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The Dark Tower is not reviewing well, and it all may boil down to “clashing visions” on set

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The long-awaited film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is nearly here, and early reviews are not being kind to it. As of this writing, the movie is sitting at a lowly 18% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Reading various reactions across the web, the main criticism seems to be that it’s a middling […]

David Harbour compares Hopper and Hellboy, and Hellboy to Hamlet

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It’s really good to be David Harbour right now, right? He went from being rejected as The Blob in X-Men Origins: Wolverine for being “too fat” to starring in a hit Netflix TV series (Stranger Things), and is now going one step further and nabbing the title role in the new Hellboy franchise. So how […]

Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey on what brought them to The Dark Tower

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The Dark Tower stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey recently say down with Cinemablend to discuss what convinced them to sign on to play The Gunslinger and Man in Black respectively in the upcoming Stephen King adaptation. Their answers are surprisingly simple: Originality. Check out what the pair had to say below: Elba: “What brought […]

Ian McShane joins the cast of Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen

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It looks like we have another big name to add to the Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen! Actor Ian McShane (Deadwood, American Gods) is joining the cast of the Neil Marshall directed film as the character Professor Broom. Trevor Bruttenholm a.k.a Professor Broom is an expert of the occult, and the initial director of […]

UPDATE: Bond 25 titled rumoured to be titled Shatterhand, plot reportedly revealed

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We still don’t technically have confirmation that Daniel Craig will be returning as James Bond for the character’s 25th outing (though he is heavily rumored), but there are already possible leaks revealing an alleged Bond 25 title and synopsis. According to The Mirror, the title of the next James Bond film will be Shatterhand, and is […]

Bruce Timm on replacing Tim Curry with Mark Hamill for The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series

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Mark Hamill will forever be known as Luke Skywalker; there is no changing that fact. However, for comic fans, he is also known as the best actor to ever portray The Joker. While Heath Ledger portrayed The Joker in The Dark Knight to chilling success, Mark Hamill has been lending his voice to “Mr. J” […]

Sigourney Weaver on The Defenders’ Alexandra: “She’s a heroine”

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The Defenders is only a few weeks away, but there is still a lot of mystery surrounding the series’ main antagonist Alexandra. Netflix, and Sigourney Weaver herself, have offered up clues as to who she is. Is she connected to the Hand? In the trailer released at Comic-Con, we see her with Elektra. Some fans […]

James McAvoy is not a fan of Professor Xavier’s bald head

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Professor Charles Xavier has many defining traits in the X-Men series, but one of the most striking is his completely bald head. Interestingly, we our only just now getting a bald professor Xavier in the First Class films, as we see Professor X shedding his mane at the end of X-Men: Age of Apocalypse, which […]

The Riddler will have a major “Identity Crisis” in Season 4 of Gotham

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The Riddler, above all, has always been known to push Batman intellectually. They don’t call Batman “The World’s Greatest Detective” for nothing. We need The Riddler to show off Batman’s awesome problem-solving skills. However, what if The Riddler loses the very attribute that makes him iconic? Well, in Gotham season 4, we will see a Riddler […]