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Hans Zimmer prefers Christian Bale’s Batman to Ben Affleck’s

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Having scored Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, Hans Zimmer turns his hand to another incarnation of the Caped Crusader last year, collaborating with Junkie XL on the score to Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, before announcing his retirement from superhero movies. Well, it seems that Batman v Superman contributed to Zimmer’s decision […]

Josh Gad continues to tease The Penguin role in the DC Extended Universe

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In case you missed it, a few weeks ago Josh Gad shared an image of The Penguin on social media and then quickly dismissed all of the natural DC related speculation that stemmed from the tease. For those unfamiliar with Josh Gad, he’s definitely a prankster (just watch the numerous videos of him pestering Daisy Ridley […]

Josh Gad teasing role as The Penguin in the DC Extended Universe?

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It seems that Josh Gad (best known for voicing Olaf in Frozen and recently playing LeFou in the live-action Beauty and the Beast remake) could be circling the role of The Penguin. First, major DC film studio executives such as Geoff Johns and Jon Berg started following the actor on various social media platforms, and now […]

Christian Bale hasn’t seen any of Ben Affleck’s Batman performances

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Christian Bale, a former Dark Knight, is yet to see any of the films that feature Ben Affleck as Batman. Batman was the role that took Christian Bale’s career to the next level with the actor playing the role three times in Christopher Nolan’s much lauded The Dark Knight trilogy. Affleck was the actor that […]

Joss Whedon to direct Batgirl solo film

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It appears Warner Bros. is ready to expand the DCEU – the Batman side of it, at least – even more as Variety has reported that the studio is finalizing a deal for The Avengers director Joss Whedon to write, direct and produce a Batgirl spin-off film. Batgirl seems to have originated in the studio the past month as plans post-Justice League […]

Justice League: How Batman got his groove back

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Anghus Houvouras on Justice League and how Batman got his groove back… I loved the new Justice League trailer. That should hardly be surprising. Trailers for the adaptations of everyone’s favorite DC Comics’ icons have been pretty damn good. The finished product has been a mixed bag of ambitious, sometimes baffling storytelling with finished films […]

Batman ’66 to meet The Legion of Super-Heroes

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They’ve met The Green Hornet, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Wonder Woman ’77, and next up for the Dynamic Duo is a crossover with the Legion of Super-Heroes, with DC All Access revealing that Mike Allred and Lee Allred are developing a brand new crossover series entitled Batman ’66 Meets The Legion of Super-Heroes. Via […]

Warner Bros. Animation keen on revisiting Flashpoint for Batman story

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Despite having adapted the story arc with the 2013 movie Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Warner Bros. Animation supervising producer James Tucker has revealed that he’s keen on revisiting Flashpoint, albeit from the perspective of Thomas Wayne, as opposed to Barry Allen. “The thing we never got to do with Flashpoint was the Flashpoint Batman story,” Tucker […]

Voice cast and story details for Batman and Harley Quinn animated movie revealed

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DC animation legend Bruce Timm is set to return to the world of the Dark Knight this summer with the DC Universe Animated Original Movie Batman and Harley Quinn, and thanks to Empire we’ve got a brief synopsis for the film, along with details of the voice cast. The site reports that Batman and Harley Quinn […]