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Justice League costume designer explains why Superman’s black suit wasn’t used

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Despite a number of rumours and teases in the run up to the film’s release, Superman’s black suit was absent from Justice League, with Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel opting to stick with his classic blue and red costume following his resurrection in the DC blockbuster. As we discovered last month, the black suit – […]

Wonder Woman was the most profitable superhero movie of 2017, and most profitable DCEU film to date

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Warner Bros. scored a rare win for the DC Extended Universe last year with Wonder Woman. Not only did it win over fans and critics alike, but it also went on to gross $822 million around the globe. While this was less than Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming ($880.2 million) and second to Batman v […]

Rumour: Aquaman solo movie has “some issues to be resolved”

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Last month, it was reported that Warner Bros. had held a very early test screening for December’s DC Extended Universe release Aquaman, with reactions to the Jason Momoa-headlined solo movie said to have been very positive, stating that the film had “tons of action” and was also very emotional. Typically, alleged (and we do stress […]

Shazam! teaser poster reveals the DC movie’s official logo

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Entertainment Weekly has announced that it will be going Live on Facebook tomorrow (Wednesday) from the set of Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Shazam!, and to whet our appetites we have a teaser poster which reveals the official logo for the DCEU solo movie; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Shazam set photos and video […]

Justice League finishes its box office run as the lowest-grossing DCEU movie

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Now that Justice League has arrived on Blu-ray [read our review here], Warner Bros.’ big DC blockbuster has officially finished up global theatrical run, and the financials don’t make for good reading for the studio and DC Films. In total, Justice League grossed $657.9 million around the world – a sum that leaves it some […]

Smallville and Daredevil’s Steven S. DeKnight praises Zack Snyder’s Superman

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Before he got to play with giant monsters and machines with the upcoming Pacific Rim Uprising, former Daredevil showrunner Steven S. DeKnight spent several years working as a co-executive producer on the fan favourite Superman prequel series Smallville. During an interview with Screen Rant to promote the release of the Pacific Rim sequel, DeKnight has been […]

Ava DuVernay to direct DC’s New Gods

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Having turned down the opportunity to direct Marvel’s Black Panther, Ava DuVernay has now signed on for a different comic book movie project, with the filmmaker set to direct an adaptation of DC’s New Gods for Warner Bros. Created by the legendary Jack Kirby and making their first appearance in New Gods #1 in 1971 […]

Zack Snyder teases Justice League deleted scene with new image of the heroes at Superman’s grave

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A few days ago Zack Snyder gave us a glimpse at some of the deleted scenes from his cut of Justice League with a series of black and white photographs, and now the director has shared another, this time featuring Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), The Flash (Ezra Miller) and Aquaman (Jason Momoa) […]

Exclusive: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is “very happy” with what he has seen of Aquaman so far

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Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Get Down, The Greatest Showman) is set to join the DC Extended Universe this coming December as he takes on the role of Black Manta in opposite Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry in Aquaman. During an interview at SXSW to discuss his new film Boundaries, Abdul-Mateen confirmed to Flickering Myth’s Rafael Motamayor that […]