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DC teams with Joe Hill for Black Label horror comic imprint

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DC Comics has announced that it is teaming with Joe Hill (Horns, NOS4A2) for a new “pop-up” horror imprint titled Hill House Comics, which is set to launch with five limited series titles in Basketful of Heads (written by Hill with art from Leomacs), The Dollhouse Family (written by Mike Carey with art from Peter […]

Black Lightning Season 3 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Book of Resistance: Chapter One: Knocking on Heaven’s Door’

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Red Stewart reviews the sixth episode of Black Lightning season 3… Black Lightning thankfully continued its upward trend following the surprisingly enjoyable “Requiem for Tavon.” Like its predecessor, it fumbled when it came to some of the emotional beats, but was paced good enough, and with minimal plot intrusion, that I didn’t find myself hating […]

Get a first look at DC’s Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen

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Spinning out of the ‘Justice/Doom War’ in the pages of Justice League, DC Comics releases Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #1 next month, and we’ve got an early preview of the issue for you here; check it out… Lex Luthor has brought Perpetua back from her cosmic grave and restored her power! Now the […]

Joker director Todd Phillips clears up conflicting reports about sequel

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A couple of days ago, THR reported that Joker director Todd Phillips has officially signed on to direct a sequel to the hugely-successful R-rated comic book movie adaptation, as well as developing “at least one other DC story.” No sooner had the story been published than fellow trade Deadline ran its own report, calling it […]

Conflicting reports circulating about Joker sequel

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Given that it’s comfortably become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time – and the first and only one to ever cross a billion at the box office – it goes without saying that it’s only a matter of time before Warner Bros. announced a sequel to the Joaquin Phoenix-headlined Joker movie. However, it seems […]

Superman and Doctor Manhattan clash in first-look preview of Doomsday Clock #12

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The final issue of DC Comics’ Doomsday Clock is (finally!) set to arrive next month, and to whet our appetites, the publisher has unveiled a first-look preview featuring the opening stages of the hugely-anticipated clash between Superman and Doctor Manhattan! Check out the preview here… This is it! The final showdown between Dr. Manhattan and […]

Watchmen’s Damon Lindelof on the giant alien squid monster

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Many believed it to be unfilmable – so much so that Zack Snyder didn’t even try – but Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen series brought the shocking ending of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’legendary comic book to life this past weekend by recreating the tragic events of November 2nd 1985 when New York City found itself decimated […]

Neil Gaiman and Bryan Fuller think that The Sandman should be adapted for TV

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Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series is not an easy property to adapt to film. Any readers of the comics will immediately understand why: there are literally no boundaries in the comic series centered around Morpheus, the god of dreams. The comics introduce a wide variety of characters; from DC characters like Batman, all the way to […]

The Batman director Matt Reeves compares Bruce Wayne to Planet of the Apes’ Caesar

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After a lot of uncertainty, it was finally revealed in February that Matt Reeves, director of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes, would be hopping aboard The Batman after Ben Affleck formally bowed out of directing duties. Reeves has been fairly vocal this week regarding […]