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The Suicide Squad and the Future of the DCEU

August 7, 2021 by admin

Chris Connor on The Suicide Squad and the future of the DCEU… The DC Extended Universe’s journey has been anything but straightforward, with a critical backlash to 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad and 2017’s Justice League leaving the future of the fledgling cinematic universe uncertain. Since 2018 however there appears […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Chris Connor, Movies Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, the suicide squad

Video Review – The Suicide Squad is James Gunn finally unleashed!

August 6, 2021 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno with a video review of The Suicide Squad… James Gunn is unleashed, unhinged, and unstoppable with his latest film, The Suicide Squad. Critic EJ Moreno breaks down what is the most absurd and gory DC film to date. Watch the review here, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for more reviews, exclusive […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alice Braga, Daniela Melchior, David Dastmalchian, DC, DC Extended Universe, Flula Borg, Freddie Stroma, Idris Elba, Jai Courtney, James Gunn, Jennifer Holland, Joaquín Cosío, Joel Kinnaman, John Cena, John Ostrander, Juan Diego Botto, Julio Ruiz, Margot Robbie, Marisol Correa, Mayling Ng, Michael Rooker, Mikaela Hoover, Nathan Fillion, Pete Davidson, Peter Capaldi, Sean Gunn, Stephen Blackehart, Steve Agee, Storm Reid, Sylvester Stallone, Taika Waititi, the suicide squad, Tinashe Kajese, Viola Davis

James Gunn responds to Martin Scorsese over his “cynical” Marvel criticism

August 5, 2021 by Gary Collinson

Although he’s presently tied up with the DC Extended Universe movie The Suicide Squad and its HBO Max spinoff series Peacemaker, director James Gunn will soon be venturing back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to round out his Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy with Vol. 3. But before he does so, he’s taken the opportunity to […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: James Gunn, Martin Scorsese, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

James Gunn says The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special contains “stuff that you need to learn before Vol. 3”

July 29, 2021 by Liam Waddington

Back in December during a Disney Investor Day, it was announced that two Guardians of the Galaxy projects were in the works, including the Holiday Special and Vol.3, which are set to be filmed back-to-back – with production starting later this year. Now, in an interview with Collider, writer and director James Gunn has confirmed that The Guardians of the […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, James Gunn, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

UPDATE: John Cena’s Peacemaker episode titles revealed

July 27, 2021 by Matt Rodgers

We’re a matter of days away from seeing John Cena’s DC bow when James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is finally released in cinemas, but now we’ve also been given details of when his character Peacemaker will debut his standalone series on HBO Max. James Gunn confirmed season one had wrapped earlier this month, and we […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, News, Television Tagged With: Brad Anderson, DC, DC Extended Universe, HBO Max, James Gunn, Jody Hill, peacemaker, Rosemary Rodriguez

James Gunn on why he didn’t bring back Jared Leto’s Joker for The Suicide Squad

July 18, 2021 by Gary Collinson

With the release of The Suicide Squad fast approaching, James Gunn is now out on the promotional circuit for the R-rated DC Films release, and during an interview with The New York Times, the filmmaker has revealed why he opted against including Jared Leto’s Joker in his follow-up to 2016’s Suicide Squad. “I just don’t […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, Jared Leto, the suicide squad

James Gunn says “superhero movies are mostly boring right now”

July 14, 2021 by EJ Moreno

What happens when one of the biggest producers & directors calls out his genre? Well, that’s what we are asking ourselves now as James Gunn opened up about the state of superhero movies. While not on the level of Twitter’s chatter about “superhero fatigue,” The Suicide Squad director feels the genre is in a rut. […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, the suicide squad

James Gunn confirms filming has wrapped on Peacemaker, reveals series directors

July 13, 2021 by Liam Waddington

Writer and director James Gunn has confirmed that the upcoming eight-episode first season of HBO Max’s Peacemaker series, starring John Cena, has wrapped filming after 11 months in the works. https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1414783283653718016 With filming wrapped on the Peacemaker series, Gunn has also revealed who the directors are on the DC project. In addition to Gunn directing five of the […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, News, Television Tagged With: Brad Anderson, DC, James Gunn, Jody Hill, peacemaker, Rosemary Rodriguez

First look at James Gunn’s Peacemaker series starring John Cena

July 8, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

With filming on Peacemaker drawing to a close in Vancouver this month, Empire has shared a first look image from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad spinoff series which sees the filmmaker joined by his leading man John Cena in full (bloody) costume as the titular vigilante.   View this post on Instagram   A post […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, John Cena, peacemaker

James Gunn claims The Suicide Squad has more practical special effects than “all of the Marvel movies” combined

July 7, 2021 by EJ Moreno

Most critics of Marvel Studios, and most superhero films in general, complain about the over-reliance on computer-generated special effects. It seems like filmmaker James Gunn has heard those complaints and tried to change that with his latest comic book movie, The Suicide Squad. During a set visit for the upcoming DCEU film, James Gunn opened […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, the suicide squad

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