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Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the show before the show before the show to show on here and…I said show too much. I have a headache. [“Smart” Mark D. Mark] – Move it geek! “Smart” Mark D. Mark is here to handle your wrestling needs, like that mirror that served your mom’s ashes on to snort like a Cuban vacuum. I’m going to cover the crap called Impact this week. Nathan tried to buy this s—t-show once and now he’s a loser for life! Impact begins, you twats!

Before The Impact Match #1: Steve Maclin b. Suicide

The Verdict: 6 out of 10 – This was not bad for a pre-show slop-fest. Your resident wrestling genius loves it when the best match of the show isn’t even on the main show. Russo’s at it again! I always...

Stephen Lang stars in Screen Gems Don’T Breathe 2. Photo By: Sergej Radovic

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In his 4 star review of Don’T Breathe, Tom Stockman enthusiastically says, “While none of the young actors make much of an impression with weak and unlikable characters, I still wish there had more of them to kill. I want a sequel! Heck, put ‘The Blind Man’ in the next Suicide Squad movie….with his dog Cujo and that turkey baster, he’d the most impressive villain on the screen!” (Review).

Check out the brand new trailer for the sequel Don’T Breathe 2

The sequel is set in the years following the initial deadly home invasion, where Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang) lives in quiet solace until his past sins catch up to him. Directed by Rodo Sayagues and written by Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues, based on characters created by Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues,...

Brianna Baker, who recurred heavily on the first two seasons of 9-1-1: Lone Star, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming third season of the Fox drama series.

Baker plays Paramedic Nancy Gillian, who works at the 126 under Captain Tommy Vega (Gina Torres). Nancy began working alongside T.K. Strand (Ronen Rubinstein), when her late partner tragically lost his life on a call. Baker has appeared in 20 episodes over the two seasons.

Starring Rob Lowe and Torres, Austin, TX-set 9-1-1: Lone Star follows Owen (Lowe), a sophisticated New York firefighter who, along with his son, relocates to the Texas capital and must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in his own life.

Ronen Rubinstein, Jim Parrack, Sierra McClain, Natacha Karam, Brian Michael Smith, Julian Works and Rafael Silva also star.

9-1-1: Lone Star...

In a recent tweet, James Gunn announced that his sequel/loose reboot of DC's The Suicide Squad was fully completed, and that the cast and crew would not be returning for any reshoots. This initially gave fans hope that they might be able to see the finished product earlier than anticipated, however, Gunn has since made it a point to inform expectant fans that the film will be keeping its August 6th release date, where it will be released dually in theaters and on HBO Max.

With so much ample time between completion and release, fans have had little else to do but speculate, especially about who will survive Gunn's R-rated anti-hero flick. Described as coming from the "twisted" mind of James Gunn and sporting a roster full of mainly D-list villains, the odds don't look hopeful for this lot, who will likely give literal meaning to the name The Suicide Squad.

Exclusive: Dorsey Pictures, the Red Arrow-owned production company behind series such as Discovery DIY’s Building Alaska and Maine Cabin Masters, is moving into the business format space after acquiring the rights to personal finance book Rich Dad Poor Dad.

The company, which also makes Oxygen’s Accident, Suicide or Murder, is adapting the book, written by Robert Kiyosaki, for television. The book, which was first published in 1997 and recommended by Oprah Winfrey, has sold over 200M copies worldwide. It is the story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.

“It’s interesting IP,...

Sacred Bones has released another new Alan Vega song, “Fist,” from the late Suicide frontman’s upcoming lost album, Mutator, out April 23rd.

“Fist” finds a unique balance between mesmerizing and abrasive — locked in a steady drum groove with one synth swirling languidly while the other whirrs with a relentless fury. Vega’s vocals, drenched in echo, add another hypnotizing layer to the song.

In a statement, Vega’s frequent collaborator and partner Liz Lamere said of “Fist,” the “relentless forward movement of the music coupled with Vega’s battle...

If you want to win an Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, make sure you’re doing work on Jared Leto. That might be one lesson from the Oscars shortlists, where Leto’s film “The Little Things” was included among the 10 semi-finalists in that category. If it ultimately receives a nomination and wins, it would be the third Leto film in less than 10 years to win this exact award.

