DC Is Already Preparing For Its Heroes’ Public Domain Era

The arrival of Steamboat Willie—and with it, the first steps of Mickey Mouse himself—into the public domain at the start of 2024 has been a milestone that, in just under three weeks, already seen a bevy of horrifying riffs and a look ahead to what other stalwarts of culture will join him next. At Warner … Read more

The DCEU Ends All Over Again When Aquaman 2 Heads Home This Month

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom already has its home release dates, and they’re closer than you may think. While there’s no word yet on when it’ll debut on Max, the film will be available digitally next week on January 23, ahead of its DVD/Blu-ray/4K release on March 12. One would expect the Max date to … Read more

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bride of Frankenstein Movie is Aliiiiiiive! With a Stacked Cast

Image: Universal Pictures Netflix and Lionsgate aren’t the only ones with Frankenstein movies in the works. Warner Bros. also has a movie about the undead creature and his lovely Bride in production, and the Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed picture has built up a pretty sizable roster of actors. Spoilers of the Week May 16-20 Per Deadline, Women … Read more

DC Is Hunting for Its New Supergirl

Superman will make his return to the big screen next year and he might be bringing Supergirl with him. Last year, when James Gunn and Peter Safran revealed their ambitious schedule for the future of the DC Universe, it included a film called Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, based on the Tom King comics. Now, with … Read more

Margot Robbie Is Still DC’s Harley Quinn if She Wants to Be, Which She Probably Doesn’t

Margot Robbie was already a massive star when she first took on the role of Harley Quinn. Now, almost 10 years later, she’s only become more famous and popular, especially after starring in and producing the biggest movie of 2023, Barbie. She certainly doesn’t need to come back to the role, especially with the DC … Read more

The Author of Ready Player One Has Launched His Own Torment Nexus

Ernest Cline, the bestselling author of Ready Player One, apparently never learned the lesson of his own book. The novelist—whose sci-fi hit depicts a dystopian world in which people forego societal engagement for the illusory pleasures of a Matrix-like video game world—has decided to launch his own “metaverse” platform that will be used to recycle … Read more

Wonka’s Surprisingly Sweet Box Office Helped Cure Warner’s Aquaman Blues

Image: Warner Bros. We snickered at the concept when we first heard about Wonka, and we scratched our heads once we saw the trailers—especially the parts revealing Hugh Grant’s Ooompa-Loompa character. But one should never doubt the power of chocolate… or a singing, dancing, Timothée Chalamet, because Wonka is a hit. Spoilers of the Week: … Read more

Everything Big Tech Killed Off in 2023

Google Stadia finally met its end in January this year, but it was just a drop in the bucket for the number of products and services the company killed in 2023.Image: Colleen Michaels (Shutterstock) Big Tech went on a murder spree in 2023. We saw the end of many once-loved products and services, all swallowed … Read more

Rogue Squadron Should’ve Existed This Weekend

Ever since The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, Disney has struggled with getting more Star Wars movies off the ground. In the years since, Lucasfilm has had a nasty habit of announcing things for the series and then not making them, if they ever actually existed at all. And it all dates back to December … Read more

Aquaman’s Good Vibes Kept It Afloat for Only So Long

Almost every DC Comics movie released in the last five or six years has done so with baggage attached that can’t help but talked about. In many cases, said baggage helps inform why the film is what it is, but in other cases, it gets in the way of what makes an individual film rise … Read more