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Image: Warner Bros.2022 is behind us, but it seems like the mystery of just what the hell went down with Warner Bros.’ scrapping of the Batgirl movie will be with us for a while yet—especially while star Leslie Grace is still teasing tidbits of what the allegedly near-completed movie could’ve done for Barbara Gordon.In a new Instagram video Grace posted on New Years Day, the actress shared plenty of very brief looks from behind the scenes on Batgirl. But included in one of the snippets is a shot ofGrace grabbing food in…

The Flash will still theoretically hit theaters this summer, though the Scarlet Speedster’s long-awaited solo adventure is arriving under a cloud. The elephant in the room throughout its promotional campaign will be star Ezra Miller’s headline-grabbing criminal antics. However, there’s also the uncomfortable fact that with James Gunn now running the DCU, any plot elements introduced in the movie likely won’t be followed up on. Regardless, the trailers tease a multiversal adventure featuring Michael Keaton’s ’89 Batman…

The Scarlet Witch, aka Wanda Maximoff, has not been able to catch a break for decades. Whether in comics, TV, or movies, there’s seemingly no medium where she doesn’t suffer horribly, driven to madness by her incredible power and haunted by the sins of her past. The new Scarlet Witch ongoing seeks to change that. Written by Steve Orlando with art by Sara Pichelli and colorist Matt Wilson, this series features a Wanda who is finally at peace with herself, and she’s getting back into the superhero life. With a new…

Screengrab via Marvel Studios The MCU doesn’t just give fans action and suspense. It brings visual stimulation that includes settings, neat gadgets, and awesome suits. Where the latter comes from is up to specialists like Autumn Arkapaw who worked hard to accomplish Ryan Coogler’s DCU-inspired vision in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Ruth E. Carter and Hannah Beachler, who assisted in the making of the first Black Panther film, were brought back to assist in the new vision, which included a good bit of…

Alice Estes Davis, who went from designing women’s lingerie and undergarments to coming up with costumes for Disney theme park attractions, films and TV shows, has died. She was 93. Davis died Thursday at her Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Animation told The Hollywood Reporter. Named a Disney Legend in 2004, she was married to animator Marc Davis — one of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men” — from June 1956 until his death in January 2000. (He became a Disney Legend…

Image via 20th Century Fox Happy Halloween, fans of the House of Ideas! Before you no doubt binge all the Marvel content that’s vaguely spooky, from Blade to the Man-Thing movie, let’s first recap the biggest MCU-related news of the day. Interestingly, the X-Men seemed to be the theme of the year this Oct. 31 as some of Hollywood’s hottest stars cosplayed as the Children of the Atom. Meanwhile, a notorious Marvel movie is yours to enjoy for free while yet another contender for Reed Richards has entered the fray.…

Image: Universal Ethan Hawke has no shame representing his biggest role of the year for Halloween, with him channeling horror’s surprise hit from 2022 for spooky season. Hawke continued his fruitful collaboration with director Scott Derrickson for The Black Phone, landing one of the biggest box office hits of the year in the horror genre. Grossing $161 million from a budget of $18 million, it’s no surprise Hawke is in a celebratory mood on Halloween for the film. While other stars dressed up as Rogue, Storm,…

It’s been seven months since the winners of the 94th Academy Awards were presented on ABC, and yet rather than any of the recipients of those golden trophies still regularly entering conversations, the most popular topic concerning that night continues to be when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage. Now that surprising moment has reached a new level of pop culture resonance: being turned into a child’s Halloween costume, and we have The View to thank for it.The View hosts Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny…

Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for TIME / Marvel Comics In case you had any doubts over who should be the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Rogue, Keke Palmer has nullified all of them with her incredible Halloween costume. Star of Jordan Peele’s Nope made headlines during the promotional tour over her desire to play Anna LaBeau in the forthcoming X-Men live-action reboot in the MCU, with rumors making their way straight to Palmer. The 29-year-old actress gave a tongue-in-cheek answer to the rumors earlier in…

Credit: Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images / New Line Cinema Happy Friday, genre junkies! The time is finally upon us, although it truthfully feels like it happened far too quickly. Yes, at last, Halloween weekend is here! Ghouls, goblins, mummies, and monsters from all around the nation will be bobbing for apples, entering in costume contests, and downing various amounts of shots to celebrate one of the scariest (and best) times of the year. With that being said, Halloween would fail to seem as significant without…