When Warner Bros. dropped the first teaser trailer for director Todd Phillips' Joker movie, the internet lit aflame as fans sparked a fiery debate over which actor is the better Joker: The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger or the brand-new Clown Prince of Crime, Joaquin Phoenix.
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The first trailer for Todd Phillips' Joker has arrived, and the Joaquin Phoenix-led origin story looks — in a word — terrifying. Here are some of the small details you may have missed in one of the most interesting trailers of the year so far.
Read MoreSmile, 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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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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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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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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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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First reactions to director David F. Sandberg's Shazam! are here — and they're overwhelmingly positive. Those who attended pre-release screenings of the superhero flick, starring Asher Angel and Zachary Levi, have praised it as vibrant, fun, near-perfect, and "unlike anything DC has done before."
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And now for something completely awesome. Graphic artist Daniel Savage thinks that the ultra-talented Michael B. Jordan would make a fine Man of Steel for Warner Brothers and DC, and to illustrate his point, he recently posted a fantastic workup of the star as Big Blue to his Instagram account.
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The Doom Patrol has arrived, and they've brought along a new iteration of one of DC Comics' most iconic heroes. Joivan Wade, who portrays Vic Stone/Cyborg on the DC Universe series, recently sat down with Collider for a chat about what sets the show apart from most televised superhero fare.
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The Titans are getting a Super new addition. As teased in the season one finale, Connor Kent — AKA Kon-El, AKA Superboy — will be making an appearance in season two of the DC Universe series. Relative newcomer Joshua Orpin has been cast in the role, according to Collider.
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Alongside Tim Burton's stylistic and directorial vision, many incredible actors helped to reestablish the Caped Crusader's influence in popular culture. It's been thirty years since they populated Gotham, so what have all these talented folks been up to more recently?
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The stellar cast of Stargirl is finally complete. The Geoff Johns-produced DC Universe series has finished up casting with the addition of Neil Jackson, Hunter Sansone, Trae Romano, and veteran actress Amy Smart, who has been a steady presence in TV and film for over two decades.
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Now that we've got shows about the Titans, the Doom Patrol, random X-Men, the Gotham City Police Department, and a team of C-list DC heroes who are so weird that their season finale actually involved a demon from hell fighting a 12-foot tall Care Bear, there's no limits on what might happen next.
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Batfleck has officially sent his cape and cowl to the cleaners, hung it up neatly in his closet, and flown out of Wayne Manor. Speaking during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Ben Affleck finally came forward and explained in no uncertain terms why he is no longer playing Batman.
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Rumor has it that Warner Bros. is eyeing Robert Pattinson to become the new Batman, making his first appearance in Matt Reeves' The Batman. The internet is loving the idea of Pattinson as Batman, so much so that fans have started creating art imagining what the actor would look like in the Bat-suit.
Read MoreJust call them... complex. Streamer DC Universe has released an extended trailer for Doom Patrol, its second live-action superhero series, in advance of the first episode's premiere tomorrow. The four and a half-minute spot dropped this morning on DC's YouTube Channel.
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If Warner Bros. was the Wicked Witch of the West, it just snatched up the Joker and his little girlfriend, too. A report published by Forbes claims that the studio may have completely done away with the Jared Leto-starring Joker movie and the Joker and Harley Quinn team-up film.
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From Harry Potter to arguably the hairiest member of the X-Men team. Piggy-backing off the chatter that Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe might take over for Hugh Jackman as the next Wolverine, digital artist BossLogic created stunning artwork imagining what he could look like as the famous mutant.
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When Ben Affleck confirmed he wouldn't lead Matt Reeves' The Batman, the grapevine bloomed with dozens of names believed to be contenders to replace Affleck. The latest star the rumor mill has churned out as a potential candidate to become the new Batman is a surprising one.
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In the iconic words of one Juno MacGuff, "Whoa, dream big!" With the knowledge that Ben Affleck won't reprise his role as the Caped Crusader for director Matt Reeves' The Batman, an actor from Man of Steel has tossed his name into the running for the superhero gig.
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Director Matt Reeves' The Batman may not have Ben Affleck front and center rocking the cape and cowl, but what it does apparently have are two main villains plucked straight from the Batman comics canon — the second of which may have just been revealed.
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Shazam and Superman are, as stated by several sources in the cinema world, set to sit side by side on the silver screen this spring. But before any DC fans start jumping for joy, know this: the actor who is meant to pop up in Shazam! isn't the Superman star most are familiar with.
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Before Mary Jane, before J. Jonah Jameson, and even before Aunt May and Uncle Ben, there was Eugene "Flash" Thompson. He's the single oldest supporting character in the Spider-Man saga, and as you might expect, that gives him a pretty complicated history, even by Spidey standards.
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