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Nicolas Cage says Superman Lives is “the” Superman movie, despite never being made

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Over the past few years, Tim Burton’s abandoned Superman movie Superman Lives has achieved a kind of legendary status, as various concept art and costume test photos and footage of Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel made its way online.Burton initially planned to follow up his work on Batman and Batman Returns by turning […]

Exclusive Interview – Superman: Red Son director Sam Liu

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Ricky Church chats with Superman: Red Son director Sam Liu…Sam Liu has been working on DC animated films and series for well over a decade and his latest in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line is one fans have been clamouring for for a long time now. Superman: Red Son, written by Mark Millar […]

Batman and Superman will argue over leadership in Justice League

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If you thought that The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel had put all of their differences aside once they realised their mothers share the same name then think again, as it seems the two will also come into conflict in Zack Snyder’s Justice League.“There’s pretty much an argument between [Superman] and Batman as […]

Henry Cavill says Justice League gives the DC Exended Universe the “chance to really grow”

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Last month it was announced that filming on Warner Bros.’ two-part Justice League movie is set to get underway on April 11th, and speaking to MTV News at the Oscars this past Sunday, Henry Cavill briefly spoke about the DC superhero team-up and how it will expand the DC Extended Universe.“I have,” said Cavill, when […]

Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill talk Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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During an interview with French film magazine Studio Cine Live, both Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill have been speaking about their respective characters in Warner’s big DC epic Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Here’s a translation, courtesy of Batman-News…“Usually, the films show Batman starting off, or in the prime of his career,” states Affleck. “Here, […]

Rumour: Warner Bros. wants more Batman and less Superman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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New rumours have surfaced regarding Warner Bros. and DC Comics’ upcoming blockbuster Batman Superman: Dawn of Justice, with Heroic Hollywood claiming that the studio wants more Batman and less Superman in the film. The following should be taken with a pinch of salt the size of Affleck in the new Bat-suit…SEE ALSO: New official image […]

Nicolas Cage talks Tim Burton’s Superman Lives

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This month we got a peek into Tim Burton’s aborted 90s take on the Man of Steel with the release of director Jon Schnepp’s documentary The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? [read our review here], although sadly Schnepp was unable to secure the participation of Nicolas Cage, who would have led the cast as […]

Superman takes on Wonder Woman in storyboard art from George Miller’s Justice League Mortal

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Since the announcement of a documentary following the development of the failed Justice League Mortal, we’ve started to see a lot more of what could have been. We’ve seen some concept art for Aquaman and Wonder Woman as well as a sculpture of Martian Manhunter and now we have a new set of storyboard art […]

George Miller gives his take on what he would have done with Man of Steel 2

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It was rumoured for a while that Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller was going to direct Man of Steel 2. Since then the director has announced he won’t be working with Henry Cavill, but that didn’t stop him talking about Superman and what he could have done with the character for Man of […]