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The Batman Who Laughs and Paper Girls lead December 2018’s bestselling comic book and graphic novel charts

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Diamond Comic Distributors have announced details of the top comic book and graphic novel sales for December 2018, with DC’s Dark Knights: Metal spinoff The Batman Who Laughs leading the comic book chart for the month and Images Comics’ Paper Girls Vol. 5 emerging as the bestselling graphic novel title. SEE ALSO: Action Comics #1000 […]

Shazam’s Zachary Levi unveils his Funko Pop! Vinyl figure

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With its April release fast approaching, Shazam! star Zachary Levi has taken to Instagram to share the first official look at Funko’s Pop! vinyl figure for his character in the upcoming DC superhero solo movie; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Shazam! extended TV spot is packed with new footage https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs11qC5FPHo/   We all have a […]

Arrow enlists Kelsey Grammer for mockumentary episode

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Kelsey Grammer is heading to Star City for a guest role in the 150th episode of The CW’s DC superhero show Arrow, titled ‘Emerald Archer’. As per TV Line, the special episode will present a faux documentary entitled ‘The Hood and the Rise of Vigilantism”, which will be narrated by Grammer and feature “behind-the-scenes documentary […]

Shazam! extended TV spot is packed with new footage

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Warner Bros. has unveiled an extended TV spot for its next DC Extended Universe release Shazam! which is packed with previously unseen footage from the Zachary Levi-headlined superhero blockbuster; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Shazam’s suit apparently cost over a million dollars to make We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a […]

Zack Snyder reportedly helped James Wan to course correct Aquaman after Joss Whedon’s Justice League changes

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Warner Bros. and DC Films scored a huge success this past December with the release of Aquaman, with the James Wan-helmed superhero blockbuster smashing the $1 billion mark at the global box office, and helping to restore some confidence in the DC Extended Universe following the underwhelming reception to 2017’s Justice League. Despite being over […]

Gotham Season 5 Episode 3 Review – ‘Penguin, Our Hero’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Gotham season 5…   Russian roulette played in derelict swimming pools daisy chain style with forty five calibre hand guns might seem dangerous, edgy, dicey or out there but this too little too late. Characters change alliances here more often than most people change channel, which plays havoc […]

Rumoured details on the Supergirl movie’s setting and villain

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Superman’s DC Extended Universe status may be up in the air at the moment following last year’s conflicting reports about Henry Cavill’s exit, but we may soon be seeing Kal-El’s cousin Kara Zor-El on the big screen, with Warner Bros. and DC Films busy developing a Supergirl movie as part of the DCEU. So far, […]

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 […]