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Christian Bale weighs in on the ending of The Dark Knight Rises

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Despite the fact he’s hung up his cape, it seems that The Dark Knight Trilogy star Christian Bale will forever be asked about the iconic role of Batman. During a Q&A with Entertainment Weekly whilst promoting his latest movie Exodus: Gods and Kings, Bale was asked about the ending of The Dark Knight Rises, and […]

Christian Bale confirms that he was never approached to play Batman again, or James Bond

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Christian Bale reveals in Esquire that he was not approached to play James Bond and had not spoken to anyone about returning as Batman in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It had previously been reported before Ben Affleck was cast in the role that Bale was offered $50 million to reprise his […]

Guillermo del Toro confirms Justice League Dark is part of a shared universe

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Back in October Warner Bros. officially announced their slate of DC movies starting with Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice in March 2016 and ending with Green Lantern in June 2020. While we all got very excited about finally seeing the Justice League come together on the big screen, one movie that didn’t get a […]

Christian Bale says he’s only ever seen four comic book movies

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Christian Bale has seemed very certain on moving himself away from comic book movies following Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises in 2012. There was a fan theory that he was playing Gotham’s Protector again in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but the actor has said that he’s not even been paying attention to […]

Across the Shared Marvel Universe

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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

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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 […]

Anthony Mackie on Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool and Batman v Superman – exclusive Triple 9 interview

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To promote his new film Triple 9 (2016 – Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Norman Reedus), Anthony Mackie sat down with Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis. In the interview, Mackie speaks about where he ranks Captain America: Civil War (in which he plays The Falcon) overall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what he thinks about the DC/Marvel feud and who, […]

Voice cast for Batman Vs. Robin announced, includes “Weird Al” Yankovic

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Two iconic facets of geekdom will collide in 2015. No, I’m not talking about the newest Avengers team-up or rumors of Spider-Man joining the MCU. I’m talking about Batman going head-to-head with “Weird Al” Yankovic. The voice cast for the upcoming DC Universe Original Animated Movie, Batman Vs. Robin, has been revealed. The film is a sequel to last year’s Son […]

There was going to be a Batman store in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns

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Holy Meta Batman! A brilliant find over at 1989Batman.com shows an unused set from Tim Burton’s Batman Returns which was – get this – a Batman store that sold merchandise from the 1989 Batman movie. Can’t get more meta than that! Here’s an excerpt from the Daniel Waters script: EXT. A STORE–EARLY EVENING OF THE CURRENT […]