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Warner Bros. Animation keen on revisiting Flashpoint for Batman story

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Despite having adapted the story arc with the 2013 movie Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Warner Bros. Animation supervising producer James Tucker has revealed that he’s keen on revisiting Flashpoint, albeit from the perspective of Thomas Wayne, as opposed to Barry Allen. “The thing we never got to do with Flashpoint was the Flashpoint Batman story,” Tucker […]

Deadpool 2 screenwriters explain why Zazie Beetz was cast as Domino

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Despite the rumour sites bringing up virtually every actress in Hollywood as potential candidates for Domino in Deadpool 2, the role of the assassin has gone to relative newcomer Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), and during an interview with IGN screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese explained why she was the ideal candidate for the part. “She, […]

Chris Hemsworth says the final Infinity Stone will be introduced very soon

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So far, the buildup to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes taking on Thanos in an all-out battle for the ages throughout the two-part Avengers: Infinity War has seen the introduction of five of the six Infinity Stones (the Space Stone made its debut first in Captain America: The First Avenger, followed by the Loki’s scepter containing the Mind […]

Sci-Fi London announces 2017 festival line-up

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Sci-Fi London has announced the programme for its 17th annual festival, which is taking place across London between April 27th and May 6th, offering ten days of film, live music, immersive experiences and more. This year’s festival showcases a fantastic lineup with 6 world film premieres, 13 UK film premieres, 11 world short premieres and 13 […]

Ryan Reynolds welcomes Josh Brolin as Cable in Deadpool 2

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20th Century Fox’s search for its Cable came to an end yesterday as the studio announced that Josh Brolin will be taking on the role of Nathan Summers in Deadpool 2 (along with, potentially, the X-Force film and third Deadpool). Following the announcement Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter to jokingly share his thoughts on Brolin’s […]

Future DC movies to have both flashbacks and flashforwards

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A DC Films producer has said that future solo movies in the universe will contain both flashforwards and flashbacks. 2017 will be a big year for the DC Extended Universe; with the already troubled development of The Batman staining the first part of their year, the studio has two very important films in their slate incoming in Wonder […]

Making Sense Of The X-Men Movie Timeline(s)

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Eric Bay-Andersen on making sense of the X-Men movie timeline(s)… To say that the X-Men movies are convoluted and confusing would be an understatement – over the past 17 years the franchise has seen multiple spin-offs, re-boots and re-castings, making any hope of coherence impossible. But there is a way to make (partial) sense out […]

The Creativity of Sequels

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George Chrysostomou on creativity in sequels… It has to be said, adaptations, sequels and soft reboots are dominating the box office year in and out and there’s no getting away from that. This is the most profitable way to produce films, having a pre-existing audience, an easy way into a new story, and most importantly […]

Edward James Olmos says Shane Black’s The Predator “is gonna be funny”

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While doing the press rounds for Pixar’s Coco, Edward James Olmos has backed up Thomas Jane’s comments from a couple of weeks ago by stating that Shane Black’s The Predator ‘is gonna be funny’. The Blade Runner and Battlestar Gallactica veteran was talking to Cinema Blend when he spilled the following details: “That’s an interesting […]