Author name: Matt McGloin

Matt McGloin created, designed and launched Cosmic Book News in 2008, an independent website that covers entertainment news including movies, comics, tv, video games and more. Matt helped Marvel Comics promote 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and 'Nova' and has expanded into movies, TV and more.

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TV News

‘Cancel Netflix’ Trends Amid Pedophilia ‘Cuties’ Backlash

“Cancel Netflix” is currently trending on Twitter which follows Netflix releasing the pedophilia movie Cuties yesterday on its streaming network. The #CancelNetflix hashtag currently has over 41k Tweets and a petition has been started on Change.org to “CANCEL Cuties on Netflix!” which has over 126k signatures. If you are not familiar with the movie, the […]

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TV News

RoboCop Prequel Series In Development

A RoboCop prequel series is in development that will focus on the young Dick Jones, who in the original flick was Senior Vice President of the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products. As it is a prequel, it won’t feature RoboCop, but at least the good news is that the RoboCop Returns movie is still happening alongside the

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Marvel TV News

MODOK Animated Series Logo, Social Networks Launch

The MODOK animated series logo has been revealed and the show’s social networks have launched ahead of its premiere at the upcoming New York Comic-Con digital convention. The official MODOK Twitter account tweeted the logo: “See you at #NYCC!” See you at #NYCC! pic.twitter.com/Bo2weC4cHz — M.O.D.O.K. (@MarvelsMODOK) September 9, 2020 In addition to Twitter, Marvel’s

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Marvel Movie News

Black Widow, Wonder Woman, Dune Release Dates Likely Delayed

Release dates for Marvel’s Black Widow, DC’s Wonder Woman 1984, and WB’s Dune could get delayed as the coronavirus fears are still causing shutdowns across the world, with theaters also at less than full capacity. Black Widow release date change Regarding Marvel’s Black Widow, which is currently due out Nov. 6, Deadline offers “there are

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Movie News Star Wars

Disney Star Wars Clueless Confirms Daisy Ridley

Daisy Ridley confirms what has been rumored and speculated for years, that Disney was clueless and made up its Star Wars trilogy as they went along. The Rey actress appeared remotely on Jimmy Kimmel Live, guest hosted by friend Josh Gad, who questioned Daisy Ridley about Star Wars, where Ridley revealed they changed Rey’s origin

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TV News

Blame ‘The Boys’ For Weekly Release Not Amazon

Fans were just a bit upset when they started to watch The Boys Season 2 on Amazon and realized it has become a weekly released show. Much like Netflix, the Amazon shows and The Boys Season 1 have been released in their entirety from the get-go, but following the three-episode release for Season 2, the

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Star Wars TV News

Star Wars ‘Powder Keg’: Pedro Pascal Problems With Mandalorian

YouTuber Grace Randolph doubles down on what she has said about Star Wars problems surrounding The Mandalorian Season 2, which sounds like there might be issues with star Pedro Pascal. Update: The problems with Pedro Pascal become known. Original article continues: A week ago saw Randolph state that Disney isn’t at all happy with The

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Marvel Movie News

Chadwick Boseman Honored By Lupita Nyong’o

Lupita Nyong’o has penned a heartfelt message about the death of her friend, fellow Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman, who died recently from colon cancer at the age of 43. “For the beloved Chadwick Boseman,” Lupita Nyong’o tweeted who plays Nakia in the Marvel films. “Take Your Time But Don’t Waste Your Time.” “I write

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TV News

‘The Venture Bros.’ Canceled; May Return In Some Form

The Venture Bros. has been canceled after 7 seasons, but there could be hope the show continues on in some form. Monday saw word the popular Adult Swim animated series had been canceled, with series creator Christopher McCulloch taking to Twitter under his pseudonymous handle Jackson Publick to confirm the news. “Unfortunately, it’s true: Venture

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Marvel Movie News

‘Eternals’ Has Goofy Bollywood Dance Scene, Manga Influence

Kevin Feige is obviously not a Marvel Cosmic fan (right up there with Joe Quesada) as following James Gunn’s goofy Guardians of the Galaxy movies and Taika Waititi’s goofy Thor: Ragnarok and soon to be goofy Love and Thunder, Eternals is going to be just as goofy or maybe even goofier (let’s also not forget

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Movie News

Jason Momoa Stands With Ray Fisher

Jason Momoa, the Justice League Aquaman actor, stands with Ray Fisher, who plays Cyborg. Following the recent controversy surrounding Fisher and Warner Bros., Momoa took to his Instagram Story to offer support of Ray Fisher by posting the following image: Ray Fisher responds to Jason Momoa: Monday saw Ray Fisher respond on Twitter: “Let’s Go!!!

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Movie News

Stephen Amell Reacts To Robert Pattinson Batman

The outgoing DC superhero Stephen Amell reacts to the incoming new Dark Knight, Batman Robert Pattinson. Sunday on Twitter saw the former Green Arrow post an image from the new trailer for The Batman of Robert Pattinson which currently has over twenty thousand “likes” and over 1.6k retweets. “If you wanna launch a DC Franchise

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DCU Video Game News

Batman, Bizarro Concept Art For Canceled Game Is Super Cool

Check out Batman and Bizarro super cool concept art for a canceled video game from artist Jerad S. Marantz. If you think the art happens to look a lot like the Zack Snyder DCEU movies, that’s probably because Marantz has worked on Snyder’s flicks including Justice League. While the video game is unknown, it could

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Movie News

Geoff Johns ‘Gloated’ About New Cyborg Says Ray Fisher

Ray Fisher says Geoff Johns, a writer and producer on the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984, gloated to him about casting and using a new Cyborg in Doom Patrol, which follows Fisher also alleging that Johns threatened his career. Following the statement from Warner Bros. that said Ray Fisher wasn’t cooperating with the Justice League investigation,

