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

‘The Boys’ Season 2 Released Early on Amazon

The Boys Season 2 has been released early on Amazon as the first three episodes are now available to watch on the streaming service. Amazon did a similar approach with Season 1 and dropped it online before its announced premiere date. The Boys Season 2 in will be released on Friday, Sept. 4 with new episodes […]

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Marvel Movie News

Black Panther Art Pays Tribute To Chadwick Boseman

Marvel Studios pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who died Friday of colon cancer, with the following Black Panther art by the head of MCU Visual Development Ryan Meinerding. “Legend. Warrior. King. Thank you to Marvel Studios Head of Visual Development Ryan Meinerding for this beautiful piece of art honoring Chadwick Boseman,” Marvel tweeted. Meinerding added

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Movie News

‘The Batman’ Filming Stops After Robert Pattinson Tests Covid Positive

It’s reported that The Batman has stopped filming due to star Robert Pattinson testing positive with the coronavirus. Filming just restarted three days ago after a 5 1/2 month delay due to fears surrounding the coronavirus shutting down movie productions worldwide. WarnerMedia. has released a statement, but they stopped short of confirming Robert Pattinson tested positive;

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Marvel Movie News

Robert Downey Jr. ‘All Done’ With Marvel

Despite the rumors and seemingly teasing a return, Iron Man and The Avengers star Robert Downey Jr. says he is done with Marvel. RDJ recently appeared on the Smartless Podcast where he said “that’s all done” in regards to his Marvel obligations, as Robert Downey Jr. finished his Marvel contract with The Avengers: Endgame. I

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Star Wars TV News

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Has Major Problems

While we all thought The Mandalorian was a new hope for Star Wars, it turns out not much may have changed within Disney LucasFilm. According to YouTuber Grace Randolph, The Mandalorian Season 2 sounds like the potential to be a big disaster. Randolph offers Disney isn’t at all happy with the first trailer for Season 2

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Movie News

‘The Batman’ Releases Robert Pattinson High-Res Images

WarnerMedia has released high-res images for The Batman featuring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne as well as the official title treatment. The pics come from the recent trailer that was released at the DC FanDome virtual convention. At DC FanDome, Director Matt Reeves said they are “anxious” to return to filming and Reeves offered he

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Marvel Movie News

Marvel Fans Force Elizabeth Olsen Off Social Media

Feige’s toxic Marvel zombie fanbase is at it again, as this time they have apparently forced Elizabeth Olsen off of social media which has to do with the death of Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman. While it is unclear exactly what happened, apparently Elizabeth Olsen didn’t post a comment or response fast enough about Chadwick

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TV News TV Trailers

The CW Teases ‘Superman & Lois’

The CW has released a new promo featuring footage of their superheroes including the new Tyler Hoechlin series, Superman & Lois. The series starts off with the Stephen Amell Green Arrow, who kicked off The CW DC Universe, and proceeds into The Flash, Supergirl, Stargirl, and more, and finishes with a tease for Superman &

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Marvel Movie News

Marvel Pays Tribute To Chadwick Boseman With Black Panther Video

Marvel Studios has released a video paying tribute to Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman who passed away Friday at the age of 43 from colon cancer. “You will always be our King,” Marvel Studios posted with a video 4 minutes and 43 seconds in length that offers a look at Boseman the actor including behind-the-scenes

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Marvel Movie News

Twitter Outraged Over ‘Black Panther’ 2 Concerns

Following the death of Chadwick Boseman, some fans have been wondering what will happen to Black Panther 2, which sees Twitter respond with outrage, and rightfully so. Feige’s MCU zombie audience took to Twitter to wonder about Black Panther 2 with some suggesting Letitia Wright’s Shuri should replace Chadwick Boseman in the sequel, which has

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Marvel Movie News

Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, DC React To Chadwick Boseman Death

Following Disney and Marvel, Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and DC Comics have reacted to the death of Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman. Dwayne Johnson, who will be playing DC’s Black Adam, posted on Twitter: Hard to hear about this. Rest in love, brother. Thank you for shining your light and sharing your talent with the

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Marvel Movie News

Marvel, Disney, Chris Evans React To Chadwick Boseman Death

Chadwick Boseman has passed away at the age of 43 due to colon cancer, with Disney and Marvel Studios releasing statements on the actor’s passing.  The official Marvel Studios Twitter account posted the following, which was retweeted by Kevin Feige: Our hearts are broken and our thoughts are with Chadwick Boseman’s family. Your legacy will

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Marvel Movie News

Black Panther Chadwick Boseman Dies Of Cancer

Chadwick Boseman, who played Marvel’s Black Panther, has died at the age of 43 due to cancer.  The actor’s publicist confirmed the news offering Chadwick Boseman died at his Los Angeles home Friday with his wife and family by his side. “A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all and brought you many of the films

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TV News

Disney Turns ‘X-Files’ Into Goofy Animated Series

On a cringe-inducing level on par with Star Trek: Lower Decks, Disney is developing an animated series based on the Fox X-Files franchise that is a goofy take on the material. Details include the series will be titled The X-Files: Albuquerque and will be about an “office full of misfit agents who investigate the X-Files

