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Quentin Tarantino considered directing a Sgt. Rock movie

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Last month, Quentin Tarantino revealed that back in the early 90s he came close to directing a Luke Cage film, but it seems that the Marvel property isn’t the only comic book project that Tarantino has mulled over in the past, with the filmmaker telling IndieWire that he also considered helming a movie based upon DC’s Sgt. […]

Ant-Man’s Martin Donovan joins DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as Rip Hunter’s mentor

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Martin Donovan is set to swap the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the DC Arrowverse, with IGN reporting that the Ant-Man star has signed on to play Druce, Rip Hunter’s (Arthur Darvill) first mentor at the Time Master Academy, in The CW’s new superhero show DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. The site reports that the character is […]

Lauren Cohan is playing Bruce Wayne’s mother in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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IMDb has confirmed that The Walking Dead actress Lauren Cohan will be playing Martha Wayne, Bruce Wayne’s mother, in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The actress will appear in the film alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who is set to play Bruce’s father Thomas; interestingly enough, Morgan recently joined the cast of The Walking Dead […]

Grant Gustin says he didn’t “bash” Ezra Miller as The Flash; fully endorses the casting

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Over the last couple of days, The Flash TV star Grant Gustin has been favouriting a few tweets from fans who were upset that DC and Warner Bros. had decided to recast him as Barry Allen for the film version of The Flash. Some news sites took this to mean that Gustin was upset with […]

Zack Snyder defends the ending of Man of Steel

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While it has its supporters, Zack Synder’s Superman reboot Man of Steel has certainly had its detractors – particularly when it comes to the ending which saw Superman and Zod tear up Metropolis and presumably killing thousands of innocent people. However, there will always be one person who 100% defends it. “I stand by it”, Snyder […]

Gravity composer Steven Price to score Suicide Squad

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Fresh from yesterday’s trailer [watch it here], Film Music Reporter has revealed that Oscar-winning composer Steven Price (Gravity) has signed on to compose the score for Warner Bros.’ DC supervillain team-up Suicide Squad. British composer Price has previously collaborated with Suicide Squad director David Ayer on 2014’s World War II movie Fury, while his other credits […]

Arrow executive producer says Constantine’s guest appearance was a “one-off”

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Back in November, Matt Ryan reprised the role of John Constantine for a special guest appearance in The CW’s Arrow, prompting rumours that the character could be lined up for a recurring role as part of the roster of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Well, it doesn’t look like that is going to be the case, […]

David Ayer and Zack Snyder talk about Jared Leto and the evolution of The Joker

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In addition to releasing a brand-new full-length trailer for Suicide Squad [watch it here], director David Ayer and DC Extended Universe executive Zack Snyder took part in an interview with USA Today where the pair discussed both the historical richness, and future for The Joker. “It’s a scary character to tackle,” Ayer says. “This iteration of him, […]