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Heath Ledger gave an iconic performance in Christopher Nolan’s 2008 Batman sequel The Dark Knight, but Warner Bros. wanted the film to take a different approach initially. Ledger’s deranged take on the Joker notably never gave much information regarding the villain’s backstory, something other Batman films had been all too eager to do. Nolan has previously made it […]
Michael Keaton is reportedly in talks to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne, whom he portrayed in Tim Burton’s two Batman movies in the ’80s and ’90s. Both The Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap report that Keaton has been talking with the studio about returning to the character for DC’s The Flash, a standalone movie focused on Ezra Miller’s portrayal of the […]
Joel Schumacher is dead at 80 years old. The writer-director with a versatile filmography spanning decades died Monday, a representative confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter. Following his directorial debut in 1981 with The Incredible Shrinking Woman starring Lily Tomlin, Schumacher landed the pivotal Brat Pack entry and box office smash St. Elmo’s Fire. This was followed by […]
For DC comic book fans everywhere, the original “Snyder Cut” of the DC movie Justice League is almost like an urban legend. Well, it appears the long lost version might finally be released to the public, with rumors swirling following Zack Snyder announcing that he plans to do a watch party for his 2013 DC film Man of Steel and […]
Just as a new, darker version of the Justice League recently hit HBO Max in the form of J.J. Abrams-produced Justice League Black series, it appears that the next version of Batman will also be following suit and receiving a darker re-imagining. The Batman director Matt Reeves has already said that he plans to approach the iconic DC character in a different […]
Last November Ben Affleck, along with Justice League co-stars Gal Gadot and Ray Fisher, poured gasoline on the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement by tweeting that exact sentiment out with no further clutter. That made it very difficult to misunderstand what he meant. As a refresher, the “Release the Snyder Cut” campaign seeks to push Warner Bros. into […]
After what could generously be described as a torturous lead-up, The Batman is finally in production. The DC Extended Universe could use a win. Beginning with 2013’s Man of Steel, the media franchise has been marked by inconsistency (the most recent entry, Birds of Prey, underperformed at the box office). And it’s led DC, in […]
In a revealing profile for the New York Times, Ben Affleck suggested that his decision to step down as Batman was due in part to concerns that he could possibly drink himself to death if he made another film as the Caped Crusader. Affleck, who is in early stages of his big screen comeback attempt as he promotes his aptly titled upcoming film The Way […]
Zoë Kravitz admits she “was never really into comic books”—with the exception of Batman. “I think the whole Batman world has always been the most interesting to me,” Kravitz told the press, as reported by SlashFilm. “… That world was always really intriguing to me.” The 31-year-old actress made the comments Friday during the TCA panel for Hulu’s High Fidelity […]
Joker was already a dark film to begin with, but the Todd Phillips-directed comic book thriller almost ended even more gruesomely. After grossing over $1 billion at the box office worldwide, the surprise blockbuster hit originally had a different ending. That is according to Kevin Smith, who explained on a recent episode of the Fatman Beyond podcast that […]
