It's official: Paul Dano will be The Batman's Riddler. It was recently announced that the actor has signed on to Matt Reeves "Worlds of DC" entry as the villain, and some of the web's most talented graphic artists have wasted no time at all weighing in on what they think this could look like.
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Rumors have been brewing that Charlie Cox might return as the savior of Hell's Kitchen, only this time, he might show up in the movies. So how could the Man Without Fear would fit into the MCU? We have some ideas about how Charlie Cox's Daredevil could fit perfectly into the Marvel Universe.
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Apparently, Martin Scorsese's weird few weeks in the news isn't yet over. After discrediting Marvel movies as "not cinema," Scorsese took a moment during a press conference at the BFI London Film Festival to clarify his past comments and define what he values about cinema.
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All the Spider-Man films tend to feature the same elements over and over again. And while a lot of it has worked well for the character for about 60 years, you could also probably go to the theater and play Spidey-Bingo pretty easily. Here are things that we see in every single Spider-Man movie.
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There's a lot of fresh stuff in the new trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home, including some dramatic twists, some fun bits of comedy, and a whopper of a revelation about the state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the wake of the reality-shaking events of Avengers: Endgame.
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Less than 24 hours after it was announced that Jonah Hill had parted ways with The Batman and turned down a potential role as the Riddler, it appears the production team behind the film has moved on from Hill and solved the riddle of casting the Riddler.
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Oh, what might have been. Less than a month after it was reported that Academy Award-nominated actor Jonah Hill was lined up to star alongside Robert Pattinson in The Batman, Deadline has dropped a bombshell: Hill is no longer in talks for the movie.
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Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige has scored himself a new title: Chief Creative Officer, Marvel. The King Geek has received a huge promotion that will place the entirety of Marvel's creative personnel — including those from the film, television, and publishing branches — under his purview.
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Another day, another provocative Marvel rumor. We Got This Covered is reporting that Marvel Studios is considering Henry Cavill, who appeared as Superman in three films for Warner Brothers and DC, for the role of Brian Braddock — AKA Captain Britain — in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Is Ryan Reynolds trolling us, or is Deadpool edging closer to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? The star recently took to Instagram to post an image of himself apparently standing in the lobby of Marvel Studios, renewing speculation that the Deadpool franchise will soon continue in the MCU.
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Hold onto your hats, true believers. We Got This Covered is reporting that, according to anonymous sources close to Marvel Studios, a fourth Captain America picture is in development — one which will star Anthony Mackie, as it'll see Sam Wilson officially taking on the mantle.
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Selina Kyle — the bullwhip-wielding burglar better known as Catwoman — is set to sink her claws into The Batman. And we now know which actress will portray Catwoman opposite Robert Pattinson's Batman: Zoë Kravitz. Here are a few things you need to know about The Batman's Catwoman.
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The feud between Martin Scorsese and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is still going strong. During a press conference before a screening of his film The Irishman, Scorsese went all in on his previous Marvel-related remarks. Recently, the acclaimed director had described Marvel movies as "not cinema."
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Kevin Smith would like to respectfully let Martin Scorsese know that he's just a little full of it. The filmmaker and comic book writer responded to Scorsese's comments denigrating Marvel films with the observation that, in his book, Scorsese is responsible for the biggest superhero movie ever.
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With a story that runs across five hours of television in December 2019 and January 2020, Crisis is set to include not just all of the current DC shows, but also a roster of heroes drawn from a long history of television. It's exciting stuff, but it raises a question: just how did we get here?
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Zombieland fans have a different action-comedy to blame for the long wait between the original film and its sequel. Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Columbus in the Zombieland film series, recently revealed that the Deadpool film franchise considerably slowed the progress of Zombieland: Double Tap.
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Setting just the right tone for a film like Joker is no laughing matter. In a recent video short for Vanity Fair, the movie's director Todd Phillips offered a breakdown of what went into Joker's opening scene, and how he used those first few moments to establish an unsettling atmosphere.
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Mighty Marvel may be dominating pop culture, but not everyone is feeling the love. In a recent conversation with Variety, Jennifer Aniston — star of Friends and the upcoming series The Morning Show — lamented what she saw as a dearth of choices due to the popularity of comic book movies.
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We see what you did there, Joker. The smash hit standalone entry into the Worlds of DC franchise contains a sly reference to another, lesser-known Batman villain — one that will soon be appearing on the big screen for the first time in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad.
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Jared Leto reportedly had trouble putting on a happy face when hearing about the new Joker movie. Leto, who played the Joker in David Ayer's 2016 comic book movie Suicide Squad, is said to have been "upset" about Warner Bros. moving forward with the Joker origin story film starring Joaquin Phoenix.
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Gwyneth Paltrow has spent plenty of time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but her memories seem to be a little shaky. The actress has admitted that she hasn't even seen one of the Marvel movies she was in — that being Spider-Man: Homecoming, a film she also didn't remember being a part of at all.
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The women of Marvel want their own feature in the MCU — and they're not afraid to get in the ear of the guy who can make it happen. In a recent conversation with Variety, Brie Larson confirmed that she and several of her peers have indeed spoken to Kevin Feige about an all-female team-up flick.
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Joker is the most talked-about film of the fall — and its star gave a few lucky fans even more to talk about. The Saturday after the film's opening, Joaquin Phoenix stopped by several Los Angeles-area Alamo Drafthouse screenings to hang out, chat with fans, and take a few pictures.
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Marvel is officially bringing a little hell to Hulu with the upcoming live-action series Helstrom. We now have the first look at not only some of the characters set to populate the series' hellscape, but also the stalwart cast of performers tasked with bringing those characters to life.
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Arthur Fleck's biggest joke just might be the one he pulled on you. Joker director Todd Phillips recently made a few very interesting comments to the Los Angeles Times in regard to the final scene of the movie — comments which imply a bizarre truth about the nature of the story being presented.
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Marc Maron isn't laughing. After Joker director Todd Phillips made controversial comments about "woke culture" ruining comedy, Joker actor Maron has come forward to offer his thoughts on the argument. Unsurprisingly, Maron disagrees with Phillips' assessment.
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Numerous elements of the Batman mythos are given a makeover in Joker that makes everything feel more familiar to the real world, and in many ways more effective. Keep reading for our assessment of what Joker gets right that other Batman movies got wrong.
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