So, where does this news comes from? What did Zack Snyder say or do? Well, he didn’t really say anything, but what he did do was post an image on Vero.

This image was a Thanksgiving picture. He was celebrating Thanksgiving and wanted to share a picture of his turkey with his fans.

Credit: Zack Snyder (On Vero)

However, ComicBook spotted something rather interesting in the blurred background. It was a comic book that was strategically placed.

The comic book was Absolute Final Crisis and he had a pair of notebooks on top of it. Coincidence? We think not.

Did Zack Snyder just tease a sequel to Zack Snyder’s Justice League?

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To add to this, there was a recent tweet from artist Clay Staub that depicted Darkseid and Desaad along with the Zack Snyder’s Justice League hashtag. This tweet got fans excited that something might be happening.

However, Staub later clarified that the sketch was just something he did while watching the Snyder Cut, but there are still some fans that are insisting that the two posts are linked and mean something.

One could dismiss all of this as just fans wishing something into existence and seeing patterns when there are none. However, Snyder has done this sort of thing in the past with the Snyder Cut.

Perhaps this means the return of the SnyderVerse, which could end up happening thanks to WarnerMedia and Discovery’s recent merger. Stranger things have happened.

What do you make of this news? Would you like to see Zack Snyder make a sequel to his epic Justice League movie? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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People have been taking to the Internet in their droves over the last few years demanding that Warner Bros. release the Ayer Cut.

It’s basically been a thing ever since the movie was first released.

It was no secret that the film that was released in cinemas was not the movie that Ayer wanted to make.

Ayer then revealed that fact on Twitter and also revealed that his cut of the movie was much darker and also that it actually existed.

The writer/director has since been sharing images from his cut of the movie, and recently revealed a new image of Jared Leto’s Joker in the film.

Ayer’s been very vocal with his praise of the actors’ performance in his cut of Suicide Squad.

According to Ayer, the relationship between Joker and Harley Quinn was apparently a significant aspect of the movie originally, with Leto having once said that there was enough cut footage to make a whole movie out of it.

Should Warner Bros. release the Ayer cut?

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So, it should come as much of a surprise to learn that Jared Leto is very keen on the idea of the Ayer Cut being released to the world.

When Leto was asked whether he would like to see David Ayer’s cut of Suicide Squad on HBO Max, Leto’s response was pretty definitive:

Absolutely. Why not? Why wouldn’t they? That’s what streaming’s for, right?

You can check out his response via Variety’s tweet below.

Jared Leto says #ReleaseTheAyerCut: "Absolutely. Why not? Why wouldn't they? That's what streaming's for, right?" https://t.co/zxbXC1Mklo pic.twitter.com/QLMVtysfaf

— Variety (@Variety) November 19, 2021

Jared Leto joins the #ReleaseTheAyerCut cause

Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

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I completely understand why people like to bring up the Release The Snyder Cut movement in this conversation.

However, I do think that the Snyder Cut and the Ayer Cut are actually quite different.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League needed quite a bit of money to be completed, whereas, David Ayer’s cut of Suicide Squad is done and ready to go.

It doesn’t need any more investment. It just needs to be released.

Ayer’s cut of the film was supposedly screened in a completed form for Warner Bros. executives before they asked for more edits, and kicked off a process the resulted in the final theatrical version of the movie.

Ayer also wrote this about the movie in an open letter on Twitter:

I put my life into Suicide Squad. I made something amazing. My cut is intricate and emotional journey with some bad people who are shit on and discarded (a theme that resonates in my soul). The studio cut is not my movie. Read that again. And my cut is not the 10-week director’s cut – it’s a fully mature edit by Lee Smith standing on the incredible work by John Gilroy. It’s all Steven Price’s brilliant score, with not a single radio song in the whole thing. It has traditional character arcs, amazing performances, a solid third-act resolution. A handful of people have seen it.

Warner Bros. has shot down the idea of releasing the Ayer Cut.

Studio exec Ann Sarnoff said in an interview that they would “not be developing” the director’s version of the film.

However, they also said they weren’t going to be releasing Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

Things do change, sometimes.

What do you make of this news?

Do you agree with Jared Leto and think that Warner Bros. Pictures should release the David Ayer cut of Suicide Squad?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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So, let’s get into the meat of this story and try to get to the bottom of whether Barry Keoghan is really playing the Joker or not in The Batman.

It all started a while back when it was revealed that Keoghan had been cast in the movie.

Officially, his character is a Gotham City Police Department called officer Stanley Merkel.

Now, Merkel is a character from the comic books.

He was created by Frank Miller and first appeared canonically in 1987’s Batman #405.