SEEJared Leto (‘The Little Things’) on creating a character from a ‘blank canvas:’ ‘You become a detective of sorts’ [Exclusive Video Interview]

The first was “Dallas Buyers Club” (2013), which famously won Best Makeup and Hairstyling despite a makeup budget of only $250. Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews prevailed for that film in no small part for transforming Leto into transgender character Rayon, for which Leto also won Best Supporting Actor. Though in the years since, as trans actors, artists and activists have gained more visibility in the industry,...

We finally have a full look at Jared Leto's Joker in Zack Snyder's Justice League. One of the many new things we will see in Snyder's fully-realized version of the movie is the Clown Prince of Crime, as portrayed by Leto. This will be the first time we've seen this version of the character since his appearance in 2016's Suicide Squad. Safe to say, it will be a markedly different version.

First look at Jared Leto’s Joker in Zack Snyder’s ‘Justice League’...

In his latest interview/podcast, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright speaks to prolific UK horror filmmaker Jason Impey about his documentary Vipco: The Untold Story and picks for 5 Great Vipco releases.

Vipco was the British distributor, who brought a wide and wild range of genre/horror films – video nasties as the tabloids tagged them – during the 1980s and 1990s. Founded and run by Michael Lee. Jason Impey’s documentary brings Micheal, Mike to his friends, to fore to tell the story from his point of view with help from a plethora of cult film experts and academics who lend the work of Vipco a 21st century importance the gutter press of the 1980s would be shocked to discover they helped create.

Vipco: The Untold Story is out now via Vimeo and Amazon Prime

Jason’s picks inculde:

Driller Killer (1979) Dir Abel Ferrera Zombie Flesher Eaters (1979) Dir Lucio Fulci Cannibal Holocaust...

Billy Idol has always pushed the boundaries of chronological time, starting with the anachronistic 1970s punk look he pushed all over 1980s MTV. Idol turned 65 on November 30th, three days after the release of Miley Cyrus’ new album, Plastic Hearts, which features a brand-new duet with him on the excellent track “Night Crawling,” reviving the synth-punk sound of his classics. In an interview on an episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Idol looked back at some of his formative moments and more. Some highlights follow; to hear the entire episode,...

Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the final match in the run of The Rascalz in Impact Wrestling. The Rascalz get the main event in a tag match with World Champion Rich Swann, who stares at his ass when he pees. I’m excited to see this match, but I don’t care about mountain goats. I’m ready to invent electric gummy pants and this show is on the road…To Rhode Iiiiiiiiiiiisland, Because It’S All There, Black And White, Clear As Crystal! You Stole Fizzy-lifting Drinks And Bumped Into A Ceiling That Now Has To Be Washed And Sterilized, So You Get Nothing! You Lose!!! Good Day, Sir!!!!!!!!! Here comes Impact.

Match #1: Moose def. Willie Mack – No Disqualification Match (Referee Stoppage) The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com:

At Turning Point, Moose got...

Following the news today that Danielle Brooks has boarded the HBO Max The Suicide Squad spinoff series Peacemaker, we also can tell you that Robert Patrick, Jennifer Holland and Chris Conrad are joining as well.

Patrick will play the role of Auggie Smith; Conrad will portray The Vigilante/Adrian Chase; and Holland will reprise her Suicide Squad character from the upcoming movie, Nsa agent Emilia Harcourt, who works with A.R.G.U.S. to monitor the Suicide Squad.

Vigilante is a hand-to-hand combatant, a brilliant marksman and a master of the lariat. He was a New York City Da who sought justice in his own way as his alter ego after his wife and kids were killed by mobsters. Vigilante also has the ability to heal quickly and regenerate his body from injuries as serious as stabbings or gunshot wounds. On the CW series Arrow, Josh Segarra played Adrian...

For some, he will always be Pukey Nicholls, the troubled skinhead from Shane Meadows’ This Is England. For other equally early adopters across the pond, he’s James “Cookie Monster” Cook in the British teen show Skins. Maybe you discovered him in the intense prison drama Starred Up, standing toe to toe with Ben Mendelsohn, or first noticed him as the lead in Unbroken, Angelina Jolie’s biopic on lost-at-sea Olympian Louis Zamperini that was supposed to kick Jack O’Connell up the A-list. Oh, and the wounded outlaw in Netflix’s Western miniseries Godless?...

