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DC’s Blue Beetle movie casts the Reyes family

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DC Films and director Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) continue to fill out the cast of their Blue Beetle movie, having cast the family of Xolo Maridueña’s (Cobra Kai) title character, the Mexican-American teenager Jamie Reyes. Joining the previously announced Harvey Guillen (What We Do In the Shadows), Bruna Marquezine (Breaking Through) and Bellisa […]

The Batman dominates another weekend as Jujutsu Kaisen 0 continues anime’s box office rise

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It’s no surprise The Batman cleaned up at the box office for another weekend. The month of March has been slow for other major releases, but that doesn’t take away from the dominant force that is the latest DC outing. Yet, this weekend’s box office has another major talking point: anime films & their rise. […]

Concept art from Ben Affleck’s The Batman features Deathstroke and the Dark Knight

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Before Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson came on board to overhaul the franchise with The Batman, the original plan was for Ben Affleck to pull double duty on the project, directing and starring in a DC Extended Universe-set solo movie which would have pitted his Dark Knight against Deathstroke, played by Zack Snyder’s Justice League’s […]

The Batman’s Paul Dano writing Riddler: Year One comic for DC Black Label

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Having reinvented the character with a chilling, Zodiac Killer-inspired take on the iconic villain in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, it looks like Paul Dano is set to explore the origins of his twisted incarnation of The Riddler – albeit not on screen, but as writer of a new DC Comics miniseries. As announced by the […]

Official look at Green Lantern from Zack Snyder’s Justice League

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While Zack Snyder finally got the opportunity to unleash his vision for Justice League thanks to HBO Max last year, the filmmaker did still encounter some resistance to his Snyderverse ideas – in particular, his plan to include the John Stewart version of Green Lantern as part of the final round of additional photography. Snyder […]

Movie Review – The Batman (2022)

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The Batman, 2022. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Alex Ferns, Jayme Lawson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Con O’Neill, Vic Waghorn, Dave Simon, Luke Roberts, Stella Stocker, Oscar Novak, and Archie Barnes. SYNOPSIS: In his second year of fighting crime, […]

The Batman crosses $500 million at the global box office, but opens soft in China

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Having held onto top spot at the box office last weekend, Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Batman has crossed a major milestone with the film passing the $500 million mark heading into its third weekend in cinemas. By close of play on Thursday, the Matt Reeves-directed film had amassed $510.8 million, with $263.3 million […]

UPDATE: Gal Gadot’s salary for Wonder Woman, Batman v Superman and Justice League revealed

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Reports are coming in from The Daily Dot that Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot has earned a salary of $300,000 per film for last year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, her recently released solo feature, and the upcoming Justice League. For comparison, Henry Cavill made a whopping $14 million for playing Superman in Man of […]