Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it's breaking. Smile, because the Joker told you to. The world's newest Joker, Joaquin Phoenix, urges you to grin and bear it in the first teaser trailer for Joker, director Todd Phillips' gritty take on DC Comics' Clown Prince of Crime.
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Marvel might chuck a little Chopra into the fourth phase of its famous cinematic universe. During a press event for Avengers: Endgame, the film's co-director Joe Russo revealed that Marvel has been in talks with Quantico actress Priyanka Chopra about a new project.
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How did this seemingly goofy hero go from a humorous footnote to one of the most popular characters in Marvel's comics universe? Here's a hint: it all started when she whooped up on Doctor Doom.
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Todd Phillips' Joker will be dark and stormy — and that's no joke. Joker star Marc Maron, who brings to life a mystery character by the name of Ted Marco, has described the Joaquin Phoenix-led film as "intimate and gritty," "more of an origin story and a character study."
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Whether it's his methodology for fighting crime, his relationships to other heroes, or even the appearance of Gotham City itself, something seems a little bit off every time the Dark Knight hits the theater. With that in mind, here are the things that movies always seem to get wrong about Batman.
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From Maleficent to Marvel. A new scoop from The Hollywood Reporter details that Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie is in talks to star in The Eternals, Marvel Studios' superhero ensemble film based on Jack Kirby's comic run of the same name. The film has Chloé Zhao attached das director.
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Critics agree that Shazam! has completely turned the dark, dreary tide of the DCEU. Now that we're in a world where superheroes are real, and fans of those superheroes exist and collect remnants of bad-guy battles to sell on eBay, Easter eggs can't be too far behind, right?
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Zack Snyder has some choice words for those who disagreed with his depiction of Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The filmmaker recently addressed the fact that some fans are upset he turned Ben Affleck's iteration of Batman into a killer, saying that they need to "wake the f*** up."
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While the ending itself is pretty straightforward, there are enough head-scratching and surprising moments in the movie's latter third that might be in need of some explanation. Don't sweat it! That's why we're here. Let's say the magic words — spoilers ahead — and explain the ending of Shazam!
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Teasers, trailers, and tantalizing promos promised a lighthearted, laugh-filled adventure — and had everyone believing Shazam! could be the film to bring brightness to the mostly gloomy DC Extended Universe. Reviews for Shazam! are officially in, and we finally know whether the film soared or sank.
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During the Hulk's many clashes with the Avengers, the team was often just trying to protect other people from his rampages. But the Hulk rarely saw himself as the villain, and sometimes he really wasn't. For some examples, here are times the Avengers treated the Hulk like garbage.
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For those freaking out over the prospect of the X-Men and Deadpool finally joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the wake of Disney formally taking control of the film and television assets of Fox, Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige has a few choice words: hold your horses, true believers.
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Battles will be fought! Hero and villain alike will fall! Contracts will be renegotiated! With some of the first wave of Avengers possibly taking their final bow, there will be plenty of room for more Marvel characters that fans have been clamoring for.
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Who is Shazam? What makes him unique? And why, in an era when superhero movies come out with ever-increasing frequency, did it take so long to bring him to the big screen? Let's take a look at The World's Mightiest Mortal with a roundup of all the stuff you need to know before you see Shazam!
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't exactly a powerful character desert. Everyone in the MCU (especially the Avengers and co.) is tough, it's true, but there's one character who's the best of the best — going higher, further, and faster than the rest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
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There's no doubt that Avengers: Endgame is going to be one of the defining flicks of 2019. From marketing efforts (or lack thereof) to storytelling promises, from confirmed returning cast to the title of the thing, here are the things that Endgame has already hit right out of the park.
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Thanos may be Marvel's most challenging villain to defeat, but he's not unbeatable. All you need for proof is what we've seen in the films, along with decades of his appearances in Marvel's comics. We looked through everything we could to find weaknesses you didn't realize Thanos had.
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Less than two months from the release of Endgame, we've still had no Hulk sightings. So where is he? Until Endgame arrives in theaters, there's no way to know for sure, but for now, here's a look at some of the most likely reasons you haven't seen Hulk in the Avengers: Endgame trailers.
Read MoreBetter late than never, eh? The mightiest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Captain Marvel, has finally arrived in a brand-new trailer for Avengers: Endgame — which Marvel dropped as a complete surprise on Thursday, March 14, just a week after the Brie Larson-led superhero pic launched in theaters.
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Destin Daniel Cretton is headed for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Studios has hired Cretton, known for helming Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle, to direct the upcoming Shang-Chi movie, which will feature the first Asian lead in the MCU.
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Captain Marvel wasn't excluded from the post-credits-scene standard in place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — including not one but two sequences after the actual film wrapped. They were both throughly enjoyable, but one may have been a huge lie.
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We may have finally gotten a look at Gotham's Dark Knight. An image was recently posted to the r/DCComics Reddit page which purports to show the Batman costume that Bruce Wayne will be suiting up in for the finale of the long-running Fox series. It looks to be inspired by Christian Bale's Batsuit.
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Between the Captain Marvel comics to the Captain Marvel movie, there exist a handful of differences — but few as big as the gender-swapping of a key character. Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, plus Marvel head Kevin Feige, have revealed which character was originally written as a man.
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We know from the trailers and promo material that Shazam's costume is going to be colorful, but is it comic book accurate? This is how the titular hero and the rest of the Shazam! cast should really look.
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A photon fist full of different factors drove the rush to see Marvel's first female-led superhero outing as soon as it hit the big screen. From its impact on larger MCU storylines to the simple question "who is Captain Marvel?," here's why Carol Danvers' debut ran away with the box office.
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Clark Gregg has a little something to say to the Captain Marvel haters. Gregg, who plays Agent Phil Coulson in Captain Marvel, recently addressed the group of people who lodged hateful, troll-like reviews on the film's Rotten Tomatoes page.
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Higher, further, faster — and now richer, too. The weekend box office results are in, and everything's coming up Captain Marvel. Starring Brie Larson as the titular hero, Captain Marvel opened to the tune of $153 million across theaters in North America, and to $455 million worldwide.
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