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Has the Mainstream Audience Outgrown Comic Book Movies?

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Has the mainstream audience outgrown comic book movies? We ponder whether comic book movies have enough audience to warrant such big budgets now… Remember a time when short of being one of the big two of Batman or Superman, comic book adaptations were seen as a sure-fire money pit? We saw failed Punisher, Phantom, Shadow […]

Superman begins filming with James Gunn revealing logo and title change

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James Gunn announced on his Instagram production on Superman, formerly titled Superman: Legacy, has begun, coincidently on the day that is Clark Kent’s birthday in DC Comics continuity. To celebrate the start of filming, Gunn revealed the first look at Superman’s iconic S-sigil for the new film… Gunn wrote “Overjoyed to be announcing the start of principal […]

The Jurassic League movie reportedly in the works at DC and Warner Bros. Animation

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James Gunn and DC Studios are reportedly set to explore a prehistoric version of the DC Universe with  TheInSneider reporting that an animated movie adaptation of the 2022 comic book limited series The Jurassic League is in the works from DC and Warner Bros. Animation. Created by Daniel Warren Johnson and Juan Gedeon, the six […]

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires unveils first official image

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DC and Warner Bros. Animation have released the first official image from Batman Azteca: Choque de Imperios, the upcoming original animated movie for the Max streaming service which puts a Latin American spin on the Dark Knight. Batman Azteca: Choque de Imperios  – translated into English as Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires – is directed […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: The Brave and the Bold #10

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DC Comics has shared the official preview of Batman: The Brave and the Bold #10 ahead of the issue’s release this Tuesday; check it out below… GOTHAM ACADEMY IS BACK IN SESSION! PLUS, A RIP-ROARING ADVENTURE STARRING ARTEMIS, AND A BATMAN BLACK & WHITE TALE FROM DAN WATTERS AND RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ! Gotham Academy is […]

The Most Overhated Modern Superhero Movies

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EJ Moreno looks at a selection of unfairly maligned superhero movies… Nowadays, all we hear is “superhero fatigue,” with audiences and critics growing tired of the genre. As cinema has been dominated by DC and Marvel for decades now, it seems like almost every superhero movie is met with a blah reaction. But that wasn’t […]

Comic Book Previews – Detective Comics #1082

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Detective Comics #1082 is out this coming Tuesday, and you can check out the official preview below courtesy of DC… “Elegy of Sand” continues, and Batman’s hallucinatory trek across a desert between worlds becomes ever more dangerous as he finds himself face-to-face against…well, you’ll just have to wait and find out. Meanwhile, in Gotham, a […]

Concept art for Batman Beyond animated movie pitch drops online

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Batman Beyond is a cult classic animated series that served as a follow-up to the iconic Batman: The Animated Series. It ran for three seasons, and since then, people have clamored for another version. Now we’ve learned that animators Yuhki Demers and Patrick Harpin have been pitching an animated Batman Beyond film that feels reminiscent […]

James Gunn posts first Superman: Legacy cast photo

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Say hello to Eve, Mr. Terrific, Superman/Clark, Otis, Lex, Peter Safran, Jimmy, Metamorpho, Lois, Hawkgirl, James Gunn, Guy, and The Engineer in the first full-cast photo for James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy.  Ahead of production getting underway in Atlanta, the cast got together for a table-read as their comic book alter-egos, including Nicholas Hoult sporting his […]