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Preview of Archie Meets Batman ’66 #3

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Archie Comics and DC Comics have released a preview of this Wednesday’s Archie Meets Batman ’66 #3; check it out here… The historic crossover mini-series rolls on! Gotham’s villains have infiltrated Pop’s Chocklit Shoppe to enact their plans of mind control! But when one of Pop’s best customers sees the action taking place, will he be […]

Margot Robbie’s Birds of Prey gets 2020 release date

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While the cast for the film is still forming, Warner Bros. and DC Films have set an official release date for the Cathy Yan-directed Birds Of Prey, which is set to open on February 7th, 2020. Margot Robbie will reprise her Suicide Squad role as Harley Quinn and is said to be joined by Black Canary […]

Preview of Detective Comics #989

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Detective Comics #989 hits comic book shops on Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of DC Comics… Fighting off Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum and two versions of the pyro-maniac Firefly shouldn’t be too difficult for Batman…but the real threat comes from the fact that they’re pairs! For […]

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 […]