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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Comic Book News Marvel

Captain Marvel On Life Support: Drops 10k In Sales

Well, that didn’t last long as the introduction of a new superhero sees Captain Marvel sales drop by 10k and return to its normal low numbers. Sales for September’s Captain Marvel #10 reveal 27,498 issues sold to local comic book shops, while sales for the previous issue were at 37,888, a drop of over 27%. So we see […]

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Marvel Movie News

Marvel Movies Not Art; All The Same Says Martin Scorsese

Following controversial comments made last month, now legendary director Martin Scorsese pens an opinion piece where he expands upon his opinions surrounding the MCU and current state of Hollywood regarding its franchises. The full piece is available to read at the NY Times; below I’ll point out some of the remarks that I agree with,

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Movie News

Terminator Franchise ‘Terminated’: Losing Over Hundred Million Dollars

Recall that I questioned if the Terminator franchise would be back following its disastrous opening box office weekend, with a new report now offering the franchise has been aptly “terminated” and is losing millions of dollars. THR offers up that “a storied Hollywood film franchise has been terminated” with it learned the box office this

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Movie News Star Wars

C-3PO Anthony Daniels Disappointed By Disney Star Wars

Just like a lot of fans as well as Mark Hamill, in an interview while promoting his new book, C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels expresses his disappointment with Disney Star Wars. Daniels fills in the UK’s Express while promoting “I Am C-3PO” that he, too, hasn’t been happy. “Well, yes. I do understand why the fans

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Marvel TV News

Hailee Steinfeld Casts Doubt On Hawkeye Series Again

Hailee Steinfeld once again casts doubt on being involved in the Disney Plus Hawkeye series that is supposed to also star Jeremy Renner. Following comments where she said she didn’t know anything about it, now the 22-year-old actress says it may not be happening. “That’s not something that’s necessarily happening,” she told the Radio Times.

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Marvel Movie News

Falcon and Winter Soldier Starts Filming

The Disney Plus series starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan is officially underway as The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has started filming. Anthony Mackie took to social media to tease the start of production. “And so it begins! Welcome back guys… #TheFalconandtheWinterSoldier #PlayBoys #Legdaysaveslives #setlife #Marvel,” Mackie posted on Twiter. And so it begins! Welcome

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Marvel Movie News

Evangeline Lilly Shaves Head

Star of Ant-Man and the Wasp, Evangeline Lilly, has taken to social media to reveal that she has shaved her head. In a series of posts on Instagram, Lilly revealed her transformation. “#homecut (swipe) Stop or keep going?? (For those of you that follow me on @thesquickerwonkers…you already know,” she posted. Her big reveal came

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TV News

Batwoman, Supergirl Lose Near 300k Viewers With Week Five

Similar to HBO’s Watchmen, things continue to not look good for Batwoman and Supergirl as both shows suffered a series low in terms of viewership for this past Sunday’s week 5 episodes. Batwoman plummeted from 1.26 million people in week four to only 1.16 million in week five, a loss of 100k viewers. Likewise, Supergirl

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Movie News

Terminator: Dark Fate Box Office Tanks With Diversity Push

Terminator might not be back following its recent diversity push in Dark Fate, which sees fans stay away, as the movie absolutely tanks at the box office this weekend. While initially tracking to a $40 million-plus opening weekend, Terminator: Dark Fate is estimated to only bring in $29 million, which is barely better than Genisys,

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Marvel Movie News

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 Gets A Release Date

Sony announces and gives Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 an April 8, 2022 release date. The announcement came on social media on Friday teasing the return of Miles Morales and his Spider-Verse allies. April 8, 2022 — #SpiderVerse pic.twitter.com/FC5nVIuciB — Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (@SpiderVerse) November 1, 2019 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 swings in

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Marvel Movie News

Ant-Man 3 A Go

Ant-Man 3 is a go with Peyton Reed returning to direct and Paul Rudd back as Scott Lang, Marvel’s tiniest and largest superhero. It’s reported Ant-Man 3 will film in late 2020 or in sometime in 2021 for a 2022 release date. It’s also reported that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor:

