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Physical Media Still Matters: Here Are The Batman Bonus Features You Won’t Find On Streaming I feel like I’ve written so many jokes about Batman that there are none left in my arsenal. Darkness, no parents jokes. Holy brooding billionaire, Batman jokes. It doesn’t matter though, because I loved “The Batman” so much that I don’t have to spice it up. Your mileage may vary, but for me, Robert Pattinson was the perfect young and not-yet-good at superhero-ing version of the caped crusader....

Pierce Brosnan Turned Down His Chance To Be Batman Because Of The Underpants Before superhero films became the dominant form of entertainment, not everyone looked at them the same way. Costumes that were often created to pop on the page didn’t necessarily translate to live action. Think about the green Hulk with the purple shorts that, no matter how hard anyone has tried, doesn’t really work that well on screen. The whole “underpants outside of clothes” thing a lot of superheroes have in comics is there for many reasons, one of them being that they break up the drawing with a contrasting color....

Reactions To ‘Captain America 2’ Could Guide Direction Of ‘Captain America 3’ Considering theecstatic early buzzsurroundingCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, it’s no wonder Marvel is eager for more of the same. The studio re-hiredCap 2helmersJoeandAnthony Russoto directCaptain America 3all the way back in January, and the pair are now hard at work on the story. Among their inspirations for the new film? Fan reactions toCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. In a new interview, the directors talked about how the response toCaptain America: The Winter Soldiercould guide the direction ofCaptain America 3....

Repo Men Red Band Trailer And Poster: This Ain’t Alex Cox’s Vision Of The Repo Life Repo Menis the film once calledReposession Mambo, which has been sitting on the shelf at Universal for a while. The movie hasnothing to do with the Alex Cox classicRepo Man. Instead it tells of a near future when human life spans have been greatly extended by expensive artificial organs created by a company called The Union....

Sundance Drama ‘A Teacher’ Getting HBO Series Adaptation From The Duplass Brothers Hannah Fidell’sA Teacherdidn’t get quite the acclaim or attention thatFruitvale StationorThe Spectacular Nowrdid at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, but it got some buzz nonetheless thanks to its scandalous premise, fine performances, and pared-down style. Now, it’s also getting a TV show.Jay Duplass,Mark Duplass, andMichael Costiganare set to executive produce an HBO drama based on Fidell’s film, with Fidell herself on board to write, executive produce, and possibly direct the pilot....

Superhero Bits: Batman 75th; Green Lantern, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Captain America Want to see an awesome new 75th anniversaryBatmanshort film? Which popular DC hero might show up onArrow? Where can you listen to the full score forThe Amazing Spider-Man 2? How is the tracking for theSpideysequel? When well we see the newX-Men Days of Future Pasttrailer? Want to heard about someCaptain America: The Winter Soldierdeleted scenes?...

Superhero Bits: Keanu Reeves' ‘Constantine’ Coming To DC Universe, Spider-Gwen Easter Egg In ‘Avengers: Endgame’ & More When can you watchConstantineon DC Universe? How long doesCobie SmuldersthinkMaria Hillhas been aSkrull? Which action director wants to take the helm of the newBlade? Is there aSpider-GwenEaster egg inAvengers: Endgame? DoesThanosknow he’s not worthy of wieldingMjolnir? WhatAvengers: Endgamedeleted scenes didn’t get released? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. A post shared by Tom Holland (@tomholland2013)...

Superhero Bits: Marvel Future Revolution Is Coming, ‘Justice League Dark’ Animated Movie Trailer & More Will you play the newMarvel Future Revolutiongame? Did you forgetBloodshotwas still coming out? Are you ready for a new animatedJustice League Darkmovie? WillSquadron Supremepop up inLoki? IsBattlestarinThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier? Why was shootingThe Suicide Squadsuch a hard time inJames Gunn’s life? IsThor: Ragnarokthe best Marvel Studios movie? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary, Arrow’s New Vigilante & More Which DC Comics vigilante is coming toArrownext season and who is playing the character? How isWonder Womancelebrating her 75th anniversary at Comic-Con? Which character couldDonald Gloverplay inSpider-Man: Homecoming? Will we see the invisible jet in the firstWonder Womanmovie? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Incredible experience working with #hughjackman on #xmenapocalypse ???? #xmen #wolverine Thanks to @garrettxwarren for pushing for me and @danielstevens1 for the recommendation ?...

The Bridgerton Team Has An Eight Season Plan Season 2 of “Bridgerton"dropped today, bringing the arc of Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) to life. Well, there’s much more to come in the future: the “Bridgerton” team has planned out 8 seasons in total for the Regency era period drama, according toET Online. Executive producers Shonda Rhimes and Chris Van Dusen revealed that they wish to make at least 6 more seasons of the acclaimed TV series, as the intention is to explore the arcs of all of the eight Bridgerton siblings....

The New Batgirl Is ‘In The Heights’ Star Leslie Grace Leslie Grace, who was recently seen dancing across the side of a building opposite Corey Hawkins in Jon M. Chu’s musical,In the Heights, is heading to Gotham City. Grace has won the role ofBatgirlin Warner Bros.' and DC’s upcoming movie about the cape-and-cowl-clad crime-fighter Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon.The Wrapreports that after being one of thetop contendersfor the role with Haley Lu Richardson (Columbus,The Edge of Seventeen), Grace has earned the title role inBatgirl, a new live-action comic book movie that’s being developed specifically for HBO Max....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Midnight Diner’ Offers A Safe Haven Of Slice Of Life Stories And Hearty Japanese Meals (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series:Midnight DinerWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: A tiny, tucked-away diner in Tokyo opens only between the hours of midnight and 7 A.M., thus attracting all manner of quirky guests, each with a favorite dish and a melancholic backstory that they unload on the unnamed Master (Kaoru Kobayashi) of the restaurant....

The Unexpected Genius Behind Akira’s Legendary Score There’s never been anything quite like the soundtrack tothe anime classic “Akira.“To this day, the pulsating rhythms and otherworldly chants still sound unlike any other music put to film. That uniqueness is due to the unorthodox approach of composer Shoji Yamashiro, whose background in amateur musicianship allowed him to create a score completely outside the realm of professional tradition. “Akira” utilizes a host of sounds that may seem unfamiliar to Western ears....