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Why I prefer my Batman with a working libido

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Anghus Houvouras on Batman and his libido… Batman is the most awesome comic book hero. I really don’t think that requires any discussion. I’m sure there are those out there that could make a strong argument in favor of Superman or Spider-Man, but for the majority of the geek community Batman is the ultimate embodiment […]

Common says George Miller’s Justice League Mortal was going to have a “raw edge”

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Common is currently participating in interviews for the now released John Wick: Chapter 2 [you can read my review here], and as us to be expected the actor is fielding a number of superhero related questions. Specifically, Yahoo Movies asked about his casting as Green Lantern in Mad Max creator George Miller’s unfortunately canned Justice League Mortal […]

David S. Goyer will write and produce Green Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan and John Stewart confirmed

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It seems David S. Goyer will be making a return to Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe as the studio has tapped him to write and produce the Green Lantern Corps film alongside Justin Rhodes. Per Deadline, Geoff Johns and Jon Berg will executive produce the film that is described as ‘Lethal Weapon in space’, focusing on John Stewart’s […]

Grant Gustin, Melissa Benoist, John Barrowman and more confirmed to sing in the Supergirl / The Flash musical crossover

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The CW has already aired its big four-show DC crossover for this season, but we’ve still got one other team-up to look forward to as Melissa Benoist’s Supergirl reunited with Grant Gustin’s Flash for a two-part musical crossover, which will pit the heroes against Music Meister. Thanks to EW, we now have details on who’ll […]

Dwayne Johnson promises “hope, optimism and fun” for Shazam and future DC movies

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Dwayne Johnson (who is set to play the antihero Black Adam in Shazam) recently had a meeting with DC executives about the DC Extended Universe and the tone of the projects moving forward, promising “hope, optimism and fun”. “Had a very cool and strategic meeting with the heads of DC about their entire universe,” wrote […]

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘Raiders of the Lost Art’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the ninth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 2… “Oooh, this sounds cute: Howard the Duck!” “No!!!!” So, the “Legion of Doom” are actually named! and where did Nate come up with this? “Saw it on a Hanna-Barbera cartoon I watched as a kid” So Meta! Congrats! Is it wrong I […]

Ben Affleck learned a “tremendous amount” working on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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If there is one near-unanimously agreed upon highlight of the DC Extended Universe so far, it’s Ben Affleck’s performance as Batman. Such a thing could bode well for his directorial addition to the universe with The Batman, along with his knowledge learned on blockbuster filmmaking from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Speaking to BBC […]

Rumour: Ben Affleck could drop out of The Batman entirely

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Oy. Where to begin. This thing has been a bit of an epic and people are starting to get sick of hearing about the various woes of Ben Affleck’s solo Dark Knight movie, The Batman. The ‘will he, won’t he’, the ups and downs, all eventually leading to Affleck relinquishing his directorial duties to instead […]

Chris Terrio has written a draft of The Batman script

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After the disappointing news that Ben Affleck will not be directing The Batman after all, word has come that Justice League‘s Chris Terrio has written a draft of the script based on Affleck’s and Geoff Johns’ first draft. Whether it was a full page one job – as with The Flash recently – or just punching up the […]