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

Tom Hanks Reveals Disney Secrets About Toy Story 4 and Bo Peep

Toy Story 4 recently had its Red Carpet premiere with Tom Hanks appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live where he spills the beans about Disney secrets surrounding the marketing of the movie, which includes mention of how the actors should talk about certain characters including Bo Peep while participating in interviews. Hanks reveals that Disney provided

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DCU Movie News

Zack Snyder Unleashes Darkseid From Justice League Movie

Happy Father’s Day from director Zack Snyder who takes to the Vero social media app to unleash a look at Darkseid from his version of the Justice League movie. “Speaking of Father’s Day here’s the king daddy #UxasandtheAntilife,” Snyder posted. The image shows a look at Darkseid on Apokolips. Darkseid and Cyborg unleashed for Zack

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Movie News Star Wars

John Boyega Trashes Disney Star Wars: Will Reveal The Truth

Joining the millions and millions of fans around the world, and even Mark Hamill, John Boyega comes out publicly against the Disney Star Wars movies which sees him play Finn. A fan made a comment on Twitter comparing the disappointing final season of Game of Thrones to Disney Star Wars, mentioning that hopefully similar to

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Movie News

New Joaquin Phoenix Joker Images Confirms R-Rating

The upcoming Joker movie is confirmed to have an R-rating as director Todd Phillips shares a new image of Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime on social media. “Finishing touches,” Phillips posted on Instagram. A fan then questioned, “MPAA rating?” The director replied, “It will be Rated R. I’ve been asked this a lot. Just assumed

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Comic Book News Marvel

Marvel Comics Teases Spider-Man Fantastic Four

Happy father’s day as Marvel Comics teases Spider-Man possibly coming to Marvel’s first family, the Fantastic Four! Marve Comics EIC C.B. Cebulski took to Twitter to tease and release the following image, “No one is going to see this coming…” Also to be clear, this is a teaser for Marvel COMICS, not the MCU, as Feige’s

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TV News

Krypton Season 2 Ratings Not Too Super

This past Wednesday saw SYFY premiere their Superman prequel series, Krypton Season 2, but unfortunately, the ratings aren’t too super and are substantially down from the Season 1 premiere as they are at the lowest level for the show. While the Season 1 premiere brought in a .4 rating with 1.319 million people tuning in,

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Marvel Movie News

X-Men: Dark Phoenix Kinberg Cut Leaking Online; Skrulls Confirmed

Following my report about how an extended Simon Kinberg X-Men: Dark Phoenix cut exists and how I pointed out in my review the Skrulls were the original villains, now footage is leaking online. Regarding the Skrulls – which also happened to be featured in Disney, Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige’s Captain Marvel movie starring Brie

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Movie News

Six Batman Villains Rumored Fighting Robert Pattinson

It has previously been said Matt Reeves will be using upwards of a half dozen villains for The Batman, and now a list of the possible baddies that Robert Pattinson may be fighting in the flick becomes known.   It has been thought the movie will feature Penguin, Riddler and Catwoman, but now three more Batman

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Movie News

Men In Black; Shaft Flop At Box Office

The box office numbers are coming in for this weekend’s releases, and they are not too good regarding Men In Black International starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, as well as Shaft starring Samuel L. Jackson. Men In Black International saw an okay Thursday night preview of $3.1 million, but its Friday is pegged at

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Movie News

Batman: Hush Arrives One Week Early

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has moved up its physical release date for Batman: Hush, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the feature-length animated film will arrive one week earlier than originally announced, now coming to 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack

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Marvel Movie News

Chris Hemsworth Asks Where’s Thor In Spider-Man: Far From Home

Sony released a new promo for Men In Black International and Spider-Man: Far From Home featuring Chris Hemsworth “meeting” Tom Holland. The video is pretty funny as Chris Hemsworth asks where is Thor in Spider-Man: Far From Home, with Tom Holland also stating his movie follows the biggest movie of all time, The Avengers: Endgame. 

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TV News

Stranger Things 3 Synopsis and Episode Titles Tease ‘Danger Looms’

Netflix has released the official plot synopsis for Stranger Things 3 in addition to the episode titles which tease that danger is looming. See below. Stranger Things 3 debuts on Netflix July 4, created by the Duffer brothers, and stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp,

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TV Trailers

Alfred Protects Thomas Wayne In ‘Pennyworth’ Trailer

EPIX released a full trailer for the new Pennyworth series which sees Alfred protecting Thomas Wayne, the eventual father to Batman. In Pennyworth, we get to know Alfred (Jack Bannon) when he’s a twentysomething former SAS officer who forms a security company and winds up working with a young Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge) in 1960s London.

