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Kevin Smith reacts to the Joker trailer, says he “loves” the tone

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Kevin Smith has taken to social media to express his love of the new trailer for Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix. Kevin Smith, as we all know, is a huge superhero/comic book fan, and particularly fond of all things Batman. Many fans look to Smith when something new in the world of nerdom drops and it […]

Movie Review – Shazam! (2019)

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Shazam, 2019. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Djimon Hounsou, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans, Adam Brody, Michelle Borth, Meagan Good, Ross Butler, and D.J. Cotrona. SYNOPSIS: We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit […]

Viola Davis will return as Amanda Waller in The Suicide Squad

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James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad will be seeing another familiar face returning from the original film. It’s been a rumour for some time, but TheWrap has seemingly confirmed Viola Davis (Widows) will reprise her role as the leader of Task Force X, aka the Suicide Squad, for the sequel. This news comes after producer Peter Safran described The […]

DC’s zombie event series DCeased gets horror movie poster-inspired variant covers

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Next month sees the launch of DCeased, a new limited comic book series which sees the heroes and villains of the DC Universe battling a zombie outbreak, and DC has announced a series of horror movie poster-inspired variant covers from artist Yasmine Putri; the first three pay homage to It, A Nightmare on Elm Street […]

Put on a happy face with first Joker trailer

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After the release of yesterday’s poster and tease from CinemaCon, the first trailer for Joker has now arrived online. The upcoming film from director Todd Phillips stars Joaquin Phoenix as The Joker in an origin film that will be set apart from the main DC Extended Universe continuity. Watch it below… Joker centers around the iconic […]

Birds of Prey gets a teaser poster as first footage screened at CinemaCon

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Yesterday during the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon, the studio released the first teaser poster for the DC Extended Universe girl gang movie Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). Check it out here… Meanwhile, thanks to ComicBook, we also have a description of a teaser/sizzle reel which was screened to […]

Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin receiving 4K remasters

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As part of The Dark Knight’s 80th anniversary celebrations, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC have announced that 1989’s Batman, 1992’s Batman Returns, 1995’s Batman Forever and 1997’s Batman & Robin are coming to 4K Ultra HD, having been remastered in 4K for the first time. The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war […]

Jai Courtney returning as Captain Boomerang in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad

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Although producer Peter Safran has recently described the movie as “a total reboot”, it seems that isn’t quite the case as Jai Courtney has revealed to Business Insider that he’s set to reprise the role of Captain Boomerang for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. “We’re getting ready to shoot in a few months’ time,” states […]