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Captain Marvel spotted on Avengers 4 set, Shazam beings shooting next year, Matthew Vaughn’s Superman pitch and more – Daily News Roundup

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MARVEL IN MARVEL’S AVENGERS It had been rumoured and speculated that Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel would make her debut in Avengers: Infinity War, which was then dismissed when Marvel Studios revealed our first look at Carol Danvers will be in her 2019 solo movie. However Larson has now been spotted heading to the set of […]

Pre-production begins on Warner Bros.’ Shazam! movie

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Having been confirmed as the next DC Extended Universe movie to shoot after Aquaman, director David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation) has taken to Instagram to announce that pre-production is now underway on the Shazam! film. The movie is based upon Captain Marvel, a character created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck back in 1939, and follows Billy […]

Director David F. Sandberg gives an update on Shazam and his comic book inspirations

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Fresh from the box office success of Annabelle: Creation, director David F. Sandberg is now turning his attention to the DC Extended Universe and his next project, Shazam!. Speaking to Film Riot (via Heroic Hollywood), Sandberg has provided an update on Shazam!, confirming that the script is ready and it will be the next DC […]

Jeffrey Dean Morgan teases Flashpoint Batman

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During the Warner Bros. panel at Comic-Con this past Saturday, we got the rather surprising news that The Flash solo movie is being retooled as Flashpoint, an adaptation of the DC Comics crossover arc from 2011. If you’re unfamiliar with the story, it sees The Flash waking up in a vastly different timeline: Barry doesn’t […]

If DC Wants to Make Standalone Movies, We Should Cheer

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Samuel Brace on the news that Warner Bros. is planning a slate of non-DC Extended Universe superhero movies… Are you cheering? DC seems to be giving off the impression that the DCEU is not forevermore. That their attempted emulation of all that Marvel has achieved with their own cinematic universe might come to an end […]

Lynda Carter has had talks about cameo appearance in Wonder Woman 2

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Although Wonder Woman 2 is yet to be officially announced, we’ve already heard that Geoff Johns and director Patty Jenkins are hard at work on the story for the sequel to this year’s DC blockbuster, and now TV’s Wonder Woman Lynda Carter has revealed that she’s had talks about making a cameo in the Amazon […]

Thor: Ragnarok has surpassed Wonder Woman at the global box office

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Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok has now moved past DC’s Wonder Woman at the global box office. Much is said about the Marvel/DC rivalry, and while none of it really matters, it is certainly interesting to see how various superhero movies perform at the box office compared to one another. Thor: Ragnarok has been doing particularly well […]

Margot Robbie talks Joker and Harley Quinn movie, says they would die for each other

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A few weeks ago it was reported that directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa had been hired by Warner Bros. to write and direct a film based around The Joker and Harley Quinn, with Jared Leto and Margot Robbie reprising their respective roles. Robbie has already worked with the directing pair on two films, Focus and Whiskey Tango […]

Glenn Ficarra and John Requa to write and direct DCEU Joker and Harley Quinn film

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A day after it was revealed that a Joker origin movie is in the works at Warner Bros. Pictures, unrelated to the DC Extended Universe, The Hollywood Reporter has just dropped another bombshell relating to DC Films’ upcoming slate. The site reports that Warner Bros. regulars Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, best known for Crazy, Stupid, […]