Flickering Myth

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Ben Affleck welcomes The Batman director Matt Reeves to the Batcave

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After a whirlwind of mostly negative rumors and news for Batman’s solo film titled (officially now) The Batman, recently the DCEU blockbuster entry found a replacement for Ben Affleck (who decided to step down from steering the ship). As most of you probably know now, Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) is […]

Matt Reeves exits talks to direct The Batman

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Dear, or dear… Things really just don’t seem to be going right for Warner Bros. with The Batman at the moment. After Ben Affleck decided to walk away from directing duties on the next Dark Knight solo movie, the studio moved quickly to secure a replacement, offering the gig to Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet […]

Movie Review – The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)

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The LEGO Batman Movie, 2017. Directed by Chris McKay. Featuring the voice talents of Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Mariah Carey, Jenny Slate, Billy Dee Williams, Hector Elizondo, Conan O’Brien, Jason Mantzoukas, Doug Benson, Zoe Kravitz, Kate Micucci, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Riki Lindhome, Eddie Izzard, Seth Green, Jermaine Clement, […]

Rumour: The Batman pushed back, Justice League “a mess”

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Over the past few months, we’ve heard on several occasions from Ben Affleck that his script for The Batman is not quite ready, despite Warner Bros.’ insistence that production on the Dark Knight solo movie is set to get underway in the Spring. Last week, Affleck suggested that he’d rather not make the movie than […]

Powerless Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Emily Dates a Henchman’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the fourth episode of Powerless season 1… “Emily Dates a Henchman” was Powerless’ best episode yet but is cursed to be a backhanded success. For all its technical improvement, Powerless is still unsatisfying. Writing’s one of the first departments to blame when a show isn’t delivering, but already last week the premise […]

DC Films boss downplays rumour that four Batman movies will be released in 2019

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2019 will mark the 80th anniversary of The Dark Knight, and a rumour has been doing the rounds this week that Warner Bros. and DC Films plan to celebrate the occasion by releasing FOUR Batman-themed movies that year in The Batman, Batgirl, Nightwing and Gotham City Sirens. Now, it is possible, considering that The Batman has […]

The Batman unlikely to begin production until 2018, rumoured for a page-one rewrite

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After all the drama regarding Ben Affleck’s status behind the camera on The Batman (and whether he’d walk away from the project altogether or not) came the news that War for the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves would pick up the reins on the massive undertaking. Now, Variety is reporting that due to Reeves’ […]

Matt Reeves officially signs on to direct The Batman

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He was in, he was out, and now he’s in again… After pulling out of negotiations last week (a week after first entering them), Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes helmer Matt Reeves has now officially closed his deal with Warner Bros. to direct and produce […]

Powerless Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Sinking Day’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the third episode of Powerless… Sometimes characters boost a plot. Sometimes they ruin one, and ‘Sinking Day’ could be the mark of a sinking show. Two promising storylines get used to bring out the worst in Powerless‘ characters and this is before we’ve started liking them. The charts are in and Wayne […]