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Comic Book Preview – Gotham City Sirens: Unfit For Orbit #1

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DC Comics releases Gotham City Sirens: Unfit For Orbit #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue below… There’s a hot new outer space-themed nightclub in Gotham City, and who better to rob it than Catwoman, Ivy, and Harley? But there’s more to this intergalactic discotheque than meets […]

Hot Toys’ Knightfall Batman sixth scale action figure revealed

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Hot Toys has unveiled its new Knightfall Batman sixth scale figure which is inspired by the appearance of Jean-Paul Valley’s armoured Batsuit from the Knightfall DLC of the hit video game Batman: Arkman Origins.  The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $280; take a look here… Hot Toys proudly introduces the 1/6th scale […]

All hope may not be lost for Luca Guadagnino’s Sgt. Rock DC movie

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If you were one of those who were eagerly awaiting Luca Guadagnino’s first foray into superhero filmmaking, but were devastated by the news that Sgt. Rock was potentially cancelled, don’t give up hope yet. It seems like the Sgt. Rock project is not dead in the water, but it is experiencing a delay in production to […]

Luca Guadagnino’s Sgt. Rock scrapped by DC

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As the world holds its breath awaiting the release of James Gunn’s Superman, DC has decided to scrap another of its planned franchise starters with the news that Luca Guadagnino’s Sgt. Rock has been cancelled.  Intended to star Colin Farrell, who was himself replacing Daniel Craig, Sgt Rock was meant to go before cameras this […]

James Gunn says “people should get off Matt Reeves’ nuts” regarding The Batman 2

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James Gunn is quick to defend a filmmaker under his DC Studios umbrella, telling fans they need to stop breathing down the neck of Matt Reeves about The Batman Part II. The conversation sprang from a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, where Gunn was asked about the timeline of Reeves’ follow-up to the beloved Batman film. […]

Comic Book Preview – DC x Sonic The Hedgehog #4

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DC x Sonic The Hedgehog #4 races into comic book shops this coming Wednesday, and we have the official preview of the issue for you below; check it out… The world of Sonic the Hedgehog is in peril! Thankfully, the Justice League is here to save the day! Even completely out of their element, Earth’s […]

Batman Begins at 20: How it reinvented franchise filmmaking

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Chris Connor on Batman Begins as it turns 20… It is hard now to think that Batman had become somewhat of a laughing stock in the late 90s through the early 00s, supplanted by the likes of Spider-Man and X-Men who had both launched their own successful franchises in the years following the Dark Knight’s […]

Batman is James Gunn’s “biggest issue” and he’s working to get The Brave and the Bold “right”

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While DC Studios co-head James Gunn is getting the new DC film universe off the ground with next month’s Superman and next year’s Supergirl, among the other TV projects in various stages of development, one of the biggest question marks in all this is where does the Dark Knight stand in the new DCU? Batman is not […]