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DCU Movie News

Peter Capaldi Talks in ‘The Suicide Squad’ Spot

Peter Capaldi plays The Thinker in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad and talks in the following spot. Watch the new trailer here. In the DC comics, The Thinker is Clifford DeVoe, a villain of The Flash and a disgraced District Attorney, who decides to become a bad guy and invents the “Thinking Cap,” a machine […]

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Movie News

Snyder Cut HBO Max Views Dwindling; Lower Than WW84

The views for Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO Max are dwindling and continue to be lower than that of Wonder Woman 1984. Of course, it makes sense that the numbers are lower following the weekend premiere, but again the views are lower than WW84, and it may suggest Zack Snyder’s Justice League won’t have

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TV News

‘Batwoman’ Ratings: All-Time Low With Woke Storyline

The Batwoman ratings once again fall to an all-time low with Sunday’s episode titled “Rule #1” which featured another woke storyline. Sunday’s preliminary numbers offer Batwoman was only watched by 440k viewers, a new series low, and had a 0.1 rating. Fans continue to turn off Batwoman in droves as the Season 2 premiere had

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Star Wars TV News

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Diverse Cast Revealed

Lucasfilm has revealed the main cast for the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series coming to Disney Plus. Disney also confirmed the story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Kenobi faced his greatest defeat, the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin

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Marvel Movie News

Russell Crowe Joins ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

Russell Crowe has landed a role in Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder in an undisclosed role, though there is speculation the actor could be playing a god, possibly Zeus.  Crowe, who is known for a plethora of roles including playing the father to Superman, Jor-El, in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, joins Chris Hemsworth who

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Movie News

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Box Office Destroys ‘Wonder Woman 1984’

The Godzilla vs. Kong box office is off to a huge start as it so far has absolutely destroyed that of Wonder Woman 1984. Godzilla vs. Kong roared to a $122 million international opening and has set a new benchmark for the biggest international box office debut by a Hollywood film during the pandemic era (via Deadline).

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DCU Movie News

‘Black Adam’ Gets A Release Date

Black Adam now has an official release date that follows the recent casting announcement that includes Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate. Black Adam will get released on July 29, 2022. “A disruptive and unstoppable global force of a message from the man in black himself BLACK ADAM is coming July 29, 2022,” Johnson posted on

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Comic Book News Marvel Reviews

Guardians of the Galaxy #12 Review (2020)

An Opinion-Editorial Type Review of Guardians of the Galaxy #12   Writer: Ewing Artist: Cabal Colorist: Blee Cover Artist: Albuquerque & Maiolo   Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed herein are purely the opinions of the author of this article and do not necessarily reflect the official opinions of CosmicBookNews. Timelord regularly reviewed the 2007 “Nova”

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Movie News

The Flash: Ron Livingston Replaces Billy Crudup as Henry Allen

Ron Livingston has replaced Billy Crudup as Henry Allen, the father to the Scarlet Speedster, in the upcoming The Flash movie. Crudup, who recently appeared in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, is reported to have a scheduling issue with the Apple TV Plus drama “The Morning Show” and had to depart The Flash. Ron Livingston was

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DCU Movie News

New ‘The Suicide Squad’ Poster Ahead Of Tomorrow’s Trailer

Warner Bros. and James Gunn have released a new poster for The Suicide Squad with the news a trailer will drop tomorrow. “I’ll just drop this here. Did I mention that a trailer is coming tomorrow?” Gunn posted on Twitter. The poster features a look at the cast and characters and offers, “They’re dying to

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Video Game News

Godzilla Mobile Games Launch Ahead Of GVK

TOHO Games, the game division of Toho Co., Ltd., has announced the 2021 worldwide release of three free-to-play Godzilla mobile games ahead of the release of next week’s Godzilla vs Kong. Check out the info and trailer below for “Run Godzilla,” “Godzilla Destruction,” and “Godzilla Battle Line.” “Run Godzilla” will be released worldwide (excluding Japan)

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Movie News

Black Adam: Pierce Brosnan Cast As Doctor Fate

Pierce Brosnan has been cast as Doctor Fate, a member of the Justice Society, in Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam movie. Johnson announced the news on Instagram. “Such a pleasure to announce the final member of our #JusticeSociety, the bad ass statesman, Mr @PierceBrosnanOfficial as the iconic and all-knowing, DR. FATE. I’m grateful to have such a talented, diverse

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Movie News

Zack Snyder’s Batman Is ‘Completely Afraid’ Of Deathstroke

It’s learned that Zack Snyder’s version of Batman is not only a complete coward but also something akin to a certain cat as it’s revealed the Ben Affleck Dark Knight would have been “completely afraid” of the Joe Manganiello Deathstroke. And Batman would have needed Batgirl’s help. More on that below. Joe Manganiello revealed new

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TV News

‘National Treasure’ Disney Plus Series Gets Latina Lead

The National Treasure TV series coming to Disney Plus will have a Latina lead and will feature ten episodes. Details include the National Treasure TV series for Disney Plus is a reimaging of the National Treasure franchise with the films’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer and original writers Marianne and Cormac Wibberley on board the show. The

