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The CW’s next DC crossover will increase the emotional stakes and payoffs

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After last year’s big crossover between Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, executive producer Marc Guggenheim has revealed that they’ll be taking a different approach when the DC heroes reunite again this year – focussing instead on raising the emotional stakes and payoffs rather than trying to outdo the ‘Invasion!’ arc in […]

Stephen Amell says Deathstroke is the best Arrow villain, talks Season 6 theme

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At a weekend appearance at the London Heroes and Villains Fan Fest, Arrow‘s Stephen Amell was asked to choose his favorite villain between Slade Wilson and Prometheus, the main antagonist of Season 5. According to The Mirror, Stephen Amell responded by saying: “Manu Bennett on season two did a marvelous job. I don’t think of Josh […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi images, The Flash script update, Justice League Dark loses another director and more – Daily News Roundup

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THE LAST JEDI, THE FIRST IMAGES The title of the movie might be Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but we’ve now got our first official look at the cast via Vanity Fair. Included in the images are our first look at Laura Dern’s Vice Admiral Holdo and Benicio Del Toro’s ‘shady character’, who is apparently unnamed […]

DC announces Batman and Harley Quinn digital comic book series

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DC Comics has announced the upcoming launch of the new digital comic book series Batman and Harley Quinn, serving as both a prequel and sequel to the next instalment of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line. It’s the team-up we’ve been dreaming of as the cute psychopath Harley Quinn joins the brooding Dark Knight […]

Wonder Woman pushes the DC Extended Universe to $3 billion worldwide

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While the DC Extended Universe may have got off to a bit of a slow start in terms of critical acclaim, there’s no disputing that the first four films in Warner Bros.’ superhero franchise haven’t been a hit at the box office, with the latest instalment Wonder Woman helping to propel the series to $3 […]

Justice League is a “direct sequel” to Batman v Superman

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While much has been made of the tonal shift from last year’s divisive DC blockbuster Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with the upcoming Justice League movie, Total Film has posted a piece where it described the ensemble as a “direct sequel” to Batman v Superman, as well as revealing that it will pick up […]

Comic Book Review – Batman by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso

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Ricky Church reviews Batman by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso… This deluxe edition hardcover from the award-winning team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso collects the six-issue Batman epic “Broken City,” an examination of the Dark Knight and the city he protects. While hunting the murderer of a small boy’s parents, Batman is caught […]