Thomas Roach with five actors who could play The Joker in the new DC Universe… After Heath Ledger’s tragic death in 2008 and the actor leaving his mark on the world with his iconic portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight, the next person to take on the role of the Clown Prince of […]
New Batman: Arkham Knight footage in latest trailer
Though there has been plenty of buzz around his TV (Gotham, sort of) and film (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) exploits, it’s been pretty quiet on the video game front. Batman: Arkham Knight isn’t out until mid 2015, but Rocksteady have released the first of three new game play videos to whet our appetites […]
Christian Bale on Ben Affleck taking over as Batman
With Christian Bale set to take on the role of Moses in next month’s Exodus: Gods and Kings, it’s inevitable that the press tour for the biblical epic is going to throw up plenty of questions about his thoughts on Warner Bros.’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Empire Magazine (via CBM) has got […]
Across the Shared Marvel Universe
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Variety’s Maane Khatchatourian covers James Gunn’s Facebook comments regarding shared movie universe building: “The director implies that franchises like “Star Wars,” “Iron Man,” “The Dark Knight” and even “Transformers” and “Twilight” are in the clear because they were conceived as single films and only grew into movie series […]
Gotham showrunner plans “prenatal origin story” for Robin, talks Harley Quinn and Scarecrow
Last week it was reported that The Flying Graysons are to make an appearance in Gotham this season, and now showrunner Bruno Heller has confirmed the news, telling EW that: “We’re going to do a prenatal origin story for Robin down the line. There are no MRIs involved. There’s an episode coming up where we […]
Gotham Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Harvey Dent’
Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Gotham… Gotham’s most famous schizophrenic makes his entrance…… Nicholas D’Agosto is a whole bag of crazy. Clean cut image, catalogue model looks and a smile so superficial you know something sinister lies beneath. In political terms Bill Hicks once said that ‘anyone that far to the right is […]
LEGO Batman movie will explore “every era of Batman filmmaking”
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 […]