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Marvel Heroes Omega Defenders Event Goes Live: Elektra Playable
Gazillion announced today that a brand new Defenders Event launches today for Marvel Heroes Omega on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The new event finds players facing off against members of The Hand for a variety of limited-time rewards. Today’s update also introduces Elektra as a new playable hero. The infamous assassin’s entry marks the 41st hero…
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Marvel TV Developing Female Superhero Series
It’s learned Marvel TV is developing a female superhero series for ABC. Deadline reports Marvel Television SVP of Original Programming, Karim Zreik, told the Edinburgh International Television Festival earlier today that Marvel TV “for sure” is looking at “more female-skewed shows” for ABC. It’s further said the proejct is “Jessica Jones-esque,” which is a reference…
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Cate Blanchett Announces Thor: Ragnarok Contest (Video)
Cate Blanchett, who plays Hela in Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok, along with Disney, Marvel Studios, Dolby Laboratories, Synchrony Bank, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Broadcom MASTERS and Society for Science & the Public, are putting out the call for young girls to channel their superpowers of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) for…
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Aquaman Movie Has $160 Million Budget
With James Wan currently filming Aquaman in Australia and with a lot of the movie assumed to have underwater scenes, it’s learned Aquaman has a substantial budget. Warner Bros. isn’t cutting any corners on Aquaman as it’s being reported the budget for the movie is $160 million. The info comes from Australia’s Redland City Bulletin…
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Jared Leto Confirms Return to Joker Role
Jared Leto will be back as the DCEU Joker. Following Suicide Squad, it was speculated by some that Jared Leto might be done with the Joker role, possibly over being upset that so much Joker footage was cut from Suicide Squad in addition to some fans not liking the depiction. The past couple of days…
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James Cameron Says Wonder Woman Is A Step Backwards
James Cameron, who is no stranger to using strong female characters in his movies, such as Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connors in Terminator 2 and Zoe Saldana’s Neytiri in Avatar, actually wasn’t impressed with Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman film and goes so far as to say it’s a step in the wrong direction. James Cameron tell…
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OG Bumblebee Spotted On Transformers Set
Check out a look at Bumblebee on the set of the new Transformers movie who returns as the classic version from the animated series as a Volkswagen Bug. A user on Instagram posted images from the set of Bumblebee where old cars can seen as the movie takes place in the 1980s. The first Transformers…
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Awesome Justice League Concept Art Revealed!
Additional Justice League concept art surfaces from WB’s DC art exhibit in Paris. The art features Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg, done by artist Craig Mullins. DC’s Art exhibit is currently on display at Art Ludique until October 9th. You can find further info at the site. In addition to the Justice League, the exhibit has on…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Monsters After Dark Announced
Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark is debuting during Disneyland Resort’s Halloween Time! Help #SaveGroot as Disney Land California Adventure beginging September 15th! Guests at the Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! attraction will be able to experience the attraction in a whole new way with Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters…
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Ninjak Vs The Valiant Universe Trailer Teaser
Valiant Entertainment has released a new teaser for the upcoming Ninjak Vs The Valiant Universe trailer, which will be released on August 28th.. Ninjak vs the Valiant Universe is a six-episode live-action digital event from Valiant Digital and Bat In The Sun Production directed by Aaron Schoenke starring Michael Rowe as Colin King, aka Ninjak, Jason…
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Worlds Will Collide In Justice League
This November’s Justice League movie features for the first time the DC Comics superheroes on screen together battling it out for the very sake of humanity. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg will be taking on Darkseid’s #2 with Steppenwolf, an alien being set on creating hell on Earth. Tasked to build…
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Anna Diop Starfire Titans Fan Art
Earlier it became known that WB has cast Anna Diop in the role of Starfire for the live-action Titans series. The casting of a West African (Diop is from Senegal) in the role of Starfire, admittedly an alien, has caused quite the controversy. On the Cosmic Book News Facebook page alone, over 80,000 people have…
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Matt Reeves “The Batman’ To Focus More On Batman Than Nolan Movies
Good news if you are a fan of Batman and didn’t like the Christopher Nolan movies as the Matt Reeves The Batman flick will be all about Batman. Now I did really like Nolan’s Batman movies, but one thing that has always bugged me is that Nolan put it forth that anyone can be Batman.…
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Justice League Dark Back To Square One
It’s been quite a couple of days for the DCEU as news of a Joker origins movie outside the DCEU was released, in addition to Matt Reeves’ The Batman possibly existing outside the DCEU and being a standalone film; then followed the recent news of a Harley Quinn and Joker movie, which is separate from…
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Harley Quinn & Joker Movie In Development
Following yesterday’s news of the Joker origin movie, now it’s being reported a Harley Quinn and Joker movie is in development, which is separate from the David Ayer Gotham City Sirens movie. Deadline reports Bad Santa writers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra are in talks to write, direct and produce the Harley Quinn and Joker…
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Emilia Clarke’s Star Wars Han Solo Name Revealed
Yesterday saw the news revealed that Michael Kenneth Williams had been cut from the Star Wars Han Solo movie due to a scheduling conflict that made him incapable of being a part of reshoots with director Ron Howad. Williams revealed he played a half-human, half-animal in the film and that “we created a kick-ass character,…
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Godzilla vs King Kong Set In Present Day
Following the details that Godzilla vs. Kong Kong will be a massive monster brawl, but at the same time keeping fans emotionally invested, now director Adam Wingard offers the timeline of the movie. While speaking with Slash Film about his new Netfix movie, Deathnote, Adam Wingard says Godzilla vs. King Kong is set in the…
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Anna Diop Cast As Starfire For Titans Series
In addition to Raven, WB has cast Starfire for the upcoming live-action Titans series. Deadline reports Anna Diop (24: Legacy) will play Starfire in Titans, which will be a series-regular and one of the leads. Starfire (aka Koriand’r) is described as: an alien princess from a warrior planet who seeks asylum on Earth. A no-nonsense,…
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New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Vehicles Revealed (Video)
Disney unveils two new vehicles from Star Wars: The Last Jedi with the AT-M6 and the First Order Dreadnought. Details for the AT-M6 include the names stands for the All Terrain Megacaliber Six walker, with “Six” meaning it has a megacaliber six laser cannon on its back. It’s also way bigger than a standart At-At.…
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X-Men The Gifted Meet Eclipse Promo & Character Posters
A new poster and promo for the X-Men TV series, The Gifted has been released. Sean Teale says Eclipse found out at an early age that Eclipse can manipulate photons. Watch more below. Update: Character posters for Eclipse, Blink, Thunderbird and Polaris have been released. The Gifted is set to air this Fall, Mondays at…