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Dave Bautista on meeting with DC and pitching himself as Bane

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Dave Bautista has made no secret of his desire to take on the role of Batman villain Bane, with the Guardians of the Galaxy star revealing on numerous occasions that he’s previously pitched that very idea to Warner Bros. and DC Films without success. Speaking to THR during the promotional rounds for his new film […]

Warner Bros. has been “aggressively anti-Snyder” regarding Justice League sequels, says Zack Snyder

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Although Zack Snyder’s Justice League has been a success for HBO Max, with Snyder’s long-awaited original version of the troubled DC team-up warmly received by fans and even critics, Warner Bros. and its parent company WarnerMedia wasted little time dismissing calls for more of his take on the DC Extended Universe. Just days after the […]

Zack Snyder teases a glimpse of Justice League’s deleted Green Lantern cameo

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During a screening for Zack Snyder’s new zombie heist movie Army of the Dead (read our review here), the filmmaker has teased fans of the SnyderVerse with a glimpse of actor Wayne T. Carr as the John Stewart incarnation of Green Lantern, who would have cameoed in Zack Snyder’s Justice League had Warner Bros. not put […]

James Gunn wrote The Suicide Squad’s King Shark specifically for Sylvester Stallone

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Having worked together on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, director James Gunn and action legend Sylvester Stallone reunite this year for the R-rated DC supervillain team-up The Suicide Squad as Sly sinks his teeth into the anthropomorphic Great White, King Shark. Based on the promotional material along, King Shark has already established himself as […]

Margot Robbie says Birds of Prey sequel not on the horizon, still hoping for Harley and Ivy team-up

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While Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) had an underwhelming performance at the worldwide box office, the film received favourable reviews from critics and audiences alike. Now, in an interview with Den of Geek to promote The Suicide Squad, Margot Robbie, who executive produced the film and starred as Harley Quinn, […]

Jeffrey Dean Morgan still holding out hope to play Flashpoint Batman

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Ever since it was first announced that Warner Bros. and DC Films were taking inspiration from the Flashpoint comic book storyline for its long-gestating The Flash movie, actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been lobbying hard to reprise his Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice role as Thomas Wayne – a.k.a. the Batman of the Flashpoint […]

The Suicide Squad gets R-rating for “violence,” “gore” and “graphic nudity”

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While Joker and Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) both went down the R-rated route, James Gunn looks to blow those away with his DCEU entry The Suicide Squad. The trailers have promised some graphic violence, but now we know just how intense it will be as the MPAA has […]

Gal Gadot confirms that Joss Whedon threatened her career, comments on Armie Hammer allegations

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Having to deal with questions about drama concerning directors and actors you know is no easy task, but actress and producer Gal Gadot handled this with great class in a recent interview with Israeli news outlet N12. During the interview, Gadot opened about the recent story about 2017’s Justice League director Joss Whedon threatening her […]

Tom Welling wants to play Superman alongside Robert Pattinson’s Batman, open to cameo in The Flash

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While he was infamously reluctant to don the iconic costume during his time on Smallville and only featured as a depowered Clark Kent for The CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths event, it seems that actor Tom Welling is open to suiting up as Superman, either for a cameo in The Flash movie or a World’s Finest […]

Green Lantern actor shares behind-the-scenes images from Zack Snyder’s Justice League deleted scene

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Last month, Zack Snyder revealed that he originally intended to feature a Green Lantern cameo in The Snyder Cut of Justice League, the director even going so far as to shoot a scene with actor Wayne T. Carr in the role of John Stewart. Had Warner Bros. not nixed the idea, Green Lantern would have […]