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The Suicide Squad disappoints with $26.5 million opening weekend

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James Gunn’s much ballyhooed reimagining of The Suicide Squad was unleashed at the North American box-office over the weekend where it underwhelmed with a below-par opening of $26.5M from 4,002 theatres. The $185M DC antihero blockbuster holds a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was received favourably by audiences, but it failed to match the […]

Comic Book Preview – Future State: Gotham #4

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DC Comics has released the official preview of this Tuesday’s Future State: Gotham #4; check it out here… “Hunt the Batman” continues as Punchline prowls Gotham searching for the one thing she needs before leaving the city forever! The only person standing in her way is a revenge-fueled Harley Quinn! And just when things couldn’t […]

Dwayne Johnson has “flirted around ideas” with Marvel but always had his sights on DC’s Black Adam

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Over fifteen years on from first being linked to the role, Dwayne Johnson has recently wrapped filming on Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Black Adam, the first superhero movie outing for the WWE superstar turned Hollywood megastar. It’s certainly been a long time coming, and as his Seven Bucks producing partner Hiram Garcia has revealed […]

The Suicide Squad’s King Shark gets a collectible statue from Iron Studios

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Coinciding with the movie’s U.S. release, Sideshow and Iron Studios have unveiled the 1:10 scale King Shark statue which is based on the DC Comics villain’s appearance in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. The DC collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $180; check out the promotional images here… The corpulent creature, wearing only a […]

Comic Book Preview – Hardware Season One #1

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DC and Milestone release Hardware Season One #1 this Tuesday; check out the official preview of the issue here… Curtis Metcalf was the brightest shining star of Alva Industries, a brilliant scientist mentored by Edwin Alva since childhood…until the failures of Alva technology at the “Big Bang” disaster threatened to destroy the company, and Alva […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: Urban Legends #6

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DC Comics releases Batman: Urban Legends #6 this coming Tuesday, and we have the official preview of the issue for you here… Red Hood: The epic “Cheer” story line reaches its conclusion, and Red Hood’s alliance with Batman will be forever changed. Will the former Dynamic Duo get the Cheerdrop drug off the streets for […]

Margot Robbie is ready for another Harley Quinn outing

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A couple of weeks ago, Margot Robbie said that she felt she needed to take a little bit of a break from Harley Quinn after portraying the character in quick succession in Birds of Prey and The Suicide Squad, but with the latter now in cinemas it seems she’s got the bug again and is […]