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Former DC boss says Joker movie is “what DC should have been doing since Nolan”, deletes Twitter after backlash from Zack Snyder fans

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Having spent the past few years focussing on the shared DC Extended Universe (and to varying degrees of success), Warner Bros. and DC Films are branching out next year with the standalone Joker movie, which has just started production this past week. The film, which is directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover), is set to […]

Rumoured details on how Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor returns in Wonder Woman 1984

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Potential spoilers follow… Given his fate at the end of last year’s Wonder Woman, Warner Bros. and DC Films left fans scratching their head earlier this year when it was confirmed that Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor will be making his return in the hotly-anticipated sequel Wonder Woman 1984. Well, if a rumour from SuperBroMovies is […]

How The CW’s Arrowverse has achieved what the DCEU never could

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George Chrysostomou on The CW’s Arrowverse and the DCEU… It’s no secret that The CW is continuously killing it in terms of faithful and fun adaptations of famous DC characters. Whilst the shows are not everyone’s cup of tea, for those who stick with them it is clear that a lot of effort has gone […]

Arrow season 7 adds Shadowhunters’ Katherine McNamara in pivotal role

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According to TV Line, Shadowhunters actress Katherine McNamara has joined the cast of The CW’s DC superhero show Arrow for its upcoming seventh season. McNamara is set for what is described as “a pivotal recurring role” in the first half of the season, where she will portray Maya, a scrappy street fighter and thief from Star […]

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sofia Boutella and more testing for DC’s Birds of Prey

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With Warner Bros. and DC Films looking at a January production start for Birds of Prey, it seems we may soon learn who’ll be joining Margot Robbie in the cast of the Harley Quinn-led girl gang movie. According to various reports in the trades, Warner Bros. and director Cathy Yan are currently testing a number […]

The CW’s Arrowverse crossover adds Jeremy Davies as villainous Arkham Asylum doctor

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Deadline is reporting that Jeremy Davies (Justified, Sleepy Hollow) has become the latest addition to this year’s Arrowverse crossover between The Flash, Arrow and Supergirl. Davies is set to play Dr. John Deegan, whose description reads: “a doctor at Arkham Asylum For the Criminally Insane in Gotham City, but he might just be crazier than […]

Joker vs. Harley Quinn movie is a mix of Bad Santa and This Is Us

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Back in August of last year it was reported that Warner Bros. had enlisted Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love, This Is Us) to write and direct a Joker vs. Harley Quinn movie – one of numerous projects in development at DC Films featuring one or both of its titular two villains. During an interview […]

Joaquin Phoenix dons a classic Joker costume in latest set photo and video

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Yesterday, director Todd Phillips released a camera test video showing Joaquin Phoenix in full clown make-up from Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker origin movie, and now a new set photo and video have landed online showing Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck in a very classic-looking Joker costume as he causes havoc in a subway station. SEE […]

Zack Snyder reveals that Atom was cut from Justice League

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While it seems likely at this point that we’ll never learn just what exactly Zack Snyder had in store for us with his version of Justice League, we do keep getting occasional nuggets of info regarding the filmmaker’s original plans for the superhero team-up, and now comes word of another DC hero who almost appeared […]