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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Movie News

Jim Starlin Slams Donald Trump Thanos Video

Jim Starlin isn’t happy that the Donald Trump re-election campaign used one of his creations, Thanos, as a marketing gimmick in a video that went viral on Tuesday. Starlin, who sides with the left, took to his Facebook and Instagram accounts to slam the video: After my initial feeling of being violated, seeing that pompous

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Movie News Star Wars

‘Skywalker’ Tracks Leak Online; Plugged For Oscars

The Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker track listing has leaked online offering more potential spoilers for the movie as Disney recommends the film for the Oscars and awards season. Obviously the songs are in order with the titles offering potential clues as to the plot, so they could be big spoilers. Disney has also

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Marvel Movie News

Eternals ‘Changes Everything’ About MCU Says Kevin Feige

Eternals is a gamechanger for the MCU says Kevin Feige, as Marvel Studios debuted new footage at the recent Brazil CCXP comic convention. Feige filled in the Omelet that not only will Eternals change everything about the MCU, but that the flick is cosmic and that not even the Avengers are aware of them. “[Eternals

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Movie News

Wonder Woman 1984 Ditches Sword and Shield: Too ‘Aggressive’

Gal Gadot lets it be known that her titular character in Wonder Woman 1984 will be ditching the iconic sword and shield she wielded in the previous movie and for Zack Snyder in Batman vs. Superman, and in the Justice League film. Gal Gadot offers up that they wanted to give up using the sword

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Movie News

The Batman: Danny Devito Approves Of Colin Farrell As Penguin

Danny DeVito approves of Colin Farrel as the Penguin in The Batman, though both director Matt Reeves and Warner Bros. have yet to confirm the casting. While promoting the release of Jumanji: The Next Level, Danny DeVito endorses his Dumbo co-star, Colin Farrell, as The Batman villain, Penguin, the character DeVito played in Tim Burton’s

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TV News

Lucifer In ‘Crisis’ Is Not From Netlix Says Tom Ellis

Tuesday’s super cool episode of Crisis On Infinite Earths saw the surprise cameo by Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar; however, it is learned that it isn’t exactly the same character from the Netflix series. Tom Ellis actually reveals that this Lucifer is from five years before the Netflix series exists, so while technically it’s the

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Movie News Marvel

Captain Marvel Score ‘Surprisingly’ Not Submitted for Oscars

A list of movie scores not eligible for the Oscars has become known with Captain Marvel amongst them. Variety reports that for some reason Disney and Marvel Studios didn’t bother to submit the Captain Marvel score for consideration for the Oscars noting it’s “a surprise considering Pinar Toprak immediately shot to prominence as the female

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TV News

Batwoman and Supergirl ‘Crisis’ Ratings Fall Flat; Loses 500K Viewers

While Batwoman and Supergirl episodes have seen a significant boost because of Crisis On Infinite Earths, the viewership is significantly lower compared to last year’s Elseworld‘s crossover event on The CW. Sunday’s Part 1 of Crisis on Supergirl drew 1.67 million viewers with a 0.7 rating, while last year’s The Flash episode of Elseworld‘s Part

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Marvel Movie News

Trump As Thanos Video Dusts House Democrats

In a video that is going viral on social media and triggering the left, the Donald Trump re-election campaign posts footage of the POTUS as Thanos dusting the house democrats. “House Democrats can push their sham impeachment all they want. President Trump’s re-election is inevitable,” the video teases. The video shows President Trump’s face photo-shopped

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TV News

‘Code 8’ Getting Quibi Spinoff Starring Stephen Amell and Robbie Amell

Prior to its theatrical release this weekend, it is announced the crowd-funded independent movie, Code 8, from Stephen Amell and Robbie Amell, will be getting a spinoff series on Quibi. Both Stephen Amell and his cousin, Robbie Amell, will be starring in the spinoff series, with the film’s director, Jeff Chan, directing the Quibi series

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‘The Matrix’ 4 Nabs Jonathan Groff and Toby Onwumere

