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TAKE SHELTER’s Jeff Nichols Reportedly Set To Direct AQUAMAN For Warner Bros.
The past week has seen the leaking of various emails between Sony Pictures executives in what has become known as the “Sony Hack.” Naturally, a lot of details on the company’s movies, including its trouble Spider-Man film slate, have been leaked online. These include Sony’s now defunct (?) negotiations with Marvel Studios to incorporate Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, yet another reboot of the struggling franchise, and even a 21 Jump Street/Men in Black crossover. Today’s leak, consisting of an email conversation between Michael De Luca, co-president of production at Columbia Pictures, and Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal, has revealed even more interesting info, some of which is relevant…
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JUSTICE LEAGUE: THRONE OF ATLANTIS World Premiere Details Announced
With Justice League: Throne of Atlantis set to hit stores next month, we now have details on its world premiere. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that DC Entertainment’s next animated movie will premiere at the Paley Center for Media in New York on January 26th, which is one day before its Blu-Ray/DVD release. Cast and crew members will be available for interviews and a panel discussion following the movie’s screening. A lot more details can be found in WB’s press release below, with more to come in the next few weeks. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and The Paley Center for Media proudly present the World Premiere of Justice League:…
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DC Movie News Bits: Another Tease For SHAZAM’s Black Adam, More From Jeremy Irons on Alfred, Michael Keaton On Batman Jealousy
With the Shazam movie dated for April 5th, 2019, it’ll likely be a while before we receive solid news on it. Dwayne Johnson is set to play anti-hero/villain Black Adam in the Warner Bros.-New Line Cinema production, with Darren Lemke working on the script. For now, we have the occasional tease from “The Rock” on finally landing a role he’s been aching to play for years. This week, we have one of those teases. During the latest edition of “#RockTalk” on Twitter, Johnson reaffirmed his approach to Black Adam’s character: a brutal yet charming anti-hero. This should play well to the actor’s charisma, as well as giving him new ground…
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ARROW Casts Marc Singer As Creature Commandos Leader For Season 3 Recurring Role
This week’s midseason finale of Arrow ended on a truly shocking note (check out our recap here, in case you missed it). But while we wait for the series to resume next month, we have some casting news on a character to appear in the season’s flashback storyline. According to Comic Book Resources, Beastmaster and V actor Marc Singer is set to play General Matthew Shrieve, who in the comics led the team Creature Commandos. Here is Warner Bros. TV’s description of Arrow‘s version of Shrieve: “In the DC Comics, Matthew Shrieve is the leader of a group known as the Creature Commandos. In ‘Arrow’ he will play a significant role…
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Superman Prequel TV Series KRYPTON Lands At SyFy
A couple months ago, it was reported that Man of Steel scribe David S. Goyer was working on a TV series called Krypton, which was assumed to be a Superman prequel show. This would be Goyer’s second DC television venture, following NBC’s Constantine. Now, the series has been officially announced. It has been confirmed that Krypton has been picked up by SyFy, which is developing it with Warner Horizon Television. Goyer is executive producing and conceived the story with Once Upon a Time‘s Ian Goldberg, who is writing the script for the pilot. We also have the following plot summary, which reveals that Kal-El’s grandfather is the protagonist of the potential…
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Mark Hamill Joins THE FLASH As A New Iteration Of The Trickster
While he is best known for voicing The Joker and playing Luke Skywalker – he is reprising the latter role in next year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Mark Hamill is also known for playing James Jesse/The Trickster in the 1990 series The Flash. He later reprised the role in an episode of Justice League Unlimited. The current CW series The Flash has had close ties with the original show; former Barry Allen John Wesley Shipp now plays father Henry Allen, while Amanda Pays will play a new iteration of Dr. Tina McGee. Now, the Arrow spin-off has recruited Hamill to play a re-imagined version of one of his…
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Jeremy Irons Offers New Details On His Version Of Alfred Pennyworth In BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
Alfred Pennyworth has been a major part of the story of Batman in just about every media adaptation of the character. 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is no exception, as Oscar winner Jeremy Irons is the latest actor to portray Bruce Wayne’s butler. Few details are known regarding how this version of Alfred will differ from past incarnations, but a new interview with the actor sheds some light on the direction he and director Zack Snyder are going in. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter at Marrakech Fest, Irons is inevitably asked about playing Alfred in Batman v Superman. He admits that he does not have a large role, which…
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Jason Momoa Talks DC Movie Contract And Who He’d Like To See As AQUAMAN Movie Director
One of the more intriguing casting choices for the DC Cinematic Universe is Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry, aka Aquaman. The Game of Thrones actor is set to portray the King of Atlantis in 2017’s Justice League Part One and his own 2018 Aquaman film, following a minor role in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Now, Momoa has revealed exactly how many movies are on his contract, as well as who he would want to see as the director of his spin-off. Momoa appeared at this weekend’s Comic-Con Experience on Sao Paulo, Brazil, and via Twitter accounts @dcumoviepage and @AquamanShrine, he has shared some interesting new info. He confirmed that he…
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THE BABADOOK Director Jennifer Kent Did Meet With Warner Bros., But Not For WONDER WOMAN
A few weeks ago, it was confirmed that Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead‘s Michelle MacLaren is set to direct the Wonder Woman movie for Warner Bros. Before the deal closed, however, the studio was considering a few other female directors for the highly coveted job. One director rumored to have met with WB concerning Wonder Woman was Jennifer Kent, who is currently promoting the release of her critically acclaimed horror film The Babadook. Speaking with IGN, Kent addressed rumors of her meeting for Wonder Woman. The director confirmed that she did meet with Warner Bros. regarding several projects, but Wonder Woman was not one of them. “I was, for…
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BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Has Wrapped Production
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice began production May of this year, and it was initially reported that filming would continue all the way to the end of the year. Sure enough, the hotly anticipated movie, which officially kick starts the DC Cinematic Universe, has finally wrapped principal photography. Cinematographer Larry Fong posted the following to Instagram, with the tagline, “That’s a wrap.” Attached is a brief video featuring what looks to be a black cloak in the snow. Could it be Ben Affleck’s Batsuit? Maybe, but it could also be someone else’s coat. That’s a wrap. Une vidéo publiée par Larry Fong, ASC (@unclewow) le Déc. 12, 2014 at…





























