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

Marvel Killing Off Captain Marvel? Replacing Carol Danvers?

With sales in the gutter, what usually happens in order to ramp up sales for a failing title? Yep. Kill off the character. With the release of Marvel Comics’ September 2019 solicitations, they tease the death of Captain Marvel Carol Danvers and look to replace the character. The solicit for issue #10 says: “New hero

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DCU Movie News

Josh Gad Not Playing Penguin In The Batman

Josh Gad has been seemingly teasing and vying for the Penguin role for over two years now, but the actor takes to social media to let it be known he won’t be playing the character in the Matt Reeves The Batman movie. “Ok, seeing as I keep getting this question…as much as I have LOVED

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Comic Book News

DC Closes Vertigo; Uniting Under One Brand

Following the rumor, DC Comics now announces and confirms they are closing Vertigo, and they also announce they are uniting everything under one brand. The official announcement below includes that DC Comics will now be organized under three age-specific levels: DC Kids will focus on readers ages 8-12 and offer content created specifically for the middle-grade reader DC,

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DCU TV News

‘Krypton’ Pays Homage To Henry Cavill

Krypton Season 2 is now airing on SYFY which happens to be a Superman prequel series, which saw its second episode paying homage to Henry Cavill. The episode features Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El, played by Cameron Cuffe, taking on Lobo, played by Emmett J. Scanlan. Fans on social media posted footage featuring Seg-El preparing for the

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Movie News

Tom Cruise May Agree To Fight Justin Bieber: It Could Happen

Last week saw pop star Justin Bieber post a bizarre tweet offering that he wants to fight Tom Cruise, and now it is learned it could actually happen. It’s reported that Justin Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, took part in a “secret” phone call with the co-CEO of the William Morris Endeavor agency that owns UFC,

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TV Trailers

Stranger Things 3 Final Trailer Unleashed

Netflix unleashes the final trailer for Stranger Things 3, which comes before its July 4 premiere in a couple of weeks. “It’s almost time,” the video description teases. Stranger Things 3 stars Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Noah Schnapp as Will, Finn Wolfhard as Mike, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin, Dacre Montgomery

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Movie News

Space Jam 2 and LeBron James May Have Found Their Basketball Stars

Back in April saw it reported the flick was in trouble, but the good news is that LeBron James may have found the basketballs stars for Space Jam 2. While the earlier reports offered nobody wants to work with LeBron James, according to Shams Charania, the Senior lead NBA Insider/Writer/Analyst for The Athletic and Stadium,

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Movie News

Spider-Man: Far From Home Post-Credit Scene Spoiler

Reactions and reviews are starting to trickle in which includes a Spider-Man: Far From Home post-credit scene spoiler. Update: I go over the post-credit scenes here (spoilers). A reviewer for Buzz Feed tweeted a rather interesting post mentioning: “Still thinking about Spider-Man: Far From Home (which might be my fave Spidey film now). Jake Gyllenhaal

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Movie News Star Wars

Mark Hamill Spoils Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

Following the controversial statements made by John Boyega, now Mark Hamill goes so far as to spoil Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and he also says he hopes he is done with Disney Star Wars. The AP questions Mark Hamill asking if this is really, really, really going to be his last Star Wars movie,

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Marvel Movie News

Spider-Man Venom Likely Says Feige; But Under Sony

With the Tom Hardy Venom movie being a near billion-dollar success, fans have been wondering if there will be a team-up movie featuring Tom Holland as Spider-Man. While doing press for Spider-Man: Far From Home, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige says it is likely but says that if it does happen it will probably come under

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Marvel Movie News

Nova In The MCU Still Possible Says Feige

Richard Rider in the MCU could still be possible, as Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirms Nova is still on the table. While promoting the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Feige says, “We love Nova, it would be cool.” Feige is asked if Nova is still considered an “immediate potential” as last year saw

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Movie News

Child’s Play Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In!

The new Child’s Play movie gets released this week, and now it’s Rotten Tomatoes score is in, which is actually quite promising. The Child’s Play Rotten Tomatoes score comes in at 71% Fresh with 35 reviews presently accounted for. Update: The score has dropped a bit to 67% with 52 reviews counted. Compare to the

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Comic Book News Marvel

J.J. Abrams Writing Spider-Man For Marvel Comics

It’s not Fantastic Four, but J.J. Abrams, the prolific director and producer behind Star Trek and Star Wars, has been announced to be writing a new Spider-Man limited series with his son, Henry. Marvel Comics made the announcement through the NY Times including the news that the interior artist will be Sara Pichelli, with the

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Marvel Movie News

YouTuber Slams Spider-Man MJ ‘Race-Bending’

Echoing my own thoughts on the “MJ” change in the Sony and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man movies, a YouTuber slams Far From Home for “race-bending.” In the comics, Spider-Man’s girlfriend is Mary Jane Watson, aka MJ, who happens to be a white redhead, but Marvel changed the character into a mixed African-American with the casting of

