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Beck Bennett joins James Gunn’s Superman

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As filming continues on James Gunn’s Superman, THR has revealed that Saturday Night Live alum Beck Bennett has joined the cast of the new DC Universe-launching reboot. Having spent eight seasons on SNL before his exit in 2021, Bennett has went on to lend his voice to the features The Mitchells vs. the Machines and […]

DC’s Green Lanterns series enlists writers Damon Lindelof and Tom King

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DC Studios is finally bringing the Green Lanterns to television, and now we learn the minds behind the project. DC’s Lanterns is bringing Damon Lindelof back to television alongside Chris Mundy and DC comic author Tom King. Lindelof is best known for the award-winning smash hits Lost and Watchmen. As for Mundy, he was the […]

10 Essential DC Movies

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EJ Moreno on the essential DC films… As we prepare to enter a new era for the DC Universe with James Gunn’s Superman, it feels like an ideal time to make a watchlist of the DC movies that brought us to this point. It’s been a rocky road with great ups and downs, but there’s […]

Frank Grillo joins season 2 of James Gunn’s Peacemaker

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Even as James Gunn is busy filming Superman, he is still hard at work developing the second season of Peacemaker and other DC series and films. With Peacemaker having begun production, Gunn revealed Frank Grillo has joined the cast where he will reprise his role from the upcoming animated series Creature Commandos as Rick Flag Sr. in the new season. Gunn announced […]

First look at David Corenswet’s Superman revealed by James Gunn

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James Gunn has given us our first look at David Corenswet as Superman in next summer’s Superman, the first entry in DC’s new film universe which Gunn and Peter Safran are leading as the DC Studios heads.  Corenswet was chosen as Clark Kent/Superman last year, filling the boots that have previously held Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh […]

Neva Howell joins Superman as Martha Kent

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Not long after it was revealed character actor Pruitt Taylor Vince has joined James Gunn’s Superman as the Man of Steel’s adoptive father Jonathan Kent, The Wrap has now announced that Neva Howell (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul) will play Martha Kent, Superman’s mother. Martha Kent played a major role in Clark Kent’s […]

Cruella director Craig Gillespie in talks to helm Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

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DC Studios’ Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow may be nearing a director as Deadline reports Craig Gillespie (Cruella) has begun talks to helm the film. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow will star House of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl. Production on the film is expected to begin this fall once DC Studios head James Gunn has completed filming on […]

Dave Bautista wants more Marvel outside of Drax

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You can’t keep a good hero (or possible villain) down. Dave Bautista loves working in the superhero world and wants to explore more options outside of playing Drax the Destroyer in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. While promoting his appearance in Dune: Part Two, Bautista opened up to io9 about his feelings on more […]

Wendell Pierce to play Perry White in James Gunn’s Superman

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With James Gunn’s Superman having begun filming now, The Hollywood Reporter has announced an additional piece of casting for the anticipated DC film. Wendell Pierce (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) will star in the film as Perry White, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet. Perry White was introduced in the 1940s Superman radio serials before transferring over to the comics. […]