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Christian Bale believes Robert Pattinson is a good choice for the Batman role

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Christian Bale believes Robert Pattinson is a good choice as the new Batman in the upcoming Matt Reeves directed film, The Batman.In a recent interview with Variety during the Toronto International Film Festival, where he was promoting his upcoming movie Ford v Ferrari, Bale said:“Oh, good. Good choice, he’s interesting. I’m sure he’ll come up with something […]

Watchmen featurette offers new footage from HBO series

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Ahead of its season premiere next month, HBO has released a new featurette for Watchmen which includes interviews with creator/EP Damon Lindelof, stars Regina King & Jeremy Irons, and director/EP Nicole Kassell and gives us a look at some new footage from the series; watch it here…SEE ALSO: Damon Lindelof responds to Alan Moore’s displeasure over […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman Universe #3

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DC Comics releases Batman Universe #3 this Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue for you here…The hunt for the Fabergé egg and the secrets it contains continues across the DC Universe, as Batman escapes Thanagar and Gorilla City, only to land with Green Lantern on Dinosaur Island! Can these heroes stop Vandal […]

Funko’s NYCC exclusive Marvel and DC Pop! Vinyls revealed

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Funko has revealed its New York Comic-Con 2019 exclusive DC and Marvel Pop! vinyl figures which includes Iron Man from Avengers: Endgame, Stan Lee from Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, and Mar-Vell, Nick Fury and Ms. Marvel, while the DC offerings include Huntress and a pink chrome Batman; check them out here…New York Comic […]

Supergirl gets a new season 5 poster

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With its season 5 premiere less than a month away, The CW has released a new poster for its DC series Supergirl featuring Kara, Dreamer, James, Alex, Brainiac-5, J’onn J’onzz, Lena, and Kelly; take a look here…SEE ALSO: Promo images for Supergirl Season 5 Premiere – ‘Event Horizon’SEE ALSO: Supergirl Season 5 trailer released at Comic-ConSupergirl […]

Joker tracking record October opening at the domestic box office

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Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker has proven to be a huge success at the Venice Film Festival, the Joaquin Phoenix-headlined comic book adaptation having received an eight-minute standing ovation at its premiere before being named the recipient of the festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion, by the jury yesterday.Last month it was reported that […]

Jonah Hex to appear in Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths

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The CW is adding another familiar face to the roster of Crisis on Infinite Earths, with Johnathon Schaech set to reprise his DC’s Legends of Tomorrow role as Jonah Hex in the five-part DC crossover event.In addition to the main casts of the five shows – Supergirl, Batwoman, The Flash, Arrow and DC’s Legends of […]

Shazam! director reveals original plans for Henry Cavill’s Superman cameo

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While Warner Bros. and DC Films were unable to reach a deal with Henry Cavill to have him make Superman a cameo appearance in this year’s DC superhero adventure Shazam!, that didn’t deter the filmmakers from including the Man of Steel in the film’s final scenes.As it turns out, we only got to see Supes […]

Joker wins top prize at the Venice Film Festival

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After scoring an eight-minute standing ovation following its premiere last weekend, Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker has been selected for the top prize, the prestigious Golden Lion, by the jury at the Venice Film Festival.“They took a comic book mythology that has been done in so many ways and overturned it and revitalized it […]