This afternoon brought the latest bit of unexpected DC news in a year that’s been full of it. Today we learned that Jared Leto is coming back as the Joker in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The revamp of the 2017 team-up flick is shooting new scenes now, and it’s been reliably reported that the actor is already on set.

When Suicide Squad first came out, Leto was blasted for his portrayal of the Clown Prince of Crime, but like much of the Dceu, his performance has been reappraised in recent years and he now has a lot of fans. And those fans have flooded social media with excited reactions following the announcement that he’s returning for a second outing, as you can see below.

This is insane!

Additional Photography Is Officially Happening Right Now And Jared Leto Will Be Filming New Scenes As THR Joker!!!! This Is Insane pic.

Generations makes a strong case that Arcade Fire’s second most famous Butler brother, Will, could be the group’s pop mastermind with its quirky, upbeat rockers about modern life. He opens the record with “Outta Here,” which he built with fuzzy analog keyboards and smartypants lyrics like, “Had enough bad news/Had enough of your generation.” It recalls Eno and Bowie in its synthiness but also Spoon in its sunny determination. “Close My Eyes” feels a bit like Suicide pretending to be a power-pop band with its quivering keys...

After the negative reception for David Ayer’s Suicide Squad in 2016, DC and Warner Bros. made a big effort to have a better sequel, eventually deciding to make it a soft-reboot. In October 2018, James Gunn was hired to write and direct the sequel to Suicide Squad, with the upcoming film simply being titled The Suicide […]

The post The Cast & Roles For ‘The Suicide Squad’ Are Finally Revealed [Video] appeared first on uInterview.

James Gunn has shared a new poster for The Suicide Squad. Gunn's DC Comics adaptation has largely remained mysterious throughout production but the curtain was pulled back during DC FanDome over the weekend. While the event may be over, Gunn, who serves as the writer and director of the movie, shared another new poster that reveals the new Task Force X lineup. The filmmaker also assures that we are in for a massacre come summer 2021.

Taking to Twitter, James Gunn shared the new poster which sees the title card surrounded by logos for all of the characters who will be included in the reboot/sequel. A major part of the movie's DC FanDome panel was finally confirming who everyone in the massive cast is playing and this poster leans heavily on that. It is extremely colorful and vibrant. Gunn shared the poster with the following caption.

"#DCFanDome is over, but #TheSuicideSquad lives on.

Thin Lizzy will pack 74 previous unreleased tracks into a new box set, Rock Legends, set to arrive October 23rd via Umc.

The six-cd/one-dvd collection, which is available to preorder, spans the band’s whole career and comprises a mix of demos, radio sessions, live recordings and rare single edits. The set is based around a collection of newly discovered tapes, and the tracklist was compiled by Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham and band expert Nick Sharp.

The first disc of the Rock Legends set will boast the single edits...

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has officially been announced. The highly anticipated and mysterious Rocksteady Studios project will be unveiled at next week's DC FanDome event, which is shaping up to be pretty massive. Video game fans have speculated about what the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game was going to be for months, with many under the assumption that it was either going to be a new Arkham Batman game, or perhaps even a Superman game.

Fans will learn more about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League at the DC FanDome event on August 22nd. The panel is being held at 5pm Pst and it will be around 20 minutes long. "Will Arnett hosts the highly anticipated video game reveal from Rocksteady Studios, creators of the Batman: Arkham franchise," Warner Bros.' statement said. As for game particulars, there isn't anything available at the moment, though we don't...

Rocksteady, the developers behind the Batman: Arkham series, have announced that they are working on Suicide Squad video game. More details will be dropped at the highly anticipated DCFanDome Event that takes place on August 22, 2020. A Suicide Squad game was first considered a possibility following the end of Batman: Arkham Origins which was developed by WB Games Montreal. The game featured a post-credits…...

The onscreen exploits of stuntwomen, and their off-screen battles for fair and equal treatment, is explored in Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story, a new documentary from director April Wright for Shout! Studios that debuts September 22 on digital platforms.

