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James Gunn finally confirms Nicholas Hoult is Lex Luthor in Superman: Legacy

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These days, James Gunn is highly vocal about the production of Superman: Legacy, so the fact he didn’t confirm Lex Luthor until this very week is quite shocking. But now we have that official news, with the filmmaker finally making it official Nicholas Hoult will play the iconic DC villain in a new social media […]

Comic Book Preview – Action Comics #1060

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Action Comics #1060 is out on Tuesday, and you can check out the official preview below courtesy of DC… A mistake from Superman’s past has returned, and Metropolis hangs in the balance! As the super-family is betrayed from within and stripped of their powers one by one, Superman sets out on a suicide mission into […]

Sean Gunn set to play Maxwell Lord in James Gunn’s new DC Universe

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Sean Gunn is set to play the villainous businessman Maxwell Lord in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC universe.  According to Deadline Gunn, who was so integral to the success of his brother’s Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, will appear in a number of DC projects in the future.  The report states that it is […]

Comic Book Preview – Superman ’78: The Metal Curtain #2

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Superman ’78: The Metal Curtain continues this Tuesday with the release of the second issue, and we have the official preview for you below courtesy of DC Comics… Superman brings Lois to the Fortress of Solitude for a private interview. Meanwhile, the Russians launch their first assault with their mighty Metallo in hopes of drawing […]

Nicolas Cage on his Superman cameo in The Flash: “That’s not what I did on the set”

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Nicolas Cage feels a bit disappointed by what he saw in The Flash. As he spoke with Wired about his new film Dream Scenario, Cage looked back at another movie he was in this year, Andy Muschietti’s The Flash., telling the outlet that what ended up on screen for his Superman cameo was not what […]

James Gunn addresses recent Superman: Legacy castings

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With the Hollywood strikes now over, casting news on James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy has ramped up this month as the DC Studios reboot prepares to begin production, and taking a moment out from prep, Gunn has been answering some fan questions regarding the casting process. “Skyler Gisondo and Sara Sampaio and María Gabriela de Faría […]

Comic Book Preview – Action Comics #1059

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DC Comics releases Action Comics #1059 this coming Tuesday, and we have the official preview of the issue for you below; check it out… PROTECTING METROPOLIS IN A BATTLE ROYAL FOR THE AGES! As the forces of Norah Stone’s Blue Earth take control of Metropolis, Superman dusts off his Warworld weapons and armors up alongside […]

Superman: Legacy adds Skyler Gisondo as Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen

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Having made only the briefest of appearances in the DC Extended Universe, reimagined as a CIA operative for a cameo in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen is heading back to the screen as part of James Gunn’s DC Universe. Coming hot on the heels of the castings of Nicholas Hoult […]

Superman: Legacy finds Lex’s henchwoman Eve Teschmacher in Sara Sampaio

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Just a day after DC Studios co-head and Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn found his Lex Luthor with Nicholas Hoult, it looks like the role of Lex’s henchwoman has been filled. According to Deadline, Sara Sampaio (At Midnight) will portray Eve Teschmacher in the film. Eve Teschmacher was a character created for Superman: The Movie in Richard Donner’s 1978 classic […]