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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, […]

Rumour: Justice League villain reportedly revealed

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A new report from Birth.Movies.Death indicates who the villain of Justice League may end up being and it’s a character we have technically met: Steppenwolf, one of Darkseid’s main generals. The reason I say we may have technically already met Steppenwolf is due to a deleted scene Zack Snyder released after Batman v Superman: Dawn […]

The Flash Season 2 Episode 21 Review – ‘The Runaway Dinosaur’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the twenty-first episode of The Flash season 2… Snooch-to the-Naga-Nooch! Yep, this is the “one Kevin Smith directed.” If you’re not a fan, don’t let that scare you off; and if you are a huge fan, you won’t notice much of a difference from business as usual. That being said, this was […]

Syfy gives Superman prequel series Krypton pilot order

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Last month, reports hit that Syfy was looking to place a pilot order for a Superman prequel series from Man of Steel and The Dark Knight trilogy screenwriter David S. Goyer, and now that news is official: A Krypton pilot is moving forward. As previously reported, the show “is set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet. […]