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'Smallville Season 11' Comic Books Coming In April

Posted 2/9/12 1:40 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


You thought you'd seen the last of "Smallville." Well, you thought wrong!

Clark Kent finally strapped the blue and red tights on during the "Smallville" series finale last May, but the fun doesn't end there—you'll continue to believe that a man can fly in the pages of "Smallville Season 11," a new weekly digital-first comic coming from DC Comics in April. "Batgirl" writer and "Smallville" veteran Bryan Q. Miller is teaming up with frequent collaborator Pere Perez for the series.

Head on over to MTV Geek for more details!

'Dark Knight' Star Gary Oldman Panicked On Losing Batman Script

Posted 2/9/12 11:23 am EST by in DC Comics, News


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Few superheroes are as secretive as Batman. The Caped Crusader has an entire cave filled with secrets (don't ask about the Tyrannosaurus Rex), his identity is guarded more heavily than Fort Knox, and the methods to his madness remain a mystery to everybody but his closest confidants.

I mean, think about what Batman might do if he trusted you with one of his most prized possessions, only to find that you spilled the secrets to someone else, purposely or otherwise. This is a guy who runs around at night dressed like a bat, punching people in their faces, and stringing them up by their ankles for the cops to clean later. It wouldn't be pretty, right?

So you can imagine "Dark Knight Rises" actor Gary Oldman's shock and horror upon losing a copy of Christopher Nolan's Batman script once upon a time. Yes, that's a thing that happened.

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Green Arrow Pilot Has Shades Of 'Bourne' Franchise

Posted 2/8/12 3:56 pm EST by in DC Comics, TV


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Just in time for the "Bourne Legacy" trailer comes another bit of unexpected Bourne goodness. As you're likely aware by now, there's a new Green Arrow pilot in the works at The CW — and no, it's got little else to do with the Oliver Queen seen on "Smallville."

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, CW development head Thom Sherman likened the "Arrow" lead to more of a Jason Bourne type than a classic superhero.

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'Man Of Steel' Director Zack Snyder Is Like Martin Scorsese, Michael Shannon Says

Posted 2/8/12 3:23 pm EST by in DC Comics, News



Michael Shannon wants to set the skeptics of Zack Snyder's upcoming "Superman" reboot, "Man of Steel," at ease. He has some pretty high praise for the "Sucker Punch" director, even going as far as to compare his visual style to Martin Scorsese.

"I think Zack is the master stylist, visually, I mean he’s up there with Scorsese in my book in terms of visual composition, orchestration, etc," Shannon said in a recent interview with The Playlist.

Shannon would be the man to know, too. Scorsese is executive producer on Shannon's HBO show "Boardwalk Empire," and also directed the series' pilot episode. And it does seem like a fair comparison. Despite what fans and critics may think about the films Snyder has directed, his visual style is undeniably unique and striking.

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'Justice League' Actress Explains Why Wonder Woman Is 'Iconic'

Posted 2/7/12 12:52 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


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Through more than a decade of work, voice actress Susan Eisenberg has become the definitive voice of Wonder Woman over multiple "Justice League" cartoon series and straight-for-DVD releases. She returns as Diana Prince in the upcoming "Justice League: Doom," which looks like yet another success in DC's long line of animated adaptations. "Doom" modifies the famous "Tower of Babel" JLA comic book storyline into something more expansive, replacing Ra's al Ghul with an entire Legion of Doom to use Batman's contingency plans against the Justice League.

In anticipation of the movie's release, Eisenberg gave an extensive interview in which she touched on all things DC-related.

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'Dark Knight Rises' Director Is 'The Most Secretive Guy,' Michael Caine Says

Posted 2/6/12 2:21 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


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Michael Caine's days of looking out for Bruce Wayne are coming to a close. The Oscar winner's final turn as trusted butler Alfred Pennyworth is coming up in this summer's "Dark Knight Rises," and as is the case with all things from the Christopher Nolan era of Batman movies, we'll miss him dearly.

But heartfelt sentiment isn't good enough if you're hoping for answers from Caine: like the rest of his costars, Caine is sworn to secrecy on all things "Dark Knight," no matter how nicely you ask.

"On Batman you get shot if you speak about it," Caine told The Mirror in a recent interview, only promising that "this one will definitely be the best ever."

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Max Landis Debuts 'Death Of Superman' Short Film

Posted 2/6/12 1:56 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


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Hey, remember back in 1992 when the marketing wizards of DC came up with the brilliant idea to kill off Superman? Remember how it was super confusing to anyone who even remotely understood the basic constructs of Superman's mythos, and how it irrevocably marred the franchise forever? Yeah, that was an awesome idea.

Max Landis, whose new found-footage superhero film "Chronicle" appears in theaters this weekend, has a few opinions about the Man of Steel's demise – and subsequently inexplainable return – in his short film, "The Death and Return of Superman."

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'Before Watchmen': Prequels, Reboots And Remakes, Oh My!

Posted 2/2/12 5:54 pm EST by in Commentary, DC Comics, Talk Nerdy


For me, if nothing else, "Before Watchmen" presents an opportunity to get something off my chest regarding today's culture of remakes, reboots and sequelitis in comics, film, television and beyond.

In short, here comes a rant. Apologies in advance.

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Ryan Reynolds Reflects On 'Green Lantern,' Uncertain About Sequel

Posted 2/1/12 3:49 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


As one of Hollywood's biggest comic book fans, Ryan Reynolds has aligned himself with several high profile superheroes in recent years, with varying degrees of success. His most ambitious effort to date, "Green Lantern," flew into theaters, but disappointed financially and didn't exactly dazzle the critics.

MTV News caught up with the actor while he was promoting his next film "Safe House," and Reynolds opened up about how he looks back on his films, "Green Lantern" in particular.

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'The Dark Knight Rises' Should Totally Be A Musical

Posted 2/1/12 2:08 pm EST by in Commentary, DC Comics


Dear Mr. Nolan,

Sorry to interrupt. I suspect you're cowl-deep in post-production work on the highly anticipated "Dark Knight Rises," which makes this 11th-hour query ill-timed at best. But, I just have to ask: Have you ever considered re-conceiving your grand Bat finale as a movie musical?

Now hear me out. For one, people really like singing superheroes. Secondly, I suspect the Bat Cave has amazing acoustics. And last, but perhaps most importantly, you've assembled one of the most musically inclined casts never to sing "Summer Nights" or "Do-Re-Mi."

To wit, before he was a billionaire tycoon, Bruce Wayne himself, Christian Bale, was just a hard-working paper hawker in the Disney musical "Newsies." Thought he's a bit embarrassed by the role nowadays, what a nice homage it would be to have Bruce's opening number be a review of the day's doings in the Gotham Gazette. Extry! Extry!

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