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During The CW’s TCA Upfronts it was revealed that we will be seeing a new dark speedster in The Flash season 3, and it is none other than Savitar. If you don’t know the name: In the comics Savitar is a Cold War pilot test pilot who is struck by lightning during a flight mission. His name comes from…
We all know that Bruce Wayne spent years traveling the world, mastering all manner of esoteric mental and physical disciplines to become the Dark Knight. But there’s no way he can do all that and be a bomb-ass cocksman, too. There is no doubt in my mind that Batman is very bad at The Sex….
Image credit: Warner Brothers Here’s something twisted that will absolutely blow your goddamn mind: Suicide Squad, a very bad movie, set an August box office record on its opening weekend, raking in a hot $135.1 million in North American ticket sales, which is more than Guardians of the Galaxy, an actually good movie, brought in…
The importance of China’s role in the international box office has grown larger and larger—it helps record-breaking movies become even more overwhelmingly successful, and it even has the potential to save domestic flops from certain doom. But regardless of how well Suicide Squad performs now that it’s been released today, China will likely not be…
Written by Jude Terror on Wednesday, August 10 2016 and posted in News with Benefits Black Manta will be the villain in DC’s Aquaman movie. Source: The Wrap According to a shocking report from The Wrap, Black Manta will be the primary antagonist in Warner Bros‘ upcoming Aquaman film. Black Manta has had various origins…
Photo A woman dressed as Harley Quinn at Anime Friends, an anime, gaming and comics event in Buenos Aires. Credit Agustin Marcarian/Associated Press Backed by a meticulously executed marketing campaign, “Suicide Squad” pushed through abysmal reviews to set box office records for Warner Bros. over the weekend. Ticket sales for that violent PG-13 film totaled…
The anti-superhero film scored the top August opening of all time, but there could be trouble on the horizon for the supervillains. The news couldn’t have been better for Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe as Saturday morning dawned over the Aug. 5-7 weekend. Despite horrible reviews, director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad took in a mighty $65.1…
Still, the anti-superhero film beats ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ to nab the top August domestic debut of all time while opening to $132 million overseas; elsewhere, ‘Nine Lives’ — featuring award-winning actor Kevin Spacey as a feline — doesn’t have much of a meow. David Ayer’s Suicide Squad may have opened to an August-best $135.1…
Entire teams of fill-in artists have been called in to help get the twice-monthly books out on time, while pre-Rebirth books get more delays. Source: Newsarama Last month, we reported on DC Comics‘ difficulties with getting habitually late artist Bryan Hitch to complete the Justice League of America comics he was contractually obligated to create,…
Azzarelo was all class at the SDCC Killing Joke panel. Sorry, our mistake, we meant he was all “ass.” Source: io9 Putting an end to any debate over the subject, screenwriter Brian Azzarello offered an intelligent, well-reasoned defense to criticism of DC’s animated Killing Joke movie, which reportedly sees Barbara Gordon obsess over an emotionally…