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David Ayer believes DC is “blessed” to have James Gunn directing The Suicide Squad

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The original Suicide Squad director David Ayer believes DC is lucky to have Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, elming the upcoming reboot. Ayer showed his support for Gunn on Twitter when responding to a fan’s tweet, stating “DC is blessed to have @JamesGunn I’m getting my popcorn ready.” Exactly! DC is blessed to have @JamesGunn I’m getting […]

Jai Courtney says The Suicide Squad will be “tonally different” to the first movie

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Although James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad has been described as “a total reboot”, we know from the film’s casting that isn’t going to be exactly the case as several members of David Ayer’s 2016 film are returning including Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman and Viola Davis. Still, given Gunn’s sensibilities, it seems a pretty […]

James Gunn announces start of production on The Suicide Squad

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Having announced his full cast last week, director James Gunn has now confirmed that cameras are rolling on The Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. and DC Films’ follow-up to the 2016 supervillain team-up from David Ayer. Gunn responded to a fan question on Instagram this past Friday about the production start date by revealing that filming […]

The Suicide Squad set photos offer first look at new DC villains

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With production underway on The Suicide Squad, the first batch of set photos from the James Gunn-directed DC supervillain team up have surfaced online via Just Jared and give us a look at a number of characters in full costume including returning star Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang) alongside Nathan Fillion, Pete Davidson, Michael Rooker, Flula […]

Zack Snyder confirms that Man of Steel’s General Swanwick was Martian Manhunter, would have appeared in Justice League

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By now, it’s become very apparent that Zack Snyder’s vision for Justice League and the wider DC Extended Universe was considerably different from what ultimately played out on screen once Warner Bros. executives and director Joss Whedon got involved with reshaping his plans. Snyder has already shared some details into his original story plans, and […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Birds of Prey trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first trailer for Birds of Prey… Warner Bros. and DC Films unveiled the official trailer for its next DC Extended Universe outing this week as the studios gave fans our first real look at the Cathy Yan-directed Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of […]

Birds of Prey gets a Friends-themed poster and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse composer

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Following the first trailer for Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Warner Bros. has released a new banner for the DC movie featuring Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco), Black Canary (Jurnee Smolett-Bell), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), and Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), which pays homage to the […]

James Gunn says Marvel and DC both thrive off each other’s successes

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James Gunn has expressed his thoughts on the long-lasting Marvel vs DC debate and claims that both parties would stop this perceived rivalry as both companies benefit off each other’s success. In a series of tweets Gunn states: “As I’ve said so many times, at the end of the day, Marvel & DC fans have […]

Harley Quinn is back in trailer for DC’s Birds of Prey

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Warner Bros. has released the first full trailer for DC girl gang movie Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), which sees Margot Robbie reprising her Suicide Squad role as the fan favourite villain as she teams with The Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smolett-Bell), Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez) […]

Birds of Prey gets six promo posters ahead of Tuesday’s trailer

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With the first proper trailer for Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) set to drop tomorrow, Warner Bros. has unveiled a batch of promotional posters for the DC movie featuring Margot Robbie’s Harley; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Mary Elizabeth Winstead says Birds of Prey is “totally unique” and […]