Author: Martin Lis

As new photos were released of the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, it seems controversy has also followed, this time in the form of fellow DC property’s live action show Arrow’s showrunner Marc Guggengeim. A picture of Gal Gadot as the Amazon was put in comparison to Marvel’s Elektra as Guggenheim made the comment through Twitter: Hmm. pic.twitter.com/UtjVsbmKVC — Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) July 15, 2016 Fans took their defense against the unreasonable comparison on the post, to which Guggengeim responded: Jeez, people. You’re reading an ‘implication’ here where none was intended. Calm down. However, said implication still remains unclear. The…

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Bat On Film appears to have been a reliable source in the past, and today may be no exception as they draw a new rumor for the upcoming solo Batman film starring Ben Affleck. According to them, the story may take place in Arkham Asylum itself, with The Dark Knight himself incarcerated with the very inmates. Reasons have yet to be mentioned. Although it may draw inspiration from Grant Morrison’s Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth or the ever popular video game’s Arkham Trilogy among previous stories, Affleck confirmed that this will be its own original story to…

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There’s no denying that a certain P-word (No, not “Politics”) has been trending like crazy over current events. The release of Nintendo’s Pokemon Go has been very successful with its geolocation scavenger-based game off the well-known Pokemon series. Fans and new players alike in the masses have contributed to playing, with an estimate of 9.5 million daily active users and has added $7.5 billion to Nintendo’s market value since Wednesday. However, for a certain Evan Scribner, that result of fun has also resulted in breaking his relationship, according to him. Scribner claims because of the real-world location mapper on…

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The Civil War II comic’s first couple issues have already made their own immense and soul-crushing fatalities, but fans can only expect more bloodshed of beloved characters for what’s to come next. Teased by New York Daily News on twitter earlier, it was revealed one of the main Avengers will be biting the dust  in the latest issue #3. In addition, the killer responsible is also one to be talked about. SPOILER: Marvel kills one of these Avengers in “Civil War II,” murderer is a massive shock https://t.co/ZV1MCiA5z9 pic.twitter.com/KvUtzmLN7m — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) July 13, 2016 We have…

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As we await the further appearances and the climactic clash in the MCU film Infinity War, the galactic tyrant Thanos is coming back big into the Marvel comics with a solo series part of Marvel NOW! One of the most powerful villains of Marvel comics history, Thanos now goes through with his reclamation of the throne in the post-Secret Wars timeline. Comicbook.com sat with writer Jeff Lemire (Old Man Logan, Essex Country Trilogy) and artist Mike Deodato (Thunderbolts, Dark Avengers) to talk about the new story and world created for the ongoing Thanos. Lemire describes the encounter as “completely different and…

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With just less than a month until the bad guys make their break, Entertainment Weekly has revealed new photos of Suicide Squad, ranging from head shots of the main cast to shots of the film. Even provided were four exclusive covers featuring the characters on their latest issue. The heads hots provided (in order) with Deadshot (Will Smith), Joker (Jared Leto), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman), Katana (Karen Fukuhara), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Diablo (Jay Hernandez), Enchantress (Cara Delevingne), and Slipknot (Adam Beach). Provided below are new shots of the…

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Japan may be getting Deadpool a bit later than usual, but the Merc with a Mouth decided to take matters into his own hands on giving them something to make up the wait. Ryan Reynolds donned the mask again for a special spot on the Japanese trailer to the latest film of the X-Men franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse. During the end of the trailer, Deadpool gives a countdown of 5 facts on the new film with his signature mention of pop culture and humor in the mix. We may have a bit to wait for a Deadpool 2 to surface us…

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The tremendous impact of Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead, Mob City) and his performance as Frank Castle in the recent season of Daredevil has received much acclaim from fans and critics alike. Merely a month after the release, a spin-off series based off Punisher  has been announced to bring Bernthal back and Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal, Casualty) as the showrunner. Surprising enough however, is that Daredevil barely scratched the surface of the skull-wearing vigilante to be. Bernthal spoke to ADTV how that wasn’t fully Punisher yet. I think when you’re talking about characters like these, the way they fight, what’s motivating…

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Jessica Jones has been the second show to demonstrate Marvel’s television department is capable to step out of the comfort zone of PG-13 and with a successful audience appraisal. Executive producer Melissa Rosenberg elaborated with The Hollywood Reporter on writing and working with the joint Netflix-Marvel programming, whether certain boundaries could be exceeded in this world of rape and murder. “The beauty of working at Netflix is that you don’t have those limits. I also work with Marvel, and Marvel has a brand and their brand is generally PG-13. They’ve kind of let us go to PG-16.” So what exactly…

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With the conclusive box office numbers set, the domestic score for Batman V Superman:  Dawn of Justice’s theatrical run has finally been revealed for those waiting anxiously. Has the appeal of the two biggest DC names in collaboration won over the unenthusiastic word of mouth? https://twitter.com/GiteshPandya/status/743875603393294336 The record comes from BoxOfficeMojo at 330.36 million in America, with the international add of 542.3 million. The total figure of 872.6 million is the final recording for theatrical run. With close to a billion dollars, it’s by no means a horrible figure of dollars for a film, but considering the two most prolific…

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