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John Cleese linked to DC Extended Universe role

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Rumours are flying that John Cleese could have bagged himself a role in the DC Extended Universe, owing to some social media activity which has seen DCEU stills photographer Clay Enos following Cleese on Twitter, before the Monty Python legend then began following both Zack Snyder and Ben Affleck. While it seems quite preposterous that someone […]

Rumour: Justice League will feature a member of the Green Lantern Corps

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When Zack Snyder assembles the Justice League next year, he’ll do so without one of the superhero team’s most integral members, with Green Lantern absent from the line-up for the DC ensemble. Well, if a new rumour from El Mayimbe at The Wrap is to be believed, that may not be the case after all, […]

Willem Dafoe to reprise Justice League role in Aquaman

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It shouldn’t come as any surprise, but it has now been confirmed that Willem Dafoe will reprise his role as Nuidis Vulko in James Wan’s Aquaman. Dafoe will make his introduction as Aquaman’s royal science advisor next year in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The news was confirmed by Dafoe himself in an interview with The Guardian. Speaking […]

The Year in Disappointment: 2016

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Anghus Houvouras on the biggest disappointments of 2016… By all accounts, 2016 was a pretty disappointing year. It will go down in history as one of the most despised spans of time in human history. There was so much negativity. So much raw hatred and ignorance. Feuding sides that seemed to revel in the other’s […]

Ezra Miller on the relationship between Barry Allen and Bruce Wayne in Justice League, and the director situation on The Flash

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Ezra Miller is currently out an about on the promotional campaign for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but naturally a big topic of conversation has been the DC Extended Universe. Speaking to IGN, Miller has discussed the relationship between his character Barry Allen (a.k.a. The Flash) and Ben Affleck’s Batman in next year’s […]

Warner Bros. reportedly “very happy” with The Batman script, no major rewrites planned

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And so, The Batman saga rolls on… Following yesterday’s rumour that the script for the Ben Affleck-headlined (but no longer directed) solo Dark Knight movie could be set to undergo a page one rewrite once Warner Bros. finds a new director, we now have a conflicting report which claims that the studio and Affleck are […]

Ciaran Hinds portraying Steppenwolf in Justice League

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According to The Wrap, Game of Thrones star Ciaran Hinds is portraying the main villain Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie, and has already completed his motion capture work as the character. Steppenwolf featured in a deleted scene from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which was restored for the Ultimate Edition, and saw […]

David Ayer addresses Suicide Squad criticism, and what he’d change in hindsight

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Much like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice before it, Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad may have proven to be a hit at the box office, but it divided audiences, and receiving a rather vicious mauling from the majority of critics. Taking to Twitter, director David Ayer has shared some rather honest reflections on the film, […]

Doug Liman says Dark Universe will “turn the comic book genre on its head”

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Last month, Warner Bros.’ summoned its Justice League Dark movie Dark Universe out of development hell, enlisting Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman to bring the supernatural heroes of the DC universe to the big screen. During an interview with IGN, Liman has explained what drew him to the project, and how he’s aiming to “turn the […]