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

Black Batman Rumored For DC Comics

It is being claimed that a black Batman will be introduced in the pages of DC Comics, which will replace the current Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne. According to the rumor, the black Batman won’t be Duke Thomas (The Signal), who debuted back in 2013 from writer Scott Snyder, and who trained under Bruce Wayne. It […]

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TV News

WarnerMedia NYCC Plans Include Chris Jericho, All Elite Wrestling, More

Smashing barriers in wrestling, political satire, measured misfortune, firehouse hijinks, and sci-fi sagas, WarnerMedia announces its plans for the upcoming New York Comic-Con from TBS, TNT, and truTV. Featured panels include Snowpiercer, All Elite Wrestling, Impractical Jokers: From Staten Island to The Misery Index, Tacoma FD: From Super Troopers to a Sizzling Hit TV Show,

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Movie News

Alicia Vikander ‘Tomb Raider’ Sequel Gets A Release Date

The Alicia Vikander Tomb Raider movie from 2018 gets a sequel as MGM gives it a release date of March 19, 2021. Deadline further has it that Ben Wheatley, known for episodes of Doctor Who, Ideal and Stange Angel, will direct the flick, with Amy Jump writing the script and Graham King and Elizabeth Cantillon

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Movie News Marvel

Scarlett Johansson Under Fire For Supporting Woody Allen

Scarlett Johansson is once again under fire, this time for comments made regarding supporting director Woody Allen who has been accused of sexual assault allegations for decades. The Marvel Black Widow actress, who worked with Woody Allen in three movies, told THR that she doesn’t believe that the allegations against Allen are true. “I love

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Marvel Movie News

Kristen Stewart Told To Hide Sexuality To Get Marvel Movie

Kristen Stewart is currently making the headlines as the actress known for Twilight says she was told she could get a Marvel movie if she hid her sexuality. Worth a mention is that she didn’t state that Marvel told her this (I’m guessing her manager or something like that did). “I’ve been fully told, ‘If

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DCU Movie News

Peter Capaldi Going Bald For James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’

Following in the footsteps of Karen Gillan and Guardians of the Galaxy, Peter Capaldi reveals that he will be bald for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. Earlier saw the Doctor Who actor confirmed for the movie, but the role is unknown. Last week Capaldi appeared at Fan Expo Canada 2019 and shared details about his latest

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Comic Book News Marvel

Marvel New York Comic-Con Plans Include Spider-Man, X-Men, More

Marvel Entertainment, Television, Gaming, and Comics announces its schedule for the upcoming New York Comic-Con which includes Spider-Man, X-Men, Disney Plus, Runaways and more. The world premiere of the Marvel’s Hero Project series for the new streaming service Disney Plus will take place at the NYCC. Marvel Games and the HULU Runaways series will also

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Movie News Star Wars

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Image Offers Mass Confusion

Disney and LucasFilm released a new image for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that offers the characters are a bit confused about something. Could it be they just finished watching Rian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy’s The Last Jedi?! The pic features John Boyega as Finn, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, Daisey Ridley as Rey, Anthony

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TV News

DC Universe Celebrates Year One Anniversary With Titans, Superman, More

DC Universe announces it is pulling out all the stops as it celebrates its one year anniversary with its fans including Titans, Death of Superman and more. Subscribers can join a two-week run-up to up to the anniversary celebration on Friday, September 13th that includes the biggest stars, hottest giveaways, and exciting new DC Daily

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Movie Trailers

Taika Waititi’s ‘JoJo Rabbit’ Trailer Shows Off Nazi Comedy

Disney and Fox Searchlight released the trailer for Taika Waititi’s Nazi comedy movie, JoJo Rabbit. Waititi is known for directing Thor: Ragnarok and brought in Marvel’s Scarlett Johansson to play a lead role; Taika Waititi will also be directing Thor: Love and Thunder for Marvel which gets released in 2021. JoJo Rabbit opens October 18,

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Movie News

James Gunn Talks The Suicide Squad Music; Peter Capaldi Up For Role

As James Gunn gets closer to filming, the director talks about the music for his flick, and it is reported that Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi is up to play a role, along with Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson. No details are known about either actors’ role, but Davidson’s is said to possibly be a

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Uncategorized

Batman Beyond, Wonder Woman: Bloodines Coming To NYCC

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will be hosting two panels at next month’s New York Comic-Con for the Batman Beyond animated series and the upcoming Wonder Woman: Bloodlines animated movie. The world premiere of the latest DC Universe movie, Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, takes place on Friday, October 4 at 7:45pm on the Main Stage at the

