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First look preview of John Carpenter’s The Joker: Year of the Villain

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Legendary filmmaker John Carpenter turns his hand to the DC universe and the iconic Clown Prince of Crime this October as writer on The Joker: Year of the Villain, and you can check out an unlettered first-lo0k preview here… “In this one-shot special, Lex Luthor – now a human-alien hybrid – has made his appeal […]

First look at Batman in Superman: Red Son animated movie

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Following on from last week’s official image and voice cast reveal, we’ve now got another still from the upcoming animated feature adaptation of Superman: Red Son, this time giving us a first look at the movie’s Batman, complete with ushanka cowl; check it out here… Based on the Mark Millar ‘Elseworlds’ comic book from 2003, […]

Smallville’s Erica Durance and Tom Welling reunite in Crisis on Infinite Earths photo

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It was just last week The CW revealed Smallville actors Tom Welling and Erica Durance would reunite for the massive Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths, but it hasn’t taken long for them to get in front of the cameras. Durnace shared a photo of her and Welling reuniting on the set of Crisis, outside what looks to be Smallville‘s […]

Deathstroke vows to kill the Titans in new promo for the DC series

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DC Universe has released a promo for next week’s fifth episode of Titans season 2, entitled ‘Deathstroke’, which sees Slade Wilson vowing to kill every last one of the young heroes; watch it here… In this action-packed, live-action series, Dick Grayson, aka the former Robin (series star BRENTON THWAITES), emerges from the shadows to lead […]

Birds of Prey’s Ashley Scott will reprise Huntress role for Crisis on Infinite Earths

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The Arrowverse’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover has just added another face from DC television’s past. TVLine reports Ashley Scott, who portrayed Huntress in the short-lived Birds of Prey series, will reprise her role for the massive CW crossover. Birds of Prey debuted in 2002 and took place in New Gotham City, set several years after Batman seemingly […]

Joker director says the film isn’t trying to glorify violence

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Todd Phillips, the director of Joker, says the film isn’t trying to glorify violence. In the build-up to its much-anticipated release, there has been a fair bit of talk online about Joker and the way it depicts violence. Some have criticised the film, saying that it even glorifies the act. Todd Phillips is having none […]

Jonah Hill reportedly wants more than twice Robert Pattinson’s salary for The Batman villain role

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Robert Pattinson is supposedly making less than $5 million for his leading role in The Batman. According to reporter Justin Kroll, after the news broke that Jonah Hill is currently in talks to join the Matt Reeves-directed film, he has heard that Hill asked for $10 million, which is more than double what Pattinson is earning […]

New Arrow spin-off to star Katherine McNamara, Katie Cassidy and Juliana Harkavy

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Though Arrow is ending with its eighth and final season, the Arrowverse will continue on through shows like The Flash and Supergirl. However, the world of Arrow specifically will continue in some form as The CW has set another spin-off series that will star Arrow‘s Katherine McNamara, Katie Cassidy and Juliana Harkavy reprising their roles as Mia Smoak, Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake […]