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29 on Mark Hamill reflects on playing The Joker in 'Batman: The Animated Series': "It's the gift that keeps on giving"To many fans, Batman: The Animated Series voice actors Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill are the definitive Batman and Joker. This weekend, Hamill reflected on the 1992 Batman series that catapulted him into many other projects involving The Joker, including the popular Batman: Arkham video game series and animated movies. "It was truly an honor…
The Wall Street Journal recently spoke to many hardcore DC fans that have been lobbying for Warner Bros. to release the Snyder Cut of Justice League. Next week, fans may finally have some answers about Snyder's original cut when the WSJ article is published. But until then, I wanted to suggest what I feel is…
With Joaquin Phoenix officially signed on to play The Joker in an origin movie that starts shooting in just a couple of months, we're going to be hearing about other castings news soon. Tonight, we got a little taste of what to expect. According to The Wrap reporter Umberto Gonzalez, this year's Oscar winner for…
Entertainment Weekly just premiered a brand new photo from Aquaman. They also have a description of what's going on in this scene: In this scene, King Orm (Patrick Wilson, not shown) has gone to the Fisherman King (played by Djimon Hounsou, that guy with the trident — and more on that in a minute) to enlist his…
Earlier this week Joaquin Phoenix officially signed on to play The Joker in an origin movie that will be directed by The Hangover's Todd Phillips. The movie will begin shooting in New York City this September, and now some interesting new details have surfaced. According to Collider's Jeff Sneider (formerly of Variety and The Wrap),…
Joaquin Phoenix officially signed on to play The Joker in an origin movie earlier this week. Phoenix was coy when asked about the project in the past, pretending to have no idea what the interviewer was talking about. But now he's talking much more openly about it. Collider asked Phoenix how he got involved with…
Today we got the first official look at Zachary Levi as Shazam and now we have some more exciting news: the first Shazam trailer is dropping next week! Shazam cinematographer Maxime Alexandre announced the news today while sharing that new photo. "Look for the Shazam! trailer to drop Saturday, July 21 at Comic-Con as well…
Henry Cavill is currently promoting his new movie Mission: Impossible - Fallout, which means he's going to be asked a lot of Superman questions as well. Fandango asked when fans can expect another Superman movie, and Cavill replied with a cheeky: "I can say this... it is highly likely we will see another Superman movie…
After months of seeing Zachary Levi as Shazam in set photos and promotional banners, Warner Bros. has finally released an official still photo from the movie. Entertainment Weekly revealed the photo and spoke to Shazam director David Sandberg about the costume. “I wanted to keep the shorter cape as a throwback to the original because that’s something…
Way back in February we heard that Joaquin Phoenix was in talks to star as The Joker in an upcoming origin movie, and today The Hollywood Reporter says that it's a done deal. The Joker will be part of a new brand of DC Comics movies at Warner Bros. and won't be connected to the…
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is currently promoting his new movie, Skyscraper, and it's the perfect opportunity for people to ask for an update on his DC movie, Black Adam. That's exactly what German website Film Starts did, and The Rock happily provided one. “With Black Adam I don’t think we’re going to start early next…
Earlier this year we learned that This Is Us star Ron Cephas Jones was in talks to play The Wizard in Shazam, but those talks didn't work out. According to Entertainment Weekly, Jones ran into a scheduling conflict and Guardians of the Galaxy star Djimon Hounsou was cast as The Wizard instead. In the comics,…
San Diego Comic-Con is less than two weeks away, and Aquaman toys appear to have leaked out a little earlier courtesy of a DC Collectibles YouTube channel. The upcoming collectibles give us our first look at Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in his full Black Manta costume. We also get to see Jason Momoa in the classic…
Entertainment Weekly published a new interview with Aquaman director James Wan today. They pointed out that Marvel was able to make a hit movie that starred a talking raccoon in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, so that getting the mainstream to take Aquaman (who has been considered a joke to the public) seriously may not…
Gal Gadot proved that she's a superhero in real life over the weekend. On Friday, July 6th, Gadot visited the Inova Children’s Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, not too far from where she's shooting Wonder Woman 1984. And best of all for the kids, she didn't go as Gal Gadot, she went in her full…
Laurence Fishburne is one of the few actors to appear in both DC and Marvel movies. This weekend he made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Ant-Man and The Wasp, but DC fans know him best as The Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White. In a new interview with Den of Geek, Fishburne exlained that he…
Margot Robbie revealed a lot of new info this weekend about her Harley Quinn "girl gang" movie which she even referred to as "Birds of Prey". We had heard that there were multiple Birds of Prey scripts, each with different characters, but that the only constant between them were Harley Quinn and Barbara Gordon (aka…
Margot Robbie is currently promoting her new movie Terminal, which means we'll be hearing a lot about Birds of Prey as well. Yesterday Robbie revealed that the movie will be R-rated, have a small budget, and begin shooting in January. Now she's talking about some of the casting choices as well as Harley Quinn's look…
Five years ago in 2013, I launched a major redesign of Batman News dubbed "2.0". Today, Batman News 3.0 is live. The new redesign isn't as drastic as the one I launched five years ago. I wanted things to look very familiar, while still giving the site a more modern look. There's a bigger emphasis…
We had heard that Birds of Prey would start shooting either late this year or early next year, and now star/producer Margot Robbie has confirmed the start date for us. While promoting her new movie Terminal with Flickering Myth, Robbie revealed that shooting on Birds of Prey will begin in January. She also reiterated what…
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