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

IDW Fails After Marvel Comics Approach

More evidence suggests the comic book market is indeed in shambles, as following the news of trouble within DC Comics and Marvel, now the fifth largest comic book publisher, IDW Publishing, reveals a heap of trouble for its own company with the release of its annual financial report that sees a whopping $36 million loss […]

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Marvel Movie News

Joe Quesada Responds To Disney Closing Marvel Comics Rumor

Yesterday I posted an article questioning if Disney is contemplating shutting down Marvel Comics, with the thought behind the reasoning due to several factors including that Disney’s Consumer Products division, which includes Marvel Comics, is the only division within Disney to be losing money. In addition, the recent comics retailer summit saw Marvel Comics blamed

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Marvel TV News

Agents of SHIELD Season 6 Premiers In May

With the news that Agents of SHIELD will be at the upcoming WonderCon later this month, Marvel reveals the series returns in May with a new poster. “They’re back,” the show’s social media accounts teased. Details for Season 6 includes that Clark Gregg will be back – not as Phil Coulson – but some sort of

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Marvel Movie News

First Gay Marvel Character Rumored For Eternals

Marvel Studios is currently developing a new cosmic franchise with an Eternals movie, which is now rumored to feature the MCU’s first gay character. It’s reported Marvel Studios is seeking an openly gay actor for the role described as an actor between the ages of 30-49 who “physically looks like a superhero” for one of

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Marvel Movie News

No Captain Marvel Fandango Ticket Sales Conspiracy

It has come to my attention on Twitter that some fans are claiming a conspiracy exists between Disney and Fandango regarding ticket sales for Captain Marvel. Fans are claiming that they are only able to purchase tickets on Fandango next weekend for Captain Marvel and no other movie. That latter claim is true, and I

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Movie News

X-Men: New Mutants Reshoots Canceled; Release In Doubt

It’s once again being said a theatrical release for the X-Men New Mutants movie is in doubt, which follows longtime producer Lauren Shuler Donner recently confirming the rumors the flick could see a streaming service release are true. The latest comes from THR who offers further rumors about what is happening with New Mutants. The

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Comic Book News Marvel

Disney Shutting Down Marvel Comics?

The comic book industry is presently said to be in a state of collapse, and following the recent news of troubles within DC Comics, now it is being speculated Disney may actually be considering shutting down Marvel Comics. Speculation about problems within Marvel Comics comes from a press release issued by the company where Marvel

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Marvel Movie Trailers

Avengers: Endgame IMAX Trailer Shows More Picture

Check out The Avengers: Endgame IMAX trailer which puts it forth it might just be a good idea to see the movie in the larger-screened theaters. While none of the footage is new, The Avengers: Endgame IMAX trailer shows a side-by-side comparison between IMAX screens and standard screens, revealing up to 26% more picture. “Part

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Movie News

Stranger Things Finn Wolfhard In Talks For Ghostbusters 3

It’s learned that Finn Wolfhard, known for Stranger Things and IT, and Fargo and The Leftovers star Carrie Coon, are in talks for Ghostbusters 3. According to Deadline, the pair are in talks to play the mom and son in Sony and Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters 3, which will center on a single mom and her family.

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Marvel TV News

Agents of SHIELD Likely Canceled After Season 7

Following Daredevil and the Netflix shows, another Marvel TV series looks to be getting the ax as it is likely Agents of SHIELD will get canceled following Season 7. The news isn’t all that surprising as ABC recently renewed the series for Seasons 6 and 7, but they are more or less one season as

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DCU Movie News

Viola Davis Rumored For James Gunn’s Suicide Squad

Following the news of Will Smith’s exit, it is currently being rumored that Viola Davis will be returning as Amanda Waller for James Gunn’s Suicide Squad. No further details are known, but it does make sense for Viola Davis to return as Amanda Waller, as the flick by Gunn has been described as a reboot

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Movie News

Zack Snyder Announces Batman vs Superman Director’s Cut Event

Happy birthday to Zack Snyder who turns 53 years young today, but instead of receiving, the director is giving as he announces a director’s cut event of his movies including Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen and Batman vs. Superman. Snyder revealed the following promotional art on social media of a character made up of all

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Marvel Movie News

Avengers: Endgame: Awesome Fan Art Magazine Covers

Check out a batch of super cool The Avengers: Endgame fan art for Entertainment Weekly magazine covers featuring Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, Thor, War Machine, Ant-Man, Hulk, Nebula, Rocket Raccoon, Captain Marvel, Goose and Thanos. The art was done by one of my favorite artists on Instagram, ultraraw26.  The Avengers: Endgame has an

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Marvel Movie News

Captain Marvel Replacing Captain America Teased

Marvel Studios trolls its own fans on Instagram by teasing that Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel will be replacing Chris Evans and Captain America. “A new Captain arrives,” the video teases as Captain Marvel flies and punches through the screen.         View this post on Instagram              

