One of the most interesting things about Joker is that it’s a movie which manages to not only reimagine the classic DC comic book villain – but grant him an entirely new origin story. As such, the movie creates a variety of new characters and scenarios that fans have never before seen associated with the character. This includes a sort of “love interest” in the form of actress Zazie Beetz’ character Sophie throughout the film Joker. The character happens to be the next door neighbor to Arthur Fleck, the man who eventually becomes the Joker, and she happens to be…
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It’s been a long time waiting for many DC and superhero fans, but production has finally started on Warner Bros. upcoming film titled The Batman. The movie is set to be directed by Matt Reeves, and now that filming is starting, we’re beginning to see much more of the cast involved. This includes a series of leaked set photos which give us our first look at actor Colin Farrell as The Penguin. As you can see in the photos posted down below, although there isn’t much to look at, they do show Colin Farrell and our first glimpse of him…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, while faithful to the original Marvel comics in some regards, at other times takes plenty of liberties with the source material. One such liberty happened to be one of superhero Captain America’s most iconic catchphrases from the comic books, where he tends to shout, “Avengers assemble!” As those who’ve kept up with the many entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where Captain America pops up, he didn’t say the iconic line until the very last entry in the Infinity Saga – Avengers: Endgame. Many fans waited throughout the chronology of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Captain…
Sam Raimi is currently busy promoting The Grudge, an interesting little tie-in to the first American remake he helped produce back in 2004. Of course, Sam Raimi’s impact on the horror genre goes back to the beginning of his career, when he directed The Evil Dead in 1981. The incredibly successful horror film has found its way back in Raimi’s career several times, with two sequels, a remake, and a television series. Now it looks like there’s still more Evil Dead content on the way, according to Sam Raimi. Sam Raimi recently participated in a Reddit AMA, where he explained…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is continuing to expand with its fourth phase of superhero films and television shows. One of the upcoming films that fans are looking out for is The Eternals, and it turns out that there is in fact a reference to said movie secretly planted away in Thor: Ragnarok. One fan was able to spot the easter egg and shared it on Reddit for all to see. As you can see down below, the easter egg in Thor: Ragnarok which references the upcoming film The Eternals is actually a reference to the Jack Kirby era of the…
While most horror fans would consider The Conjuring and its various spin-offs and sequels the biggest genre franchise to spawn from the last decade, there’s actually another horror series James Wan helped create that was nearly just as big. The Insidious films managed to be extremely popular with audiences, and so far there have been four films altogether. But while we still have new Conjuring films in development, there seems to be nothing going on with the Insidious franchise at the moment. Now while speaking with The Boo Crew, Insidious star Lin Shaye spoke up about the future of the…
As fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe know, Avengers: Endgame follows one of the biggest tragedies to occur within the massive superhero franchise. The movie takes place several years after “The Snap” that we see at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, a moment which sets the darker tone throughout most of Endgame. And while much of the movie follows in that direction, it turns out that there’s actually a reference to a completely different Marvel Cinematic Universe incident. An Easter egg that we know about from the Captain America comics. The reference shows up not long after Captain America…
While there are plenty of films and shows being produced for Marvel’s next phase of superhero films we still have to wait quite awhile for, Black Widow is already nearly here. And in a new image for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Widow – we get a new action scene featuring actresses Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh. The new Black Widow image isn’t an incredibly revealing one in regards to the film’s overall plot, but it does show Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha and Florence Pugh’s Yelena working together against the villainous Taskmaster. While we don’t understand the exact nature of…
The fourth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is continuing to expand with projects in production for both the big and small screen. As it turns out, Thor: Love and Thunder, the next entry in the Thor franchise of films, finally has a date for when production will start. According to the film’s director, Taika Waititi, we can expect the production schedule for Thor: Love and Thunder to start in August, as he revealed in a new interview. Taika Waititi previously directed the last installment in the series, Thor: Ragnarok, which received mostly positive reviews from both fans and critics.…
It’s been an interesting time for Star Wars fans ever since Disney purchased the rights to the massive space opera franchise. One of the first things Disney announced after the purchase was made is that they’d be producing a sequel trilogy of Star Wars films. And now with the recent release of The Rise of Skywalker, that trilogy has been completed. But, as you could have probably guessed, that doesn’t spell the end for the Star Wars franchise. It’s being reported that Disney is working on a new series of Star Wars films which will take place during the “High…