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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 […]

Aquaman director addresses Justice League’s Atlantis ‘plot hole’

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Aquaman has been an enormous success for Warner Bros. and DC Films, with the superhero blockbuster proving a solid hit with audiences as it approaches the billion dollar mark at the global box office. Nevertheless, some viewers were left scratching their heads after witnessing Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) paying his first visit to Atlantis, given […]

Justice League vs. The Fatal Five voice cast includes Kevin Conroy, Susan Eisenberg and George Newborn

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed the first bit of information regarding the upcoming DC animated film, Justice League vs. The Fatal Five. Coming from executive producer and DC animation legend Bruce Timm, the film will be set in its own continuity and have no connection to many of the previous films in the DC animated film canon […]

Aquaman tops Justice League and Man of Steel at the worldwide box office

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2017 was a mixed bag for the DC Extended Universe. After the critical highs and commercial success of Wonder Woman, the DCEU almost derailed itself later in the year with Justice League. After enduring a troubled production, the superhero team-up underperformed at the box office and led to a major behind-the-scenes shake-up and refocussing at […]

Armie Hammer wanted to embrace Batman’s darkness with abandoned Justice League Mortal movie

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Some ten years before Zack Snyder (and Joss Whedon) assembled the Justice League, Warner Bros. enlisted Mad Max director George Miller to bring DC’s greatest superheroes together for a project titled Justice League Mortal. The project was deep into pre-production when the studio ultimately decided to pull the plug on the movie, with Miller having […]

‘Escape from Hawkworld’ begins in Justice League #14, check out a preview here

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Justice League #14 hits comic book stores this Wednesday, launching the new story arc ‘Escape from Hawkworld’. Check out a preview here… Let’s take a trip to “Hawkworld” in part one of a new Totality-related storyline! Martian Manhunter, John Stewart and Hawkgirl avoided “Drowned Earth” with a detour to Thanagar-Prime: J’onn looks to tap into […]

Jason Momoa explains how Zack Snyder’s Justice League would have led into Aquaman

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While it seems increasingly unlikely that we’ll ever get to see the fabled Snyder Cut of Justice League, we do keep getting little snippets of information about what Zack Snyder had planned for the DC ensemble, and now Aquaman star Jason Momoa has revealed how the film would have set up the upcoming Arthur Curry […]