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Comic Book Review – The Man of Steel by Brian Michael Bendis

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Ricky Church reviews The Man of Steel by Brian Michael Bendis… One of DC’s biggest coups of the last year was gaining superstar and fan-favourite writer Brian Michael Bendis to work on their oldest and most reverent superhero, Superman. Bendis is taking over on both Superman and Action Comics, but before his tenure on those flagship titles […]

DC’s Aquaman dominates the Christmas box office, passes $600 million worldwide

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After comfortably fending off competition from Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee over the Friday to Sunday period with $72.1 million, Warner Bros. and DC Films Aquaman continued its dominance of the North American box office over Christmas with a total five-day opening of $105 million. The Jason Momoa-headlined superhero blockbuster earned $22.1 million on Christmas […]

Aquaman crosses $500 million at the worldwide box office

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After fending off competition from Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee to top the domestic box office going into the Christmas week, Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Aquaman crossed the half billion dollar mark at the worldwide box office this past Christmas Eve. Banking $11.2 million on Monday in North America to add to its $67.4 […]

Armie Hammer wanted to embrace Batman’s darkness with abandoned Justice League Mortal movie

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Some ten years before Zack Snyder (and Joss Whedon) assembled the Justice League, Warner Bros. enlisted Mad Max director George Miller to bring DC’s greatest superheroes together for a project titled Justice League Mortal. The project was deep into pre-production when the studio ultimately decided to pull the plug on the movie, with Miller having […]

Watch Superboy and Krypto the Superdog’s debut in Titans’ post-credits scene

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The first season of DC Universe’s live-action Titans series drew to a close this past Friday with a tantalising glimpse at what’s to come in season two thanks to a post-credits scene which introduced ‘Subject 13’ – a.k.a. Kon-El/Conner Kent/Superboy – along with his trusty canine companion Krypto! You can watch the scene here… If you’re […]

Aquaman tops U.S. box office, approaching $500 million worldwide

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After two weeks of international rollout, Aquaman finally made its way to domestic shores on Friday, with the DC blockbuster topping the North American box office with a three-day opening of $72.1 million including previews. Aquaman had been tracking a $100 million five-day Christmas opening, and was expected to comfortably top the chart ahead of […]

Gal Gadot announces that filming has wrapped on Wonder Woman 1984

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After kicking off principal photography this past June, star Gal Gadot has announced on Instagram that filming has wrapped on Wonder Woman 1984, the hotly-anticipated sequel to last year’s hit DC superhero blockbuster. “We did it. Again!!,” writes Gadot. “And as much as the first time shooting Wonder Woman was amazing, this time was even […]

DC Universe’s Stargirl TV series casts the Injustice Society

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After assembling the Justice Society of America these past few weeks, DC Universe has now turned its attention to their villainous counterparts the Injustice Society as casting on the live-action Stargirl series continues. As per Deadline, Joy Osmanski (Santa Clarita Diet), Neil Hopkins (Lost) and Nelson Lee (Sneaky Pete) have been cast as Paula Brooks/Tigress, Lawrence […]

Ranking All of 2018’s Superhero Movies

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Liam Hoofe rounds up what has been an exceptional year for the superhero genre… By this point, saying that a year is a marquee year for superhero films feels a little redundant. The genre has established itself as the most financially bankable in all of cinema, and it feels as though barely a month goes […]

The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen set for UK theatrical release

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Last month it was announced that Warner Bros. will be bringing the animated movies The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen to U.S. theaters, and now we have word that the double-bill will also be screening in UK cinemas for one night only on January 14th 2019. The two-part film is an animated […]