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More details on The Batman in the DCEU, Justice League Dark problems, Green Goblin in Silver & Black and more – Daily News Roundup

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WILL HE WON’T HE? Right, let’s try and get to the bottom of this. The confusion over The Batman‘s place in the DCEU was thrown into quandary this week when director Matt Reeves revealed that the film wasn’t part of the extended universe. This came off the heels of it being announced that Warner Bros. […]

Have We Started To Settle For Mediocre Action Pieces?

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George Chrysostomou asks whether we’ve started to settle for mediocre action pieces… The action film will forever be in its heyday, for conflict drives any narrative forward – especially when that conflict results in a showdown between two or more characters. Audiences will forever be drawn to the cinema to witness larger than life sequences, […]

Avengers 4 set photos, The Batman not part of the DCEU, major character cut from Justice League and more – Daily News Roundup

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INFINITY TRINITY After making her surprise return in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Pepper Potts has resurfaced in set photos from Avengers 4, which is currently in production, alongside two very good friends. There are also set photos of another Avenger, and you can find out who here. YOU MUST BE JOKING In perhaps the most […]

The Joker doesn’t need an origin story (or a solo movie)

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Anghus Houvouras on the news that Warner Bros. is working on a Joker origin movie… There are few things in life that i can say are an absolute certainty. I know that 20th Century Fox will never make a good Fantastic Four movie. I know that the Universal Monsters Dark Universe might be the worst […]

New Avengers: Infinity War character, Han Solo cameo, new Blade Runner 2049 footage and more – Daily News Roundup

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INFINITY WAR Having been spotted on set in a motion capture suit, leading to speculation that he’s portraying the Black Order member Ebony Maw, Peaky Blinders actor Tom Vaughan-Lawlor has confirmed to Dublin Live that he is playing a villain in next year’s Avengers: Infinity War. “I am [in the film],” said Vaughan-Lawlor. “But it’s like […]

Exclusive Interview – Doug Liman talks American Made and Live Die Repeat and Repeat

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Ahead of the release of American Made this Friday (August 25th), Flickering Myth’s Amon Warmann caught up with director Doug Liman to discuss his latest Tom Cruise collaboration, as well as sharing a few words about their next project, the Edge of Tomorrow sequel Live Die Repeat and Repeat. Watch the interview in the player […]

Zack Snyder returning to Justice League, Ant-Man and the Wasp set photos, Edge of Tomorrow 2 exclusive and more – Daily News Roundup

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JUSTICE LEAGUE RUMOURS Back in April it was announced that Justice League director Zack Snyder was stepping down from the upcoming superhero team-up movie due to personal issues. Since then the reshoots have been helmed by Joss Whedon (Avengers: Age of Ultron), which have been described as both minor and major depending on which outlets […]

The true story behind The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

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Luke Owen revisits The Garbage Pail Kids Movie… “This is it. The worst. The absolute worst. No story, no character, no plot, just pain. Pure concentrated pain. There has never been anything this bad in the history of man. It should be studied, it should be analysed. It is pure evil. I don’t know whether […]

Marvel’s The Defenders Teaches Us That Less Is More

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Samuel Brace on Marvel’s The Defenders… Less is more. This is never truer than when it comes to TV content. Too much of something, even a good thing, can become damaging. Netflix has unfortunately ignored or just failed to understand this concept when it comes to its Marvel properties. However, with their latest series, The […]