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The Pre-SDCC Week in Spandex – New Suicide Squad footage, Batman v Superman Blu-ray review, Spider-Man concept art, Taika Waititi on Thor: Ragnarok, Batman rumoured for the Arrowverse, Constantine to return and more

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In this special pre-SDCC edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Batman, Supergirl, Constantine, Gotham, Powerless, The LEGO Batman Movie, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain America: Civil War, Luke Cage and more… With the San Diego Comic-Con International kicking off across the Pond today, we’re expecting the customary […]

Paramount makes Star Trek 4 official, confirms Chris Hemsworth return

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Over the weekend we brought you some comments from Star Trek producer J.J. Abrams, who revealed that Chris Hemsworth would be reprising his role as George Kirk from the 2009 movie in the fourth instalment of the relaunched series, and now Paramount Pictures has made it official.The press release for Star Trek 4 states that, […]

Will Arnett discusses The LEGO Batman Movie

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Having lent his voice to the character in The LEGO Movie, Will Arnett is set to reprise his role as The Caped Crusader in next year’s spinoff The LEGO Batman Movie, and the actor has been chatting to Entertainment Weekly about the film ahead of its upcoming panel at San Diego Comic-Con this week.“What came […]

Harley Quinn’s court jester costume was created for Suicide Squad

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Back in March, Margot Robbie revealed that Harley Quinn’s iconic jester outfit was considered for Suicide Squad, and now costume designer Kate Hawley has confirmed to CBR that they actually created the costume for the movie, and we may yet see it in the film.“The jester suit has an amazing, powerful quality to it,” states Hawley. […]

J.J. Abrams reveals that Chris Hemsworth will return as George Kirk in Star Trek 4

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Back in May it was announced that Paramount has already started development on a fourth entry in its relaunched Star Trek franchise, despite the fact we’re still a few days away from the release of the latest chapter, Star Trek Beyond.Naturally, there are very few details available on Star Trek 4 at present; Chris Pine […]

Gareth Edwards discusses Rogue One: A Star Wars Story alien creatures Pao and Bistan

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During the Star Wars Celebration sizzle reel for Rogue One, we got our first glimpse of two alien creatures from December’s Anthology movie, affectionately dubbed by fans as “Bigmouth” and “Space Monkey”, and now director Gareth Edwards has offered up some details on the two characters, who are actually called Pao and Bistan.“There was this […]

Jimmy Smits reprising the role of Bail Organa for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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We saw from the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that Genevieve O’Reilly will be reprising her role as Mon Mothma from Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith in December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and now we can officially add another returning cast member from the Prequel Trilogy.Jimmy […]

The Week in Spandex – Batman’s portrayal in Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman images, first look at the new team for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, rejected Deadpool concept art and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham, Batman: The Killing Joke, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Captain America: Civil War, Hellfire, Deadpool, Plutona and more…The […]

David Ayer says Batman will be “freaking scary” in Suicide Squad

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Batman will return to the big screen next month as part of Warner Bros.’ latest DC Extended Universe release Suicide Squad, and director David Ayer has been chatting to Collider about the inclusion of The Dark Knight, and how he’ll be portrayed in the hotly-anticipated film.“Look, you apply at a job for a DC Comic movie and […]