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Armie Hammer debunks Batman and The Invisible Man rumours, casts doubt on Call Me By Your Name sequel

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Over the past couple of months, one of the names that has cropped up frequently with regards to Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Batman vacancy is that of Armie Hammer – an actor who, coincidentally, was previously cast as the Dark Knight back in 2007 for the ultimately aborted Justice League: Mortal movie. Last month, […]

Comic Book Preview – Detective Comics #1000

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DC Comics’ Detective Comics hits its milestone 1000th issue today, with a bumper-sized special featuring 96 pages of Batman action! Check out a preview here… SEE ALSO: Read a full Batman and Penguin story from Detective Comics #1000 SEE ALSO: Check out 35 variant covers for Detective Comics #1000 After 80 years, it’s here—the 1,000th issue of […]

The 5 DC Comics Storylines That Deserve Standalone Movies

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Ben Robins on the 5 DC Comics storylines that deserve standalone movies… With reports spreading across the DC/Warner Bros. fence this week that we might well be looking at a number of stand-alone movies from the DC Comics world, talk of possible adaptations has been rife once again. Ironically, stepping back momentarily from the DCEU […]

Gotham Season 5 Episode 10 Review – ‘I Am Bane’

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Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Gotham season 5… There is something anti-climatic about ‘I Am Bane’ that makes it feel like an extended set up for the imminent season finale. Re-unification is happening, water supply purity is back to normal, yet there still exists one large spanner in the works. Old adversaries return, […]

Read a full Batman and Penguin story from Detective Comics #1000

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This coming Wednesday sees the release of the milestone Detective Comics #1000, a super-sized issue packed with brand new Batman stories from some of the biggest creators working in the comic book industry today. And, as a special sneak peek, Entertainment Weekly has released one such story – ‘I Know’ from Brian Michael Bendis and […]

Batman prequel series Pennyworth adds two to its cast

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Deadline is reporting that Emma Paetz (Gentleman Jack) and Jessica Ellerby (Lovesick) have become the latest additions to the cast of Pennyworth, the upcoming Batman prequel series from Epix which follows the exploits of a young Alfred. Paetz is set to play Martha Kane, who will eventually become Martha Wayne, the wife of Thomas Wayne, […]

Leaked Gotham series finale images show Lili Simmons as Catwoman

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The upcoming series finale of Gotham is set to feature a flash-forward, taking us ten years into the future of the DC show to give us a look at a fully formed Batman and several members of his Rogues Gallery. We’ve already seen leaked images of The Dark Knight along with Cameron Monaghan’s Jeremiah/Joker in […]

J.K. Simmons doesn’t know if he’ll play Commissioner Gordon again

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While we’ve had confirmation that Ben Affleck is handing the cape and cowl over to a new, younger actor for Matt Reeves’ The Batman, one thing we’re unsure about at present is if Reeves plans to completely overhaul the other inhabitants of Gotham City for his solo Dark Knight movie. During an interview with Entertainment […]

Toronto Comicon: Exclusive interview with the legendary Denny O’Neil on Batman’s 80th anniversary, Green Arrow and new stories

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Ricky Church chats with Denny O’Neil… If there is one name in comics that stand with legends like Lee, Kane, Finger, Ditko and others, it is Denny O’Neil. With a career spanning nearly 50 years in comics, O’Neil has made some pretty remarkable achievements to the medium in his time as a writer and editor […]