Narrated by Fast & Furious franchise star Michelle Rodriquez and based on Mollie Gregory’s 2015 best-seller, the film chronicles the lives of women who perform the stunts in some of Hollywood’s biggest action sequences — from the early days of silent movies to today’s blockbusters. The producers are Stephanie Austin, Michael Gruskoff and Marion Rosenberg.

“These unheralded heroines are the generations of stuntwomen who risked their lives in front of the camera, while behind it they fought for equal rights with male stunt performers, battled sexism and harassment, sustained life-threatening injuries and returned to the fray after each battle,” the producing team said in a joint statement.

Ben Mankiewicz, film historian...

The O.G. of TV true crime has returned. Before there was Making a Murderer, Tiger King, The Jinx, and Serial, the nation’s fix for real-life murder tales came in weekly doses courtesy of Unsolved Mysteries, which ran interrupted from 1987 to 2002. Since the series left airwaves, the genre has grown into a powerhouse: Some networks dedicate their entire programming slate to it (hi, Oxygen), and streaming services rely on true-crime for viral hits.

Yet, 33 years after its debut, old episodes of Unsolved Mysteries remain a profoundly bingeable experience, thanks...

2020 is a strange time, but as it turns out, the 80s might have been even stranger as far as comic books are concerned. In Action Comics #592, which was released in 1987, Superman almost got roped into starring in a porno with Big Barda. The Man of Steel has had some really interesting storylines over the years, but this comic book might very well take the cake as being the strangest one out there. It's hard to believe that this made it past the censors. But it did.

The story begins with Big Barda hanging out in Metropolis's notorious Suicide Slum. She ends up meeting a character there named Sleez, which should tell you everything you need to know at this point. But, it's about to get a whole lot weirder. As it turns out, Sleez was too much for Apokoplips, so he was thrown out. He goes onto explain that's why...

Ever since the news broke that Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League was becoming a reality on HBO Max, director David Ayer has been pretty vocal about having his own cut of Suicide Squad seeing the light of day. According to Ayer, it wouldn't take much time or work to make this happen and he has taken to Twitter once again to let fans know that the film we received in 2016 wasn't the…...

What happens when a dog finally catches a car? We’re set to find out next year, when HBO Max finally debuts Zack Snyder’s Justice League as it was originally meant to be seen. Reports indicate that this version of the project, which attempted to bring DC superheroes Wonder Woman, Batman, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg together for a big screen live-action adventure back in 2017, will either manifest as a four-hour film, or as a six-part series on the streaming service.

“It will be an entirely new thing, and, especially talking to those who have seen the released movie, a new experience apart from that movie,” Snyder has promised. “You probably saw one-fourth of what I did.”

Naturally, now that a Snyder Cut of Justice League is finally coming to fruition, fan attention is turning to David Ayer’s Dceu team-up effort Suicide Squad, which staggered onto screens in...

The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 remasters have quickly become the talk of the gaming world. There’s really no mystery as to why that’s the case. Not only do millions of people have fond memories of the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games, but few titles released since the first two Tony Hawk games have challenged their brand of high-octane extreme sports action.

Yet, we suspect there’s another reason so many people are excited about the re-release of the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games. Yes, as you no doubt guessed from the headline of the article you’re currently reading, it’s the soundtracks.

The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtracks quickly became infamous upon their release for not only featuring an array of licensed tracks (which was still something of a rarity for the time) but songs that captured the culture of the extreme sports movement.

[Editor’s note: “Le Choc du Futur” is one of more than 100 movies originally scheduled to screen at the SXSW Film Festival in March. After the coronavirus outbreak forced the festival to cancel, event organizers partnered with Amazon Prime to make seven of those features available to stream for free through Weds., May 6.]

Turn on just about any pop radio station at any point over the last quarter century, and chances are good that the vast majority of the sounds you’ll be hearing were created on machines. Yet on film, representations of musicmaking are still largely stuck in a more analog era. Maybe that’s due to a lingering generational bias, or maybe watching a girl strap on a Les Paul or sit down at a piano is just inherently more cinematic than watching her tapping away at an 808. Whatever the case, French musician Marc Collin’s debut feature “Le Choc du Futur...

