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DC Films producer says there’s room for multiple movie versions of Superman at once

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Can multiple film versions of Superman exist at the same time? Hell, can audiences handle any superhero with two or more different versions on-screen? That’s the question that’s always rumbling in the DC fandom, and with the news that there are multiple film versions of Batman in the works, and possibly two different incarnations of […]

The Batman returning to Scotland for reshoots

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Despite Matt Reeves confirming that The Batman had wrapped filming back in March, The Daily Record are reporting that the oft-delayed and eagerly anticipated reimagining of Gotham’s Knight will be returning to Scotland and York for reshoots in mid-July.It’s not unusual for most films to need additional photography, perhaps none moreso than The Batman, whose […]

The Batman promo poster features new look at Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight and the Batmobile

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With the best part of ten months still to go until the film’s delayed release, a new promotional poster for Matt Reeves’ upcoming DC reboot The Batman has surfaced online, giving fans a new look at Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight along with the Batmobile; take a look here…SEE ALSO: Batgirl would have featured in Ben […]

Tom Welling wants to play Superman alongside Robert Pattinson’s Batman, open to cameo in The Flash

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While he was infamously reluctant to don the iconic costume during his time on Smallville and only featured as a depowered Clark Kent for The CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths event, it seems that actor Tom Welling is open to suiting up as Superman, either for a cameo in The Flash movie or a World’s Finest […]

Batgirl would have featured in Ben Affleck’s The Batman movie, says Deathstroke actor Joe Manganiello

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The more that’s revealed about Ben Affleck’s once-planned The Batman film, the more disappointing it becomes that we never got his version.The latest news about the abandoned DCEU project comes from Justice Con, a fan-organized event for all things Zack Snyder, where actor Joe Manganiello spoke in detail about how his character Deathstroke would’ve been […]

Joe Manganiello opens up about Ben Affleck’s cancelled Batman movie and Deathstroke’s murderous revenge plot

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Justice Con is a fan-organized event centered around Zack Snyder, which also includes films in his once-planned DC Extended Universe line-up. During the event, Zack Snyder’s Justice League actor Joe Manganiello spoke about his character Deathstroke and went into detail about Ben Affleck’s cancelled version of The Batman which would have pit his Slade Wilson […]

Justice League’s Joe Manganiello discusses DC Films’ abandoned Deathstroke plans

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Way back in 2016 when the DC Extended Universe was still in its infancy, actor Joe Manganiello was brought on board to portray the character of Slade Wilson, a.k.a. the mercenary Deathstroke.The studio seemingly had big plans for Manganiello and the character; initially cast as the villain for Ben Affleck’s incarnation of The Batman, he […]

Matt Reeves announces that The Batman has wrapped filming

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Some fourteen months on from the start of production – and a global pandemic and several production shutdowns and delays later – director Matt Reeves has taken to social media to announce that yesterday, March 13th, marked the final day of production on the Robert Pattinson-led DC reboot The Batman.Now, all we have to do […]

HBO Max’s Gotham City PD series will cross over with The Batman

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Last summer it was announced that director Matt Reeves will expand the world of The Batman with an HBO Max spinoff series based around the Gotham City Police Department, and now the streamer’s chief content officer Casey Bloys has confirmed that the plan is to have characters cross over between the movie and TV show.“That’s […]

Jeffrey Wright to voice The Dark Knight for HBO Max comedy podcast Batman: The Audio Adventures

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Westworld star Jeffrey Wright is set to follow his upcoming stint as Commissioner Gordon in Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Batman by returning to Gotham City – this time as the Caped Crusader himself – for the HBO Max narrative comedy podcast Batman: The Audio Adventures.THR reports that the project hails from SNL’s Dennis […]