On Threads, one Lucas G Barreto asked James Gunn, "Besides donner Superman, What were your other inspirations for making your version of Superman?" And James Gunn replied "Where do I start?" with a bunch of Superman comic book images for reference. And Bleeding Cool asked me to break them down… That's the first pin up […]
The previous era of the DC Universe has come to an end, so all eyes are focusing on what is ahead. While there are plenty of excellent television shows to talk about, many people are focusing on Superman: Legacy, the first film in the new DC Universe, which will be written and directed by James […]
It's a new year, and the DC Universe is looking ahead to new beginnings. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was the last piece of media connected to the previous era of the DC Universe that needed to come out, and that film is sinking like a stone. Now that it is all behind us, everyone […]
EDIT 2: Gunn has also debunked Miriam Shor's casting in Superman: Legacy making this a complete bust in terms of a casting report. EDIT: Director and writer James Gunn has denied that Pom Klementieff has joined the cast of Superman: Legacy. One era of DC Universe is coming to a close later this month with the release of Aquaman and the Lost […]
Talking on their Substack, Grant Morrison, revealed how their Wonder Woman graphic novel series with Yanick Paquette for DC's Earth One line was originally a Wonder Woman movie that they pitched back in 2008. This was back when they were working for Warner Bros as a consultant with Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman, in a period […]
It seems that everyone is getting their casting announcements out before the holiday weekend gets here because the hits keep coming in. No sooner had we finished the news that Sara Sampaio would be joining the cast of Superman: Legacy as Eve Teschmacher does The Hollywood Reporter come down with even more casting news. No one […]
Now that the strikes are over and studios have decided that paying writers and actors livable wages is a good idea, multiple projects are moving forward at top-notch speed. As the release date for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom approaches, eyes do appear to be on the future as more and more cast members are […]
DC Comics surprised comic book stores with five scheduled collections that hadn't gone through the normal solicitations, coming in November. And might match DC and Warner Bros. other multimedia plans. The first, Bodies (2023 Edition) is a new collection of the DC Vertigo series by the late Si Spencer, Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay, Meghan Hetrick, […]
David Maisel, former Vice Chairman, President of Marvel Studios, and CEO of Marvel Entertainment, was the man who pitched the concept of Marvel Studios to Avi Arad and Ike Perlmutter, financing and producing its own movies in a connected cinematic universe, and who also sold Marvel to Disney. Currently, he is a partner in Mythos […]
When Barry star Anthony Carrigan was announced as the new live-action Metamorpho in the upcoming Warner Bros film Superman Legacy, it marked a new frontier for the actor. Not because it's his first foray into DC, but because he already established himself on the television front in two shows Gotham, the Batman prequel, and The […]
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Yesterday, James Gunn and Peter Safran dropped a lot of news regarding their plans for the new DC Universe. On top of all the things already in varying production forms, we also got ten new announcements for Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters. There were five shows and five movies included in that announcement. We already knew that […]
When it came to spoilers and Black Adam, it did not apply to the post-credits scene because that was the thing everyone was talking about when it came to that movie. Within moments of the first screening, people knew that Henry Cavill was back as Superman after many years of fanboy yelling to bring back the actor. […]
In light of Henry Cavill's return as Superman in Black Adam's post-credits cameo, curiosity naturally turned to Amy Adams, who plays Lois Lane in Warner Bros' DC Extended Universe. The actress was approached by Variety at the Disenchanted premiere about the news of Cavill's cameo and what it could mean for her character. "Isn't it […]
Man of Steel star Henry Cavill will work on fulfilling his "promise" after his DC future was considered iffy as Superman when his post-credit cameo in 2019's Shazam! fell through. This is in contrast to Ben Affleck, who swore off the role as Batman following his involvement in 2016's Suicide Squad, but later returned for […]
Whether or not Henry Cavill is going to be hanging up his cape or remain active as Superman has been a massive mystery – leaving fans with a gut feeling that Cavill's incarnation was potentially complete. More recently, the actor finally offered his hopes to bring life to another Superman film in the future, just […]
As the last surviving core cast member of the Christopher Reeve-starred Superman franchise, Gene Hackman played his arch-nemesis Lex Luthor for three of the four films. The now-retired actor worked with the late director Richard Donner, who died at the age of 91, on the original 1978 film and the sequel he originally leads before […]
As predictable and formulaic superhero films are today, none of it would have been possible without Superman director Richard Donner, who passed at the age of 91. While the late director wasn't the first to put a superhero let alone, the Man of Steel, up on the big screen, the template he left behind in […]
A new version of one of the most iconic superheroes in the world is on the way. Even before Superheroes took over pop culture, we had the Superman movies showing us that a man could fly. It made perfect sense that when Warner Bros. decided to try and do DC movies again, they would bring […]
In the digital age of social media and the internet, the concept of the death threat has become all too common. You can get a death threat for something as serious as a crime coming out to disliking the latest comic book movie and everything in between. It has gotten to the point that journalists, […]
