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The evidence continues to pile up that the in-development Cyborg solo film may no longer be on the DCEU’s slate. While Marvel Studios spent years developing their individual characters before teaming them up in The Avengers, Warner Bros. and DC took a different approach. New characters like The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg had brief teases, but it wasn’t until Justice League that general audiences really got to know them. And with the poor critical and financial reception the movie received, the future of the DCEU has become a big question mark....

When Carrie Fisher passed away at the age of 60 two days following Christmas after suffering a heart attack on a flight, tributes poured in from all over the Hollywood firmament. Fisher, after all, had footprints in several different corners of the entertainment industry, from sci-fi to the theater to admirers of her mother, Debbie Reynolds, who died the following day. There were also those who loved Fisher in real life....

Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon deleted his Twitter account after far-right conservatives on the website 4chan dug up an offensive sketch he wrote and produced in 2009. Harmon is the latest in a growing line of Hollywood creatives whose tweets have attracted the attention of internet communities like 4chan, the pro-Trump subreddit r/The_Donald, and the greater alt-right movement as a whole. In the wake of James Gunn’s firing by Disney last week over offensive jokes he tweeted over a decade ago, Patton Oswalt and Michael Ian Black – both outspoken against the Trump administration – have also come under fire for what some right-wing influencers - like conservative media personality and conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich - insist is similarly distasteful material....

Dauntless combines Monster Hunter and Destiny to create a fun experience which nonetheless falls prey to the trappings of free-to-play MMO economics. The world of Dauntless, published by Epic Games, is thinly defined and its free-to-play nature can never be overcome, but hunting monsters with friends or strangers never gets old. It’s not at all reductive to call Dauntless the love child of Monster Hunter and Destiny. Like the former, the core gameplay involves co-op teams taking down large beasts and using resources acquired during the hunt to upgrade weapons and equipment, thus becoming stronger and able to confront more powerful creatures....

Deadpool’s insouciant brand of humor makes him a natural for late-night TV, as his recent appearance on CBS’s The Late Late Show with James Corden proved. Taking note of this, Deadpool fans have created a petition for their favorite motor-mouthed assassin to host the pinnacle of late-night comedy shows, Saturday Night Live. The Merc With a Mouth appearing on SNL would certainly be a first. While the show has been hosted by fictional characters in the past, most notably by Paul Reubens as Pee Wee Herman and Don Novello as Father Guido Sarducci, it has not yet been hosted by a superhero....

Deadpool’s Ryan Reynolds took to social media to congratulate Avengers: Infinity War on blowing up the box office this weekend. Going into the weekend, projections had Avengers: Infinity War falling short of the records for biggest domestic and worldwide opening. But now that the actual numbers are in, it turns out the projections were off. As a matter of fact, Avengers: Infinity War turned out to be bigger than anyone could ever have predicted....

The Defenders Was A Disappointment Look, let’s just admit it: The Defenders wasn’t great. Some neat action sequences and hints at future character crossovers aside, The Defenders was a dud, with the viewership stats to prove it. œA group of heroes fight evil ninjas, HBO-style is great on paper, but in execution, over eight hours, with a team that only barely gelled, it just didn’t work. Only half the protagonists, Danny Rand and Matt Murdoch, had genuine reason to be present, Murdoch being the only one whose story was effectively moved forward any....

Although iOS comes with a native Apple Music app, there are some third-party apps that offer even better experiences for those who subscribe to Apple’s streaming service. If you’re an Apple Music subscriber and want to find out how to better enjoy your music library, check out some of the best iOS apps with Apple Music integration. SongCapsule Instead of working as an alternative player to Apple Music, SongCapsule (formerly known as Next DJ) brings features that will help you rediscover your current music library....

