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Titans season 2 character posters released by DC Universe

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With the season 2 premiere of Titans just a few days away, a batch of character promo posters has arrived online for the returning DC Universe series featuring Dick Grayson (Brenton Thwaites), Starfire (Anna Diop), Raven (Teagan Croft), and Hawk and Dove (Alan Ritchson and Minka Kelly); check out the character posters here… SEE ALSO: […]

Ruby Rose suits up as the new Dark Knight in latest Batwoman trailer

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Following a poster for Batwoman, a new trailer has arrived online for The CW’s live-action DC series which sees Ruby Rose’s Kate Kane discussing her transition into Gotham’s masked protector; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ord34lMCFRU Kate Kane (Ruby Rose) never planned to be Gotham’s new vigilante. Three years after Batman mysteriously disappeared, Gotham is a city […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul #1

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DC Comics launches the new six-issue miniseries Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here; check it out… Gotham City is under siege by terrorists, and Batman is determined to find the source. But when Boston Brand tries to intervene, he […]

Batman: Damned trailer asks ‘Did Batman Kill The Joker?’

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DC Comics has released a trailer for the collected edition of Batman: Damned, the acclaimed DC Black Label miniseries from Brian Azzarello (Dark Knight III: The Master Race) and Lee Bermejo (Joker), which is set for release in a hardcover edition this September; watch the trailer here… When The Joker’s body washes up on the […]

Todd Phillips spent a year convincing Warner and DC of his Joker vision

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Having just debuted at the Venice Film Festival to an eight-minute standing ovation and rave reviews, Warner Bros. and DC Films are surely rubbing their hands together with glee over Joker, the upcoming origin story for the iconic Batman villain from director Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of […]

Why are people getting so crazy about Joker?

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Anghus Houvouras on Joker… There’s one film right now that is generating a catastrophic level of buzz online. A movie that has some people ridiculously excited while others are working themselves up into a foaming frenzy on what the film could potentially represent. Based on early expectations, the movie looks to be a massive financial […]

The Most Disappointing: Fandom in the Social Media Age

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Anghus Houvouras on fandom in the age of social media… The internet has ruined everything. It has given us a window into the soul of humanity and the view is pretty damn depressing. Like all great technical innovations, people have found out how to exploit this potentially amazing resource into a method of control. Elections […]

Leaked Birds of Prey images featuring Harley Quinn, Huntress, Black Canary and Black Mask

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Yesterday it was announced that the first trailer for the DC girl gang movie Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) has been classified and expected to be attached to the Warner Bros. horror sequel It Chapter Two this coming week. Well, we don’t need to wait until then for a […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the final Joker trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the new Joker trailer… This week, Warner Bros. and DC Films released the final trailer for Joker, director Todd Phillips’ upcoming standalone origin story for the Clown Prince of Crime and starring Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic comic book villain. The movie has been generating a […]