointed in the numerous leaks that revealed snippets of information about next year’s Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens more than a year before its eventual release.

Vin Diesel’s Facebook tease of a possible connection with Marvel Studios’ upcoming Inhumans movie is undoubtedly meant to spark speculation about which character he’d play in the 2018 project — but, thanks to his Guardians of the Galaxy role, there’s really only one contender. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet your screen Blackagar Boltagon.

Wondering what surprises 2015 will bring to theaters? Here's a good sign: an action movie featuring Salma Hayek as a prostitute pushed to the edge (and beyond) to save her family. Yes, really.

Disney CEO Bob Iger graces the cover of the new issue of Fortune, but Star Wars fans might be more intrigued by what's behind him on the magazine's cover: the first close-up image of the new Millennium Falcon from the upcoming J.J. Abrams-directed Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, set to hit theaters in December 2015.

Groot appears to be branching out.

Actor Vin Diesel, who voiced the human-tree hybrid in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy, posted a Facebook picture that suggests he's interested in a role in a different Marvel franchise. 

"Are you inhuman?" read Diesel's message in the image he posted to the social-networking site Sunday. 

Ever since Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal's hacked email inbox recently showed a January 2014 message that read "Idris should be the next bond," a frenzy of 007 speculation has greeted the Luther actor. 

In a knowing response to the presumably numerous Twitter queries, the actor wrote a breezy note on Saturday. 

It would have been a difficult year to have lived on the fictional Earth guarded by Superman, Batman and the rest of the Justice League. It started off with those heroes' evil duplicates from a parallel world having taken over, and ended with a major metropolitan city closed down because of an airborne plague that scientists could barely understand — not to mention the alien invasion this summer that stole everyone's brain (literally). Just imagine the holiday letter from someone on this world.

Clara Oswald will be assisting the Doctor in the next season of the BBC's long-running sci-fi show. 

Fans had to wait till the end of the Christmas Day special — Last Christmas, with a guest appearance by Nick Frost — to find out if Clara would be staying on.