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Comic Book Preview – DC’s Shadow War: Alpha #1

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DC Comics launches its latest crossover event this Tuesday with the release of Shadow War: Alpha #1, and we’ve got the official preview for you here… SHADOW WAR, PART 1 – When Deathstroke assassinates Ra’s al Ghul, Talia al Ghul demands revenge and sends her League of Shadows to kill Deathstroke and Deathstroke Inc.! Batman […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: One Dark Knight #2

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DC Comics releases Batman: One Dark Knight #2 this Tuesday, and we’ve got the official preview of the issue for you here; check it out… With the power out across Gotham, Batman must haul the not-particularly-cooperative villain responsible, E.M.P., across miles of chaotic city streets, filled with terrified people and opportunistic criminals! Blackgate Prison can […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: Beyond the White Knight #1

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Sean Murphy’s White Knight Universe turns its attention to the Batman of the Future this Tuesday with the launch of the new Black Label series Batman: Beyond the White Knight; check out the official preview of the first issue here… A lot can change in 10 years, especially in Gotham! Batman, a.k.a. Bruce Wayne, may […]

The Batman 1:3 scale limited edition collectible statue unveiled by Queen Studios

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Queen Studios has unveiled its limited edition 1:3 scale The Batman statue which is based on the likeness of Robert Pattinson as the Dark Knight in the DC Films blockbuster and comes with alternate headpieces allowing for both masked and unmasked display; check out the promotional images here… The Batman, Gotham’s personification of vengeance, a […]

Batman meets The Joker in deleted scene from The Batman

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Well, here’s a nice surprise, as Warner Bros. has just dropped a deleted scene from The Batman which sees Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight playing Clarice Starling as he pays a visit to Arkham Asylum seeking help in tracking down The Riddler (Paul Dano) from Barry Keoghan’s ‘Unseen Arkham Prisoner’, a.k.a. The Joker! Watch it here… […]

The Batman dominates another weekend as Jujutsu Kaisen 0 continues anime’s box office rise

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It’s no surprise The Batman cleaned up at the box office for another weekend. The month of March has been slow for other major releases, but that doesn’t take away from the dominant force that is the latest DC outing. Yet, this weekend’s box office has another major talking point: anime films & their rise. […]

Concept art from Ben Affleck’s The Batman features Deathstroke and the Dark Knight

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Before Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson came on board to overhaul the franchise with The Batman, the original plan was for Ben Affleck to pull double duty on the project, directing and starring in a DC Extended Universe-set solo movie which would have pitted his Dark Knight against Deathstroke, played by Zack Snyder’s Justice League’s […]

Movie Review – The Batman (2022)

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The Batman, 2022. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Alex Ferns, Jayme Lawson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Con O’Neill, Vic Waghorn, Dave Simon, Luke Roberts, Stella Stocker, Oscar Novak, and Archie Barnes. SYNOPSIS: In his second year of fighting crime, […]

The Batman crosses $500 million at the global box office, but opens soft in China

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Having held onto top spot at the box office last weekend, Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Batman has crossed a major milestone with the film passing the $500 million mark heading into its third weekend in cinemas. By close of play on Thursday, the Matt Reeves-directed film had amassed $510.8 million, with $263.3 million […]