In this issue, he served as Jim Gordon’s partner and was later killed by Sofia Falcone/Hangman.

Is Barry Keoghan really going to be playing The Joker in The Batman?

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Well, it was then teased by Barry’s brother, Eric, on social media that he was going to be playing The Joker in the movie.

In a now-deleted exchange, Eric Keoghan responded to a rumour that Barry Keoghan would play the Joker.

Here’s what he had to say on the matter:

So it’s finally out My Brother playing the JOKER in the new Batman Unreal Stuff.

I have to admit that this is by no means an official confirmation that Keoghan will be playing a version of the Joker in the movie.

Eric could very easily be trolling the fans, and I wouldn’t put it past him.

However, there have been rumours from the very beginning that there’s more to Keoghan’s character than meets the eye.

Would Barry Keoghan be a good choice for the role?

Credit: Film4

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It has been speculated that Barry’s character will end up being a villain in this upcoming film.

I think it makes sense given Keoghan’s talents at playing rather strange and menacing characters.

He was even pretty threatening and quite scary as Druig in Marvel’s Eternals.

His character wasn’t a villain in the film, but Keoghan’s performance made it clear that the character could turn at any moment.

Personally, I think he would be an excellent choice for the role of The Joker.

However, I’m not so sure that will end up happening, especially given the fact that Joaquin Phoenix is still officially playing a version of the Joker in an upcoming sequel to 2019’s Joker.

What do you make of this news?

Do you think Barry Keoghan would be a good choice for The Joker in Matt Reeves’ upcoming Batman film?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Fans have been dying to know more about this upcoming coming, and thankfully, they now have something more to go on.

Warner Bros. Pictures released a new plot synopsis for The Batman on Wednesday.

Here it is:

When a killer targets Gotham’s elite with a series of sadistic machinations, a trail of cryptic clues sends the World’s Greatest Detective on an investigation into the underworld, where he encounters such characters as Selina Kyle/aka Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz), Oswald Cobblepot/aka the Penguin (Colin Farrell), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), and Edward Nashton/aka the Riddler (Paul Dano). As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator’s plans becomes clear, Batman must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit, and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued Gotham City.

The Batman is going to feature so many Batman villains!

Read more: The Batman Plot Synopsis Released By Warner Bros.

So, what can we glean about the movie from this plot synopsis?

Well, it seems to be teasing that the movie’s villains will team up against Robert Pattinson’s Batman.

It’s the bit when the synopsis reads: “a trail of cryptic clues sends the World’s Greatest Detective on an investigation into the underworld, where he encounters such characters as Selina Kyle/aka Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz), Oswald Cobblepot/aka the Penguin (Colin Farrell), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), and Edward Nashton/aka the Riddler (Paul Dano).”

It’s interesting that it lists all the villains in the movie.

Now, I don’t think that Catwoman will be a ‘villain’ in this movie. I think she’ll end up helping Batman.

However, I’m pretty sure we’re going to see her do some illegal things, such as stealing, and I think Batman will stop her in the act.

Will Batman villain will be the leader?

Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

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The thing I would really like to know is who’s really behind all of this.

The movie’s trailers and promotional material is heavily hinting at Paul Dano’s The Riddler being the ring-leader in this movie.

It makes it seem as though he’s the one pulling all the strings and getting Batman all riled up.

However, could there be someone else behind it all?

The one thing I wonder is what is Peter Sarsgaard’s District Attorney Gil Colson doing in the movie.

Also, there have been rumours that Barry Keoghan is actually playing a new version of The Joker in the movie.

He’s officially down as playing a character called Officer Stanley Merkel.

However, his brother recently teased on Instagram that Barry’s actually going to be playing The Joker in the movie.

What do you make of this news?

Are you looking forward to watching The Batman when it’s released in cinemas?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Johnson did actually reveal in an interview with Esquire that he’s trying to make Black Adam vs. Superman happen in the DC Universe.

Now, when he said this, he was referring to Henry Cavill’s version of the character.

How do we know this? Because he was reacting to an image of his Black Adam going up against Henry Cavill’s Superman.

Here’s what Dwayne had to say on the matter:

Black Adam fighting Superman? I would love for that to happen. I’ve always been a big proponent of that, especially considering Black Adam can kick the shit out of Superman. I think fans can anticipate it. I will continue to do the most that we can to try and make that happen.