James Gunn says he read every single comic book involving his characters in The Suicide Squad. The director had already read a lot of the source material, but went back and read it all again, along with extra stories outside of the original comics that included his characters. That's a lot of reading, but in the end, it's what helps Gunn nail the essence of the characters while being able to try new things and stray, much like he did with Guardians of the Galaxy.

It seems like a pretty basic idea, but not everybody gets into the comic book source material when making a movie for Marvel or DC. In order to pull off a project in a sincere way, James Gunn thinks that it's necessary to go in and read it all. Gunn was asked on social media if he had consultants helping while making The Suicide Squad.

A rather epic crossover is coming our way, as the Guardians of the Galaxy are set to appear in Thor: Love and Thunder. This, according to star Vin Diesel, who voices Groot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Whether or not the actor was supposed to let this rather big detail regarding the upcoming sequel slip is another question entirely. Either way, it's out in the world now.

Vin Diesel is currently promoting his new movie Bloodshot. During a recent interview, he was asked about the status of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which is still on the books at Marvel Studios with director James Gunn, but ended up getting delayed a bit because of the director's work on The Suicide Squad. It was during his answer that Diesel spilled the beans on the Thor 4 appearance. Here's what he had to say about it.

"I am waiting and excited for my...

The chilling concept trailer for R. Shanea Williams' A Precise Understanding of Darkness tops today's Horror Highlights, which also includes Zach Lorkiewicz's new short film The Knock and details on Epic Pictures Group's acquisition of Tyler Cornack's Butt Boy for Us distribution.

Concept Trailer for A Precise Understanding of Darkness: "Horror fans will experience a unique tale of terror during the feature-length film A Precise Understanding of Darkness, and the filmmakers are giving an early look at this intense journey into myth and madness with the recently released concept trailer. The production is currently seeking investors for the project.

“This film is an ode to the psychological horror films over the years that have inspired me,” writer-director R. Shanea Williams says. “I believe there’s nothing scarier than the human mind, and this film will bring that belief to vivid life. And, because we are centering the...

"You don't have to be scared of mommy." In a near future New York City, Black Vampires walk amongst us. Suicide by Sunlight is an impressive short film made by up-and-coming filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu, and it originally premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival last year. It's finally online to watch in full - all 17 minutes of it and it's worth just a bit of your time to view. Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, finds it difficult to suppress her bloodlust when a new woman is introduced to her estranged twin daughters. This stars Natalie Paul as Valentina, with a cast including Teren Carter, Motell Gyn Foster, Ellie Foumbi, and Souleymane Sy Savane. The filmmaker has been earning tons of buzz for years for her shorts, and this yet again proves that she has a knack for fresh, vibrant storytelling. Thanks to Short of...

Everyone hates Harley Quinn. At least, that’s where Cathy Yan’s ambitious “Birds of Prey” starts: Margot Robbie’s glitter-loving anti-heroine is attempting to pick up the pieces after being kicked to the curb by the Joker, forced to carve out a new life for herself without the built-in protection of Gotham’s biggest baddie, and struggling to find her place in a world eager to divide its brassiest characters into “good” and “bad.” Yan’s film, written by “Bumblebee” scribe Christina Hodson, imagines a vivid (and very human) new origin story for Harley Quinn, resulting in .

Yet Harley’s titular emancipation — the film’s subtitle is the wordy, if honest “And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” — still takes a backseat to franchise conventions, from the good to the cloying and the bad (disjointed plotting and a messy narrative).

Yan and Hodson get the boring stuff out...

Harley is reborn in the colorful, joyful, and empowering female team up Birds of Prey. Here’s our review.

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Wonder Woman is wonderful but not everyone can be a gorgeous, all-powerful Themysciran princess who’s also a demi-god. DC’s latest Birds of Prey--a follow up (of sorts) to Suicide Squad that's also everything that movie wasn’t--is a grubby, funny, joyful female team-up that resonantly shows us heroes come in all shapes, sizes, and colors.

Suicide Squad was a cinematic car crash, so there’s something so satisfying about the fact that four years later, released over a weekend where a movie about the Joker is nominated for 11 Oscars, Harley has also completely reinvented herself as a flawed, powerful and empowering leader in a film that reverses her character’s former betrayal.

No longer reduced to “a whole lotta pretty in a whole lotta crazy...