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Movie News

Robert Pattinson Name Drops Tom King While Researching The Batman

While discussing the comic books for The Batman, Robert Pattinson happens to name drop DC Comics writer Tom King, whose run on the Dark Knight hasn’t exactly been a fan-favorite, with King having recently been removed from the book. Pattinson filled in the Variety podcast: I’m glad I’ve had quite a lot of time. I

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Comic Book News Marvel

Marvel Gender Swaps Captain Britain; Fans Upset

In what comes as no surprise, Marvel Comics gender swaps another character, this time Captain Britain of Excalibur, as Psylocke takes the place of Brian Braddock, with fans taking to social media to voice their complaints. Marvel Comics also notes the new Excalibur team doesn’t share any members with the original team and says that

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Movie News

Jessica Chastain Is The Joker For Halloween

How about Jessica Chastain as the Joker? The actress who is known for her red locks posted an image of herself as the Clown Prince of Crime. “Trying out some new makeup… who made this?!” Jessica Chastain posted on Instagram. A female Joker isn’t unheard of, as in the comics, Batman’s mom actually is the Joker

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Movie News

First Look At Halloween Kills With Jamie Lee Curtis

Check out a first look at Halloween Kills, the sequel to the 2018 horror-thriller, with Jamie Lee Curtis. “Happy Halloween,” a blood-soaked Curtis says, who returns as Laurie Strode, with the footage also offering a look at the return of Michael Myers. “Tis the season….. to start screaming. First look at the mayhem David has created for

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TV News

Henry Cavill Bait-And-Switch: Replaced By Female Characters In ‘The Witcher’

The Hollywood trend of downplaying strong male characters and actors continues, unfortunately, with Henry Cavill in the upcoming Netflix series, The Witcher, which appears to be doing a bait-and-switch regarding his character Geralt. While the popular book series is told from the perspective of Geralt of Rivia, the solitary monster hunter, who Henry Cavill plays,

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TV News

Henry Cavill As Geralt In The Witcher Trailer Teaser

Henry Cavill is Geralt of Rivia, the solitary monster hunter, in a teaser for a trailer that will be released tomorrow for Netflix’s The Witcher series. “Oh little birds with tweets of sorrow To you we bring some news For when the rooster crows tomorrow A trailer shall be viewed,” the official Twitter account tweeted. Watch

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Marvel Movie News

Brie Larson, Captain Marvel Not Recommend For Oscars By Disney

For a movie that was supposed to have launched the new face of the MCU, the new leader of the Avengers, and the most powerful character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you would think that Disney would recommend Captain Marvel and Brie Larson for the Oscars, but similar to no sequel being announced or involvement

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Marvel Movie News

Marvel Hilariously Recommends Avengers: Endgame For Best Picture

The movie awards season is fast approaching, which includes the Oscars, Golden Globes, Producer Guild Awards, and more, so Marvel has released two posters where they recommend The Avengers: Endgame for various categories. Rather hilarious is that they recommend The Avengers: Endgame for Best Picture, which, let’s be honest, is a huge stretch. While the

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DCU Movie News

Wonder Woman 1984 Footage Shows Off New Gal Gadot Armor

Yesterday during WarnerMedia’s big HBO Max presentation new footage from Wonder Woman 1984 was shown off featuring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine as Steve Trevor. The footage hasn’t made its way online, but descriptions for the two short scenes that take place in Washington D.C. are as follows. The first scene is set near the

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TV News

Game of Thrones Prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ Coming to HBO

Earlier saw the news that HBO decided to pass on Jane Goldman and Naomi Watts prequel series, but the good news is that now it is announced that Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon is happening which is based on the Targaryen civil war. During the HBO Max live presentation, the official GOT Twitter

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TV News

HBO Max Price and Launch Date Revealed With New Trailer

Earlier saw WarnerMedia announce a slew of movies and television shows that are coming to its new HBO Max streaming service, with details on the price and launch date revealed as well. HBO Max launches in May priced at $14.99 per month. Check out the trailer below which features footage from Joker, which will also be

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TV News

DC Superhero High Coming To HBO Max

In addition to Green Lantern, Strange Adventures and Doom Patrol Season 2, HBO Max announces DC Superhero High. DC Superhero High will be from Elizabeth Banks and is described as a teen comedy. “Teen comedy but with *literal* heroes and villains = DC Superhero High. This series from producer Elizabeth Banks imagines life in high

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