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Mark Strong Shazam! Villain Origin Revealed
With the release of the Shazam! trailer comes new details about the film’s villain, Doctor Sivana, played by Mark Strong. EWcom points out that in the comics there are different backstories, but in Shazam!, Doctor Sivana: “also encountered The Wizard as a kid, but he was rejected to receive his powers. Ever since then, Sivana…
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Natasha Rothwell Joins Wonder Woman 1984
Following the release of the first footage at Comic-Con, now new casting news is announced with Natasha Rothwell in Wonder Woman 1984, as director Patty Jenkins continues filming. Rothwell, known for the Insecure TV series, has been cast in a presently unknown role. She joins Gal Gadot as the titular character, Kristen Wiig as Cheetah, Chris Pine as…
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New Iron Fist Season 2 Images
Following the Iron Fist Season 2 premiere announcement teaser, Marvel TV and Netflix have released six first look images. The first features Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing and Finn Jones as Danny Rand, with the second featuring a look at Finn Jones as Iron Fist wearing what may be a version of the yellow mask that the…
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Roseanne Barr Disgusted With James Gunn Support
James Gunn was recently fired by Disney following tweets from ten years ago that resurfaced joking about pedophilia and rape, which means he is no longer a part of Marvel Studios and the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Roseanne Barr was fired from Disney after a racist tweet, which led to her series getting cancelled.…
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Deathstroke Still In The Works Says Joe Manganiello
If everything would have gone according to plan, following the Justice League post-credits scene, Joe Manganiello would have played a villain in the Ben Affleck The Batman movie, and a Deathstroke movie was also announced. However, things don’t always work out as intended as Ben Affleck departed from directing citing he didn’t like the script,…
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Worlds of DC Comic-Con Green Lantern Corps Promo Leaks Online
This past weekend at the DC film panel at Comi-Con, trailers and footage were show off for Wonder Woman 1984, Shazam! and Aquaman (watch below). To kick things off, WB showed off a cool new promo for their “Worlds of DC” featuring the above three movies – which are the next films to get released –…
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Venom Director Explains No White Spider-Man Symbol
While Sony hasn’t yet released it online, coming out of the San Diego Comic-Con saw a new Venom trailer released with lots of new footage including confirmation the symbiote won’t be sporting the white Spider-Man chest symbol. While the classic look of Venom from the comics does feature the symbol, director Ruben Fleischer explains why it…
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Deadpool 2 Director In Talks For Enter The Dragon Remake
It’s learned that Deadpool 2 and John Wick director David Leitch is in talks to remake the 1973 classic Bruce Lee martial arts flick, Enter The Dragon. The Enter The Dragon remake is in early development and will be released by Warner Bros. The original movie was directed by Robert Clouse and starred Bruce Lee, John Saxon and Jim…
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Batman: The Animated Series Blu-Ray Details
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announces the Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set set for a release on October 16, 2018. Find the official announcement and the box art below! WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND DC ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition COMING OCTOBER 16, 2018 TO…
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Joss Whedon Clueless About Thanos
Joss Whedon was the director to first introduce the Great Titan Thanos during the post-credit scene of The Avengers movie. With a smile, things in the MCU would never be the same. Now in a recent interview, interestingly enough, Joss Whedon offers up he was pretty clueless about using Thanos as a villain. “Honestly, I…
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Thanos Creator Jim Starlin Defends James Gunn
Thanos creator Jim Starlin now comes out and offers his opinions on the firing of James Gunn from Marvel Studios and Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Starlin’s characters and stories in part inspired the MCU, The Avengers: Infinity War, the upcoming Avengers 4, and Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy movies. “After giving it a couple…
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Robert DeNiro In Talks For Joaquin Phoenix Joker Movie
Following the news of Deadpool 2’s Zazie Beetz, now it’s said that Robert DeNiro is in talks for the Joaquin Phoenix Joker origins movie. If WB and Robert DeNiro can come to an agreement, this will mark the star’s first comic book movie where he will play a talk show host who is somehow instrumental in…
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David F. Sandberg On Shazam! Trailer VFX
This past weekend at Comic-Con saw the first Shazam! trailer released featuring Zachary Levi as the titular superhero. I’ll say I was really happy with what I saw and think the movie will be tons of fun. Earlier on Twitter saw director David F. Sandberg field questions about the Shazam! trailer offering up that the…
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Michael Rooker Quits Twitter Over James Gunn Firing; Zoe Saldana Responds
The stars of Guardians of the Galaxy are starting to respond to the recent news of Disney firing James Gunn over tweets that joked about pedophilia and rape. James Gunn’s brother offered a lengthy heartfelt response, Dave Bautista is very upset, and recently saw Chris Pratt tweet out a bible passage, with Karen Gillan offering…
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Avengers 4 Title Teased At Comic-Con By Russo Brothers
Marvel Studios has yet to reveal the official title for The Avengers 4, but the Russo brothers happened to appear in a video at this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con for their new SYFY series Deadly Class and had a little fun with the fans. They told the fans that they are sorry they couldn’t make…
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New Alita: Battle Angel Trailer
Following Comic-Con, a new Alita: Battle Angel trailer has been released online! Watch the live Q&A with James Cameron, Robert Rodriguez, Jon Landau, and Rosa Salazar and the trailer below! Alita: Battle Angel has December 21, 2018 release directed by Robert Rodriguez starring Rosa Salazar as Alita, Eiza González as Nyssiana, Michelle Rodriguez as Gelda, Jennifer Connelly as Chiren, with Christoph Waltz as Dr. Dyson Ido, Jeff…
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Chris Pratt & Karen Gillan Respond To James Gunn Getting Fired
James Gunn has been fired from Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Marvel Studios by Disney over tweets that resurfaced from ten years ago joking about pedophilia and rape. Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn released the following statement about firing James Gunn from the company: “The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed…
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Deadly Class Comic-Con Trailer From Russo Brothers
Check out the latest comic book adaptation from Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors behind The Avengers: Infinity War and upcoming The Avengers 4, with SYFY’s Deadly Class. The show is produced by the Russo brothers and based on the best-selling graphic novel from Rick Remender and artist Wes Craig. Deadly Class premieres next year. Deadly Class is…
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Conan Drinks A Pint Of Guinness With Aquaman Cast
Tonight on Conan O’Brien sees the cast of Aquaman guest starring on the show, where Conan happens to share a pint of Jason Momoa’s favorite beer, Guinness, with the actors and director James Wan. Conan actually reveals that Jason Momoa has two flavors of Guinness that he helped to create and also shares a look…
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Green Lantern Corps Movie Will Be Complete Re-Imagining
A Green Lantern Corps movie is currently in the works which will feature both Hal Jordan and John Stewart. Now Geoff Johns sheds new light on the project while appearing at the San Diego Comic-Con offering that it will be a complete re-imagining, which shouldn’t come as a surprise at it will have no ties…