With Superman in full swing, director James Gunn and star Nicholas Hoult have revealed their inspirations on the upcoming DC film. Gunn said he was asked by someone on the social media platform Threads what his inspirations – aside from the iconic Christopher Reeve and Richard Donner films – are for Superman. He elaborated further on Instagram, […]
Movie Review – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 2023. Written and Directed by James Gunn. Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter, Elizabeth Debicki, Maria Bakalova, Sylvester Stallone, Daniela Melchior, Nico Santos, Nathan Fillion, Callie Brand, Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Rosenbaum, Miley Cyrus, […]
Smallville’s Tom Welling still hopeful for animated continuation
Smallville star Tom Welling has made no secret in the past few years that he would like to continue telling the story of Superman in Smallville‘s continuity through animated form and this past weekend he gave a little update to project he and his co-star Michael Rosenbaum have been developing. Welling starred as Clark Kent in his […]
Jensen Ackles reveals his reaction to Dean’s fate in Supernatural finale
Supernatural is currently the longest sci-fi/fantasy series with a total of 320 episodes across 15 seasons. The series ended in November 2020 and as with any TV series with a devoted fanbase the finale was met with a mix of emotions from fans, especially regarding the fate of Dean Winchester as played by Jensen Ackles. The […]
Smallville 20th Anniversary: A Retrospective Look
As it celebrates its twentieth anniversary, Ricky Church looks back on Smallville… When I was a young teenager, I had actually been drifting away from comics and superheroes a bit. After Batman & Robin it became clear no more Batman movies were going to be made for a while and cartoons like Batman: The Animated Series, […]
Smallville: The Top 25 Episodes
Ricky Church and James Garcia with the top 25 episodes of Smallville… For a long time, Smallville was the longest running science fiction show on television, beating out The X-Files and the individual Star Trek series for that honour. With 218 episodes, no one expected the show about a young Clark Kent in his pre-Superman days to last that long. While […]
Michael Rosenbaum had to turn down a role in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad
Having worked with James Gunn briefly on 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, making a cameo appearance as Martinex in the post-credits scene, it seems that former Smallville star Michael Rosenbaum was offered the opportunity to reunite with Gunn – and rejoin the DC universe – with a role in next year’s DCEU sequel […]
Sylvester Stallone’s original Guardians of the Galaxy team could still play a role in the MCU
Sylvester Stallone and his team of original Guardians could feature in the MCU beyond their previous cameo says Michael Rosenbaum. The MCU is known for its post-credits sequences and Easter eggs. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was stacked full of these and one of the best was certainly the appearance of Sylvester Stallone and […]
Michael Rosenbaum rejects Lex Luthor return in Crisis on Infinite Earths
After last week’s exciting announcements that Tom Welling and Erica Durance would be reprising their Smallville roles of Clark Kent and Lois Lane in The CW’s Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths, many fans hoped to get more of a Smallville reunion with Michael Rosenbaum returning as Lex Luthor. Sadly, however, Rosenbaum will not be appearing in the anticipated […]
Smallville’s Michael Rosenbaum responds to calls for him to reprise Lex Luthor role in Supergirl
A few days ago it was announced that the iconic Superman villain Lex Luthor is set to make his much-teased debut in The CW’s DC superhero show Supergirl. Within minutes of the news breaking, Smallville fans began calling for Michael Rosenbaum to reprise the role he portrayed opposite Tom Welling’s Clark Kent between 2001 and 2011, […]