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Why Black Panther Shouldn’t Be Nominated for Best Picture

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Pim Razenberg on the over-praising of Black Panther and the need for true equality… Over the course of the past month, we’ve heard them all: every critic and every columnist shared their opinion of Marvel Studio’s new smash hit, Black Panther. They shouted out that diversity finally rules the box office; that Black Panther is […]

Greg Berlanti says his Booster Gold movie is still in development, and now part of the DCEU

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If you cast your mind back to September 2015, you may recall that Warner Bros. enlisted Greg Berlanti (Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning) to direct a Booster Gold movie. A lot has happened on the DC movie front since then: Warner Bros. has unleash Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, […]

UPDATE: Shazam set photos and video offer best look yet at Zachary Levi’s costume, first glimpse of Mark Strong’s Doctor Sivana

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Despite several spy photos making their way online over the past week, Warner Bros. and DC Films is yet to release an official image of Zachary Levi in costume as Shazam in the upcoming DC Extended Universe movie. Nevertheless, the latest batch of photos from the set give us our very best look yet at […]

Patty Jenkins confirms that Kristen Wiig will star as Cheetah in Wonder Woman 2

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Last week it was reported Kristen Wiig (Ghostbusters) was in talks to star in Wonder Woman 2 as Diana’s nemesis, the Cheetah, but now director Patty Jenkins has come out and fully confirmed Wiig is the first new addition to the film. Jenkins revealed the news on her Twitter page, saying “So incredibly lucky to welcome the […]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice concept art shows unused Metallo design

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In addition to battling each other, The World’s Finest saw themselves taking on Lex Luthor, Doomsday and KGBeast in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and it seems we could have had another classic Superman adversary in the movie. Via Batman-News, some concept art from illustrator Rob McKinnon has arrived online showing a design […]

Wonder Woman’s Rupert Gregson-Williams to score Aquaman

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It looks as though the DCEU may have a returning face behind the scenes. According to Film Music Reporter, Rupert Gregson-Williams, who scored last year’s Wonder Woman, has been hired by Warner Bros. and DC to write the score for James Wan’s Aquaman. Gregson-Williams is also known for his work on The Legend of Tarzan, Hacksaw Ridge and Netflix’s The Crown, […]

Shazam set photo and video offer another look at Zachary Levi in costume

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A few days ago we got our very first glimpse of Zachary Levi in costume as Shazam from the upcoming DC Extended Universe blockbuster. While that spy photo only featured the back of the suit, another image has now surfaced online giving us a much better look at Levi’s costume and Shazam’s glowing lightning bolt […]

Game Night directors close their deal for Flashpoint

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Back in January it was announced that Vacation and Game Night directors (and Spider-Man: Homecoming screenwriters) Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley would be helming DC’s Flash movie Flashpoint, only for the duo to state last week that they were yet to begin working on the film as they hadn’t closed their deals. Well, it seems […]

Kristen Wiig reportedly in talks to play Cheetah in Wonder Woman 2

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After a recent rumour suggested La La Land actress Emma Stone passed on the opportunity to play Cheetah, one of Wonder Woman’s chief antagonists, it hasn’t taken Warner Bros. and DC long to find another potential actress. Deadline has reported Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) is in talks to portray the character in the highly-anticipated Wonder Woman 2. Director Patty […]