When you’re a production designer, and your mood board is the mental state of the film’s lead character, it seems like the creative world is your oyster. When the lead character is Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, that’s a creative world where all bets are off.

“I approached everything through her ditzy, glitzy, analytical, yet throwaway, approach to absorbing the world,” explains K.K. Barrett, the man responsible for creating the world of “Birds of Prey.”

There is nothing subtle about Harley Quinn. Barrett adds, “It’s almost like you’re telling a crazy story to someone that goes off on a tangent, and you have to keep pulling it back and focusing it.

Barrett and director Cathy Yan had to find places in Los Angeles that felt like Gotham. “We had to avoid trees, especially palm trees and grass,” Yan says.

The Arts District and parts of...

Fortnite has teased a possible crossover with Margot Robbie's Birds of Prey. The upcoming movie has been gaining positive early reactions and a pairing with one of the biggest video games in the world is a wise choice. As for when this crossover event will take place, that is unclear, though the movie hits theaters on February 7th, so we should receive some concrete information in the coming days from both Fortnite and Warner Bros. Pictures.

Warner Bros. posted a video featuring Birds of Prey cast members Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, and Ella Jay Basco, along with some others, which the official Fortnite account responded to by saying, "See you soon, Harley!" This led fans to immediately speculate about the upcoming crossover event. So far, the reactions from Fortnite fans has been overwhelmingly positive with many looking forward to new in-game skins from Birds of Prey with new custom challenges.

Forget the horror films of 2019 — was there anything scarier than that first Sonic the Hedgehog trailer, featuring a disturbingly toothy rendition of the video game hero? It created such an outcry that the film was bumped to February 2020; thankfully, you’ve got a lot of other choices re: what to check out this month at the movies, from a supervillainess getting her moment in the spotlight to a few fresh literary adaptations, an ingenious new take on a classic Universal monster-movie staple and an A-list American remake of a Swedish black comedy.

Sneak Peek more new footage, plus images from the R-rated action feature "Birds of Prey", based on the DC Comics characters, starring Margot Robbie, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, opening February 7, 2020:

"...since the events of 'Suicide Squad', 'Batman' has disappeared, leaving 'Gotham City' unprotected from crime...

"...while 'Harley Quinn' has left the 'Joker'. Then when young 'Cassandra Cain comes across a diamond belonging to crime lord 'Black Mask'...

"...Harley joins forces with 'Black Canary', 'Huntress'...

"....and 'Renee Montoya' to help protect her..."

Cast also includes Ella Jay Basco, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina and Ewan McGregor.

...Charlene Amoia as 'Maria Bertinelli', with Talon Reid, Steven Williams, Derek Wilson, Dana Lee, François Chau, Matthew Willig, Robert Catrini and Ali Wong.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Birds of Prey"...

"Birds Of Prey" Comic Books...

Following the success of “Joker” last year, DC Films is continuing its gritty streak with “Birds of Prey,” a slam-bang adventure about Harley Quinn.

Though DC Film’s 2016 tentpole “Suicide Squad” took a critical bashing at the time, filmgoers quickly took a liking to Margot Robbie’s portrayal of Harley Quinn. “Birds of Prey” gives the fan favorite character her own adventure, having her ditch the male-dominated Squad to work alongside a rogues’ gallery of women.

For the creators behind the upcoming movie, an R-rating was the only way the project made any sense.

“Harley’s not really someone to hold back,” Robbie told Variety‘s Marc Malkin on Thursday at the opening of Harleywood in Hollywood. “The R-rating really allowed us to take it to the next level with fight scenes.”

Director Cathy Yan added, “The women are unabashedly themselves and very unapologetic in the movie. It was very...

Take a look at the R-rated action feature "Birds of Prey", based on the DC Comics characters, starring Margot Robbie, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, opening February 7, 2020:

"...since the events of 'Suicide Squad', 'Batman' has disappeared, leaving 'Gotham City' unprotected from crime...

"...while 'Harley Quinn' has left the 'Joker'. Then when young 'Cassandra Cain comes across a diamond belonging to crime lord 'Black Mask'...

"...Harley joins forces with 'Black Canary', 'Huntress'...

