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Oliver goes cage fighting and Roy returns in promo images for Arrow Season 8 Episode 5 – ‘Prochnost’

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Following a promo for the fifth episode of Arrow’s eighth and final season, The CW has released a batch of images for ‘Prochnost’ which see Oliver (Stephen Amell) turning his hand to cage fighting and Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) making his return. Check them out here… SEE ALSO: Arrow Season 8 Episode 4 Review – ‘Present […]

Supergirl gets full season order from CBS, no Flash crossover planned

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Ahead of tonight’s episode ‘Red Faced’ [check out a preview and clips here], CBS has announced that it has given a full series order for Supergirl. The Greg Berlanti-produced DC adaptation will get a further six episodes, bringing its first season total up to 20. Just last week, a rumour emerged suggesting that if Supergirl was to […]

Michael Bowen and Lori Petty join Gotham season 2

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Fox’s Batman prequel series Gotham has added a couple of new faces to its cast for the second half of season two in Michael Bowen (Breaking Bad) and Lori Petty (Tank Girl). Comic Book reports that Bowen will play Patrick ‘Matches’ Malone, who will be familiar to Batman fans as a small time crook whose […]

Supergirl’s ratings continue to fall

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After a staggering premiere with an incredible 14 million viewers, the figures for Supergirl are starting to show signs of dropping – and dropping fast. The show opened three weeks ago with a 3.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic, thanks in part to a lead-in from The Big Bang Theory. But Supergirl fell to a 2.2 last week […]

Matt Ryan on returning to the role of Constantine for Arrow

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Following NBC’s cancellation of Constantine back in May, The CW stepped in to bring the supernatural detective back to the big screen, with Matt Ryan set to reprise the role of John Constantine for a guest appearance in this Wednesday’s episode of Arrow, entitled ‘Haunted’ [check out a trailer and promo here and some images here]. […]

David S. Goyer defends Superman’s killing of General Zod in Man of Steel

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During an interview with the Nerdist Podcast (via IndieWire), screenwriter David S. Goyer has been speaking about the controversial climax to the showdown between Superman and General Zod in 2013’s Man of Steel, which saw Kal-El putting an end to Zod’s rampage by snapping his neck. The decision to have Superman kill his foe has […]

Episode description for The Flash season 2 episode 3 – ‘Family of Rogues’

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The CW has released the official episode description for ‘Family of Rogues’, the third episode of The Flash season two; check it out here… SEE ALSO: First look at Zoom and the new Firestorm in two trailers for The Flash season 2 MICHAEL IRONSIDE GUEST STARS AS LEWIS SNART — When Barry (Grant Gustin) and the team […]

Willa Holland says the plan was for her to become Speedy by the end of season one of Arrow

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Willa Holland’s Thea Queen is the latest character from Arrow to join Team Arrow as the iconic character Speedy. Although Holland told us at London Comic Con that she didn’t know anything about the show’s future, she apparently knew this was the plan all along! But she’s glad the writers on the show took their time […]