Dwayne Johnson wants Black Adam to fight Henry Cavill’s Superman in a Black Adam sequel

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Johnson went on to talk about the differences between Black Adam and Superman. Here’s what he said:

You know, what’s interesting about Black Adam is he has the speed of Superman, he flies like Superman, he has the powers of Superman. You know, Superman’s greatest weakness a lot of people think it’s kryptonite. Kryptonite if very powerful, but Superman’s greatest weakness is actually magic, and Black Adam is blessed with magic. And, all superheroes they have a code of ethics that they live by. Superman won’t kill anyone, but in Black Adam’s world, if you harm his people, or his family, or him, you die.

We were then informed by an insider that Dwayne Johnson and Henry Cavill have been trying to set this up for quite some time now.

Johnson and Cavill have been desperately trying to get Black Adam and Superman in the same movie. The idea is to have them fight in a Black Adam sequel.

The source then added that the problem has been on Warner Bros. Pictures’ end who still aren’t playing ball with Cavill as far as his Superman contract’s concerned.

What do you make of this news?

Would you like to see Dwayne Johnson Black Adam and Henry Cavill’s Superman fight one another on-screen?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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He told Entertainment Weekly that he’s a huge fan of what Javicia Leslie’s been doing on The CW’s Batwoman show.

However, Gustin did also reveal that this won’t be your usual kind of team-up.

These DC Comics CW shows have done a lot of crossovers in the past.

Yet, it sounds like they’re thinking of doing something slightly different moving forward.

What Gustin did confirm was that Leslie was on The Flash’s set, so we should expect to see her in the upcoming season of the speedster’s show.

The Flash and Batwoman might get a crossover episode

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Here’s what Gustin told Entertainment Weekly about a possible The Flash/Batwoman crossover episode:

Without spoiling too much, it’s not going to be what everybody would expect. By the time we’ve crossed paths on the show, it’s not going to be a typical Flash and Batwoman team-up I think is all I can really say. It was great having Javicia on set, great working with her. We’ve hooked up off set. She’s trained with my wife, actually, and we’ve hung out from time to time, and I really like her. So, it was cool to actually be on set with her. But, it’s not going to be the Flash-Batwoman team-up, per se, that people are probably expecting.

What do you make of this news?

Are you looking forward to seeing this The Flash and Batwoman crossover/team-up?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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He revealed this during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, and we here at Small Screen really do hope he gets to play the role again.

There have been some rumours over the past months that he might be done playing the role.

Anyway, here’s what he had to say when he was asked about the DC Comics role:

There is still a lot of storytelling for me to do as a Superman, and I would absolutely love the opportunity. The killing of Zod gave a reason for the character never to kill again. Superman falling to the ground and screaming afterward — I don’t think that was originally in the script, but I wanted to show the pain he had. I did far more emotional takes they didn’t choose; tears were happening. He just killed the last remaining member of his species. That’s the choice he made in that moment, and he’ll never do that again. There’s an opportunity for growth after that, to explore the psyche of Superman as a deep, seemingly invulnerable god-like being but with real feeling on the inside. As I always say, ‘The cape is still in the closet.’

Cavill isn’t done playing Superman

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The bit of that rather long quote that you need to pay close attention to is when he said, “The cape is still in the closet”.

He’s not thinking for one second that his time playing Superman is over.

This comes after it was revealed that Warner Bros. Pictures had given the greenlight on a new Superman movie which is going to star Michael B. Jordan.

However, Cavill was keen to stress that you can have two versions of the same character in the DC Universe.

Here’s what he had to say about Jordan’s upcoming Superman movie:

It’s exciting — Superman’s far more than skin colour. Superman is an ideal. Superman’s an extraordinary thing that lives within our hearts. Why not have multiple Supermen going on? Joaquin Phoenix did a wonderful Joker movie; so what if it’s not tied to the rest of [the franchise]? They have multiple Superman comic book storylines happening at the same time.

What about Captain Britain?

Credit: Reddit

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However, Cavill was also asked about the MCU and specifically the chances of him playing Captain Britain.

Here’s what he had to say about those rumours:

I’m never going to say a Marvel character that is already being played by someone else because everyone’s doing such an amazing job. However, I have the internet and I have seen the various rumours about Captain Britain and that would be loads of fun to do a cool, modernized version of that — like the way they modernized Captain America. There’s something fun about that, and I do love being British.

What do you make of this news?

Are you glad to hear Henry Cavill say he’s not done playing Superman?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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However, he can be either the films biggest strength or its biggest weakness.

The Strengths Of Having Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam

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Dwayne Johnson obviously cares and desires to see this role made a reality.

It’s his production company that has taken the reigns and pushed the release forward with DC and Warner Bros. Pictures.

Originally back in the early 2000’s Johnson was tipped to play Captain Marvel but soon convinced others to his preferred role as the anti-villain Black Adam.

