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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeShazam star Zachary Levi has spoken out in defence of James Gunn and Peter Safran following major shake-ups at DC Films.Following the appointment of Gunn and Safran as the new co-CEOs of the film studios, a number of major changes have been made.These have included Henry Cavill no longer returning as Superman, the shelving of Wonder Woman 3 and the pushing back of Black Adam 2. You can…

Image: Warner Bros.He’s in, he’s out, he’s in, he’s out: Ben Affleck’s spent as much time being rumored to be out of the Batcowl as he actually was in it. After he was seemingly gone for good with the announcement of Robert Pattinson starring in The Batman, there was the shocking news that Affleck would be one of two Batmen to appear in the upcoming Flash movie, alongside the return of Michael Keaton’s classic take on Bruce Wayne. As far as we know, that’s still on the cards for The Flash next year—but beyond that, all we…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeOn 15 December, new DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran announced that they had a new release plan ready to go.The following days were filled with announcements of cancellations, firings, and the reported axing of three projects: Black Adam 2, a new Superman film starring Henry Cavill, andWonder Woman 3.Online backlash from fans prompted Gunn to release a statement calling the…

Image: Warner Bros.Remember that big Henry Cavill Superman comeback we were all ready for? The one teased at the end of Black Adam and then confirmed by Cavill himself? Well, it’s not happening. Instead, a new Superman film will focus on a younger version of the character, which James Gunn himself is writing.Cavill revealed on Instagram that he just met with DC Films’ bosses Gunn and Peter Safran,who told him he’s not part of their plans. Here’s the full statement.“Peter & I have a DC slate ready to go, which we…

Image: Warner Bros./DC ComicsThe past week has been eventful for fans of DC movies. Between a debut poster for Blue Beetle, everything going on with Dwayne Johnson and Black Adam, and varying movies getting put on hold or maybe straight up gone, things are looking...kinda weird as James Gunn and Peter Safran begin to settle on what the next few years of DC movies will look like. Such weirdness is nothing new for this blockbuster franchise, unfortunately, but the last few days have really underlined the…

Image: Christian Ward/DC ComicsThe still fairly recent hiring of James Gunn and Peter Safran to head up Warner Bros.’ DC Films arm has sent some ripples through the already turbulent air of DC movies. Wonder Woman’s third movie was put on ice ahead of Gunn and Safran’s pitch to WB for their overall plan, sequels for Superman and Black Adam may have gotten backburnered, and so on. Things are currently so uncertain that even movies you’d expect to be a sure thing are no longer going forward at the moment, like a Batman…

Wonder Woman might not be back for 3Image: Warner Bros.When Warner Bros. hired James Gunn and Peter Safran to reimagine the DC Universe, everyone expected changes. But no one could have expected that one of the studio’s surefire heroes, Wonder Woman, would come under the axe. That is, apparently what has happened though as Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 3 has been canceled, which might be the writing on the wall for all the characters castby DC filmmaker Zack Snyder.The Hollywood Reporter broke the news, revealing that…

James Gunn is confirming a key bit of information about some of the behind-the-scenes machinations at DC Studios, which he runs as an executive alongside Peter Safran for Warner Bros. Discovery. As We Got This Covered previously reported, a news article surfaced citing anonymous insiders that no set plans are currently in place for the Henry Cavill Superman follow-up film, but the search may still be on for a writer and director. However, the article said the overall plan for the DC Universe is currently being fine-tuned…

All three of these guys are in upcoming movies. Or are they?Image: Warner Bros.It’s true. The hierarchy of power in the DC universe is about to change. But it won’t be Black Adam doing the changing—it’s Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. At a recent event, he described the future of DC Films as more focused and singular than it had been in the past. “There’s not going to be four Batmans,” he said.Speaking at the Capital Markets’ Technology, Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference (via IndieWire), the…

Image: DC ComicsLindsay Lohan wants a Freaky Friday 2 to happen. Giselle breaks into song in a new Disenchanted clip. Plus, what’s coming on the Chucky season 2 finale and the next episode of Titans. Spoilers, away!LoboDuring a recent interview with CBR, Jason Momoa was asked to “blink twice” if his secret DC project with James Gunn involved the alien bounty hunter, Lobo. In response, the actor stated “comic book fans around the world are going to be very excited” about the collaboration, adding that the character in…