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UPDATE: Lindsay Lohan wants to play Batgirl for Joss Whedon

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After several years in the wilderness, Lindsay Lohan is gearing up to embark on a career comeback attempt, with the Mean Girls star set to appear in the upcoming werewolf film The Shadow Within and the British sitcom Sick Note, and it seems she’s now set her sights on another role. Taking to Twitter, Lohan […]

Warner Bros. had no plans for Batgirl before Joss Whedon

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Despite constant rumours that the character would be making an appearance in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (which of course proved unfounded), it seems that Warner Bros. had no plans to utilise Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Batgirl, until Joss Whedon convinced them otherwise. In an article on the status of Warner’s DC film division(s), Variety […]

Geoff Johns says Joss Whedon will start work on Batgirl in 2018

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Warner Bros. is set to host its DC Films panel at the San Diego Comic-Con later today, with the expectation that the studio will announce the next slate of DC Extended Universe movies following the upcoming Justice League and Aquaman. We’ve heard this week that Shazam! will be the next DC movie to go into […]

Justice League Dark and Batgirl could be next from the DC Extended Universe as Warner Bros. reconsiders its slate

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With the DC Extended Universe currently riding high following the critical and commercial success of Wonder Woman, it seems that Warner Bros. is now looking to shake up its original DC Films schedule. At present, the only DC movie that Warner Bros. has in production is Aquaman, which is set for release in December 2018, and […]

Sarah Michelle Gellar on the possibility of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival

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Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen a growing trend in TV Land for networks – and streaming services – to revive or reboot former glories, and speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Sarah Michelle Gellar has been chatting about the possibility of Buffy the Vampire Slayer returning for an eighth season. “I have always […]

Joss Whedon could be tempted back to Marvel for a Black Widow movie

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Having made a “completely clean break” from Marvel following Avengers: Age of Ultron, Joss Whedon revealed back in May that he could be tempted back to the MCU for a female-driven Avengers film, and now he’s suggested that the lure of a Black Widow movie could also be too much for him to resist. “I […]

Joss Whedon teases his next movie, open to directing female-driven Avengers film

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Since making a “completely clean break” from the Marvel Cinematic Universe following Avengers: Age of Ultron, Joss Whedon has been chipping away at the script for his next movie, and while details are being kept tightly under wraps, the filmmaker has teased the project during an interview with The Wrap. “It is a story about […]

Joss Whedon comments on Marvel, DC and Wonder Woman, would like to direct a Star Wars movie

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As Joss Whedon continues to work on his script for his first post-Marvel project, the filmmaker has been chatting to Complex about the comic book movie genre, weighing in with his thoughts on Marvel and DC, as well as the upcoming Wonder Woman movie – a project he spent several years attached to back in the […]

Does It Hold Up? Avengers: Age of Ultron – One Year On

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Tony Black revisits Avengers: Age of Ultron one year on to see how it holds up… One of my main outlets is podcasting, and recently I asked online if anyone would like to do a speculative episode of my film show in which we ‘fix’ a broken movie, discussing why it failed and how we […]