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Hugo Strange rumoured to have a major role in Suicide Squad as The Joker’s psychiatrist

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Another Suicide Squad rumour to add the list of ones we’ve had over the last couple of weeks. We’ve heard that Onslaught and Antiphon will be the main villains and that Deathstroke will be their muscle for hire. Well, here’s the new one. According to the ‘ever-reliable’ El Mayimbe from Latino-Review, David Ayer’s Suicide Squad will […]

The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman calls DC’s Cinematic Universe “derivative”

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Outspoken comic book writer Robert Kirkman, the man behind the hugely successful The Walking Dead, has spoken out against DC’s Cinematic Universe going up against Marvel. While not exactly saying, “Marvel rocks and DC sucks”, the writer did have some harsh words about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and its lead up to Justice […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Valiant Cinematic Universe and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Big Hero 6, The Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Green Lantern, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Lucifer, Valiant, ABCs of Superheroes, Powers and more… […]

Deathstroke to play a major role in Suicide Squad; Joe Manganiello in line for role; costume details revealed

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It was rumoured a couple of days ago that Onslaught and Antiphon would be the main villains of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, but some new rumours have surfaced that they will have some backup. Latino-Review are claiming that Joe Manganiello (True Blood) is in line to take on the role of Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke […]

Joel Kinnaman talks Rick Flagg role in Suicide Squad

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Yesterday we brought you some comments from Jai Courtney (Insurgent) about his upcoming role as Captain Boomerang in Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad – where he described the movie as “dark”, “cool” and “dope” – and now his soon-to-be co-star Joel Kinnaman (RoboCop) has shared a few comments about the DC supervillain ensemble, which will see […]

Chris Pine rumoured for Green Lantern role in the DC Cinematic Universe

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With next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, director Zack Snyder has already assembled five-sevenths of what we assume will be the line-up for Justice League in Henry Cavill (Superman), Ben Affleck (Batman), Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Jason Momoa (Aquaman) and Ray Fisher (Cyborg), while Ezra Miller has been cast as The Flash, and […]

Cara Delevingne arrives on Suicide Squad set, says movie will “blow people’s brains out”

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Just a few days ago Jared Leto arrived in Toronto to have his hair cut off for the role of The Joker in the upcoming DC movie Suicide Squad and now director David Ayer has now tweeted a photo of Cara Delevingne inspecting the set of the supervillain ensemble… Delevingne – who is set to […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Suicide Squad, Green Lantern, Supergirl and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Green Lantern, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Lucifer and more… The big news this week was the arrival […]

Jared Leto has his locks snipped ready for Joker role in Suicide Squad

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After taking to Twitter to tease some big upcoming news regarding his DC film Suicide Squad, David Ayer has revealed two new tweets which show a pre and post-snipped Oscar winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) as he prepares to start work in the film as The Joker. In the photos, Leto is shown getting […]