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Movie Review – War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

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War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Judy Greer, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Michael Adamthwaite, Gabriel Chavarria, Max Lloyd-Jones, Sara Canning, Aleks Paunovic, and Chad Rook. SYNOPSIS: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own […]

Movie Review – War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Judy Greer, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Michael Adamthwaite, Gabriel Chavarria, Max Lloyd-Jones, Sara Canning, Aleks Paunovic, and Chad Rook. SYNOPSIS: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his […]

Matt Reeves talks The Batman, praises Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy

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As director Matt Reeves continues his press tour for War for the Planet of the Apes, the filmmaker is naturally getting a lot of questions regarding the status of his next big film, The Batman. Reeves recently spoke a few days ago about how he aims to make a noir-driven Batman film with a focus on the character’s emotions, and now […]

Matt Reeves says The Batman will be a noir-driven detective version of The Dark Knight

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With Matt Reeves out on the press tour for War for the Planet of the Apes, the director has been fielding a number of questions about his next project, the DC solo movie The Batman. Reeves already said a few days ago he’ll be influenced by director Alfred Hitchcock’s style of filmmaking, and now he has […]

Second Opinion – War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

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War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Judy Greer, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Michael Adamthwaite, Gabriel Chavarria, Max Lloyd-Jones, Sara Canning, Aleks Paunovic, and Chad Rook. SYNOPSIS: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his […]

Movie Review – War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

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War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Judy Greer, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Michael Adamthwaite, Gabriel Chavarria, Max Lloyd-Jones, Sara Canning, Aleks Paunovic, and Chad Rook. SYNOPSIS: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his […]

Justice League performance leads to huge DC restructure at Warner Bros.

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Justice League might be edging towards $600m at the global box-office, but with Wonder Woman making much more than that on her own, the largely derided Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice nearing $900 million for its entire run, and Marvel’s equivalent superhero mashup, The Avengers topping out at $1.5 billion, there is no other way […]

Matt Reeves couldn’t say no to Planet of the Apes

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Director Matt Reeves couldn’t turn down the studio for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. When approached about taking the reins of the Apes franchise after Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Reeves was originally hesitant, saying that directing Dawn of the Planet of the Apes wasn’t for him. Speaking to […]

Josh Gad was “just having some fun” with the Penguin tweet

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, it turns out Josh Gad has not been secretly cast as the DC Extended Universe’s Penguin — at least not yet. Last week, the Beauty and the Beast star sent the rumour mill spinning and DC fans into a frenzy when he cryptically tweeted out a picture of the famous Batman villain, indicating that he […]

Rumoured shortlist of directors to replace Ben Affleck on The Batman

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Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe suffered another setback this week as Ben Affleck became the latest director to bail on a DC Films project, with Affleck opting against helming The Batman in order to “find a partner in a director who will collaborate with me on this massive film.” With the official announcement came reports […]