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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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TV News

Z Nation Canceled; Prequel Series Announced

Following a five-season run, SYFY and Netflix have not renewed the zombie series Z Nation for a Season 6 and the show is canceled. CEO of The Asylum and producer David Michael Latt, along with the cast, took to Twitter to fill fans in on the unfortunate news about the show’s cancellation. “We wanted to […]

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Movie News Marvel

Awesome Keanu Reeves Wolverine Fan Art

With the X-Men set to return to Marvel next Spring due to the Disney-Fox deal, fans are eager to see who will play the new Wolverine, so how about Keanu Reeves? The actor sparked the interest as in a recent interview, he said he would love to play Wolverine, and Keanu Reeves actually picked Logan over playing

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Marvel Movie News

More Captain Marvel High-Res Images Released

With the release of the new Captain Marvel trailer, Marvel Studios has released more high-res images from the movie. Check out all the latest pics below. Captain Marvel has a March 8, 2019 release directed by the writing/directing team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck and stars Academy Award winner Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson,

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Marvel Movie News

Captain Marvel: New Brie Larson and Jude Law Image

A new Captain Marvel image surfaces online from the latest issue of Empire Magazine featuring Brie Larson as Carol Danvers along with Jude Law. The image reveals the pair possibly in training as part of the elite military Kree unit known as Starforce. Regarding Jude Law, his character has been said to be a mystery, with it

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DCU Movie News

Explaining Aquaman and Justice League Plot Holes

With the release of Aquaman comes questions regarding how the movie fits into the scenes from last year’s Justice League film. A Redditor brings up four points that he views as plot holes or inconsistencies between the two films. Before we delve into things, it should probably be mentioned that Justice League wasn’t the Zack

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DCU Movie News

Aquaman Friday Box Office Suggests 70 Million Opening

The Aquaman Friday box office numbers are in, which suggests a $70 million three day opening weekend, which is in line with industry estimates and expectations. Friday saw the James Wan-directed film bring in $27.8 million, which includes the $9 million from Thursday previews. When adding in the $4.7 million from Wednesday and the Saturday

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Movie News Star Wars

Solo Writer Wonders About December Opening

What could have been? The writer behind Solo: A Star Wars Story, Jonathan Kasdan, takes to Twitter to question what would have happened if Solo was released in December and not in May. “Hard not to wonder how Solo might’ve fared if it had come out tonight,” Kasdan wrote on Twitter, who is the son

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Movie News

Aquaman Thoughts: The Good and Bad

Following having been first teased back in Batman vs. Superman in 2016 and then getting a full-blown appearance in Justice League last year, Jason Momoa returns in his solo film this week for James Wan’s Aquaman movie, which also stars Amber Heard as Mera, Willem Dafoe as Vulko, Patrick Wilson as Orm, Dolph Lundgren as

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Movie News

Henry Cavill Back In Training

Henry Cavill takes to Instagram to show off a picture of himself back in training. The 35-year-old actor is known for keeping in super shape for the DC movies Man of Steel, Batman vs. Superman and Justice League. Cavill is also starring in The Witcher series for Netflix playing Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster

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TV News

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Interactive Netflix Movie Details Leak

The last couple of days have seen potential details leak online for what looks to be the Netflix Black Mirror: Bandersnatch interactive movie. Fans first spotted a title placeholder page for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch on Netflix where it is listed as “A Netflix Film” and 90 minutes in length. Further information was found on a Korean Media

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TV Trailers

Titans Post-Credit Scene Season 2 Teaser Now Online

Today sees the final episode of Titans Season 1 air on the DC Universe app, which includes a post-credit scene featuring none other than Superboy and Krypto, who will be a part of Season 2. Watch the cool scene taking place in Metropolis at Cadmus Laboratories above! In the comics, Superboy is Kon-El, aka Conner Kent,

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Marvel Movie News

Captain Marvel Figure Reveals Spoiler

Things just got a little more interesting regarding the upcoming Captain Marvel movie as an action figure has landed online with a bit of a spoiler. A user on Twitter posted images of the Marvel Legends Captain Marvel action figure where it confirms Carol Danvers’s cosmic persona, Binary. In the comics, while with the X-Men

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DCU Movie News

Aquaman Nets $13.7 million From Previews

With no Star Wars movie in sight, audiences are turning to DC’s Aquaman movie this Christmas and Holiday season as the flick is off to a favorable start with $13.7 million in previews. The number includes $2.9 million from the Saturday night Amazon Prime preview, $1.8 from Wednesday’s Real-D previews, and $9 million from Thursday advance screenings,

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TV Trailers

Doom Patrol Teaser Trailer Now Online

Spinning off from Titans, check out the first teaser trailer and images for the DC Universe Doom Patrol series debuting in 2019. The second live-action DC Universe Original Series, Doom Patrol, premieres February 15, 2019 only on DC Universe app. The series stars: Matt Bomer as Larry Trainor/Negative Man, Brendan Fraser as Cliff Steele/Robotman, April Bowlby

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Marvel Movie News

Nova Film Possibly In Development Says Adam McKay

Blue Blazes! Could we see Richard Rider Nova in the MCU? According to Adam McKay, who wrote Ant-Man and has taken meetings with Marvel about Inhumans and Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Marvel Studios is thinking of doing something with Nova. “When I was in the fourth or 5th grade I got into Nova of

