Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder […]
Casting notice out for Robin’s parents in Gotham
Last month, Gotham star Ben McKenzie revealed that the Graysons could be heading to the Batman prequel series, with showrunner Bruno Heller subsequently stating that they’re planning a “prenatal origin story for Robin” where we’d learn how Robin’s parents met. Well, it looks like we should expect an appearance from Dick’s mother and father in […]
Tim Burton would like to see a “happy superhero”
Tim Burton is a man who paved the way for the modern day superhero movie since 1989’s Batman and its sequel Batman Returns. However, the director thinks its time for the superhero genre to have a change of pace. “Marvel, they have their thing and there’s a certain formula to it all which seems to still […]
Batman: Earth One Vol. 2 arriving in May 2015
DC Comics has announced that Batman: Earth One Vol. 2 – the sequel tot he #1 New York Times bestseller from writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank – is set to arrive in May; check out the cover artwork here… While Gotham City is plunged into terror by an enigmatic anarchist and killer calling […]
First official look at Ben Affleck’s Batman v Superman Batsuit in colour
We’ve seen a couple of shots of Ben Affleck in the Batsuit in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but not in colour… until now. ComicBook has discovered a colourised version of the first official photo of Affleck’s Dark Knight, which is taken directly from Zack Snyder’s Cruel & Unusual Films production company website… So, […]
Michael Keaton isn’t jealous of Ben Affleck: “I’m Batman. I’m very secure in that.”
A few weeks ago Christian Bale admitted that he was a little envious of Ben Affleck suiting up as The Dark Knight in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but Michael Keaton doesn’t share his jealousy. Responding to a question from Shortlist about whether he ever gets jealous seeing someone else in the role, the […]
Christian Bale weighs in on the ending of The Dark Knight Rises
Despite the fact he’s hung up his cape, it seems that The Dark Knight Trilogy star Christian Bale will forever be asked about the iconic role of Batman. During a Q&A with Entertainment Weekly whilst promoting his latest movie Exodus: Gods and Kings, Bale was asked about the ending of The Dark Knight Rises, and […]
Jeremy Irons talks Alfred role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has recently wrapped shooting but is not due for release for another fifteen months yet. The film is set to introduce us to lots of new characters and reimagining of characters we have seen on screen before. One of those is Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred Pennyworth, played by Jeremy […]
POSSIBLE SPOILER – Major character already dead in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
Filming has wrapped, but we’re still a little way off from an official trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (unless it does come out this year, attached to The Hobbit: The Five Armies), but that hasn’t stopped the rumour mill churning. So what do have today? Robin? Doomsday? KGBeast?? Nope. According to Bad […]
Is Damian Wayne the Arkham Knight?
Thomas Roach on whether the Arkham Knight is Damian Wayne… Batman: Arkham Knight is one of the most anticipated games of next year, having been delayed from its original release date in October 2014. With a fair few months to go until the game is available, the speculation surrounding the identity of the Arkham Knight […]