Forget galaxies far away and Justice Leagues, there’s another big sci-fi film drawing major buzz. Blade Runner 2049 dropped a final trailer before it’s October release date, this time revealing a little more about the plot while still keeping the surprises intact. Starring Ryan Gosling as Officer K, with Harrison Ford reprising his role as Rick Deckard, the film is set 30 years after the original Blade Runner. It’s a sequel we never thought we’d get, yet Denis Villeneuve and executive producer Ridley Scott have delivered a film that so far feels as though it is a natural follow-up to....

Welcome to the Screen Rant Box Office Prediction. Every week we put together an informal list of box office picks for the upcoming weekend to offer readers a rough estimate of how new releases (and returning holdovers) will perform in theaters. For a recap of last week’s box office totals, read our box office wrap-up from Rings’ opening weekend, and scroll to the bottom of this post to see how our picks matched up....

Although the idea was first proposed in the mid ’80s, it took until 2003 before the world finally got a crossover movie featuring premiere slasher villains Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. Entitled simply Freddy vs. Jason, the film incorporated the mythologies of both the Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th horror franchises in an attempt to craft a believable scenario for the two murderous titans to clash within....

Fighting bad guys is so last season. Right now, the superhero genre is all about superheroes fighting one another: Batman V Superman, Daredevil vs. Punisher, and one half of the Avengers vs. the other half in Captain America: Civil War. The second Marvel Studios film from directing duo Anthony and Joe Russo, Civil War sees Iron Man and Captain America on opposing sides of an issue that affects not only them, but every other person with special abilities: should superheroes be supervised?...

Captain Marvel’s newest trailer reveals an overlap between the comic book blockbuster and popular anime Dragon Ball Z. Among the new information on Carol Danvers’ story arc, her supporting cast, and the Marvel movie’s 1995 setting as it pertains to the established Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans got a proper look at Captain Marvel’s powers in the new trailer, some of which evoked the visual language of superpowers from Dragon Ball Z....

Christopher Nolan is returning to theaters next summer with a new mystery movie getting an IMAX release in 2020. Nolan has become one of Hollywood’s biggest directors over the years. Since breaking onto the scene in 2000 with his mystery thriller Memento, he’s repeatedly helmed some of the biggest and most inventive films, and his reboot of Batman through his Dark Knight trilogy is viewed by many as some of the best comic book movies of all time....

[Warning: major spoilers for The Dark Tower ahead] With the first film only just hitting cinemas, it sounds like Columbia Pictures already has ambitious plans for where Nikolaj Arcel’s The Dark Tower could take us with a sequel. Adapting Stephen King’s sprawling saga, there are already plans for a TV series based on The Dark Tower, but it seems like another big screen adaptation isn’t off the table by any means....

Stefan Kapicic opened up about the future of the Deadpool franchise if it eventually boards the MCU under Marvel Studios and Disney. Having played the role of the goody-two-shoes mutant Colossus in the Ryan Reynolds-led film series, the actor is expected to return to reprise his role in future sequels centering on the Merc with a Mouth, as well as the planned spinoff films including Drew Goddard’s upcoming X-Force movie. However, the possibility that these plans could be derailed due to the in-process Disney and Fox merger is a major cause of concern for fans, especially given that Deadpool doesn’t necessarily fit the family-friendly brand that the House of Mouse is known for....

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Apple last year renewed “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” for a fifth season. The show was created before Apple even launched Apple TV+, so it was distributed through Apple Music. Now the fifth season is finally coming this month, this time on Apple TV+. Carpool Karaoke was originally created as a segment of The Late Late Show with James Corden. The comedian invites famous artists to sing along while he drives a car....

2016 has been a massive year for genre fare in cinemas and on the small screen, from superhero TV shows and movies and a new Star Trek movie on its 50th anniversary, to the long-awaited return of Star Wars and even the first Star Wars spinoff. From Deadpool and Batman V Superman to Captain America: Civil War, Suicide Squad, Supergirl and The Flash, there are more iconic characters getting adapted faithfully into live-action than ever before, and that means the best (and the most!...