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David Ayer congratulates makeup and hairstyling team for Suicide Squad Oscar win, new behind-the-scenes image of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn

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There are some things one must get used to in the year 2017, and one of them is referring to Suicide Squad as the Oscar-winning film Suicide Squad. The DC Extended Universe blockbuster won an award last night for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, an accomplishment that saw director David Ayer taking to Twitter to offer his […]

Comic Book Review – Wonder Woman #17

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Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman #17… “THE TRUTH” part two! As Wonder Woman picks up the pieces of her shattered psyche, Barbara Ann Minerva walks into the devil’s lair to defend her…or is she being led into Godwatch’s trap? Wonder Woman #17 took some greater strides to make Veronica Cale a villain worthy to go up […]

The LEGO Batman Movie director to helm live-action Nightwing film

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, The LEGO Batman Movie director Chris McKay is in talks with Warner Bros. to helm a live-action Nightwing movie based on a script to be written by Bill Dubuque (The Accountant). The Nightwing character is best known as the first Robin to Batman.  Dick Grayson was the youngest member of a family […]

Chris McKay reveals his “badass” take on Nightwing, will employ “real stuntwork” rather than CGI

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Chris McKay recently talked with Collider, at the press day for The LEGO Ninjago Movie (a film he worked as producer upon after previously directing The LEGO Batman Movie) about his new project with Warner Bros. and DC – the highly anticipated big screen outing for Nightwing, defender of Blüdhaven and Batman’s right hand man. Whilst many […]

The LEGO Batman Movie director on the appeal of a live-action Nightwing movie

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Last week it was announced that director Chris McKay is set to follow-up his animated DC adventure The LEGO Batman Movie by making the jump to the live-action DC Extended Universe to bring Dick Grayson’s Nightwing to the big screen. And speaking to the Shanlian on Batman podcast (via Screen Rant), McKay has been chatting about […]

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 12 Review – ‘Camelot/3000’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the twelfth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 2… If a fan of niche, cult DC Comics titles of the 80’s, tonight’s episode title will intrigue you….. …but that’s where it ends as the title is just a clever play on grammar usage. This episode does not reference that specific book’s […]

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 […]