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Rumour: Peter Jackson deciding between a DC movie and Amazon’s Lord of the Rings

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After luring legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg with the prospect of a Blackhawk movie, it looks like Warner Bros. and DC Films have now set their sights on another A-list director in Peter Jackson. According to TheOneRing.net, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit filmmaker is weighing up whether to take another trip to Middle-earth […]

Margot Robbie teases DC’s R-rated Birds of Prey movie

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Margot Robbie has teased DC’s Birds of Prey movie, saying that she wants the film to be R-rated. While the DCEU isn’t in the strongest position as of 2018, especially considering the disappointing box office performance of Justice League – its global total already passed by Avengers: Infinity War – there are still plenty of […]

Avengers: Infinity War directors have no interest in directing a DC movie

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After impressing with Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War, directors Anthony and Joe Russo were chosen by Marvel to succeed Joss Whedon on the Avengers series, with the brothers handling both Avengers: Infinity War and the as-yet-untitled Avengers 4. However, unlike The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron helmer Whedon – […]

Zack Snyder shares image of Henry Cavill in the Christopher Reeve Superman suit

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Filmmaker Zack Snyder has taken to the social media site Vero to share an image of a pre-Man of Steel Henry Cavill dressed in Christopher Reeve’s classic Superman suit, which the director used to convince Warner Bros. executives that Cavill was the man for the job in the 2013 DCEU-launching superhero blockbuster. “This was the […]

UPDATE: Avengers: Infinity War passes Justice League at the worldwide box office

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After setting a record worldwide opening of $640 million this past weekend, it was only a matter of time before Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War surpassed the total box office haul of Warner Bros.’ Justice League. Well, sure enough it only took one more day to achieve that feat, as Infinity War grossed $24.7 million in […]

Venom tops Wonder Woman for trailer views in first 24 hours

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It may not have broken any records, but the latest trailer for Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff Venom racked up 64.3 million views online in its first 24 hours – more than that of Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman, which went on to gross over $820 million last year. Now, no one is expecting Venom to do that […]

Joss Whedon on why he left DC’s Batgirl movie

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Last March, before he was announced as taking over from Zack Snyder on Justice League, it was revealed that Joss Whedon had signed on to develop and direct a Batgirl solo movie for Warner Bros. and DC Films. However, some eleven months later Whedon announced that he was no longer attached to the project, having […]

James Wan and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II discuss Aquaman villains Ocean Master and Black Manta

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After showing off some footage from Aquaman at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this past week [read a description here], director James Wan has been chatting to Entertainment Weekly about the film, and in particular its two villains Orm/Ocean Master and Black Manta. “The main antagonist in this movie is Orm, played by Patrick Wilson,” said Wan. “And […]

Henry Cavill “having conversations” about Man of Steel 2 but doesn’t know when he’ll next play Superman

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For the past couple of years, there’s been whispers and rumours that Warner Bros. has been quietly developing a sequel to Man of Steel, with the likes of George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class) both having been linked to the director’s chair. Nevertheless, there’s been no official word from […]