The Matrix 4 adds two more members to its cast as Jonathan Groff, star of Netflix’s Mindhunter, and Toby Onwumere, known for Sense8, join the cast. It’s unknown who the actors are playing, but Jonathan Groff looks pretty good in a suit so perhaps he is playing an Agent? Toby Onwumere actually previously worked with

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Movie News

Jumanji: The Next Level Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In

The Jumanji: The Next Level Rotten Tomatoes score is in as the film which stars Dwayne Johnson opens on Friday, Thursday with advanced previews. Similar to the first movie from 2017, the Jumanji: The Next Level Rotten Tomatoes score currently stands at 76% with 42 reviews accounted for. 2017’s Welcome to the Jungle scored a

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DCU Movie News

Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer Has More Dislikes Than First Movie

Sunday saw the debut of the Wonder Woman 1984 trailer, which offered a vastly different tone compared to the first movie, something the video’s number of dislikes on YouTube may reflect. The Wonder Woman 1984 trailer on the Warner Bros. YouTube channel has only been viewed around 12.1 million times but has over 14k dislikes.

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TV News

Tom Welling Loves Crisis; Fans Hate It

While lots of fans are really disappointed, it is learned that Tom Welling loves his portrayal of Smallville in Crisis On Infinite Earths. Crisis revealed that Jon Cryer’s Lex Luthor had received the Book of Destiny and was going around the different Earths in the multiverse killing versions of Superman. Lex came to the Smallville

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TV News

Kevin Conroy About Faces On Violent Batman

Monday night saw part 2 air of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover on The CW which saw the debut of Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne, aka Batman. Conroy played a murderous and ultra-violent version of Batman, one who actually murdered Superman, who was quickly taken out by Batwoman. Fans aren’t too happy with the portrayal,

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Marvel Movie News

‘Black Widow’ Figures Reveal Red Guardian, More

Hasbro reveals the action figures for the Black Widow movie including the titular character Nathasha Romanoff, Yelena Belova, Red Guardian, and Taskmaster. Similar to their movie counterparts, at least for Red Guardian and Taskmaster, they are a disappointment. Red Guardian is supposed to be the USSR equivalent of Captain America, but we see Red Guardian

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Marvel Movie News TV News

Marvel TV Not MCU Canon Hints Kevin Feige

This is something that I have been reporting for years, that it was never “all connected,” and that Marvel TV has never been a part of the MCU, which is now hinted at by Kevin Feige. Feige, who recently took control over all of Marvel, says that for the first time, the MCU will be

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TV News TV Trailers

‘The Witcher’ Introduces Henry Cavill’s Geralt

Netflix releases three character featurettes which introduces Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia, Freya Allan as Princess Cirill, and Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg. “You can’t outrun destiny just because you’re terrified of it,” the video descriptions tease. Henry Cavill also shared images from the press tour for The Witcher on social media. See below.

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Movie News DCU Marvel

Brie Larson Supports Wonder Woman 1984

Sunday saw the release of the new Wonder Woman 1984 trailer from DC and Warner Bros., which sees Brie Larson, star of Captain Marvel, offer up support on social media. “SIRI – HOW CAN I TIME TRAVEL TO JUNE 5TH 2020,” Brie Larson tweeted along with video of the Wonder Woman 1984 trailer, which has

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Marvel Movie News

Marvel Disappoints At CCXP; No New Announcements

Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige continue to disappoint fans as the recent CCXP reveals were nothing new with much of it already made known. Feige didn’t reveal anything for Phase 5 and only promoted Black Widow, Eternals, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision, all of which recently made headlines during Comic-Con and the

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Movie News

Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame Top Most Mistakes In Movies For 2019

No surprise here, but Captain Marvel and The Avengers: Endgame top the most mistakes found in the movies list for 2019. Captain Marvel, which stars Brie Larson, was found to have the most mistakes by fans with 59 mistakes found. In second comes The Avengers: Endgame, with 52 mistakes, which is pretty surprising as usually

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Marvel Movie News

Joker Gets Four Golden Globe Nominations; No Avengers: Endgame

The Joker movie continues its massive success as it gets nominated for four Golden Globes including Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Score. The movie has absolutely blown away all expectations and is the number one rated R movie of all time as well as the most profitable comic book flick ever — even more so

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