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Marvel Movie Trailers

Avengers: Endgame IMAX Trailer Leaks Online

The Avengers: Endgame IMAX trailer has made its way online in the form of a Russian-English version. While the footage is the same as the first trailer, more content from the scenes is shown in the IMAX expanded 1.9:1 aspect ratio. For example, more from the scene featuring Jeremy Renner as Ronin is shown of the

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TV News

Stargirl Casting Includes Injustice Society

The DC Universe Stargirl series continues casting as three members of the Injustice Society are added with Tigress, Sportsmaster and Dragon King, played by Joy Osmanski, Neil Hopkins and Nelson Lee, respectively. The official description for Tigress offers: “Protecting and providing for her family, Paula Brooks hunts the world’s most dangerous game – humans – as

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Marvel Video Game News

Spider-Man PS4 Gets Tobey Maguire Suit

Happy Holidays from Marvel and Insomniac Games as the latest update for the Spider-Man PS4 video game features the Tobey Maguire suit from the Sam Raimi movies. “A very special thanks to the teams at @MarvelGames and @Marvel for helping us work with @PlayStation to bring the Webbed Suit to #SpiderManPS4,” Insomniac Games tweeted. Marvel Games executive creative

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Marvel Movie News

Adam McKay Wants To Do A Silver Surfer Movie

Following it learned Marvel approached Adam McKay to direct Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Inhumans, now McKay offers he wants Silver Surfer. Adam McKay, who also wrote the script for Ant-Man, fills in the Happy Sad Confused podcast the following: Silver Surfer man, that’s the one I want to do. I would do anything to do Silver

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TV Trailers

Russos’ Deadly Class First Episode Debuts Online

Ahead of its January premiere, SYFY has debuted the pilot episode of the Russo brothers’ new series, Deadly Class, online. “A disillusioned teen finds purpose and fights for survival at an elite academy for the Deadly Arts. Deadly Class premieres January 16 at 10/9c on SYFY,” the description offers. The official description also states: Deadly Class

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Movie Trailers

The Predator Holiday Special Is Insane

It’s Predator vs Santa and his elves and reindeer in the stop-motion animated holiday short! Check it out above as the Predator lands in the North Pole and be sure to watch until the end! Fox Studios released the promo as The Predator is now available on Blu-Ray.  In this action/adventure, a young boy accidentally triggers the

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Movie News

Shawn Levy No Longer On Tom Holland Uncharted Movie

The Sony Pictures Uncharted movie set to star Spider-Man-actor Tom Holland loses its director as Stranger Things‘ Shawn Levy has stepped away from the project. Levy will instead be directing the Ryan Reynolds video game-focused action-comedy Free Guy. THR reports that Sony is now searching for a new director for Uncharted and that Holland is still attached to

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Movie News Marvel

Keanu Reeves Wants To Play Wolverine For Marvel

From Constantine to Neo to John Wick, so how about Keanu Reeves as Wolverine for the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Keanu Reeves previously let it be known he wouldn’t mind playing Batman or Wolverine, and now says if he had his pick, he would go with the latter. “Of the two, I’d love to play Wolverine,” Reeves

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Marvel Movie News

Marvel Asked Adam McKay To Direct Guardians of the Galaxy 3

With James Gunn gone from Marvel Studios, Disney needs to find a replacement director for Guardians of the Galaxy 3, with it learned that Adam McKay was a contender at one point. McKay, who actually wrote the first Ant-Man script, filled in the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he was in talks for Guardians of

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TV News

Stranger Things “Holidays Upside Down” Promo

While we wait for Stranger Things 3 next Summer, Netflix releases the above “Holidays Upside Down” promo. “Happy holidays from Stranger Things!” the video description states. “Millie, Finn, Noah, Caleb, Gaten, and Sadie teamed up in Mike’s basement to wrap presents for some of our biggest Stranger Things fans. And things turned a little…upside down.” Regarding

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Movie News

Samuel L. Jackson Returns As Shaft

Samuel L. Jackson is back, reprising as John Shaft from the second movie released in 2000, which followed the 1971 original. EW.com offers a first look, which includes newcomer Jessie T. Usher (Survivor’s Remorse) playing Jackson’s estranged son, John Shaft Jr., a cybersecurity expert who has to team up with his father and great-uncle. “He

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TV News

First Look At Zachary Quinto In NOS4A2

AMC releases a first look at Zachary Quinto in the new series NOS4A2, which adapts the novel from Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King.   EW.com offers that Zachary Quinto plays the ancient, supernaturally powered Charlie Manx, who periodically rejuvenates by feeding on the life forces of children as he transports them to a fantasy world he has

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Movie Trailers

Men In Black International Trailer Is Here

Sony Pictures has released the first Men In Black International trailer offering a first look at footage with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson who reunite from Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok.  “The world’s not going to save itself,” the video description teases. The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe.

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Movie Trailers Star Wars

The Last Man Trailer Starring Hayden Christensen

Lionsgate has released a new trailer for The Last Man, which stars Hayden Christensen known for playing Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars movies. In this chilling dystopian thriller, Hayden Christensen plays Kurt, a vet suffering from PTSD who comes home to an unholy, unruly land. The world is bad, no question—but local street prophet Noe (Harvey

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