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Movie News

‘The Batman’ Description Hints At Court Of Owls

A description for The Batman movie by DC hints at the inclusion of the Court of Owls, a secret group centuries-old (from the comic books) who have immense power and influence embedded into the very architecture and history of Gotham City. Director Matt Reeves appeared last weekend in a panel for The Batman at the

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Movie News

Zachary Levi Unveils ‘Shazam’ 2 Poster Teasing Sinbad

Zachary Levi unveils the Shazam! 2 poster that was released during the recent DC FanDome virtual convention where the official title of the flick, “Fury of the Gods,” was revealed. Director David F. Sandberg tweeted a low-res version, so Levi took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal a better quality version (see below): This poster

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Marvel Movie News

‘Marvel Is Over’ Trends On Twitter

The “Marvel Is Overy Party” hashtag is currently trending on Twitter with near ten thousand posts as Kevin Feige and the company have been silent for months. One of the “top” tweets, which has almost two thousand “likes” tweeted at Marvel to “drop a trailer or something.” “Marvel Is Over” also follows last weekend’s epic

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Movie News Star Wars

No One Hiring Daisy Ridley Following Star Wars

No one is hiring Daisy Ridley following her starring in the Disney Star Wars movies and she is left to now do voice work for video games. Ridley fills in EW about her mindset following the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker where she offers how she was in a slight panic mode

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Movie News

Dune Trailer Leaks; Reveals Dave Bautista

The Dune trailer has leaked online ahead of its debut this coming weekend and offers a first look at Dave Bautista as Glossu “Beast” Rabban. I’m not sure if any of the footage has actually leaked, but an image of Bautista has made its way online. The Dune trailer gets released this weekend with the release of

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Movie News Marvel

Marvel May Have Its Wolverine Hints Keanu Reeves

Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige may have already cast the new Wolverine, which is hinted at by Keanu Reeves who on more than one occasion has stated he wants to play the character. While appearing on Sirius XM to promote Bill & Ted 3, Keanu Reeves was asked if he had any dream roles, where

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Movie News

The Flash: Reverse Flash Not Villain

More details are learned about The Flash movie, which again moves it in a different direction than the Flashpoint comic book story, as it’s said the main villain of the flick will not be Reverse Flash. No further details are known, and it is not known who will be the villain, but the news isn’t

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Movie News

Canceled ‘Justice League Dark’ Had Pedophilia Scene

Another DC movie is revealed to have pedophilia elements as concept art for the canceled Justice League Dark movie reveals a disturbing scene between John Constantine, a prostitute, and a young boy. Concept artist Houston Sharp posted images on Instagram for director Doug Liman’s version of the movie, which is too graphic to post on Cosmic Book

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DCU Movie News

Wonder Woman 1984: Another Anti-Trump DC Movie

Wonder Woman 1984 happens to be another anti-Donald Trump movie, which marks the third DC movie to do so. Director Patty Jenkins admits the villain of the movie, Max Lord, played by the blond Pedro Pascal, was inspired by Trump, the President of the United States. “He’s one of them,” Jenkins confirmed in an interview

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TV News

Netflix Cancels ‘Altered Carbon’

Altered Carbon has been canceled by Netflix following two seasons. The sci-fi series started out on fire with its first season starring Joel Kinnaman, but things went south with Season 2 and Anthony Mackie. The show was based on the sci-fi novels by Richard K. Morgan and launched in 2018 with ten episodes with Kinnaman

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Movie News

Colin Farrell As Penguin Confirmed In ‘The Batman’ Trailer

It is confirmed that the recent trailer for The Batman does indeed show off Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot aka Penguin. Some fans questioned whether or not the ugly guy in the trailer is Farrell – as set images seemed to have hinted at a totally different look suggesting Emperor Penguin from the comics –

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Movie News Marvel Star Wars

Disney Purging Star Wars, Marvel Woke Agenda

With Star Wars failing at Disney and with the fears surrounding the coronavirus causing the company to lose billions, it is claimed that Disney will be changing its approach to various franchises including Star Wars and Marvel. It’s no secret that Disney has been promoting a “woke” agenda in its movies and more, and it’s

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Movie News

Wonder Woman 1984: Cheetah Revealed In Statue Form

The DC FanDome Wonder Woman 1984 revealed the first peek at Kristen Wiig’s Cheetah, and now merchandise associated with the movie in the form of a statue offers another look. The Cheetah statue is from Iron Head Studios and shows the character jumping into the air taking on the Wonder Woman golden armor suit statue

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Movie News

‘The Batman’ Riddler Riddle Solved

Fans have solved The Batman riddle featured in the trailer on the card that was left by the Riddler: “What does a liar do when he’s dead?” The scene takes place near the start of the trailer with Jeffrey Wright’s Gordon and Robert Pattinson’s Batman investigating a murder scene of what looks to be someone

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