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Movie Trailers

New Hellboy Trailer; Will Be R-Rated

Lionsgate released a new Hellboy trailer, and the flick is confirmed to be R-rated. Watch the mature Red Band version below. Hellboy gets released April 12, 2019 starring David Harbour as the titular character, Milla Jovovich as Nimue the Blood Queen, Ian McShane as Professor Broom, Sasha Lane as Alice Monghan and Penelope Mitchell will

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Marvel Movie News

Rotten Tomatoes Has Huge Disney Connection

“What a tangled web we weave…” as the saying goes… On Monday, without notice, the movie review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes removed fans’ ability to vote on whether or not they wanted to see a movie as well as the ability to comment on what they thought of the film. Rotten Tomatoes replaced the “Want

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Movie Trailers

X-Men: Dark Phoenix International Trailer Is Way Better

In addition to last night’s new trailer, Fox Studios also released a super cool international version that features lots more action and footage from X-Men: Dark Phoenix. I actually think this one is a lot better. Check out both: X-Men: Dark Phoenix has a June 7, 2019 release directed by Simon Kinberg starring Sophie Turner, James

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Marvel Movie News

X-Men: Dark Phoenix Trailer Pokes Fun At Marvel’s MCU

Last night saw Fox Studios release the new X-Men: Dark Phoenix trailer, which happens to feature what looks to be a scene poking fun at Marvel and the Disney-Fox deal. The scene features the X-Men captured with the bad guys dressed wearing “MCU” logos, which just might imply Disney and Kevin Feige’ Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU does

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DCU Movie News

The Flash Getting Ready For Take Off

We get a hint of when the Ezra Miller The Flash will movie will get made, which looks to be at least within two years. The details come from the announcement that an executive at New Line Cinemas has left to form his own production company, which sees him become a producer on The Flash

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DCU Movie News

Aquaman 2 Rumored To Feature New Team of Heroes

Following yesterday’s announcement from Warner Bros. that Aquaman 2 has a release date, now a rumor hits the net offering the sequel may feature a new team of heroes. According to The Aquaverse on Twitter, Aquaman 2 will feature The Others, who in the DC comics is a mysterious group of heroes that Arthur Curry was

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TV News

CW ‘Lost Boys’ Replaces Frog Brothers With Sisters

Additional casting for The CW The Lost Boy series reveals that the fan-favorite characters from the first movie, the Frog Brothers, have been dropped in favor of the Frog Sisters. The original 1987 movie starred Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog with Jamison Newlander as Alan Frog, who worked at a comic book shop and knew

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TV News

The Walking Dead Getting Third Spinoff Series

Amid low ratings and losing various star actors, AMC announces it is expanding the brand with a third spinoff series for The Walking Dead. The news came in an AMC investors conference call, but CEO Josh Sapan wouldn’t elaborate on the third zombie series only offering the spinoff is in “active development,” and he wouldn’t

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Movie News

Brendan Fraser Was Almost Superman

Currently, the star of the DC Universe Doom Patrol series, fan-favorite actor Brendan Fraser lets it be known he nearly played Superman. Fraser says he auditioned for the role of the Man of Steel in the defunct Brett Ratner and J.J. Abrams Superman: Flyby that eventually became Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns. “I auditioned for Superman.

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TV News

Luke Perry Suffers ‘Massive’ Stroke

It is reported that Luke Perry suffered a massive stroke on Wednesday and that he is currently hospitalized. TMZ reports paramedics responded to the home of Luke Perry, who is known for Riverdale and 90210, around 9:40 am Wednesday with the fire department responding to a call for someone suffering from a stroke. The site

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Movie News

Game of Thrones: Who Will Take The Iron Throne Posters

With the Game of Thrones final season right around the corner, HBO releases twenty character images teasing who will take the Iron Throne. Any guesses? The posters feature: Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey), Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham), Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright), Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), Greyworm (Jacob

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Movie News

Rambo 5 Gets Release Date

Lionsgate announces the release date for Rambo 5, which sees Sylvester Stallone returning as the titular character, with September 20, 2019. The movie is described as: When the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped, Rambo (Stallone) — who has been working on a ranch — crosses the U.S.-Mexico border and quickly finds himself

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Marvel Movie News

Captain Marvel’s Brie Larson Is Allergic To Cats

With the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly now out, it is learned that Captain Marvel star Brie Larson is actually allergic to cats, which is ironic as some fans are jokingly referring to the character as “Captain Cat Lady.” Larson fills in the magazine on her unfortunate cat allergy, “It became this joke because the

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Movie News

X-Men Dies In Dark Phoenix Trailer (Spoiler)

Fox Studios is pulling out all the stops as the new Dark Phoenix trailer is confirmed to kill off a major X-Men character, in addition to, of course, a huge actor. While I watched the trailer I simply thought the character got blasted back, but it is confirmed that when Jean Grey blasts Mystique, the

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Movie Trailers

New X-Men Dark Phoenix Trailer Is Here

Following the new poster, Fox Studios releases the new X-Men: Dark Phoenix trailer. Check it out: X-Men: Dark Phoenix has a June 7, 2019 release directed by Simon Kinberg starring Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters and Jessica Chastain. In Dark Phoenix, the X-Men face

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