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Michael Bowen and Lori Petty join Gotham season 2

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Fox’s Batman prequel series Gotham has added a couple of new faces to its cast for the second half of season two in Michael Bowen (Breaking Bad) and Lori Petty (Tank Girl). Comic Book reports that Bowen will play Patrick ‘Matches’ Malone, who will be familiar to Batman fans as a small time crook whose […]

Comic Book Review – Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2

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Chris Cooper reviews Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2… Trapped in a world where they can scarcely tell friend from foe, the Turtles’ first encounter with the Dark Knight puts their fighting skills to the ultimate test. And while Batman and scientist Lucius Fox search for any clue as to where these strange ninjas come from, […]

Comic Book Review – Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

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Chris Cooper reviews Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1… “DC Comics and IDW team up for the crossover you never saw coming as two of the greatest entertainment icons meet for the first time! In Gotham City, a series of deadly raids leads Batman to believe he’s up against a group of highly trained ninjas known […]

The iconic 1989 Batmobile gets the LEGO treatment with new LEGO DC Batman set

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As part of the Dark Knight’s 80th anniversary celebrations LEGO has unveiled its LEGO DC Batman 1989 Batmobile from Tim Burton’s classic superhero movie Batman, a 3306-piece set which comes with minifigures for Batman, Vicki Vale, and The Joker. The set goes on sale on November 29th, priced at $249.99/£219.99; check out the promotional images […]

First official look at Ben Affleck’s Batman v Superman Batsuit in colour

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We’ve seen a couple of shots of Ben Affleck in the Batsuit in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but not in colour… until now. ComicBook has discovered a colourised version of the first official photo of Affleck’s Dark Knight, which is taken directly from Zack Snyder’s Cruel & Unusual Films production company website… So, […]

LEGO Batman movie will explore “every era of Batman filmmaking”

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One of the most popular elements of this year’s widely successful The LEGO Movie was Will Arnett’s Batman. So popular was he that he’s getting his own spin-off movie in 2017. Speaking out the movie to Empire, Phil Lord and Chris (who will serve as producers on the movie) gave some insights as to what […]

Colin Farrell and Andy Serkis in talks for Penguin and Alfred roles in The Batman

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It looks like Warner Bros., DC Films and director Matt Reeves are about to round out the core cast of The Batman, with Colin Farrell (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) and Reeves’ Planet of the Apes star Andy Serkis in final talks for the roles of Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin and Alfred Pennyworth respectively. […]

The Best Horror Moments in Superhero Movies

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For all the criticisms of oversaturation, superhero movies have managed to retain their longevity thanks to a clever mix of genre blending. They may have their conventions and tropes and archetypes, but they intermingle so well with many other cinema favorites like comedy, satire, western, thriller, and even space opera. One of the more underrated […]