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55 on Ben Affleck takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (video)Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you've heard about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. You dare a few friends to pour a bucket of ice water over their head within the next 24 hours, or donate money towards fighting ALS... also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The ALS Association…
THR is reporting that Will Beall, who wrote Gangster Squad, and Kurt Johnstad, who wrote 300: Rise of an Empire, have been hired by Warner Bros. to write two separate Aquaman scripts. Warner Bros. will choose the script they like best for an upcoming Aquaman movie. Last week Warner Bros. announced 9 untitled DC movies…
As I'm sure you've all heard, actor and comedian Robin Williams committed suicide yesterday in his California home. Williams was a huge Batman fan, and has said in the past that he'd take any role in a Batman movie. Unfortunately now he'll never get the chance. Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon all won their…
Last month Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder posted a Star Wars-themed photo of Henry Cavill dressed like a Sith. I had thought this was just because it was Comic-Con week, but then the Star Wars photos continued last week when Snyder posted a photo of Batman and R2-D2. Well now Star…
John Alvin was responsible for creating a number of beautiful painted movie posters across four decades, including the likes of Predator and Star Wars. Thanks to Titan Books, we can exclusively share with you one of his designs from upcoming release, The Art of John Alvin, a book which collects his work, both seen and unseen. This…
The teaser trailer was released last month, but now the first full Birdman trailer has hit the web. It's hard to read the premise for this movie and not think about the Michael Keaton/Batman comparison. Luckily for Keaton, his post-Batman career hasn't been as miserable as his Birdman character's. Check out the Man of Steel…
Move over Mel Gibson, Tom Hardy is the new star of the Mad Max franchise. Warner Bros. debuted the first trailer for Mad Max: Fury Road at their Comic-Con panel on Saturday, but now it's officially online for the world to see. The trailer is absolutely insane, and at one point, Tom Hardy is sporting…
Final Fantasy designer and Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura has re-imagined Batman for Square Enix's DC Comics Variant Play Arts Kai line of action figures. Nomura's Batman is on display at the Square Enix booth at Comic-Con but it won't be available to purchase. So far there's no word on pricing and availability. What do…
If there's two things I love in this world it's Batman and Apple. That's why I was so excited about the rumors that Christian Bale might play late Apple founder Steve Jobs in Sony's upcoming biopic. Unfortunately that's not going to happen, but on the bright side Apple released a brand new ad for their…
Amy Adams is the new face of Italian fashion company Max Mara, replacing their previous spokesperson Jennifer Garner... aka Mrs. Ben Affleck. At a launch event in New York City earlier this week, Access Hollywood caught up with Adams and asked if she's been working out a lot for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.…
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox made a $80 billion offer to acquire Time Warner, the parent company of Warner Bros. Time Warner confirmed that news and announced today that they've officially rejected the offer. "The board concluded that continuing to execute our strategic plan and our business plans will create significantly more value for the…
Ben Affleck stars in David Fincher's Gone Girl later this year, and a tense new trailer was just released. The movie is based on the book by Gillian Flynn and shows Affleck in a dark role ahead of throwing on the cape and cowl for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Fun fact: Ben Affleck…
It's always nice to see the heroes from comic book movies show extreme acts of kindness in real life. We've seen it with Christian Bale, Andrew Garfield, and now we can add Amy Adams to the list. The actress who will reprise her role as Lois Lane in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice gave up her…
Somewhere in the world on someone's smartphone a Ben Affleck Batman selfie exists. MTV caught up with Carrie Coon, who is in Gone Girl alongside Ben Affleck later this year. Affleck shot that movie late last year while preparing for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and got so big that the costume designer asked…
Christian Bale's Batman voice... you either loved it or hated it. The majority of the general audience didn't like it, or at least found it really easy to make fun of. Two years after The Dark Knight Rises it's still the butt of jokes in pop culture. The latest example is in the new trailer…
A few days ago it was announced that the late Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman, has been selected as a 2015 Walk of Fame honoree. If you're not familiar with the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Wikipedia has a great summary: The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,500 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded…
Thankfully Michael Keaton has had a successful career since last playing Batman in 1992, otherwise his latest movie, Birdman, could be considered a biopic! Birdman is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) -- famous for portraying an iconic superhero -- as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In…
In March "BaneCat" went viral, racking up over a million views in just a few days. Today, "BaneCat Episode 2" is available for your viewing pleasure. Do you think it lives up to the original? Let me know in the comments below. In case you missed it, here's the original BaneCat video:
Warner Bros. just added a major player to their team. Drew Crevello, who helped re-launch FOX’s X-Men franchise with X-Men: First Class, has been named senior VP of production at Warner Bros. Crevello will oversee films through every stage of development and production. "Drew has a long history of developing and guiding character-driven films of…
Jathan Muhar gave the best graduation speech ever this week. After receiving his diploma, the preschool student walked up the microphone and said "I'm Jathan Muhar, and I want to be Batman". Forget about wanting to be a firefighter or astronaut. That's one smart kid!
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