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Documentary set to explore George Miller’s aborted Justice League Mortal

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Back in 2007, Warner Bros. announced that Mad Max creator George Miller had signed on to direct a motion-capture Justice League movie, which was going by the title of Justice League Mortal.The project made it as far as pre-production, with a a cast that was set to include Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger) as Batman, […]

Michael B. Jordan responds to criticism of his casting as Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four

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Back at the start of the year, a section of the internet exploded with the news that black actor Michael B. Jordan had been cast as white comic book character Johnny Storm in 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four. Jordan has spoken briefly on the backlash on several occasions [see here and here], but […]

The Week in Spandex – Captain Amercia: Civil War, Ant-Man, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman, Lobo, Supergirl and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Daredevil, Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Flash, Lobo, Arrow, Supergirl, Heroes Reborn and more…We’ll get things underway […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron overtakes Iron Man 3 and Frozen to become sixth-biggest movie of all time

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Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has continued its climb up the all-time box office chart, overtaking fellow Disney released Iron Man 3 ($1.215 billion) and Frozen ($1.274 billion), having pulled in $1.278 billion by close of play on Monday. SEE ALSO: New featurette explores the opening sequence of Avengers: Age of Ultron The Joss Whedon-directed […]

Infographic: Introducing Ant-Man

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With the release of Marvel’s latest film Ant-Man just around the corner on July 17th, the folks at MorphCostumes – the inventors of Morphsuits – have put together a handy infographic giving some background on the miniature hero and his various incarnations, as well as showing off the brand new Ant-Man Morphsuit itself… Ant-Man is […]

The Week in Spandex – Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, The New Mutants, The Incredibles 2

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Arrow, Constantine, Gotham, Titans, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of […]

Executive producer Greg Berlanti on the chances of Supergirl crossing over with Arrow and The Flash

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From virtually the moment it was announced that Arrow and The Flash executive producer Greg Berlanti was developing another DC project in Supergirl, there’s been speculation about a potential crossover between the shows.However, given that Supergirl will air on a different network to her fellow DC superheroes, it would seem the chances are slim, and […]

TNT President provides an update on Teen Titans series

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While Warner Bros.’ DC television output is set to expand this coming TV season with Supergirl [watch the trailer here] and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow [watch the trailer here], one project that is absent from this year’s slate is TNT’s planned Teen Titans adaptation Titans.Well, if you were concerned that the network had pulled the […]