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Are we drowning in nostalgia?

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Anghus Houvouras on whether we’re drowning in nostalgia… Yes. We absolutely are. There’s the short version for anyone who doesn’t feel like putting any additional thought into the subject. I’m nothing if not considerate. We are currently adrift in a sea of the familiar. Living in an era of entertainment avarice where our fondest wishes […]

Rumour: Batman solo movie will take place in Arkham Asylum

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Despite the fact it still doesn’t have a completed script, the rumour sites have already tossed up plenty of speculation about Ben Affleck’s solo Batman movie, with previous reports claiming that it will incorporate elements of the comic book stories A Death in the Family and Under the Red Hood, and / or feature “most” of […]

Julian Lewis Jones joins Justice League cast in mystery role

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During a recent interview with WalesOnline, Welsh actor Julian Lewis Jones confirmed that he will appear in Zack Snyder’s 2017 superhero team-up film Justice League. Jones did not go on to say what role he’ll be taking on, which makes him one of the few actors attached to the film whose character’s identity is unknown. The […]

Warner Bros. developing Joker origin movie from Todd Phillips and Martin Scorsese

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DC fans are in for some rather surprising news. According to Deadline, DC and Warner Bros. are apparently in the early stages of development of an origin film for The Joker, one of the most well-known and fearsome villains in all of comics. The film is to be directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover) from a […]

Jared Leto dismisses speculation over his future as The Joker in the DCEU

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While there’s been a tonne of speculation surrounding Ben Affleck’s continued involvement with the DC Extended Universe, it’s also been rumoured on several occasions that we may have seen the last of Jared Leto as The Dark Knight’s nemesis The Joker. Well, following the news of a Joker and Harley Quinn spinoff movie, Leto has […]

Good Concept, Bad Delivery

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at when good concepts are badly executed… Occasionally you’ll see a film or a TV show and you wonder why they bothered at all. Everything goes wrong. Sometimes it starts from the very concept. In the case of remakes for example, you know right off the bat that some films […]

Deathstroke film in the works from The Raid’s Gareth Evans

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Last year it was revealed that True Blood star Joe Manganiello had been cast as the DC assassin and supervillian Slade Wilson, better known as Deathstroke, for Ben Affleck’s The Batman. His role came into question however when Affleck stepped down as director earlier this year and Matt Reeves was hired, with Reeves starting from scratch on the script […]

Arrow showrunner suggests Deathstroke is no longer appearing in The Batman

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Ever since the departure of Ben Affleck from the director’s chair on The Batman, and the subsequent appointment of War for the Planet of the Apes helmer Matt Reeeves (who is overseeing a page-one rewrite), there’s been a lot of speculation as to whether the previously announced Deathstroke will remain part of the project. Former […]

Deathstroke creator confident in Joe Manganiello’s casting as Slade Wilson

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For those not sure what to make of Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke in the DC Extended Universe, creator of the character Marv Wolfman recently met with the True Blood star and came away with some very positive remarks. “After a great lunch with Joe Manganiello, I feel more confident than ever that we got both […]

Ben Affleck discusses his hesitation over The Batman

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It’s got to the point now where, quite literally, a day can’t go by without Ben Affleck being asked the same old questions about The Batman, with his comments often conflicting with reports from the previous day. And today is no exception! Let’s get up to speed: Warner Bros. is pushing for The Batman to start production […]