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James Gunn on modern superhero movies: “They’ve gotten too generic”

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When it comes to superhero films, it seems like James Gunn isn’t a fan of his contemporaries. With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 proving to be a success at the box office and The Flash fizzling out (along with quite a few DC and MCU entries of late), Gunn seems to have figured out what’s […]

Box Office: Spider-Verse pips Elemental to swing back to the top, while The Flash crashes hard

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There was plenty of narrative atop the U.S. box office this weekend, with experts eager to see how relative flops The Flash and Elemental would hold up in the face of an R-rated Jennifer Lawrence and the all conquering Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.  Let’s start with the big news, which would ordinarily be the film […]

Kevin Smith on finally seeing Nicolas Cage’s Superman live in The Flash

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Kevin Smith has seen The Flash, and it has opened up his want to complete his unrealised Nicolas Cage Superman movie Superman Lives, which Tim Burton was attached to direct from his screenplay in the 1990s. “I finally got to see Nic Cage be Superman. It has been an absolute delight for me,” the filmmaker […]

Michael Shannon is hesitant on blockbusters, doesn’t want to “get stuck in a franchise”

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Michael Shannon is the type of actor to fall into any role quite well, even if it’s a small indie project or a massive blockbuster spectacle. But now, it seems like Shannon is hesitant to join another significant franchise as he’s nervous he’ll get stuck returning for multiple outings. From turning down to Star Wars […]

The Flash director on bringing Nicolas Cage’s Superman to life

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As The Flash fizzles at the box office, those fans who did go see the film would have been shocked to see Nicolas Cage’s surprise cameo as Superman. It was a moment that finally brought to the long-awaited Cage/Superman moment we never got in the 90s with Tim Burton’s aborted Superman Lives, and the creatives […]

Gal Gadot says we’ll know about her Wonder Woman future “once the right moment arrives”

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Sometimes you wish DC would just throw a lasso of truth around the future of Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, because despite the cancellation of Patty Jenkins’ third film, she has had cameos in the last two extended-universe installments (Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash), and has recently hinted that her stint as Diana […]

Blue Beetle is part of James Gunn’s new DC Universe

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As The Flash paves the way for the upcoming DC Studios reboot, we’ll soon be meeting our first hero from the relaunched DC Universe In a new interview with Total Film, Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto has explained that the upcoming origin story aligns with what is being built at the new DC Studios, […]

Gal Gadot opens up about her future in film outside of Wonder Woman

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Gal Gadot isn’t moving away from acting, but it seems the actress will focus on more personal projects. This news comes after the cancellation of Patty Jenkins’ third Wonder Woman and ahead of the planned DC Studios reboot. With Gadot’s time as Wonder Woman most likely coming to a close, the actress is finding more […]

Details on The Flash’s surprise Batman end scene cameo revealed

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Major spoilers for The Flash follow… The Flash was a film that took years to make and years to release, and the crew even worked on this to the very last minute. The Hollywood Reporter recently reported on the George Clooney cameo that was shot six months ago and has become a significant talking point […]

The Flash bombs with just $130 million worldwide for the DCEU’s lowest ever global opening

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For a movie about the fastest man alive, it’s taken almost a decade for Warner Bros. to get The Flash into cinemas, having announced the film as part of the initial DC Extended Universe line-up to follow Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. And, well, they probably shouldn’t have bothered… Despite the nostalgic inclusion of […]