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Shazam director is anticipating backlash from fans

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The director of Shazam is anticipating some fan backlash towards the film.It’s always a tricky business adapting existing material. By bringing beloved characters and storylines to life there comes a good chance that the property’s existing fans won’t be pleased with the choices made.This comes with the territory, as many a director who has been […]

Justice League gets a batch of international character posters

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With the marketing campaign for Justice League in full swing, Warner Bros. has released a series of international character posters for the DC blockbuster, which we have for you here; check them out…SEE ALSO: Rumoured character breakdown offers details on Justice League villain SteppenwolfFueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless […]

New Justice League motion poster and behind-the-scenes images showcase Cyborg

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Following yesterday’s promo and featurette [watch them here], Warner Bros. continues to celebrate Justice League’s Cyborg week with a new motion poster, while director Zack Snyder has also shared three behind the scenes images which gives us a look at a flashback scene of Victor Stone’s (Ray Fisher) past as a football player before his […]

Marvel’s first LGBT character, Shazam gets a release date, Blade Runner 2049’s disappointing box office performance and more – Daily News Roundup

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SHE’S BIAfter years of campaigning and requests, Marvel Studios have their first official LGBT character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Tessa Thompson revealing her character Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok is bi-sexual. Check out her announcement here.THE RETURN OF ONE-SHOTSSomething else that has often been requested by fans is the return of Marvel’s One-Shots that […]

Warner Bros. launches Wonder Woman and Cyborg week for Justice League

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Kicking off Justice League’s Wonder Woman/Cyborg week, Warner Bros. has released an announcement promo which sees Gal Gadot and Ray Fisher briefly discuss their characters, along with a featurette focussing on Fisher’s Victor Stone/Cyborg; take a look below…SEE ALSO: Rumoured character breakdown offers details on Justice League villain Steppenwolf Welcome to #WonderWoman & #Cyborg Week. […]

Rumoured character breakdown offers details on Justice League villain Steppenwolf

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A few weeks ago a rumour emerged suggesting that the DC Extended Universe incarnation of Steppenwolf would be receiving a bit of a revamp from the comic books for his role in Justice League, with the character said to have been changed to the nephew of Darkseid, as opposed to his uncle. Well, if a […]

New images from Justice League released

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With just under a month to go until the release on Justice League, four new images have arrived online from the DC superhero blockbuster featuring Barry Allen/The Flash (Ezra Miller), Victor Stone/Cyborg (Ray Fisher), and Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), along with a behind the scenes image of director Zack Snyder taking aim with an […]

Justice League runtime revealed, shortest DCEU movie to date

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Warner Bros. is set to assemble the DC universe’s greatest heroes next month with the release of the Zack Snyder (and Joss Whedon)-directed Justice League, and with its release fast approaching, we now have details on the running time for the superhero blockbuster.As per Dark Horizons, Justice League is set to run for 121 minutes, […]

J.K. Simmons says Justice League 2 script is being written

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When Warner Bros. first announced its slate for the DC Extended Universe, the studio’s big team up Justice League was initially revealed as a two-parter, only for plans to change in the wake of the mixed reception to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.However, it seems that the studio is still intent on reuniting its […]