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Matt Reeves rules out “fantastical” villains for The Batman Part II, talks The Penguin connections

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When director Matt Reeves boarded The Batman, his objective was to make a grounded and gritty film noir mystery set in Gotham City. With The Batman spin-off series The Penguin premiering later this month and The Batman Part II currently being written, Reeves has teased his plans for the sequel and how much more of this grounded reality fans can expect.The Batman took […]

Robert Pattinson’s Batman won’t appear in The Penguin series

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You may have been asking for too much if you wanted The Batman in a Gotham-set spinoff.As we gear up for HBO’s The Penguin, set in the universe of Matt Reeves’ The Batman, writer and showrunner Lauren LeFranc revealed that Robert Pattinson’s Batman does not have a role in the series. However, the reason seems […]

Robert Pattinson teams with Jennifer Lawrence for the first time in Die, My Love

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A 2010s dream team is finally happening: Robert Pattinson will team up with Jennifer Lawrence for a new film. Directed by Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin), Deadline reports the duo is set for the thriller Die, My Love. Ramsay also co-wrote the script with Enda Walsh.The story follows a mother in a […]

The Batman Part II delayed a full year into 2026

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History is repeating itself somewhat as Warner Bros. has announced that Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II has been delayed a fully year from October 2025 to October 2026.The Batman similarly suffered from several release date shifts, mostly due to production delays and shutdowns during the pandemic, before settling on a March 4th, 2022 release. The film […]

Kristen Stewart says her and Robert Pattinson “can’t just keep talking” about Twilight

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Kristen Stewart’s career is so far removed from her Twilight days, but that still doesn’t stop the iconic vampire love franchise from reappearing throughout the years.Twilight and her work in the films were brought up in a recent spread with Rolling Stone. She went on to discuss her acting and working with her equally well-known […]

Netflix shelves Adam McKay’s Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Pattinson project Average Height, Average Build

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Netflix has decided not to move forward with Adam McKay’s planned serial killer comedy Average Height, Average Build, which was to feature a star-studded cast headlined by Robert Pattinson and Robert Downey Jr.According to Deadline the Anchorman director will no longer be making Average Height, Average Build, which McKay had brought to the streamer, and […]

The Most Incredibly Annoying Movie Characters

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Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the most annoying movie characters ever…Cinema at its best delights and enthrals. For that to work, we need engaging characters we can get behind. There’s a problem though. Sometimes for an array of reasons, some characters just end up being incredibly annoying. It can be the cherry on the […]

Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Pattinson to headline Adam McKay’s Average Height, Average Build

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Robert Pattinson and Robert Downey Jr will face off in a new star-studded film from Adam McKay.McKay is set to write and direct in a project reportedly called Average Height, Average Build. The Hollywood Reporter describes the film as “part serial killer thriller, part comedy,” as it follows a serial killer (Pattinson) who gets into […]

The Batman Part II will begin filming later this year

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Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson will return to Gotham this fall as it is being reported that The Batman Part II, the sequel to the Oscar-nominated superhero film, will start production in November, ahead of its 2025 release.Initially reported by internet movie scooper Grace Randolph, we got a new report from the latest issue of Production […]