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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Marvel Movie News

James Gunn Trending On Twitter: Reactions Are In

Earlier saw Disney reverse course and decide to rehire James Gunn back on Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy 3, with the director now trending on Twitter. Details include that Gunn will start filming on Guardians of the Galaxy 3 after he finishes DC’s Suicide Squad 2. Following his dismissal last Summer, there was a […]

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Marvel Movie News

James Gunn Back For Guardians of the Galaxy 3

Disney and Marvel have rehired James Gunn to direct Guardians of the Galaxy 3.  Last Summer saw Gunn fired over tweets that resurfaced joking about rape and pedophilia but following numerous meetings with Disney film chief Alan Horn and persuaded by Gunn’s public apology and handling of the situation, Disney and Horn have now reversed

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Marvel Movie News

Captain Marvel Alternate Ending Revealed

It seems as if Captain Marvel went through a lot of changes during production as not only was Mar-vell unfortunately changed, a neat Jude Law Yon-Rogg post-credit scene ditched, but it is also learned there was an alternate ending. Editor Debbie Berman offers an ending she didn’t want to go with (spoiler warning): I did

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Movie News

Channing Tatum Gambit Movie Was RomCom

Following it learned the failure of the Fantastic Four reboot caused the Gambit movie not to be made, now more details are learned about the Channing Tatum script. Among other things, director Ruper Wyatt lets it be known it was going to be a RomCom flick and in part set in the 1970s. “Yeah [a

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Movie News

Wonder Woman 1984 Is A Standalone Movie

The first film was set in WWI and the next Wonder Woman film is set in 1984, so don’t expect a “sequel” says producer Charles Roven, which makes sense as there is an obvious big time jump. “[Patty Jenkins] was just determined that this movie should be the next iteration of Wonder Woman but not

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Movie Trailers

Pet Sematary Teaser Shows True Horror

A new teaser trailer for Pet Sematary has been released with “True Horror” that teases they don’t come back the same. Check out the featurette below! Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young

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Marvel Movie News

Captain Marvel Wednesday Box Office Is In

The Captain Marvel box office numbers continue to come in, with Wednesday’s now available, which sees the flick drop 41.4% from Tuesday, and 21.8% from Monday. Wednesday sees Captain Marvel with an $8,586,183 U.S. box office, with the reason for the large decline due to Tuesday’s bump because of discounted ticket pricing. The day-to-day numbers

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Movie News

Godzilla Is god-like In ‘King of the Monsters’ Image

An image from Godzilla: King of the Monsters lands online offering how awesome and god-like the titan is in the movie. The pic, which was a part of a display at December’s Brazil Comic Con, shows Godzilla absolutely dwarfing a submarine with his dorsal spines glowing blue.  Director Mike Dougherty recently offered they are putting the

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DCU Movie News

Shazam! Tracking For $40M Box Office Opening

Following the billion dollar Aquaman movie, up next for DC is Shazam! with tracking suggesting an estimated opening weekend box office of around $40 million – $45 million. I actually think the estimate is on the low side, but bear in mind the flick has a lower budget than any of the big tentpole DCEU films,

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Movie News

Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Release Date Announced

Warner Bros. announces the release date for the Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated movie. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Nickelodeon and DC, the film arrives from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting May 14, 2019, and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack and Blu-ray Combo Pack on June 4, 2019.  Check out

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Marvel Movie News

Sony Has Big Spider-Man TV Plans

While the Fantastic Four and X-Men are returning to Marvel next week, Sony will still hold on to the rights to Spider-Man, arguably one of the most famous characters of all time, with big plans in place for everyone’s favorite Wall Crawler that not only includes movies but TV and more. Amid Disney purchasing Fox,

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Movie News

Dumbo Reactions Are In: Under Cooked, Pro-Animal Rights Movie

While Captain Marvel has the month of March all to itself, Disney’s Dumbo does premiere March 29, followed a week later by DC’s Shazam! and the Pet Sematary remake, and now the early reactions are in, which come off a bit mixed.   The Dumbo reactions from early screenings have hit Twitter with various users offering the

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Marvel Movie News

Namor Rumored For Black Panther 2 or Doctor Strange Sequel

With DC’s Aquaman movie being a huge success, it is rumored that Marvel may be bringing its own submariner to the big screen in either Black Panther 2 or the Doctor Strange sequel. Evidence Namor might be coming to the MCU actually may have been teased as Doctor Strange 2 director Scott Derrickson recently tweeted and deleted