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Movie News

Justice Society: World War II Clip: Flash vs Nazis

Watch a new clip from the upcoming Justice Society: World War II animated movie featuring The Flash vs the Nazis. Surprised to find himself in World War II, but instinctively aware of his new role, The Flash (voiced by Matt Bomer) makes quick work of a platoon of Nazi soldiers terrorizing a war-torn village. Watch the Wonder Woman

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Movie News

‘Snyder Cut’ Confirmed Behind ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ On HBO Max

It’s again said that Zack Snyder’s Justice League fell behind Wonder Woman 1984 in terms of views on HBO Max, which I first reported on yesterday. In Deadline’s report about Samba TV revealing Zack Snyder’s Justice League wasn’t as watched as much as Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max, according to Deadline’s insiders, it’s also

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DCU Movie News

Shazam! 2 Casts Villain: Helen Mirren As Hespera

Shazam: Fury of the Gods has cast a villain in the form of Helen Mirren who will play Hespera, a daughter of Atlas. The character doesn’t look to be based on anything from the DC Comics (that I could find) but seems to be based on Greek mythology which fits with the title of the

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Marvel Movie News

Fans Reject ‘Black Widow’ Disney Plus Release

Fans are rejecting the recent announcement by Disney that will see Black Widow released on Disney Plus as a “premier access” cost. YouTuber Grace Randolph posted a poll on her Twitter account asking fans if they will pay for premier access on Disney Plus for Black Widow and/or Cruella. While we see some of the

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Marvel Star Wars TV News

‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’ Claimed Most Watched Disney Plus Premiere

Disney is claiming that The Falcon and The Winter Soldier opens as the most-watched series premiere beating out both WandaVision and The Mandalorian. Disney didn’t release any official numbers but Marvel.com posted an article offering “total global viewership for Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Soldier lands as most-watched series for its Opening Weekend on Disney+.” The

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Movie News

WB Returning To Theatrical Releases In 2022; Not HBO Max

It’s exactly as I said and that is WarnerMedia has rethought its strategy of releasing movies in theaters and on HBO Max at the same time as it’s learned that WB will go back to releasing movies in theaters first starting in 2022. Deadline reveals that Cineworld and Warner Bros have reached an agreement that

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Marvel Movie News

‘Black Widow’ Getting Disney Plus Release

Marvel Studios has finally caved as Black Widow is announced to be getting both a Disney Plus and a theatrical release.  Black Widow, starring Scarlett Johansson, will be available starting July 9, but similar to Mulan and Raya and the Last Dragon, fans will have to pay for “premier access” on the streaming service.  While no pricing has been announced, the

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Star Wars TV News

Baby Yoda Animatronic Revealed From Hasbro Star Wars

Hasbro has just released an all-new animatronic – the Star Wars Galactic Snackin’ Grogu!  Similar to the TOTY Award-winning buzz-worthy phenomenon that was Hasbro’s The Child Animatronic Edition, this new iteration of the beloved character inspired by Season 2 of The Mandalorian features adorable sounds, animated motions, interactive accessories, and involves one of his favorite activities – snacking! This item

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Comic Book News

Robert Kirkman Rumored To Buy DC Comics

It’s claimed that The Walking Dead‘s Robert Kirkman is in talks with AT&T to purchase DC Comics. The claim was made last month by former DC Comics artist Ethan Van Sciver who commented on a Bleeding Cool article about a potential DC Comics buyout, something that Van Sciver first said was going to happen over

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Marvel Movie News

Michael Keaton Batman Not A Done Deal For ‘The Flash’

The reports that Michael Keaton is returning as Batman in the upcoming The Flash movie look to have been severely overblown. In an interview with Deadline, Keaton goes so star as to say he hasn’t even read The Flash script yet and hasn’t agreed to return as Batman in the movie: I am needing a

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Movie News

Hourman Movie In The Works At DC

An Hourman movie is in development at DC which has Chernin Entertainment onboard as producing, a company that for over eight years had made 24 films with most of them at 20th Century Fox. Further details include that Hourman is being written by the writing duo of Gavin James and Neil Widener who are new

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TV News

‘Batwoman’ Brings Back Kate Kane But Not Ruby Rose

It’s learned The CW’s Batwoman has brought back the character of Kate Kane, not played by Ruby Rose, but a different actress with Wallis Day. Apparently, Sunday’s episode answered the question of “what happened to the real Batwoman?” as Ruby Rose departed the series last season, with Javicia Leslie donning the cape and cowl as

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Movie News

WarnerMedia CEO Shoots Down Ray Fisher Justice League Claims

WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff shoots down claims made by Ray Fisher in regards to interference and racism while filming the 2017 Justice League movie with Joss Whedon, Geoff Johns, and Jon Berg. Among Fisher’s allegations includes that Joss Whedon replaced actors of color in Justice League and lightened their skin, with Fisher also claiming that

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Movie News

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Done For; No Suicide Squad Ayer Cut

While some fans are hoping with the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League that the director would be able to continue his vision of the DCEU, it’s again said not to be happening, with mention no “Ayer Cut” of Suicide Squad will be released as well. Last month saw Zack Snyder state he is finished,