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Warner Bros. course corrects DC Extended Universe by placing Geoff Johns in charge

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In the wake of the critical and financial disappointment that was Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the future of the DC Extended Universe has been put into question. It’s still happening, as evidenced by news of in-development films like a Harley Quinn spinoff and Booster Gold solo film, but there have been several shakedowns behind the scenes of […]

Movies to Watch For in 2016 Part II

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Samuel Brace casts his eye over the second half of 2016 with four movies to look out for… Here we are guys. We are nearly halfway through 2016, a year that has been pretty tepid on the cinematic front. We’ve had some absolute stinkers, some surprising hits and a few excellent hangovers from last year’s […]

Margot Robbie and David Ayer talk Suicide Squad’s Harley Quinn

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With Harley Quinn set to make her big screen debut this August as part of Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad movie, actress Margot Robbie and director David Ayer have been speaking about the fan favourite DC character in an interview with Vogue. “She doesn’t even have superpowers,” states Robbie. “She’s just a psychopath who runs around […]

The Week in Spandex – X-Men: Apocalypse reviewed, Civil War tops Deadpool, Justice League rumours, Affleck unhappy with Batman v Superman, Booster Gold in development, Agent Carter cancelled, Supergirl renewed, new DC shows announced, Fox “committed to trying again” with Fantastic Four and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Gambit, Wolverine 3, Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Agent Carter, Marvel’s Most Wanted, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Jessica Jones, The Defenders, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Green Lantern Corps, […]

Greg Berlanti confirms Booster Gold film, not interested in directing The Flash

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Just yesterday, rumour broke out that Thor and X-Men: First Class scribe Zack Stentz was working on a Booster Gold film for Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe. Now, DC television producer Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl) has confirmed that story, and his own rumoured involvement in the project. In a new interview with THR, Berlanti confirmed that […]

Rumour: Willem Dafoe playing an Atlantean in Justice League

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Last month, Willem Dafoe was cast in Justice League, though his role was left secret. Since then, fans have been coming up with all kinds of theories on who he could play, and speculating whether or not he’d be friend or foe. While we still don’t know any real details about his role, a new rumour at […]

Kevin Smith talks The Flash, would like to write for Arrow

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Kevin Smith made his DC directorial debut with this week’s episode of The Flash, ‘The Runaway Dinosaur’ [read our 10/10 review of the episode here], and during an interview with Variety, Smith has been discussing his experience in Central City, his return for an episode of season three, and whether he’d like to tackle any […]

Arrow Season 4 Episode 21 Review – ‘Monument Point’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the twenty-first episode of Arrow season 4… We are certainly a long way from earthquake machines! Well, Genesis is real; I thought it was either latent memories from that horribly written Superman Returns movie; or perhaps a food-induced hallucinogenic dream from the massive Chinese lunch I had that day; nope, it really […]

Rumour: X-Men: First Class scribe Zack Stentz writing Booster Gold film

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Back in September, rumour broke out that Greg Berlanti, the man in charge of DC TV shows like Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl, was working on a feature film focusing on the DC crime fighting duo of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle. While that film has yet to be confirmed by either Berlanti or Warner Brothers, […]