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Alex Kurtzman discusses his disastrous Batman movie pitch to Warner Bros.

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After Joel Schumacher brought the franchise to its knees with 1997’s Batman & Robin, Warner Bros. spent several years attempting to relaunch the Batman franchise – most notably under director Darren Aronofsky and writer Frank Miller with their Batman: Year One take – before Christopher Nolan came in and struck gold with 2005’s Batman Begins. […]

Promo images for The Flash Season 5 Episode 11 – ‘Seeing Red’

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Following a promo for the eleventh episode of The Flash season 5, The CW has released a batch of images from ‘Seeing Red’ which sees the Scarlet Speedster and Killer Frost confronting Cicada; check them out here… SEE ALSO: The Flash Season 5 Episode 10 Review – ‘The Flash and the Furious’ CICADA SEVERLY INJURES […]

Nicole Maines’ Nia Nal suits up as TV’s first transgender superhero Dreamer in Supergirl promo image

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The CW has released a first look image of Nicole Maines’ Nia Nal suited-up in full costume as Dreamer, the first transgender superhero on TV, ahead of her appearance in next week’s episode of Supergirl season four, ‘Bloodlines’; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Promo images for Supergirl Season 4 Episode 11 – ‘Blood Memory’ KATE […]

Gordon and Penguin team up in promo for Gotham Season 5 Episode 4 – ‘Ruin’

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We’ve already seen a batch of images for next week’s fourth episode of Gotham season 5, and now Fox has released a promo for ‘Ruin’ which you can watch here… SEE ALSO: Exclusive: Cameron Monaghan teases Gotham’s finale and a bold interpretation of his character HAVEN COMES UNDER ATTACK ON AN ALL-NEW “GOTHAM” THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, […]

The Flash Season 5 Episode 10 Review – ‘The Flash and the Furious’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the tenth episode of The Flash season 5… Back from the Holiday break and no Cicada in sight! Hallejuah! The Good: Our mid-season finale last year left us with a tasty little nugget where tired, worn out Thawne has been held in a Pipeline-like prison and Nora can visit him and has […]

Shazam’s suit apparently cost over a million dollars to make

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The Shazam! suit apparently cost upwards of a million dollars to make according to the film’s costume designer. Making a movie isn’t cheap, let alone a major blockbuster, and especially for a superhero movie. The costs involved are incredible, from the cast to the special effects, it isn’t cheap. The costumes can be pricy too but the […]

UPDATE: Christopher McQuarrie denies reports of turning down DC movies for Mission: Impossible sequels

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UPDATE: Christopher McQuarrie has responded on Twitter, stating that the rumours are “inaccurate” and “horseshit”. https://twitter.com/chrismcquarrie/status/1085588255838396416 https://twitter.com/chrismcquarrie/status/1085721834111131648 Original story follows… This week it was announced that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie will be reuniting with Tom Cruise for two new movies in the blockbuster spy series, with […]

M. Night Shyamalan explains why he turned down Marvel and DC movies

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Director M. Night Shyamalan has explained why he has turned down films with both Marvel and DC in the past. M. Night Shyamalan’s next film Glass (a sequel to Split and Unbreakable) is very nearly with us, with the film being the next picture of his much talked about come back. Glass is, of course, in […]

Action Comics #1000 and The Infinity Gauntlet top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of 2018

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced details of its bestselling comics and graphic novels of 2018, with DC Entertainment’s milestone Action Comics #1000 topping the comic book chart and Marvel’s classic The Infinity Gauntlet leading the way in terms of graphic novels, spurred on by Marvel Studios’ hugely successful blockbuster movie Avengers: Infinity War. Meanwhile, Marvel […]