"....and 'Renee Montoya' to help protect her..."

Cast also includes Ella Jay Basco, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina and Ewan McGregor.

...Charlene Amoia as 'Maria Bertinelli', with Talon Reid, Steven Williams, Derek Wilson, Dana Lee, François Chau, Matthew Willig, Robert Catrini and Ali Wong.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Birds of Prey"...

"Birds Of Prey" Comic Books...

The Suicide Squad is one of the worst gigs in comics. Not only is your life always in immediate danger thanks to implanted bombs, but the missions the group often faces are usually uphill battles. One of their next missions will see them face a threat that won't be put down easy: The Flash.

DC's latest Suicide Squad team is a mix of new and old faces. While regulars such as Harley Quinn and Deadshot are part of the team, new team members include Wink, The Aerie, Osita, and the Chaos Kitten. Writer Tom Taylor and artist Bruno Redondo compiled a group where nobody is safe from danger - evident by the deadly first issue of the series.

Related: DC's New Suicide Squad Teases The Death of [Spoiler]

In the upcoming solicit for The Flash Annual #3, the new Suicide Squad team will make an appearance. The issue, by Joshua Williamson and Brandon Peterson,...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal filed by Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman convicted in 2017 for encouraging her boyfriend Conrad Roy III Roy to kill himself. At the time, Roy was 18, Carter 17. The case sparked worldwide interest last year, when HBO released the documentary I Love You, […]

The post Michelle Carter, Who Encouraged Boyfriend To Commit Suicide, To Be Released From Prison Early appeared first on uInterview.

British broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired Batwoman and Harley Quinn from Warner Bros and Duncanville, the animation from Amy Poehler and The Simpsons veterans Mike and Julie Scully.

Batwoman will broadcast on Channel 4’s youth network E4 in 2020, featuring Ruby Rose as the DC character — the first openly gay female lead of a live-action superhero show.

The show, made by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros, was renewed last week for a second season by The CW.

E4 will also be the home of Harley Quinn, the bawdy, made-for-adults animated show starring Kaley Cuoco as the DC character, who was played by Margot Robbie in Suicide Squad. Both shows were sold by Warner Bros. International Television Distribution.

Elsewhere, Channel 4 has picked up Fox’s Duncanville in a deal with NBCUniversal. It is hoping the animated show and Harley Quinn can capture some of the success it has had with Rick And Morty.

Sneak Peek new footage from director Daniel Espinosa's "Morbius" live-action feature film, based on the Marvel Comics character, opening July 31, 2020:

Columbia Pictures "Morbius", starring Jared Leto ("Suicide Squad") and Matt Smith ("Doctor Who"), co-stars Adria Arjona ("Narcos") as 'Martine Bancroft'. 

"...when arrogant scientist 'Michael Morbius' experiments to cure himself of a rare blood disease..

"...it's rich socialite 'Martine Bancroft' who helps him keep a connection to his humanity, after he becomes a vampire.

"She stays by his side while Michael tries to discover a cure for his monstrous condition.

"However, tragedy strikes when circumstances lead to Martine herself being transformed into a vampire at Michael's hand..."

"Morbius: The Living Vampire" is scripted by Burk Sharpless ("Dracula Untold") and Matt Sazama ("The Last Witch Hunter").

Created by writer Roy Thomas and illustrator Gil Kane for Marvel Comics, 'Dr. Michael Morbius', a gifted intellect, expert biologist, biochemist and neuroradiologist with a Ph.

Jared Leto is about to get more than he bargained for in Morbius.

Sony released the first teaser trailer for the thriller starring Leto as Michael Morbius, a scientist with a rare blood disorder who goes to extreme lengths to try and find a cure.

“Michael, I’ve known you since you were a child. You have a gift. You always have. If there’s an answer to your disease, you’ll find it,” Jared Harris narrates in the beginning of the trailer as shots of Michael’s early life play.

“I should’ve died years ago,” Michael himself says.

Jared Leto gets his second stab at starring in a comic book movie with the July release of Morbius, the latest installment of Sony’s Spider-Man-adjacent series that also features Venom and may ultimately include Tom Holland’s Peter Parker as well. It would be fair to say that Leto’s superhero track record isn’t the greatest, with his performance as the Joker in Suicide Squad proving divisive among fans, along with the constant rumors of truly bizarre on-set behavior.