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Marvel Movie News

Marvel Studios Coming To San Diego Comic-Con 2019

While the direct competition will be skipping the SDCC this year, it is learned that Marvel Studios will be returning to Hall H with big announcements. Marvel Studios actually skipped the SDCC last year, but with their upcoming Phase 4 in the works, we see they have news and possible footage to release, though nothing

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Marvel Movie News

Spider-Man: Far From Home Clips Shows Off Mysterio’s Helmet

Jake Gyllenhaal takes to social media to release a new clip from Spider-Man: Far From Home which features a look at his character Mysterio, including the helmet, along with Tom Holland’s Spidey. The clip also features Mysterio mentioning how he is from an alternate universe. “You guys do have sarcasm on this earth, right? @TomHolland2013 @JnWtts,” Gyllenhaal posted

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Movie News Marvel

Kevin Feige Wants Keanu Reeves In The MCU

Lately, Keanu Reeves has been talking how he wants to play Wolverine more than any other character, and now it is confirmed the actor has talked with Marvel Studios. While doing press for Spider-Man: Far From Home, Kevin Feige lets it be known that he wants Keanu Reeves a part of the MCU and that

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Marvel Movie News

Avengers: Endgame Getting Re-released With New Footage

While doing press for Spider-Man: Far From Home, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige lets it be known that they are re-releasing The Avengers: Endgame with new footage. The CBS television station owned pop culture site caught up with Feige who offered, “We are doing that. I don’t know if it’s been announced. And I don’t

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TV News

Everything Coming To and Leaving Netflix July 2019

Netflix announces the list of movies and TV shows that will be coming to and leaving the streaming network for the month of July 2019. Coming to Netflix in July includes Stranger Things 3, Caddyshack, Cloverfield, Mary Poppins Returns, Inglourious Basterds and more. Leaving Netflix next month includes Austin Powers, The Matrix, The Mummy, Terminator, Pirates of the

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Comic Book News

Todd McFarlane To Draw Spawn 301

In addition to the 300th issue, Todd McFarlane will also be doing the art for Spawn #301, which marks the series as the longest running creator-owned comic book in the world. Check out the announcement below. COMIC BOOK HISTORY IS HERE: McFARLANE TO DRAW RECORD-SETTING SPAWN #301 Todd McFarlane Productions and Image Comics celebrate comic

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Movie News

Ray Fisher Not Done As Cyborg Just Yet

It appears as if Ray Fisher may not be done as Cyborg just yet as the actor tackles the question of his return to the DCEU while appearing at the recent San Antonio Fan Fest. On the subject of the future of Cyborg, Ray Fisher said, “That remains to be seen … there are a

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Movie News Star Wars

Kathleen Kennedy Replaced At LucasFilm For New Star Wars

In the wake of the failure of The Last Jedi and Solo, which apparently also sees Rian Johnson’s trilogy canceled, Disney announces a replacement for LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Kennedy, whose term at LucasFilm expires in 2021, actually named her replacement as Michelle Rejwan, who will now oversee the live-action development and production of new

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TV News

CW Annouces Fall Dates: Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Batwoman, Supernatural

The CW announces its Fall schedule and premiere dates, which includes The Flash, Batwoman, Supernatural, Arrow, Supernatural, and more. Batwoman and Supergirl will be airing Sundays; The Flash and the final season of Arrow air on Tuesdays; Riverdale on Wednesdays, and Supernatural on Thursdays. Find the schedule and official announcement below. THE CW ANNOUNCES ITS 2019 FALL

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DCU Movie News

The Rock Says Superman Doesn’t Kill But Black Adam Does

Last night at the MTV Movie Awards saw Dwayne Johnson take home the Generations Award, and following the event, The Rock talked about Black Adam and interestingly enough about Superman not killing anyone. MTV questioned Dwayne Johnson about trying on the Black Adam suit, and about the differences between the character and Shazam, which saw

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Marvel Movie News

Avengers: Endgame Wins MTV Movie Awards: Complete Winners List

Last night saw the 2019 MTV Movie Awards air with The Avengers: Endgame taking home Best Movie, Robert Downey Jr. winning for Best Hero, and Josh Brolin for Best Villain. Check out the complete winners list below, which also includes Dwayne Johnson receiving the Generation Awards.  The Avengers: Endgame director Anthony Russo also talks about

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DCU TV News

Henry Cavill Gets Photobombed By Captain America

Henry Cavill recently finished filming on the new Netflix series The Witcher, and now the Superman actor takes to Instagram to show off a new image of his super muscles where we see he gets photobombed by none other than Captain America. The 36-year-old actor shows off a pic of his bulging biceps on Instagram

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