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Marvel Movie Trailers

Spider-Man: Far From Home Spots Need The Avengers

Sony and Marvel have released a slew of new Spider-Man: Far From Home spots, which includes new footage and need of the Avengers. Watch five new spots below!  Spider-Man: Far From Home has a July 2, 2019 release directed by Jon Watts and also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau, JB Smoove, Jacob

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TV Trailers

Young Justice: Outsiders Returns In Second Half Teaser

The second half of Young Justice Outriders returns as a teaser has been released for the DC Universe series. Ranked as 92% “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, Young Justice: Outsiders is the perfect way to kick off the 4th of July weekend. Continue the epic story with your favorite teen superheroes, facing a new threat in

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Movie News

Dwayne Johnson Receives MTV Generation Award

MTV today revealed that award-winning actor, producer and philanthropist Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be honored with the “Generation” Award during the “2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards.” Johnson returns to the show after hosting in 2016 with co-star and friend Kevin Hart. Hosted by “Shazam!” star Zachary Levi, this year’s show will air on

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Marvel Movie News

Chris Hemsworth Fat Thor Sings Johnny Cash on Avengers: Endgame set

Another behind-the-scenes video from the set of The Avengers: Endgame gets released, this time by Chris Hemsworth while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. While no cameras were supposed to be on set, the actors couldn’t help themselves, especially as Hemsworth says, when all the Avengers were together. The video shows Chris Hemsworth in

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Movie Trailers

Ewan McGregor Shines In ‘Doctor Sleep’ Trailer

Warner Bros. released the new trailer for Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, which stars Ewan McGregor as the little kid, Danny Torrance, all grown up. If the trailer is anything to go by, this movie looks really good. Doctor Sleep has a November 8, 2019 release directed by Mike Flanagan based on Stephen King’s novel

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Movie News

Toy Story 4 Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In!

Next week sees the release of Toy Story 4, the final flick of the franchise, and now its Rotten Tomatoes score is in as advanced reviews have hit the net. The Toy Story 4 Rotten Tomatoes score is currently at a 100% with 71 reviews all Fresh! Update: The score is now 98% Fresh with

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DCU Movie News

Robert Pattinson Talks Superhero Roles With Howard Stern (video)

Robert Pattinson may be The Batman we all need and deserve as the 33-year-old actor has been cast as the new DC Dark Knight for the Matt Reeves upcoming movie. Check out a cool interview below with Robert Pattinson talking superhero roles with Howard Stern from back in 2017. Robert Pattinson mentions at the time

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DCU Movie News

Dave Bautista Wants To Play Bane

Back when the news came about that James Gunn is directing Suicide Squad 2, Dave Bautista said that he wants to be involved, with rumors offering he might have been up for a role. With Gunn getting rehired, it seems Bautista is sticking around Marvel playing Drax (with it thought his Suicide Squad role is

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TV News

Lobo Getting Krypton Spinoff Series on SYFY

With Krypton Season 2 set to premiere tonight, SYFY announces that Lobo will be getting its own spinoff series. SYFY is currently developing a spinoff of their popular series Krypton with Warner Horizon Scripted Television, which focuses on the DC Comics character Lobo, played by Emmett J. Scanlan. Based on the characters from DC, this

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Movie News

Men In Black International Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In

The case of sequelitis continues, at least in terms of reviews, as the Men In Black International Rotten Tomatoes score is in, and similar to Godzilla and Dark Phoenix, it’s not good.  While Sony was looking to capitalize on Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson’s comedic relationship from Thor: Ragnarok, if the flick’s Rotten Tomatoes score

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Marvel Video Game News

Marvel’s Avengers Video Game Fails To Impress

First announced and teased over two years ago, yesterday at the E3 the first details and trailer for the Marvel’s Avengers video game were released by Square Enix, but it failed to impress. The trailer features questionable art, graphics, and I will also add the story. Regarding the art and graphics, following the release of

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Marvel Video Game News

Marvel’s Avengers Video Game Officially Announced

Yesterday saw Square Enix reveal the trailer at E3 for the Marvel’s Avengers video game. Below you can check out the official announcement from the company that reveals the plot and release date. In addition, check out the logos, box art, and a reveal video and cast video. Marvel’s Avengers becomes available May 15, 2020.

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