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A DCEU Obituary: Ranking the DC Extended Universe from Worst to Best

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EJ Moreno ranks the DC Extended Universe… Let’s get this out of the way first: everything you are about to read comes from someone who was once a DCEU super-fan. Admitting that feels like the step to recovery, as does reflecting on the journey that began over a decade ago. Man of Steel, the 2013 […]

Has the Mainstream Audience Outgrown Comic Book Movies?

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Has the mainstream audience outgrown comic book movies? We ponder whether comic book movies have enough audience to warrant such big budgets now… Remember a time when short of being one of the big two of Batman or Superman, comic book adaptations were seen as a sure-fire money pit? We saw failed Punisher, Phantom, Shadow […]

The Season of Dolph Lundgren

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Dolph Lundgren’s current comeback with roles in two of the winter season’s biggest releases…. The Thanksgiving and Christmas movie seasons are a lucrative time of year. It comes after the atypical autumn lull, boosting the coffers after the summer blockbuster blitz. I recall one Christmas season (very vaguely), 31 years ago. […]

Jason Momoa didn’t recognise Dolph Lundgren when they met on Aquaman set

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Aquaman star Jason Momoa apparently didn’t recognise Dolph Lundgren when the two first met on the film’s set. With all the costumes, makeup, and whigs involved with a film as fantastical as Aquaman, it’s perhaps not that surprising that some actors didn’t recognise one another when they bumped into each other on set. Well, this […]

Amber Heard thanks fans for “overwhelming support” on Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

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With social media still as volatile as ever, Amber Heard isn’t often talking about her roles and Hollywood productions as much these days. But it seems like Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has the actress opening up and thanking fans for showing up to the superhero sequel and final DCEU movie. Taking to social media, […]

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom sinks at the box office with $108 million worldwide debut

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Given DC’s run at the box office this year, not to mention the fact that Warner’s marketing team pretty much abandoned ship on the promotion, it will come as little surprise to learn that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has brought the curtain down on the DCEU with a whimper. The James Wan-directed sequel to […]

Jason Momoa will “always have a home at DC” says DC Studios’ co-chair

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Jason Momoa’s time as Aquaman may be coming close, but the actor stays true to DC no matter what. In a new interview with The Independent, the producer behind Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom & the man in charge of DC’s new story, Peter Safran, promises we’ll see more of the actor going forward. Safran […]

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom box office tracking suggests rough waters ahead

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It may be the sequel to the highest-grossing entry in the shared superhero universe, but that doesn’t seem to becounting for much when it comes to early box office tracking for the DC Extended Universe swansong Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. According to projections, the Jason Momoa-led sequel is on course for a domestic box […]

Aquaman and Orm buddy up on Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom poster

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Warner Bros. has revealed a new poster for the DC superhero sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which puts the spotlight on the titular King of Atlantis (Jason Momoa) and his half-brother – and now reluctant ally – Orm (Patrick Wilson); check it out here… SEE ALSO: James Wan says Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will […]