Having become the first female filmmaker to direct a movie with a budget of $100 million, and the first to have a movie debut with a domestic opening weekend of $100 million, Patty Jenkins has now added another feather to her cap with Wonder Woman’s latest box office milestone. The DC blockbuster has now reached […]
Justice League performance leads to huge DC restructure at Warner Bros.
Justice League might be edging towards $600m at the global box-office, but with Wonder Woman making much more than that on her own, the largely derided Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice nearing $900 million for its entire run, and Marvel’s equivalent superhero mashup, The Avengers topping out at $1.5 billion, there is no other way […]
Geoff Johns talks Warner’s standalone DC movies, DCEU to focus less on interconnectivity
Back in August it was announced that Warner Bros. is set to launch a new DC Comics division, focussing on standalone movies separate from the wider DC Extended Universe and beginning with a Joker origin film from director Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and producer Martin Scorsese (Silence), which will see a new actor cast as […]
Geoff Johns and Jon Berg on DC Extended Universe failings and lessons learned
DC Films’ Jon Berg and Geoff Johns have spoken about the shortcomings of previous DC Extended Universe movies while also looking to a more positive future. Wonder Woman is looking to be the film that helps DC turn the corner with its movie universe, changing attitudes slightly towards proceedings after the mostly negative reception both […]
Wonder Woman crosses $500 million, Spider-Man spin-offs in MCU, Duke Nukem movie update and more – Weekend News Roundup
SUCCESS WOMAN After a fantastic opening weekend and even better follow-up (where it only fell 45%), Wonder Woman was finally knocked off the top of the US box office this weekend by Cars 3. However it wasn’t all bad news. The movie earned another $40 million and its worldwide total is now $571 million. It’s […]
Wonder Woman featurette explores the making of the Origins of the Amazons sequence
Platige Image has released a making of video for the impressive Origin of the Amazons sequence in Patty Jenkin’s blockbuster solo movie Wonder Woman, which shows how the visual effects studio brought a painting to life in order to tell the story of Ares’ betrayal and downfall; take a look below… Before she was Wonder […]
Kevin Feige dismisses Marvel vs DC rivalry, says he’s rooting for the DCEU to succeed
For a lot of hardcore Marvel or DC fans, there seems to be an intense rivalry between the two comic book publishers – and more specifically these days, their respective cinematic universes. While we do get occasional comments from those involved with either franchise which seem to stoke this “war” – see Chris Pine’s recent […]
Elena Anaya would be happy to return as Doctor Poison in Wonder Woman 2
Although Wonder Woman has received unanimous praise, one of the few agreed-upon missteps – once again for the superhero genre – was weak villains, with equally weak character definition and motives. One of the bright spots here, however, was the arguably underutilized Doctor Poison, played by Elena Anaya; she seems to be being used and […]
Comic Book Review – Wonder Woman #24
Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman #24… “Godwatch” epilogue! With Godwatch’s purpose fulfilled, Diana and Cale are forced to confront the choices of the past…and a new direction for the future. It’s the penultimate issue of Greg Rucka’s time on Wonder Woman and he uses it well to conclude the ‘Godwatch’ storyline and tie it into […]
In Defence of Conventional Storytelling
Henry Bevan defends conventional storytelling… One of the most annoying and backhanded critical compliments is “it’s great but conventional.” So many films met with critical acclaim are often simultaneously bashed for presenting their stories in a popular way. It is lazy and naive thinking to dismiss something as conventional without engaging with why it is. […]
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