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Jenna Dewan-Tatum to play Lucy Lane in Supergirl

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With her husband Channing Tatum officially signing on to play Gambit in Fox’s X-Men spinoff, Jenna Dewan-Tatum (Step Up) has signed on for a comic book role of her own, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the actress will play Lois Lane’s younger sister Lucy Lane in CBS’ Supergirl. Lucy will make her debut in […]

Grant Gustin on The Flash’s season 2 renewal and possible Supergirl crossover

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Last week The CW announced that it has renewed its two DC Entertainment TV series The Flash and Arrow for second and fourth seasons respectively, and IGN caught up with the Scarlett Speedster himself Grant Gustin, during which the star shared his thoughts on the early renewal for his hit show. “I hate to say […]

Supergirl to share the same universe as Arrow and The Flash?

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Despite the fact that The CW passed on Warner Bros. Television’s upcoming Supergirl show – with CBS subsequently snapping up the project with a series commitment – it seems that there’s still a chance Kara Zor-El could share the same universe as Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen and Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen. According to EW (via […]

Thomas Lennon to recur in Supergirl as Mister Mxyzptlk

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Even as The CW’s Arrowverse is going through the universe-ending Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, it hasn’t stopped plans for each of the series’ future. Deadline has reported Supergirl‘s fifth season will see the return of the fifth-dimensional trickster imp Mister Mxyzptlk with Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!) in a recurring role. Mxyzptlk (pronounced Miks-yez-pit-el-ik) is a powerful […]

Crisis On Infinite Earths – Part One Review

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Martin Carr reviews Part One of Crisis On Infinite Earths… Featuring a plethora of characters from across numerous properties this opener sets up imminent threat, multiple realities and enough fan favourite moments to keep you guessing. In a matter of minutes it jumps between various versions to touch base with differing deviations of our familiar […]

DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover gets a new trailer

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With Crisis on Infinite Earths set to get underway this Sunday with Supergirl, The CW has released an extended trailer for the hotly-anticipated DC crossover event which you can watch here… SEE ALSO: It’s Superman v Superman in latest Crisis on Infinite Earths images Crisis on Infinite Earths is set to air across five nights, beginning […]

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Wrath of Rama Khan’

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Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Supergirl season 5… This might be the warm up episode prior to cross over shenanigans but it still comes across as copy book stuff. Numerous stand offs happening simultaneously make things entertaining but ultimately predictable. Inadequate gods fail spectacularly to raise the ocean floor or destroy our resident […]