Category: Warner Bros.

Mark Strong Talks Shazam! Plays Villain the DC Universe

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The DC Extended Universe is moving ahead with the Movie Shazam! This Superman type character is different because he is really just a teenager who changes into an adult hero with the heart of a child. This movie promises to do things a little differently when it comes to the superhero genre. Mark Strong is playing the villain in this film and he recently spoke to Contact Music about his character and coming back to work with DC Films. “I’m playing an evil bastard called Doctor Sivana, they are always…

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Superman Prequel Series ‘Krypton’ Release Date

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Syfy’s new Superman prequel series, Krypton, has an official premiere date: Specifically March 21st, 2018 on Wednesday night. The official synopsis for Krypton from Syfy reads: “Set two generations before the destruction of Superman’s home planet, KRYPTON follows Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe), the legendary Man of Steel’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed. With Krypton’s leadership in disarray, Seg-El encounters Earthly time-traveler Adam Strange (Shaun Sipos) who warns he’s under the clock to save his beloved world from chaos. Fighting to redeem his family’s honor and protect…

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Is Superhero Movie Attendance Dropping?

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2017 was a big year for comic book based movies with four studios vying for moviegoers attention. We are looking at seven releases by Sony, Fox, Marvel and Warner Bros. The Quality this year for superhero movies has never been better with an audience rating averaging 7.67 stars out of ten. All things considered the seven movies we are talking about were good and all of them were fun to watch, and some of the movies were outstanding. let’s start out with Sony’s movie made with the help of Marvel…

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The Future Of DC Movies

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Justice League is history and according to experts will finish less than 300 million gross domestically and less than 700 million worldwide. Not good for a movie with heavy reshoots that probably put their budget over 350 million with marketing costs of well over 200 million. The 400 million plus overseas country by country will not return 400 million but far less than that, so you have to say The WB lost money on the theatrical version of the movie. Yes, we still have DVD and Blu-ray release and that…

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New Movie Poster for Tomb Raider Featuring Alicia Vikander

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I see the beautiful brown eyes of Alicia Vikander in the new posters released for the new Tomb Raider and I hope this movie is a suprise and a sleeper hit. Video game movies have not done too well in the past but there is always the exception to past trends which means I may be buying a ticket to see this movie. In the age of a successful leading woman movie Wonder Woman, it is worth a shot. Watch the latest trailer below as well! Tomb Raider has a…

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DC FILMS Shake-Up Following JUSTICE LEAGUE

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Jon Berg is leaving Warner Bros.’s DC Films following the poor box office performance and critical reception of Justice League, according to Variety. Geoff Johns, the other head of DC Films, is expected to remain in his position as Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment, although the trade also says his role in Warner Bros.’ film wing may lessen to an “advisory” capacity. Berg is said to be moving into a role as producer for Warner Bros., working alongside The Lego Movie and It producer Roy Lee. “This is something…

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HARLEY QUINN receives her own 26-episode animated series

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Media Release — Harley Quinn will topline her own 26-episode animated comedy series on DC Entertainment’s stand-alone digital service, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The half-hour series is created by the team behind NBC’s DCU comedy Powerless, Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker and Dean Lorey, and will feature Harley with old and new heroes & villains (including gal pal Poison Ivy) as she tries to forge a career as Gotham City’s criminal “queenpin” — without The Joker. The SVOD service DC’s upcoming streaming service — which will also feature a live-action…

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Black Lighting: The CW Series’ Villains Debut

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Created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden, Black Lightning debuted in 1977 in Black Lightning #1 as the first major African-American superhero at DC Comics. The first season of the upcoming superhero drama will see Jefferson Pierce going up against Tobias Whale, a mobster who heads up the One Hundred in DC Comics canon. Debuting Tuesday, January 16, Black Lightning stars Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning, China Anne McClain as Jennifer Pierce, Nafessa Williams as Anissa Pierce, Christine Adams as Lynn Pierce, James Remar as Peter Gambi, Damon…

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Margot Robbie Talks About Harley Quinn Movie in Development

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As DC Entertainment is scrambling to find a winning direction for their DC Entertainment Universe there are numerous projects in the works including Suicide Squad 2, Gotham City Sirens, and Margot Robbie is even wanted for the upcoming animated adult Harley Quinn series. In an interview with MTV we learned another separate Harley Quinn movie is in development. “I’ve been working on a separate spin-off for Harley for a while now,” Margot Robbie told MTV. Margot Robbie revealed that she wants to see Harley Quinn paired with other female characters,…

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Last night premiered Crisis on Earth-X on the CW

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Last night premiered Crisis on Earth-X beginning with Supergirl. If you missed it then catch up and view the rest of the crossover. Crisis on Earth-X is the name of the upcoming 4 part crossover event between Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. The crossover will air over two nights from November 27th to November 28th, 2017. The episodes that are involved in the crossover are: “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1” (Supergirl) “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2” (Arrow) “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3” (The Flash) “Crisis on…

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Is Justice league Good?

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This is the transcribe of the video we loaded to our youtube channel: I am Walt Stiles director and head writer for Comics Talk News Blog on the web at comicstalk.com. I have been a blog writer for about 10 years and have reviewed many movies and comics. I put this video together because wanted to share my thoughts while they are fresh in my mind. I just watched Justice League and made the mistake beforehand of reading the remarks of the movie critics that criticize movies for a living,…

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Justice League Movie: End of the Snyder-Verse

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Zack Snyder, ever since he made his feature film debut with the 2004 with the remake of the horror film Dawn of the Dead he has not always pleased the critics. Snyder tweaked the Dawn of the Dead story from 1978 and made it more for modern audiences. 75% of 182 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.7/10. Since then, he has done a number of comic book and superhero films, including 300 (2006) and Watchmen (2009), as well as the Superman film that…

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Shazam Has Cast Its Billy Batson

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Casting on Warner Bros.’ pending Shazam has been rolling along, as the film is in production and aiming for a 2019 release. Chuck star Zachary Levi earned the title role of the DC superhero, and it has been reported that Mark Strong is up for the villainous role of Doctor Sivana. Now we know who is down to play Billy Batson, the young boy who transitions into Shazam: Disney Channel star Asher Angel. Billy Batson, according to DC Comics lore, is the young boy who is granted the power to…

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Mercedes-Benz teams up with DC for six part JUSTICE LEAGUE digital series

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Media Release — Mercedes-Benz has partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment to publish an action-packed digital comic book series as part of Mercedes-Benz’s global campaign to promote the upcoming Justice League film. Produced exclusively for the Mercedes-Benz Instagram channel, the six standalone stories focus on the private lives and alter egos of Justice League team members, including Bruce Wayne, Diana Prince and more, as they save the day with a little help from their heroic Mercedes vehicles. The series is written by Adam Schlagman who serves as Creative…

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JUSTICE LEAGUE: Exclusive New Cars Made For The Film

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Both Princess Diana and Bruce Wayne get cars that are one of a kind in the Justice League movie to drive made exclusively by Mercedes Benz. Remember them in the movie when you see it next month on November 3rd. See you there. Fans of the new Justice League movie and the Mercedes-Benz brand have reason to be excited—Warner Bros Studios and Mercedes-Benz teamed up to create an action-packed movie trailer, offering a sneak peak of the highly anticipated superhero movie arriving at theaters this November. So what Mercedes-Benz models…

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