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Comic Book Review – Batman: The Long Halloween Special

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Ricky Church reviews Batman: The Long Halloween Special… It has been 25 years since the beginning of Batman: The Long Halloween from writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale. In the two-and-a-half decades that have followed, The Long Halloween has become an essential story for Batman fans to read and experience, one that has influenced other Batman stories as well […]

Michael B. Jordan’s Superman project Val-Zod gains writers Darnell Metayer and Josh Peters

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Michael B. Jordan’s Superman project has now gained writers and an official title. According to Deadline, Val-Zod will be a limited series on HBO Max with Darnell Metayer and Josh Peters writing the series. The character Val-Zod, created by Tom Taylor and Nicola Scott, is a different version of Superman within the DC multiverse of Earth-2. Much […]

See Buzz Lightyear’s origin in Disney-Pixar’s Lightyear trailer

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Pixar has released the first teaser for Lightyear, a Toy Story spin-off detailing how Buzz Lightyear became a Space Ranger for Star Command. Starring Chris Evans as the young Buzz, audiences will get to see the first time the sci-fi hero who inspired the toy went to infinity and beyond. Unlike Pixar’s two latest films Soul and Luca that went […]

Succession already renewed for fourth season

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A little over a week after Succession‘s third season premiered, HBO has announced the show will live on as they have given an early fourth season renewal after the premiere drew in record numbers for HBO Max. Succession‘s third season premiere had 1.4 million viewers across all platforms. It was not only the most watched episode […]

Dune: Part Two officially announced for 2023 release

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After the very successful weekend it has had at the box office, it seemed only a matter of time before Warner Bros. officially greenlit a sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune. Now, Legendary has announced that Dune: Part Two will begin development for a release date of October 20, 2023. Villeneuve has said before that […]

Smallville 20th Anniversary: A Retrospective Look

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As it celebrates its twentieth anniversary, Ricky Church looks back on Smallville… When I was a young teenager, I had actually been drifting away from comics and superheroes a bit. After Batman & Robin it became clear no more Batman movies were going to be made for a while and cartoons like Batman: The Animated Series, […]

Exclusive Interview – Injustice screenwriter Ernie Altbacker on Superman’s arc, adapting the prequel comic and comparisons to Civil War

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Ricky Church chats with Injustice screenwriter Ernie Altbacker… Across DC’s vast multiverse of alternate stories on some of their most famous characters, one of the most recent is the hit video game Injustice featuring a Superman who has taken over the world to enforce a long-lasting peace in the wake of a devastating tragedy to […]

Exclusive Interview – Injustice producer Rick Morales on adapting the game, Batman and Superman’s fractured friendship and similarities to Mortal Kombat

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Ricky Church chats with Injustice producer Rick Morales… Across DC’s vast multiverse of alternate stories on some of their most famous characters, one of the most recent is the hit video game Injustice featuring a Superman who has taken over the world to enforce a long-lasting peace in the wake of a devastating tragedy to […]

HBO Max in talks with David Chase for Sopranos prequel series

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In the wake of the release of The Many Saints of Newark and the revitalization of The Sopranos series, WarnerMedia has begun talks with Sopranos creator David Chase about developing a prequel series following the events of the feature film. The Many Saints of Newark took place in the 1960s and 70s, focusing on a young Tony Soprano, his father Johnny […]

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast highlights family love amid turmoil in new trailer

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A new trailer and several character posters for Kenneth Branagh’s family drama Belfast has been released. Written and directed by Branagh, the film centres on a young boy and his working class family in 1960s Northern Ireland as they navigate the social turmoils and  that includes Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jude Hill, Lara […]