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Wonder Woman First Reactions Call It Dark, Funny and Powerful

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Finally, someone other than those pesky executives at Warner Bros. have seen Wonder Woman. And the response appears to be positive. Though, admittedly, these responses are clearly coming from some sort of Mommy blogger group and a handful of DC fan sites. And they’re not filled with the kind of enthusiasm that will have any doubters running out to theaters on opening day. Overall, they smell like ‘pat on the back’ reactions. It’s hard to tell how good the movie actually is, which seems to be par for the course…

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Sony’s Venom Solo Film Gets Official Release Date

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Spider-Man’s popular nemesis is finally coming to the big screen. But would Venom even be an actual spin-off, or a stand-alone film? A Venom solo movie has been a dream project of Sony’s ever since the alien-symbiote clad villain made his cinematic debut in Spider-Man 3 (2007). But the path to the silver screen hasn’t been easy. Many previous attempts in launching a Spider-Man series of spin-offs, including Venom, have failed, no thanks to Sony’s rebooting the Spider-Man franchise twice. But now, not only is the Venom movie back on…

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Animated ‘Spider-Man’ movie avoids competition with ‘Aquaman’

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Sony has moved up the release of their animated Spider-Man movie by one week. It was originally scheduled to come out on December 21, 2018, the same day as DC Comics’ Aquaman. Now, the animated Spider-Man movie will be out on December 14, 2018. The untitled animated Spider-Man movie will feature Shameik Moore as the voice of Miles Morales. Liev Schreiber will voice an unknown villain.

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Kurt Russell Younger Didn’t Use CGI for Guardians

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SPOILERS: According to Kurt Russel the younger version of himself as Ego was mostly make up and not CGI. It seems amazing what they can do these days with special effects and the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 had a very life like younger version of Ego (Kurt Russell) in the earlier part of the movie. If it in fact is true that it was make up that made him younger it was an outstanding job of deception. You really thought you were looking at a younger version of…

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Joss Whedon Heads To DC To Direct Batgirl Movie

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WB continues building their Batman movie franchise with none other than Marvel’s The Avengers director Joss Whedon on Batgirl. Variety reports Joss Whedon, known for his take portraying women in a good light, is nearing a deal to write, direct, and produce an untitled Batgirl movie as part of the DCEU. WB also has the Matt Reeves Batman movie, the David Ayer Gotham City Sirens film, and a Nightwing movie in development. It’s further said that presently no other producers are attached to the Joss Whedon Batgirl movie, but the…

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WONDER WOMAN – Official Origin Trailer

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Published on Mar 11, 2017 This June, witness the future of justice. #WonderWoman Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny. Release date: June 2, 2017…

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Possible Dune Adaptation from Denis Villeneuve

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In February, we learned that Denis Villeneuve, who directed Sicario and the heavily Oscar-nominated Arrival, not to mention the upcoming sequel Blade Runner 2049, has signed on to direct a new adaptation of Dune, Frank Herbert’s classic novel about the machinations surrounding a desert planet which supplies the universe’s most valuable commodity. This is excellent news: Villeneuve is an outstanding director. But it’s also interesting because this could be the start of a much bigger franchise. Frank Herbert’s son Brian, who has co-written more than a dozen Dune books of…

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More Stories (Movies) From J. R. R. Tolkien

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All of us were enthralled by the Lord of the Rings movies and probably have a copy in our DVD/Blu-Ray collection. While The Hobbit also written by J. R. R. Tolkien was also made into a movie trilogy. The Hobbit is only about three hundred pages long. However, confident that his book would one day be divided into a dozen movies, author JRR Tolkien also provided 125 pages of Hobbit backstory, billed as “The Appendices,” in a later edition of the final Lord of the Rings novel The Return of…

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Ben Affleck Not Directing Batman Movie

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Ben Affleck has decided not to direct the Batman movie. Word comes from Variety who also states that Ben Affleck will stay on the Batman movie as a producer and as the titular character. “There are certain characters who hold a special place in the hearts of millions,” Ben Affleck said in a statement. “Performing this role demands focus, passion and the very best performance I can give. It has become clear that I cannot do both jobs to the level they require. Together with the studio, I have decided…

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Ben Affleck reiterates Spring 2017 start for Batman Movie

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Despite saying earlier this week that he is a believer in “not reverse engineering projects to meet a window or a date,” Ben Affleck reiterated to Variety that plans are still on for his solo Batman movie to shoot in the spring of 2017. “We’re on the right track with that and everything is coming together. We’re still finishing up a script. I’m very excited.” Affleck also opened up about what came before him as well, saying: “I respect all of those [Batman] movies. Christopher Nolan did an incredible job,…

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New Mutants Movie Release Date Set

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Writer/director Josh Boone is working hard on the long-talked-about New Mutants film, and in an interview with Creative Screenwriting the filmmaker revealed that its intended to be not just one film – but three. “After I made The Fault in Our Stars, we made Fox a comic book,” Boone said, referring to him and co-writer Knate Gwaltney. “It walked them through a trilogy of New Mutant [sic] films that would build on each other. We used this program called Comic Life, and took all the images we had loved from…

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All-Female DC Villains Movie ‘Gotham City Sirens’

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Robbie will reprise her role as DC villainess Harley Quinn. David Ayer is back in the business of DC comic villains. The filmmaker, who directed Warner Bros.’ all-bad guy comic book movie Suicide Squad, is reuniting with that film’s star, Margot Robbie, for Gotham City Sirens, a feature project that will showcase the top female villains from the DC stable, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Ayer will direct and produce the project with Robbie reprising her role as Harley Quinn, the part-time girlfriend of the Joker who is currently DC’s…

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Transformers: The Last Knight Trailer Released

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Optimus Prime finding his home planet, Cybertron, now a dead planet, which he comes to find he was responsible for killing. He finds a way to bring the planet back to life, but in order to do so he needs to find an artifact, and that artifact is on Earth. Whether you want it or not, the next Transformers movie, Transformers: The Last Knight, is well on its way, and we just got our first trailer. Here, Sir Anthony Hopkins, now free from his duties on Westworld, introduces us to…

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Kevin Feige Talks DC Vs Marvel

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For anyone growing up a fan of Batman or Superman, or Spider-Man or the Hulk, hot topics of converasation have always been who would win between DC and Marvel? While we all know DC would crush their direct competition (I kid!), you have to admit the competition is good as it keeps the opposing sides at the top of their games, which means we all benefit. Speaking of competition, with DC recently relaunching their movie universe with Man of Steel, Batman Vs. Superman, Suicide Squad and the upcoming Wonder Woman…

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