Flickering Myth

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Patty Jenkins braced herself for a critical backlash prior to Wonder Woman’s release

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The comic book crowd is not always the most easy to please. When creating an adaptation of a beloved comic book franchise, one is going up against — potentially — decades of history to be compared with. As a result, even the most open-minded of the fanbase can be pretty critical, often blessed with years […]

The Week in Spandex – Justice League reshoot details, Affleck exiting The Batman (again), Wonder Woman bonus scene, first look at The Wasp and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Justice League Mortal, The Batman, Justice League Dark, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2, Shazam, Suicide Squad 2, Batgirl, The Joker, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Titans, Batman and Harley, Batman and Harley Quinn, The LEGO Batman Movie, Deadpool 2, […]

Wonder Woman 2 will feature a “grand and now full-blown Wonder Woman”

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Having dealt with her origin in this year’s DC blockbuster Wonder Woman, director Patty Jenkins has revealed to ET Online that she is looking forward to getting the opportunity to explore a “grand and now full-blown” Amazon Princess in the 2019 sequel.“The greatest thing about making this [the first Wonder Woman] movie was the fact […]

Cancelled Justice League Mortal film would have featured a fight between Wonder Woman and Superman

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Remember that Justice League movie that was announced way way back in 2007 with George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) at the helm? It was the film that had everyone confused at the time: would Christian Bale be Batman? Wait, it’s another Batman? Who is this Armie Hammer fellow (this was before he blew everyone […]

Patty Jenkins is “honored” by all of the Oscar Buzz surrounding Wonder Woman

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Before Wonder Woman released this summer, we were hit with a steady flurry of rumours that the film was a mess.Many people simply expected the film to fail. The movie, after all, had a huge hurdle to leap. Man of Steel was just A-Okay with critics (though this writer will defend it to the death). […]

Wonder Women: The live-action appearances of the Amazon Princess

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Gary Collinson looks at the actresses who have portrayed Wonder Woman in live action…With the release of All Star Comics #8 in October 1941, William Moulton Marston and DC Comics introduced the world to Princess Diana of Themyscira, better known as Wonder Woman, who would quickly go on to establish herself as the most iconic female comic […]

Book Review – Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

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Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo…It should go without saying that 2017 has been a pretty big year for Wonder Woman and the excitement surrounding the character still hasn’t abated quite yet. Diana’s groundbreaking year continues in the form of Wonder Woman: Warbringer, the first in the DC Icons line of Young […]

Why Ed Skrein’s decision to walk away from Hellboy is a game changer

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Anghus Houvouras on Ed Skrein’s decision to walk away from the Hellboy reboot following whitewashing criticism…Damn.That’s what I said out loud when I read Ed Skrein’s statement about why he was walking away from the Hellboy reboot. If you hadn’t already heard, Skrein had been cast as Ben Daimio in the Hellboy reboot currently in […]

Wonder Woman clip features a bonus Etta Candy scene

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Ahead of the digital HD release of Wonder Woman tomorrow, Warner Bros. has debuted an exclusive bonus scene from the DC blockbuster which sees Etta Candy (Lucy Davis) recruiting Steve Trevor’s band of militants for a new mission to recover a mysterious artifact. “We started to have these incredible materials that started to come together […]