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Marvel’s Joe Quesada on casting The Punisher and Elektra for Daredevil season 2

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Over the past couple of months, Marvel has announced two huge additions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Jon Bernthal (Fury) set to play Frank Castle / The Punisher and Elodie Yung (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) nabbing the role of Elektra in the upcoming second season of the hit Netflix show Daredevil. SEE ALSO: Set photos […]

Marvel’s Kevin Feige discusses Ant-Man’s “surprise” Avenger cameo

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Warning. This post contains a spoiler for Ant-Man regarding a cameo from a certain Avenger. If you’ve been watching all the TV spots, then Marvel has already spoiled it for you, and you’re free to proceed. However, if you want to remain surprised, you should turn back now… So, if you have been keeping up […]

Secret Wars #3 and Wytches Vol. 1 top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of June 2015

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For the second month running, Marvel’s event series Secret Wars has topped the bestselling comics of the month, with the third issue of Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic’s title topping the comic book chart for June. In total, Marvel had seven titles in the top ten, with DC filling out the remaining three spots. Meanwhile, […]

Peyton Reed on replacing Edgar Wright as director of Ant-Man

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When Edgar Wright vacated the director’s chair on Ant-Man after close to a decade of being attached to the project, Marvel Studios found itself with the unenviable task of finding a suitable replacement for the fan favourite filmmaker. Step forward Peyton Reed (Down with Love), who has admitted in an interview with Uproxx this week […]

Ridley Scott talks Philip K. Dick adaptation The Man in the High Castle, new images released

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Entertainment Weekly has debuted two new images from The Man in the High Castle, Amazon Studios’ adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 novel The Man in the High Castle, which takes place in an alternate history 20th Century where the Allies lost World War II and the globe is now split between German […]

Josh Trank promises “multipower slugfest” with Fantastic Four, new TV spot released

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With Comic-Con just around the corner, Entertainment Weekly has been working overtime to preview some of the big films set to be showcased in San Diego this week, and now the site has caught up with director Josh Trank, who spoke briefly about his upcoming superhero reboot Fantastic Four. “Chronicle was all about the discovery […]

Ben Affleck on his initial reaction to being offered Batman, and the difference between DC and Marvel movies

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Yesterday Entertainment Weekly unloaded a batch of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice images as part of its Comic-Con issue, giving us a peek at the hotly-anticipated DC movie ahead of next week’s SDCC panel [check them out here, here and here]. Well, now they’ve posted some comments from The Dark Knight himself Ben Affleck, […]

The Week in Spandex – Batman v Superman, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, X-Men, Deadpool, Gambit, Justice League Dark, Superman Lives, Heroes Reborn and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Superman Lives, Suicide Squad, Justice League Dark, Hellboy III, Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, Supergirl, Gotham, Vixen, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Blackbirds, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, […]

Batman, The Joker and Harley Quinn featured on Alex Ross’ new painting ‘Mind If I Cut In?’

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Celebrated artist Alex Ross has revealed a new painting entitled ‘Mind If I Cut In’, which follows his ‘Tango with Evil’ artwork from the cover of 199#’s Batman: Harley Quinn and sees The Dark Knight interrupting The Joker and Harley Quinn’s dance… Ross is set to offer the painting among the exclusives at his booth […]