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Warner Bros. to green-light fewer ‘original’ movies to focus on DC, Harry Potter and LEGO

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There was a time when Warner Bros. was a power house at the box office, but a disappointing 2015 has brought out reports that the studio is looking to change their tactics for the next few years. Last year, the studio’s biggest movie was San Andreas starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson which made $155 million […]

Marvel’s movie model works, DC’s doesn’t – and Suicide Squad proves it

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Tony Black shares his thoughts on the state of the DC Extended Universe… So we can all agree on one thing here, right? Suicide Squad is a disaster. Yay or nay? If you’re reading this, there’s every chance like me you thought it was almost as loud, boring and ponderous as Batman v Superman: Dawn […]

UPDATE: Patty Jenkins says rumours of “insiders” claiming Wonder Woman is “another mess” are “entirely false”

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It has been a bad year for DC and Warner Bros. What should have been a great year that fully kicked off the DC Extended Universe began with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice under-performing at the box office and getting destroyed by critics and fans, which was then followed up with Suicide Squad also […]

James Gunn on modern superhero movies: “They’ve gotten too generic”

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When it comes to superhero films, it seems like James Gunn isn’t a fan of his contemporaries. With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 proving to be a success at the box office and The Flash fizzling out (along with quite a few DC and MCU entries of late), Gunn seems to have figured out what’s […]

Box Office: Spider-Verse pips Elemental to swing back to the top, while The Flash crashes hard

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There was plenty of narrative atop the U.S. box office this weekend, with experts eager to see how relative flops The Flash and Elemental would hold up in the face of an R-rated Jennifer Lawrence and the all conquering Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.  Let’s start with the big news, which would ordinarily be the film […]

Kevin Smith on finally seeing Nicolas Cage’s Superman live in The Flash

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Kevin Smith has seen The Flash, and it has opened up his want to complete his unrealised Nicolas Cage Superman movie Superman Lives, which Tim Burton was attached to direct from his screenplay in the 1990s. “I finally got to see Nic Cage be Superman. It has been an absolute delight for me,” the filmmaker […]

Michael Shannon is hesitant on blockbusters, doesn’t want to “get stuck in a franchise”

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Michael Shannon is the type of actor to fall into any role quite well, even if it’s a small indie project or a massive blockbuster spectacle. But now, it seems like Shannon is hesitant to join another significant franchise as he’s nervous he’ll get stuck returning for multiple outings. From turning down to Star Wars […]

The Flash director on bringing Nicolas Cage’s Superman to life

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As The Flash fizzles at the box office, those fans who did go see the film would have been shocked to see Nicolas Cage’s surprise cameo as Superman. It was a moment that finally brought to the long-awaited Cage/Superman moment we never got in the 90s with Tim Burton’s aborted Superman Lives, and the creatives […]

Gal Gadot says we’ll know about her Wonder Woman future “once the right moment arrives”

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Sometimes you wish DC would just throw a lasso of truth around the future of Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, because despite the cancellation of Patty Jenkins’ third film, she has had cameos in the last two extended-universe installments (Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash), and has recently hinted that her stint as Diana […]