The 48 year-old is reportedly done as the Clown Prince of Crime though, with the latest Birds of Prey trailer making it look as if Harley Quinn kills him off for good. This can’t have gone down too well with the Academy Award winner, either, who was already unhappy with DC and Warner Bros.’ decision to move forward on a Joker movie without consulting him, although a billion...

Sneak Peek more new footage from the R-rated action feature "Birds of Prey", based on the DC Comics characters, starring Margot Robbie, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, opening February 7, 2020:

"...since the events of 'Suicide Squad', 'Batman' has disappeared, leaving 'Gotham City' unprotected from crime...

"...while 'Harley Quinn' has left the 'Joker'. Then when young 'Cassandra Cain comes across a diamond belonging to crime lord 'Black Mask'...

"...Harley joins forces with 'Black Canary', 'Huntress'...

"....and 'Renee Montoya' to help protect her..."

Cast also includes Ella Jay Basco, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina and Ewan McGregor.

...Charlene Amoia as 'Maria Bertinelli', with Talon Reid, Steven Williams, Derek Wilson, Dana Lee, François Chau, Matthew Willig, Robert Catrini and Ali Wong.

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James Gunn is one filmmaker who is courted by both DC and Marvel. Ever since the success of Guardians of the Galaxy and his temporary firing from Marvel following a Twitter scandal, Gunn was invited by DC to pitch a movie he would want to make using one of their properties. The filmmaker recently clarified the details of that arrangement to a fan on Instagram with the following statement:

"As has been reported many times, DC offered me whatever film I wanted to do, including some sort of Superman movie (not specifically Man of Steel 2 as I've seen reported). I chose The Suicide Squad because it's one of my favorite properties in the world. It's the story I wanted to tell more than any other."

Clearly, DC trusted Gunn to come up with a new and exciting vision for any of their comic characters instead of insisting that he focus on any particular one.

It’s been an interesting few months for mainstream movies and promises of Lgbtq+ representation, from “Avengers: Endgame” and its blink-and-you-miss-it “gay moment” to “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” and its also blink-and-you-miss-it (and cut out of its Singapore release) same-sex kiss to whatever the McU is doing with a future trans character. Jay Roach’s Roger Ailes scandal piece “Bombshell” is not on the scale of those movies nor was it ever promoted with the promise of similar inclusion, but after a Variety cover story with one of the film’s stars, Margot Robbie, it has technically joined the conversation of hypothetical representation in film.

In “Bombshell,” Robbie’s Kayla Pospisil sleeps with Kate McKinnon’s closeted lesbian character Jess Carr after a drunken night at the bar. In the aftermath, Kayla tells Jess, “Oh, I’m not a lesbian!” What could easily have been just a throwaway line,...

David Ayer is a filmmaker that tends to draw an immediate reaction from film fans. Either you love him and respect his work on films such as “Training Day” and “End of Watch” or you are a bit disgusted when you remember “Suicide Squad” or “Bright.” Needless to say, there are very few out there that are just “meh” on the guy.

Continue reading David Ayer Wants To Make His ‘Dirty Dozen’ Remake A ‘Mission: Impossible’/’Fast & Furious’-Style Franchise at The Playlist.

New Year? New Harley. Miss Quinn is back on the big screen this February, just in time for Valentine's Day, with the first big superhero movie release of 2020 in Birds of Prey. Margot Robbie is reprising her role as the Cupid of Crime since she was first introduced in the DC Films' action adventure Suicide Squad. To Celebrate the upcoming release, which is less than two months away, Harley and her flock have wished everyone a very happy New Year.

Have a Fantabulous New Year! #BirdsOfPrey#HarleyQuinn#BlackCanary#Huntress#MargotRobbiepic.twitter.com/1qaVZqNPn9

— DC Uhd (@dc_uhd) December 30, 2019

Birds of Prey will be the first superhero movie out of the gate from either DC Comics or Marvel Studios, and it promises to be a big hit. IMDb hails it as the most anticipated movie of 2020, though a second poll from Fandango put Wonder Woman 1984 in that top spot. However this all shakes out,...