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The Suicide Squad gets a new poster, trailer incoming on Friday

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Director James Gunn has taken to social media to announce that the first official trailer for his DCEU supervillain ensemble The Suicide Squad is set to arrive on Friday, and to whet our appetites we have a brand new poster for the film; take a look here… SEE ALSO: WarnerMedia CEO says “we won’t be […]

Ron Livingston replaces Billy Crudup as Henry Allen in The Flash movie

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Just a few days after the news that Billy Crudup is unable to reprise the role of Barry Allen’s imprisoned father in The Flash, Variety reports the film has already found its replacement. Joining the cast of the Warner Bros. and DC Films movie is Ron Livingston (Office Space) who will take over the role […]

Helen Mirren joins Shazam: Fury Of The Gods as the villain Hespera

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Shazam will face his most formidable foe yet, in the form of Dame Helen Mirren. News broke this week that Mirren is joining the cast of Shazam: Fury Of The Gods as the villain of the DC sequel, which has David F. Sandberg returning to the director’s chair. While she’s no stranger to action films […]

Zack Snyder discusses his post-Justice League plans for Superman, New Gods, and a new Batman

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Zack Snyder has made no secret of the fact that his plans for the DC Extended Universe – or at least the ‘SnyderVerse’ aspect of it – extend well beyond Justice League. As anyone who’s now seen Zack Snyder’s Justice League and its multiple Return of the King-style endings can attest to, The Snyder Cut […]

Zack Snyder’s Justice League falls short of Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max

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Samba TV, a polling company who track the household viewing figures using Smart TV statistics, have revealed that Zack Snyder’s Justice League drew 1.8 million households in its first five minutes over its debut weekend, a figure that leaves it trailing Wonder Woman 1984‘s Christmas Day bow of 2.2 million. While Justice League couldn’t get […]

WarnerMedia CEO says “we won’t be developing David Ayer’s cut” of Suicide Squad

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No sooner had WarnerMedia and HBO Max announced that they were allowing Zack Snyder to complete the Snyder Cut of Justice League than a section of the DC fanbase began calling for similar treatment for David Ayer and his 2016 supervillain team-up Suicide Squad. Ayer, who had reshoots and changes enforced on him by the […]

Zack Snyder considered the mullet for Superman in Justice League

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While Henry Cavill’s Superman got to don his fan favourite black suit in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the filmmaker stopped short of delivering a truly comic book accurate version of the Man of Steel from the classic Death and Return of Superman arc by keeping his traditional hairstyle as opposed to having him rock a […]

Promising Young Woman’s Emerald Fennell to write Zatanna movie for DC Films

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From one promising young woman to another, Emerald Fennell has found her next major gig. Warner Bros and DC Films have tapped the award-winning writer/director of Oscar-contender Promising Young Woman to pen a script for their hero Zatanna. Variety broke the story today that the upcoming movie from Warner Bros.’ DC Films will also see […]

‘Justice is Gray’ edition of Zack Snyder’s Justice League gets a promotional clip

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Following the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, HBO Max now released a promotional clip for the upcoming ‘Justice is Gray’ edition of The Snyder Cut, featuring Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Alfred Pennyworth (Jeremy Irons); watch it here… SEE ALSO: ‘Justice is Gray’ edition of Zack Snyder’s Justice League will include more Joker footage […]