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Kevin Smith details Zack Snyder’s original plans for a Justice League trilogy

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While it seems increasingly unlikely that we’re never going to see the ‘Snyder Cut’ of Justice League or the planned Justice League – Part Two, it turns out that filmmaker Zack Snyder was actually planning a trilogy of films featuring DC’s greatest superheroes, which – when complete – would have delivered a five movie arc from […]

Comic Book Review – Justice League Vol. 1: The Totality

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Ricky Church reviews Justice League Vol. 1: The Totality… The Justice League has been off on some fairly crazy adventures the last couple of years thanks to Scott Snyder and they’re off on even more wild and cosmic quests in the first volume of Snyder’s tale, Justice League Vol. 1: The Totality. Spinning out from the events […]

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins wants more DC solo movies rather than Justice League 2

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Given the critical and commercial success of 2017’s Wonder Woman, there have been calls for Warner Bros. to enlist filmmaker Patty Jenkins if and when the studio reassemble its DC Extended Universe heroes for a sequel to Justice League. During an interview with THR, Jenkins – who is currently in post production on the Amazon […]

Justice League concept art shows an early unused Vulko design

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Last week we brought you some concept art from Justice League featuring a more comic book accurate costume for Jason Momoa’s Aquaman, and now we have a look at an early design for another Atlantean – albeit one who ended up on the cutting room floor of the DC ensemble – in Willem Dafoe’s Vulko. […]

Former DC artist claims Justice League’s budget ballooned to $650 million

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Despite earning $658 million worldwide, Warner Bros.’ DC superhero ensemble Justice League proved to be a major bust for the studio – one that led to a major shake-up and DC Films and a rethinking of the entire DC movie strategy. Now, you may be asking yourself how a movie with box office receipts of […]

Justice League concept art features a more comic book accurate Aquaman design

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After proving himself worthy and claiming the Trident of Atlan in December’s Aquaman, Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry not only gained control of the Seven Seas, but he also found himself sporting a shiny new costume featuring the character’s classic orange and green colour scheme. However, it seems we could have seen this earlier, as some […]

When is a movie franchise beyond saving?

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George Chrysostomou on movie franchises and when they are beyond saving… In a world of record breaking blockbusters year in year out, the big studios look to push their chosen franchise to their absolute financial limit in an effort to tell as many stories as they can whilst squeezing every last penny out of the […]

Zack Snyder reportedly helped James Wan to course correct Aquaman after Joss Whedon’s Justice League changes

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Warner Bros. and DC Films scored a huge success this past December with the release of Aquaman, with the James Wan-helmed superhero blockbuster smashing the $1 billion mark at the global box office, and helping to restore some confidence in the DC Extended Universe following the underwhelming reception to 2017’s Justice League. Despite being over […]