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TV Trailers

Gotham Bane Red Band Trailer

FOX releases a new Red Band (mature) trailer for the debut of Bane in Gotham Season 5. “On March 21st, Bane will rise…” the video description teases.  Shane West (Nikita, Salem) plays the version of Bane in the final season for the series, which is a new and different take than the comics and the

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Marvel Movie News

Captain Marvel Gets Tuesdays Box Office Bump

As expected, yesterday saw Captain Marvel get a Tuesday box office bump due to theaters offering discounted ticket sales. Monday saw ticket sales drop over 71%, but Tuesday they picked up a bit with around $14.6 million in sales, a bump of around 27%. Update: Actual number is $14,641,119, bump of 33.26% Captain Marvel now has

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Marvel Movie News

Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ Gets A Director

Marvel Studios’ first Asian superhero movie Shang-Chi now has a director with Destin Daniel Cretton, who is directing Just Mercy, a film he wrote that happens to star Captain Marvel‘s Brie Larson and Black Panther‘s Michael B. Jordan. Destin Cretton is also known for The Glass Castle, which also stars Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson and

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TV News

Deathstroke Joins Titans

Deathstroke is coming to the DC Universe Titans series who will be played by actor Esai Morales, known for NCIS: Los Angeles, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, Criminal Minds,  Caprica and lots more. Deathstroke in Titans is described as: “Slade Wilson is known for being DC’s deadliest assassin. While serving his country, Slade became an elite

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DCU Movie News

Shazam! Fandango Early Access Screenings Tickets On Sale

Watch Shazam! two weeks early as Warner Bros. is releasing the movie early for one day on Saturday, March 23. Head to the Fandango app to purchase tickets. WB did a similar release for Aquaman, and look how good that turned out. Here is the official press release announcing tickets are on sale: FANDANGO LAUNCHES

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DCU Movie News

Amber Heard In Doubt For Aquaman 2 Over Johnny Depp Lawsuit

The future of Amber Heard as Mera in Aquaman 2 and continued DC movies may be in doubt as the actress is getting sued by former husband Johnny Depp for $50 million over defamation and false allegations of domestic abuse. “Ms. Heard is not a victim of domestic abuse, she is a perpetrator,” the lawsuit

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TV News

The Flash Gets New Season 6 Showrunner

It is learned The Flash will get a new showrunner for Season 6, which has already been greenlit, as Todd Helbing is stepping down at the end of the current Season 5, with Eric Wallace taking over, who has been with the show since Season 4. Helbing is said to be focusing on development under

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Marvel Movie News

Doctor Doom Details Revealed: On Hold

As expected, the Fox Studios Doctor Doom movie is on hold pending the Disney-Fox deal and what Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige would want to do with the Fantastic Four villain. Director and writer Noah Hawley offered an update on the status of the Doctor Doom movie at the SXSW noting that the script is

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Movie News

Rambo 5 Brings Back The Bow With Bloody Sylvester Stallone Image

A cool new behind-the-scenes pic of Sylvester Stallone is released for Rambo 5 which brings back the iconic explosive-tipped bow and arrow.  “Getting a very dangerous picture!” Sly posted on Instagram. As it couldn’t be a Rambo movie without the “RamBow,” we also see that Sylvester Stallone is all bloody in the image. Rambo 5: Last

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Movie News

First Look At Jumanji 2 Cast

Check out the first look image at the returning cast for Jumanji 2 featuring Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black and Kevin Hart. Dwayne Johnson posted on Instagram: Yes you’re favorite band is back ~ lookin’ lean (ish) and mean.  Even though things may not be as they seem   So buckle up world because

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Movie News Marvel

Disney-Fox Deal Going Through March 20

It is reported the Disney-Fox deal is expected to go through next week as a reporter for CNN offers the news. “Just in: Disney says its acquisition of most of Fox will take effect on Wednesday, March 20,” Brian Stelter tweeted. “T-minus 8 days til an epochal event in the entertainment business.” The close of

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Movie News

Dark Knight Trilogy Returning To Theaters For Batman 80th Anniversary

For the Batman 80th anniversary, Warner Bros. announces that The Dark Knight Trilogy will return to theaters with IMAX 70mm screenings. The event will kick off with a special live Q&A with director Christopher Nolan in Los Angeles on March 30. The bad news is that The Dark Knight Trilogy IMAX 70mm event only takes

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