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Wonder Woman 1984 banner spotted at Licensing Expo

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Licensing Expo – the world’s biggest licensing trade show – kicked off in Las Vegas today, and among the multitude of movie promotional material on display is a new banner for next year’s Wonder Woman 1984 featuring Gal Gadot’s Amazon Princess; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Patty Jenkins talks Wonder Woman 1984’s 80s setting […]

DC’s The New Gods movie enlists Batman and Mister Miracle writer Tom King

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It seems that DC Films is turning to its comic book division for The New Gods, with director Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle in Time) revealing on social media that she is teaming with current Batman comic writer Tom King to write the script for the proposed movie. https://twitter.com/ava/status/1133872711200063488 Based on characters created by Jack Kirby, […]

Joel Kinnaman confirms Rick Flag return for The Suicide Squad

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Although James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad was originally described as “a total reboot” of the 2016 movie, it’s become increasingly clear over the past couple of months that isn’t quite going to be the case. Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang) and Viola Davis (Amanda Waller) are already confirmed to reprise their roles […]

DC’s Booster Gold script is finished, but the project appears to be in limbo

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Back in September 2015, Warner Bros. announced that Greg Berlanti would be swapping the Arrowverse for the DC Extended Universe with the super producer signing to direct a Booster Gold movie, scripted by Zack Stentz (Thor, X-Men: First Class). Things fell silent on the proposed project until last year, when Berlanti revealed that the film […]

James Gunn won’t reveal whether The Suicide Squad is a sequel or reboot

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When it was first announced that Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn would be heading to the DC Extended Universe to write and direct The Suicide Squad, it was said that the new movie would be a “relaunch” of the supervillain team-up, with producer Peter Safran subsequently describing it as a “total reboot” of the […]

Patty Jenkins talks Wonder Woman 1984’s 80s setting and release date change

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Having been pushed back from its November 2019 release date, we’re now just a little over a year out from the release of Wonder Woman 1984, the follow-up to 2017’s smash hit DC superhero blockbuster which reunites director Patty Jenkins with leading lady Gal Gadot. The film – which Gadot has intriguingly described as “not […]

Charlize Theron turned down the role of Wonder Woman’s mother Queen Hippolyta

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Given the success the two enjoyed with 2003’s critically acclaimed Monster, it certainly won’t come as a surprise to learn that Charlize Theron was offered the opportunity to reunite with director Patty Jenkins on Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Wonder Woman. Theron ultimately turned down the opportunity however, and now it seems we know why […]

The Batman reportedly features up to six villains, including The Penguin and Catwoman

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With reports circulating that Robert Pattinson is all but officially on board to become the latest actor to don the cape and cowl as The Dark Knight, attention is starting to turn towards which members of the Rogue’s Gallery we can expect to see showing up in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. According to an article […]

Robert Pattinson top choice for new Batman for Matt Reeves, Nicholas Hoult in the mix

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It looks like we may finally know who will next don the cape and cowl in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. After months (perhaps years given the back-and-forth rumours of Ben Affleck’s continued involvement) of speculation, Variety is reporting that Robert Pattinson looks set to be cast as the new Batman for Warner Bros. The outlet […]