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Comic Book News Marvel

Hercules, Marvel Boy Bi-Sexual In Guardians of the Galaxy

Marvel Comics confirms both Hercules and Marvel Boy are bi-sexual in the latest issue of its Guardians of the Galaxy comic book. The issue features a down and out and depressed Richard Rider Nova undergoing a psychotherapy session in regards to the guilt he feels about the death of Star-Lord as well as recent events in

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Marvel Movie News

‘Eternals’ Leak Reveals Salma Hayek Costume, Details

An Eternals leak offers a look and details at the Marvel Legends action figure Ajak who is played by Salma Hayek which shows off the character’s costume. Images posted to social media show off the Marvel Legends action figure where art is on the box and describes Ajak as: The spiritual leader of the Eternals,

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Movie News

The Batman Filming Delay: ‘Worst-Case Scenario’

Filming on The Batman could be delayed up to two weeks or more which is due to star Robert Pattinson testing positive for the coronavirus, said to be a “worst-case scenario.” After a lengthy delay due to the fears surrounding the coronavirus shutting down production in March, director Matt Reeves, Pattinson and crew restarted filming

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TV News

Star Trek Introducing First Non-Binary, Trans Characters

Star Trek: Discovery will be introducing the franchise’s first non-binary and transgender characters in its third season on the CBS All Access streaming service, which is rumored to be its last. First Star Trek non-binary character The Star Trek universe’s first non-binary character is Adira, played by Blu del Barrio. Adira is highly intelligent with

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Movie News

Ray Fisher Fires Back Against Warner Bros. Investigation

Oay Fisher fires back against the Warner Bros. investigation into his treatment while filming Justice League. WarnerMedia’s statement released on Friday in part said that Ray Fisher wasn’t cooperating with the Justice League investigation claiming: This investigator has attempted multiple times to meet with Mr. Fisher to discuss his concerns but, to date, Mr. Fisher

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Movie News

Ray Fisher Unhappy With ‘The Flash’ Script

According to Warner Bros., actor Ray Fisher is unhappy with The Flash script and how it presents his character, Cyborg. Following allegations made about treatment received on the set of the Justice League movie and recent claims made against the head of DC films by Fisher, WarnerMedia released an official statement which saw mention of

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Movie News

Justice League, Cyborg Confirmed For ‘The Flash’ Movie

Justice League actors and characters are confirmed for the upcoming The Flash movie, including Cyborg, which follows the news of Ben Affleck returning as Batman. The news comes, oddly enough, from Warner Bros. in a statement made in regards to recent allegations made by Ray Fisher about treatment while filming the Justice League movie with

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Movie News

Ray Fisher Not Cooperating With Justice League Investigation

Warner Bros. is claiming that Ray Fisher is not cooperating with its Justice League investigation and denies recent allegations in regards to Walter Hamada, the current head of DC films. Following earlier allegations made by Fisher against Justice League director Joss Whedon and producers Geoff Johns and Jon Berg, among which includes that Fisher claims

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Movie News

HBO Max Has Cast Constantine

It’s said that HBO Max has cast Constantine. While the actor is not known and hasn’t been made publicly available as of yet, according to Tyler Murphy of The Cultured Nerd who broke the news about the return of Ben Affleck as Batman, HBO Max has cast Constantine. Unfortunately, Murphy refused to name the actor

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Movie News

Wonder Woman 1984 Shows Off New Footage, Cheetah

Wonder Woman 1984 shows off new footage in a Revlon makeup featurette as well as statues showing off Cheetah and the new Golden Armor suit. “We find Diana in the wonderful, vivid, super cool ’80s,” says Gadot. “Diana looks so elegant and beautiful, it was fun to bring all of those dimensions all that subtlety

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Movie News

Watch: Christopher Nolan Reacts To Batman Robert Pattinson

Christopher Nolan reacts to Robert Pattinson playing Batman in the following video while promoting the release of his latest movie, Tenet, which stars the actor. Of course, Nolan breathed new life into the Batman mythos with his take on The Dark Knight trilogy, which was a multi-billion dollar success starring the likes of Christian Bale,

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Movie News

Superman Radio Show Coming To DC FanDome Part 2

DC FanDome returns on Sept. 12 with it learned a Superman radio show will be a part of the event which is a re-enactment of the original 1940s radio series. Warner Bros. and The Creative Coalition will bring the classic Superman radio series to life led by Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0) who will provide

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TV News

Jason Momoa Teases ‘The Witcher’ With Henry Cavill

Jason Momoa takes to Instagram to tease involvement in The Witcher by posting fan art of himself along with Henry Cavill who plays Geralt of Rivia, the solitary monster hunter. The Aquaman actor posted the following fan art as part of his Instagram Story on Thursday where Jason Momoa seemingly joked about the rumor and

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Movie News

‘The Suicide Squad’ Screen Test Reveals Villain, Taika Waititi

James Gunn and WarnerMedia have apparently held a screen test for The Suicide Squad as spoilers for a villain and the role Taika Waititi is playing in the film has landed online. According to fans that have seen the screen test, as many fans speculated from the recent trailer, The Suicide Squad will feature the

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Movie News Marvel

Brie Larson Reveals Porn-Inspired Audition

Brie Larson reveals that thanks to porn, she landed the role of Envy Adams in 2010’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. In her latest YouTube video, Brie Larson goes over the “good, the bad and the ugly” of her auditions, revealing the roles she tried out for and obviously didn’t get, which also happens to

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