His box office record speaks for itself, after an initial rocky (pardon the pun) start in the early 2000’s he’s since become a bonafide blockbuster draw.

Perhaps should be mentioned in the same breath as Tom Cruise and Will Smith in terms of star power both domestically and across the globe.

Recent films, Jungle Cruise ($117m US, $207m total), Jumanji: The Next Level ($316m US, $798m total), Hobbs and Shaw ($173m US, $586m total), Rampage ($101m US, $326m total) have proven he can walk and talk the talk.

This box office power can only help with a new character entering the DC cinematic universe & arguably knowing Johnson, he’ll want to be as big if not a bigger success than Batman.

And what are the Weaknesses?

Credit: DC Films

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Perhaps what has allowed Johnson the most success of recent times at the box office, is fans know exactly what they are going to get.

To be critical, he hardly ever plays a different character other than what seems to be a more hyped-up version of himself, similar to the character in his wrestling background, The Rock.

The Rock’s career path has been hugely successful sticking to what he knows and playing that character.

However, he’s flexed his acting chops on more than one occasion in the past to critical acclaim, for instance in Be Cool, back in 2003.

A man who is pretty much indestructible as it is in a string of blockbusters, will audiences queue up at the box office to see more of the same in a comic book movie?

For Black Adam, Johnson needs to give us something different…

An actual character and depth in performance to help audiences distinguish between the Actor they’ve seen before, and this new entry into the DC Universe.

Black Adam will be similar to the Dark Knight?

Recently a producer on the movie, Harim Garcia stated that we can expect something edgy, pushing the edges more similar to The Dark Knight.

Such a statement is highly dangerous but if they can match anywhere near 50% of the performances within what has been deemed one of if not the greatest superhero film of all time, it’ll be a winner.

But can Johnson show us a persona in the same way Christian Bale or the late Heath Ledger managed to do as Bruce Wayne/Batman and The Joker respectively?

We’ll have to wait and see.

What do you think? Will Dwayne Johnson give us a great film?

Or will we get more of the same?

Will you be watching Black Adam? Let us know the comments, if not why not? We’d love to hear from you.

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It was revealed by the film’s producer, Hiram Garcia in a recent interview with CBR that the movie will have a very high kill count.

We got to see our first clip from the film at this year’s DC FanDome.

It was actually pretty cool, but also rather scary.

The clip showed Black Adam being ‘woken up’ and he proceeds to kill a whole load of people within the blink of an eye.

It was a great clip, but also demonstrated that this movie is going to be very, very dark.

Black Adam is going to have a very high kill count

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Here’s what Garcia had to say about the character’s high kill count in the upcoming movie:

Black Adam is edgy, right? That’s gonna be a PG-13 movie where it was very much like, say, The Dark Knight, where that pushed the edges of PG-13. I think we do that very much with Black Adam. We have a very high kill count in our movie.

So, it sounds as though this movie will still be a PG-13 – however, it’ll really be pushing the boundaries of a PG-13.

This means that the movie might not really be suitable for younger kids.

What do you make of this news?

Are you looking forward to seeing Black Adam?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Here is The Batman’s new plot synopsis (via ComicBook):

The Batman is an edgy, action-packed thriller that depicts Batman in his early years, struggling to balance rage with righteousness as he investigates a disturbing mystery that has terrorized Gotham. Robert Pattinson delivers a raw, intense portrayal of Batman as a disillusioned, desperate vigilante awakened by the realization that the anger consuming him makes him no better than the ruthless serial killer he’s hunting.

So, it sounds like this version of Batman is going to be very different to the ones we’ve seen on the big screen before.

The Batman’s plot synopsis has been released

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The Batman is directed by Matt Reeves with an all-star cast.

Robert Pattinson will be playing Batman in the movie.

He’ll be joined by the likes of Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Barry Koeghan, Andy Serkis, Paul Dano, John Torturro, and more.

The film will have a score by Michael Giacchino, who’s well-known in the industry for his work on Lost, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and many more.

Back in August, Jeffrey Wright, who’s playing Commissioner Gordon in the movie, was full of praise for Pattinson’s performance as Batman in the movie.

Here’s what he told ComicBook about Pattinson’s performance:

We all made this film together, Rob and Zoë [Kravitz] and Colin [Farrell] and John Turturro, all of us working under Matt Reeves’ direction, to create these characters and a Gotham that was specific to our film. And so whatever we do individually is kind of a reflection of what we’re all doing and what Matt’s vision is. And it’s a very specific one. It’s a bit more of a throwback to the DC, as in Detective Comics, of it all.

What do you make of this news?

Are you looking forward to watching The Batman when it’s released in cinemas?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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