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TV News

Netflix New York Comic-Con Plans Include ‘Lost in Space’ Season 2

Lost In Space finally returns as Netflix announces a first look at Season 2 will be shown at next month’s New York Comic-Con. I thought the first season was pretty good, so I am looking forward to more from the show. Details for Netflix’s New York Comic-Con plans include that the global streaming service will host

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TV News

HBO Watchmen Premiere Date Announced

HBO releases a teaser on social media announcing the premiere date for its new Watchmen series which is in part based on the DC graphic novel. “10/20. Tick Tock. #WatchmenHBO,” the tweet states. 10/20. Tick Tock. #WatchmenHBO pic.twitter.com/RsEq8Fh3es — Watchmen (@watchmen) September 3, 2019 Watchmen premiers Sunday, October 20th While we wait for the series

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Star Wars TV News

The Mandalorian Battles Trandoshans In New Star Wars Image

While the Disney Star Wars movies have been a big-time disappointment, fans are hoping the Disney Plus The Mandalorian series is a lot better, especially with Iron Man director Jon Favreau on board to oversee things. Check out a cool new image (via EW) below that promises at least Star Wars on TV might be

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Marvel Movie News

Tom Holland Clears Up Gay Spider-Man Confusion

Back in July, the internet exploded when it was reported that Tom Holland would be open to Spider-Man coming out as gay; however, that is not exactly the case. While going “undercover” online as part a promotion with GQ, Tom Holland responds to a tweet that stated, “Didn’t Tom Holland say he wanted Spider-Man to

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Marvel TV News

Tom Holland Teasing Spider-Man TV Series?

Tom Holland is known for playing Spider-Man on the big screen, but the 23-year-old actor teases that something may be cooking for television. In addition to talking up his buddy Robert Pattinson as Batman, while going “undercover” online as part of a promo video with GQ, Tom Holland responds to a fan on Twitter remarking,

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Marvel Movie News

Tom Holland Thinks Robert Pattinson Will Kill It As Batman

With talk surrounding Spider-Man leaving Marvel, Tom Holland switches gears and talks about new Batman Robert Pattinson. While participating in an “undercover” video with GQ, Tom Holland answers the question: How good would Tom Holland be at playing Batman? “Well, I wouldn’t be as good as my friend, Robert Pattinson,” Holland said. “He’s going to

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Movie News

Robert Pattinson Responds To The Batman Doubters

Earlier this year saw Robert Pattinson rumored and then cast as the new Batman, which per the norm saw the fandom explode, as the actor is more known for playing pretty boy Edward Cullen in Twilight than something like tough guy Bruce Wayne and the Dark Knight. Now in his first interview after being cast

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Movie News

IT: Chapter Two Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In

This week sees the debut of director Andy Muschietti’s IT: Chapter Two with advanced reviews now in, and its Rotten Tomatoes score made known. With 60 reviews accounted for, IT: Chapter Two has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 83%. The number is similar to the first flick’s own score of 86%. Update 9/5 5:21pm EST:

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DCU Movie News

Birds Of Prey Undergoing Massive Reshoots To Remove Pedophilia Story

It’s being said that the Birds of Prey movie is currently undergoing massive reshoots with the situation being compared to that of the Disney Star Wars movie, Rogue One. A quick note regarding Rogue One, Disney brought in Oscar-nominated writer Tony Gilroy to do emergency reshoots on the flick as they were unsatisfied by director

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Comic Book News Marvel

Darkseid Destroys Thanos In Poll

Last week saw Darkseid trending on Twitter as fans debated who would win between the DC villain and the Great Titan, Thanos. So I asked the fans on the Cosmic Book News Facebook page what they thought, with Darkseid coming out on top. With over 5000 votes cast, fans overwhelmingly chose Darkseid with 60% of

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Marvel Movie News

Female Avengers Movie Rumored With Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, More

With Kevin Feige going the PC route for Phase 4, it is being rumored that his various TV series and flicks in development will lead to an all-female Avengers type movie. It is claimed that the all-female Avengers movie will feature Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Valkyrie, and the Jane Foster female Thor, among others.

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Movie News

Henry Cavill Supports DC and Joker

While we wait for information about the future of Superman, Henry Cavill offers his support for the new Joker movie and can’t wait to see it. DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer and superstar comic book artist Jim Lee took to Instagram to offer his thoughts on Joker: Director Todd Phillip’s @jokermovie is intense, raw and

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Movie News Marvel

Wolverine Vs Hulk Movie Rumored For MCU

It is being claimed that Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige are developing a Wolverine vs. Hulk movie. Details include that while comic book fans know “Hulk vs. Wolverine” is always a big thing, the reason the movie has Wolverine listed in the title first is that Marvel Studios still doesn’t completely own the rights to

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