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Batman ’66 to team up with The Avengers

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Over the weekend it was revealed that The Dark Knight is set to team up with the Heroes in a Half-Shell for Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but that’s not the only crossover on the horizon for the Caped Crusader as Batman ’66 is set to team up with The Avengers! Now, before you get all […]

Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck discuss the issues between Batman and Superman in Dawn of Justice

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During an interview with Total Film for the latest issue of the magazine, both Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck have been discussing Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, offering a couple of tidbits of information about The Dark Knight’s motivation in the upcoming superhero blockbuster, and the reason for his issues with the Man of Steel. SEE […]

The Five Best Film Franchises

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Anghus Houvouras with the five best film franchises… As we continue to examine the state of Hollywood’s biggest franchises, it’s time to dole out a little love. We’ve looked at the Five Worst Film Franchises and Five Film Franchises on the Fence. It’s time for the Five Best Film Franchises. Yes, there are franchises that […]

Rumour: Ben Affleck will direct The Batman for 2018 release

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When it was announced a couple of years ago (has it really been that long?!) that Ben Affleck would be our new Dark Knight for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it was always assumed that he would direct his solo Batman movie. According to the sources for rumour-mongers Latino Review (who have been very shaky […]

Christian Bale says he “didn’t quite nail” Batman in The Dark Knight Trilogy

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A few days ago we brought you some comments from Christian Bale as he shared his thoughts on Ben Affleck’s take on the Caped Crusader in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and now Bale has been reflecting on his own time in the cape and cowl in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, stating that he […]

Boaz Yakin on his aborted live-action Batman Beyond movie

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Following Joel Schumacher’s 1997 franchise killer Batman & Robin, Warner Bros. launched several attempts to reboot the Dark Knight prior to Christopher Nolan’s successful resurrection of the series with Batman Begins. In August 2000, while Darren Aronofsky and Frank Miller were devloping an adaptation of Miller’s Batman: Year One, the studio enlisted director Boaz Yakin […]

The Dark Knight vs the Man of Steel in sneak peek of Batman/Superman #21

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DC Comics has given us a sneak peek at its post-Convergence universe with a preview of Batman/Superman #21, which sees Gotham’s new Dark Knight squaring off against a de-powered Man of Steel. Check it out… A powerless Man of Steel… in Gotham? Where has Batman gone and who is the GCPD’s newest recruit? Will Superman […]

Morena Baccarin promoted to series regular for Gotham season 2

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This won’t come as much of a surprise given her level of involvement in the latter half of the first season, but Morena Baccarin has officially been promoted to a series regular for the second season of Fox’s Batman prequel series Gotham, which is set to get underway in the fall. SEE ALSO: Gotham showrunner […]

Fixing Gotham: Make Jim Gordon Batman

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Anghus Houvouras with a suggestion for fixing Gotham… Gotham has been the craziest kind of failed experiment. A show that was off the rails almost from the beginning. The show has been raked across the coals in its first season for being ‘Batman without Batman’, citing the show’s penchant for cramming in every Batman villain […]