Bruce Springsteen-inspired coming of age film Blinded by the Light set for...
A Muslim teen in ‘80s Britain finds himself through the music of Bruce Springsteen in Blinded by the Light, a buzzy upcoming film just acquired by New Line and Warner Bros. in a $15 million deal (via...
View ArticleMatt Reeves previews The Batman: release date, villains, “noir” storyline...
It’s been nearly two years since Warner Bros. and DC Films took the reins of the next solo Batman film away from Ben Affleck and handed them to Matt Reeves. We’ve known for some time that the War for...
View ArticleFilm Review: The Lego Movie 2 Shows Us That Everything Doesn’t Have to Be...
The Pitch: Years after the events of The LEGO Movie, the ongoing war between Bricksburg and the planet Duplo has reduced our heroes’ world to a Mad Max wasteland known as Apocalypseburg. However, while...
View ArticleWarner Bros. working on Aquaman spinoff The Trench
It’s 2019. We’re about to get our fourth Avengers film, and yet Warner Bros. has still failed to deliver a Flash movie, or a Green Lantern movie, or a Cyborg movie, or even a freakin’ Zatanna movie....
View ArticleJames Cameron serves backhanded compliment to Aquaman for lack of realism,...
James Cameron knows a thing or two about movies that take place in and under water. The man made Titanic, after all, and has spent years working out how to bring the world of Avatar beneath the waves....
View ArticleWarner Bros. CEO says DC Films’ upcoming slate to be less connected than...
DC was going to have to do something to right the ship when it came to the state of the DC Extended Universe, sooner or later. Despite an initially ambitious rollout plan that envisioned the comic...
View ArticleBatman sort of cameos in new Shazam trailer: Watch
Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara said recently that the DC Extended Universe films were no longer eyeing the sort of interconnectivity under which they were originally conceived. But if the new trailer...
View ArticleIdris Elba steps in as The Suicide Squad’s Deadshot after Will Smith exits
When word broke late last month that Will Smith had dropped out of The Suicide Squad, the quick assumption was that Deadshot would also exit the upcoming sequel. Instead, it looks as though someone...
View ArticleTom Hanks in talks to play Elvis Presley’s manager in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic
It’s written in the stars, Colonel Tom Parker has been cast. Tom Hanks is reportedly in talks to play the legendary manager who helped make Elvis Presley’s career in a new biopic from Baz Luhrmann....
View ArticleThe live-action Akira remake might actually be happening this time
Rumors have swirled for so long about a live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 classic Akira that most avid followers of movie gossip have simply learned to tune out the noise. Going back to...
View ArticleIT director Andy Muschietti on the starting blocks to helm The Flash
It looks like Warner Bros. and DC Films are lining up the next team to inevitably leave the Flash movie. New reports indicate that IT director Andy Muschietti is in talks to direct the...
View ArticlePut a smile on that face with the new trailer for Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker: Watch
Joker makes its North American debut next week at the Toronto International Film Festival, yet it’s been several months since we’ve seen anything new from Todd Phillips’ highly anticipated supervillain...
View ArticleTIFF Film Review: Joker Thinks It’s Saying Something, But Acts More Like A...
The Pitch: A downtrodden clown/aspiring comedian named Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is struggling to survive in the underbelly of early 1980s Gotham City. He’s bullied and eventually fired from his...
View ArticleJoaquin Phoenix walks out of Joker interview after question about the film’s...
Why so serious? Well, if you’re Joaquin Phoenix, it’s because you’re tired of interviewers asking leading questions. During a recent press interview, the actor walked out of the room when asked if he...
View ArticleFamilies of Aurora shooting victims express concerns about Joker in letter to...
Joaquin Phoenix made headlines yesterday when he walked out of an interview following a question about the graphic violence in Joker. Though the actor said he was taken off guard by the query, the...
View ArticleDirector Todd Phillips blames “far left” for backlash against Joker
Since receiving an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, Todd Phillips’ Joker has sparked a national conversation about violence in movies. Earlier this week, family members of the...
View ArticleConvicted pedophile Gary Glitter to receive royalties from Joker: Report
Joker seemed like it was about to transcend the controversy surrounding it when its opening weekend came and went with no serious incidents and a record-setting $96 million domestic box office take....
View ArticleJonah Hill drops out of The Batman after negotiations break down
Riddle me this: Who won’t be facing down the big, bad bat? The answer is Jonah Hill, as the actor is reportedly no longer in talks to play a villain in the upcoming The Batman. Rumors broke back in...
View ArticlePaul Dano cast as The Riddler in The Batman
Just yesterday we learned Jonah Hill was no longer in talks with Warner Bros. to join The Batman in a villainous role. Rumor had it he was circling either Penguin or The Riddler. If the latter is...
View ArticleJoker becomes first R-rated movie to hit $1 billion at worldwide box office
For all the controversy and mixed reviews surrounding Joker, Warner Bros. and DC Films are laughing all the way to the bank. By the end of today, the comic book drama will become the first R-rated...
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