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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 […]

Nicolas Cage opens up about The Flash cameo and AI in film

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Most fans were shocked to see Nicolas Cage’s cameo in The Flash; some were puzzled by the reference, while others were confused about the very CGI visuals of the scene. Now, Cage opens up about filming with director Andy Muschietti and working on bringing his long-awaited Superman debut to the big screen. Sadly, it didn’t […]

Comic Book Preview – Jay Garrick: The Flash #1

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DC Comics releases Jay Garrick: The Flash #1 this Tuesday; check out an official preview of the issue below… JAY AND HIS LONG-LOST DAUGHTER RACE SIDE BY SIDE IN THE PRESENT DAY! Spinning out of the events of Stargirl: The Lost Children and Justice Society of America, Jay Garrick is reunited with his long-lost daughter, […]

Hot Toys unveils Young Barry sixth scale figure from The Flash

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Sideshow has released promotional images for Hot Toys’ sixth scale deluxe Young Barry figure which is based on the likeness of Ezra Miller as the 2013 alternate universe teenage Barry in the DC solo outing The Flash. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $330; take a look at the promotional images below […]

Tim Burton on seeing Superman Lives realised in The Flash: “I’m in quiet revolt against all this”

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As we move further away from The Flash, it seems like everyone wants to address the polarizing film. Now, we are seeing Tim Burton throw in two cents, which makes sense as multiple of his most iconic DC-related projects were used. We all know the film had the return of Michael Keaton as Batman, which […]

Batgirl directors on The Flash and their cancelled DC film: “Biggest disappointment of our careers”

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Filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah made headlines earlier this year when Warner Bros. Discovery and the team behind DC Studios canned their Batgirl film after it was already filmed and in post-production. It was reported that the execs felt Batgirl was too poor of a film to be released and could hurt the […]

Original plans for The Flash would have set up the DCEU’s “big baddy”

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As DCEU fans, we know that the original plans for the cinematic universe changed dramatically in 2016. Following the polarizing reception of Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and David Ayer’s Suicide Squad threw the franchise into a tizzy. One of the films that suffered the worst from the constant changes and revolving […]

Why is CGI Getting Worse?

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We look at the strange case of CGI, which for an array of reasons, appears to be getting worse. Why is shoddy CGI deemed acceptable in massive-budget movies?  It’s been 30 years since Jurassic Park really kickstarted a major fascination with computer-generated imagery.  We’d seen some revolutionary CGI prior to that with films like Terminator […]

Nicolas Cage on finally seeing his Superman on screen in The Flash

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Not only did director Andy Muschietti bring Michael Keaton back to the role of Batman in this year’s The Flash, but he also realised another Tim Burton superhero casting as Nicolas Cage finally donned the iconic red and blue costume of the Man of Steel to make a quick cameo as Superman as part of […]