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Swamp Thing debuts new episodes every Friday on the DC Universe streaming service. Swamp Thing stars Crystal Reed, Andy Bean, Derek Mears, Jennifer Beals, Henderson Wade, Will Patton, Virginia Madsen, Jeryl Prescott, Henderson Wade and Kevin Durand. Synopsis Something unnatural is happening in the swamps outside Marais, Louisiana. When a mysterious illness strikes the town, CDC investigator (and former Marais native) Abby Arcane is sent to investigate. Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVnHZ5SF1Jg&t=3s Review Swamp Thing, the third entry in to the live-action DC Universe… well… universe finally arrives on mobile devices, streaming boxes and consoles across North America today. The James Wan/Len Wiseman masterminded…

Back in 2011 Kingsman director Matthew Vaughn brought us what remans to be one of the most refreshing X-Men movies in the franchise. X-Men: First Class refreshed the franchise and introduced the characters to a whole new generation of cinema goers. At the time news of sequels was rife in the press with Vaughn said to be working on a trilogy of his own. Events unfortunately meant that Vaughn didn’t continue with the series and Bryan Singer returned to the franchise to direct 2014’s Days of Future Past and 2016’s Apocalypse. But in a new interview with Coming Soon Vaughn…

Earlier in the week we brought you the news that the Black Widow solo movie had begun production in Norway. Now the first photos from the set have surfaced online. There’s nothing spoiler-y here so don’t worry. We just have several looks at Scarlett Johansson on the set of the movie. It seems the movie is currently filming some low key scenes, probably before moving to bigger sets for any action sequences. What is most interesting is that Marvel Studios has yet to formally acknowledge that the movie exists, never mind that it is already in production. https://twitter.com/widowarrior/status/1133708654664933377 https://twitter.com/scarlettshines/status/1133696071631196160 Black…

Things have begun to quiet down in the world of Avengers: Endgame. The movie has now been in theatres for a month and with spoilers rife on the internet the conversation have begun to take a back seat. One point which is still on the minds of Marvel fans is whether the movie can surpass Avatar to become the highest grossing movie of all time. When last we heard about the gap between the two the Marvel Studios release needed to gross a further $173m to be able to take the crown. That figure has now significantly reduced. According to…

Though it might not screen comic book, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s The Kitchen is adapted right from the pages of DC/Vertigo. The Kitchen was a 2014 miniseries which came from the minds of Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle. It focusses on three mob wives in Hell’s Kitchen (McCarthy, Haddish and Moss) in the 1970s who take over the city’s criminal empire when their husbands are sent down by the FBI. Despite the comedic chops of several of its leads the film is very much a gritty, mob drama with a heavy hit of 70s nostalgia. Check out the…

The final countdown is on as Dark Phoenix is now less than a week away from hitting cinemas across the globe. In this latest video interview actors Evan Peters (Quicksilver), Alexandra Shipp (Storm) and Tye Sheridan (Cyclops) talk all things X-Men! The group discusses how the tone of Dark Phoenix differs from other X-Men movies as well as touching on their characters and the legacy the franchise has amongst moviegoers. Check it out in the player below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k94KcSIj9WM In Dark Phoenix, the X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission…

It’s been a little while since Birds of Prey wrapped production. Cathy Yan is currently deep in the editing process on 2020’s first DC Films movie but that hasn’t stopped cast member Mary Elizabeth Winstead discussing it in the press. In a new interview with NY Times the actress touched on the aesthetic of the movie describing a 90s feel and calling Birds of Prey as “genuinely funny”. Here’s what she had to say: “In Birds of Prey I play this assassin who’s been trained since childhood. It’s all women and genuinely funny and weird. It feels from the ’90s, in the…

It’s no secret that a certain subset of Game of Thrones fans were unhappy with how the hit series came to an end. With Danaerys failing to sit on the throne before her demise, Jon Snow banished back to the wall and Bran on the throne, to some it felt like a disingenuous ending. Well now actor Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran), has commented on just how the ending tied in with George R.R. Martin’s vision for the franchise. “[Creators] David [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss] told me there were two things [author] George R.R. Martin had planned for Bran, and that…

There was nothing short of furore when Robert Pattinson was reportedly cast as Batman a couple of weeks ago. Now we’re hearing that Matt Reeves The Batman may not have cast its Dark Knight just yet. TheWrap reporter Umberto Gonzalez posted an update on Twitter late last night on where the studio is currently at with its search. Robert Pattinson is still very much in the frame and is joined by Dark Phoenix star Nicholas Hoult. At this stage it is believed that both actors will be screen testing next week. Perhaps the most exciting tidbit of new here is…

Today Swamp Thing will debut its first episode via the DC Universe streaming service. The series is taking heavy inspiration from Alan Moore’s classic comic book run on the title and looks set to take DC in a new, horror-tinged direction. If you haven’t picked up a Swamp Thing comic book before fear not, we’re here to get you ready for the pilot episode of the series with all you need to know! The Creative Team The pilot of Swamp Thing is directed by veteran TV and movie director Len Wiseman (Underworld). Wiseman’s IMDb profile features some heavyweights of film…