- MoviesBen Arnold
'Suicide Squad' director David Ayer says film was 'changed' from his original vision
Prior to Suicide Squad's released in 2016, there was some pretty positive buzz going on (aside from some reservations about Jared Leto's Joker make-up).
- MoviesTom Beasley
Joel Kinnaman says James Gunn's 'The Suicide Squad' is 'so funny' and feels like a comedy
Joel Kinnaman described 'The Suicide Squad' as his 'first comedy' and praised James Gunn's script, as well as weighing in on the Martin Scorsese comic book movie debate.
- MoviesGregory Wakeman
Why Joker isn’t in 'The Suicide Squad'
Writer and director James Gunn has opened up about why it makes sense why Joker probably isn't in Suicide Squad.
- MoviesGregory Wakeman
Jared Leto 'distraught' by decision to cast Joaquin Phoenix as Joker
Jared Leto was left “alienated and upset" by the decision to make Joaquin Phoenix's Joker movie.
- MoviesTom Beasley
'Farming': Inside the incredible story of a Nigerian immigrant who joined a skinhead gang
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's directorial debut 'Farming' reckons with his own upbringing as an immigrant child who fell in with a white supremacist gang.
- MoviesTom Beasley
'Suicide Squad' star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje dashes hopes of Killer Croc return (exclusive)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje spent five hours in the make-up chair every day to play Killer Croc in 'Suicide Squad'.
- MoviesGregory Wakeman
James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ will be tonally different to 'Suicide Squad,' insists Jai Courtney
Jai Courtney opens up about the main difference between Suicide Squad and The Suicide Squad.
- MoviesBen Arnold
Psychedelic first poster lands for Margot Robbie's 'Birds of Prey' DC movie DC
The first poster for the Birds of Prey movie has landed – most likely ahead of the first trailer – and it's pretty out there.
- MoviesGregory Wakeman
Original 'Suicide Squad' director David Ayer responds to James Gunn’s casting announcement
uicide Squad writer and director David Ayer has announced his full support of James Gunn’s upcoming sequel/complete reimagining, The Suicide Squad.
- MoviesVariety
Taika Waititi in Talks to Appear in ‘Suicide Squad’ Sequel
Taika Waititi may be coming to the DC Extended Universe. The filmmaker is in negotiations for a role in Warner Bros.' "The Suicide Squad," the follow-up to 2016's "Suicide Squad." Warner Bros. had no comment. James Gunn is directing the sequel to the 2016 feature based on the DC Comics anti-heroes. Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, […]
- MoviesSam Ashurst
7 popular movies that were shamed for lack of LGBTQ inclusivity
Why we don't trust Hollywood's Jack Whitehall casting.
- MoviesBen Arnold
The Joker origin story in the pipeline from Martin Scorsese
The 'Goodfellas' legend will join with '8 Mile' screenwriter Scott Silver, who will co-write the project, with 'The Hangover' helmsman Todd Phillips directing.
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Deadpool was the most complained about movie of 2016
Now here's a stat that Deadpool would heartily approve of... his movie was the most complained about of 2016.
- MoviesMike P Williams
Cara Delevingne's body was digitally slimmed for Suicide Squad
Last year’s ‘Suicide Squad’ was a talking point for many reasons – and now it’s notched up another. In a gif that’s been cut together from a behind-the-scenes featurette, you can clearly see that the actress’s waist has been narrowed to appear what they deem more aesthetically pleasing to viewers. Positive body image is considered an important ethical trait in 2017, with TV shows and movies often slammed if they fail to promote all body types and attempt to exclude bodies that aren’t stick-thin.
- MoviesBen Arnold
Women spoke just 27 percent of the dialogue in 2016's top movies
Following last week’s news of a drop in the number of female directors working in Hollywood, it’s emerged that actresses seem to getting a seriously raw deal when it comes to dialogue. Despite high-profile leading roles for the likes of Margot Robbie in ‘Suicide Squad’, Ellen DeGeneres in ‘Finding Dory’ and Felicity Jones in ‘Rogue One’, the trend is still very much in favour of men getting the lion’s share of the lines. Data scientist Amber Thomas has published her findings on Medium.com’s FreeCodeCamp site, and they’re pretty damning.
- MoviesBen Arnold
Captain America: Civil War crowned highest-grossing movie of 2016
‘Captain America: Civil War’ has been named the highest-grossing movie of 2016, having hauled in – wait for it – a massive $1.153 billion (around £931 million). The Marvel sequel convincingly beat Disney’s ‘Finding Dory’ to the top spot, though the Pixar sequel made a perfectly respectable $1.028 billion (£830 million) worldwide. The figures have been stacked up by The Hollywood Reporter, with ‘Zootropolis’ coming in third (£827 million), followed by ‘The Jungle Book’ (£781 million), and ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ (£707 million). ...
- MoviesBen Arnold
Deadpool named 'most pirated' movie of 2016
It’s a dubious honour… but one movie above all others has been pinched the most this year. And it was (drum roll, please) comicbook smash hit ‘Deadpool’. According to data from Torrentfreak, which provides an annual list of the most-stolen movies, Ryan Reynolds’ comeback topped the list. Several sources were taken into consideration, including download stats from public bit torrent trackers. ...
- MoviesBen Arnold
Suicide Squad tops IMDb's top movie of 2016 list
The critics may have hated it – to put it mildly – but ‘Suicide Squad’ has made it to the top of movie data site IMDb‘s most popular movies of the year list. The Warner Bros tentpole, released in August, was the most searched-for movie by the website’s users, and with all of the top five being comicbook adaptations. At number two was ‘Captain America: Civil War’, followed by ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’, ‘Deadpool’, and ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’. Seems like the appetite for superheroes is a voracious as ever, then. Here’s the full list below: 1. Suicide Squad 2. Captain America: Civil War ...
MoviesBen ArnoldThe biggest on-set movie scandals of 2016
2016. Hailed by no one as ‘the best year ever’, it’s been as tumultuous on-set as it has been out there in the real world. Herein lie some of the biggest scandals of the year… Hellish conditions on The Revenant Sure it was a realistic portrayal of the brutality of the wilderness, but the over-budget, over-schedule set of Alejandro G. Inarritu’s ‘The Revenant’ was described as ‘a living hell‘ by some. ...
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10 best movie in-jokes of 2016
It’s a running joke throughout the none-more-meta superhero comedy that budget and contracts prevent Deadpool from interacting with his more A-list Marvel stablemates – Deadpool himself frequently references X-Men that Fox didn’t allow us to see. Yes, the same turbine-powered mobile aircraft carrier as used by the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.. Fox weren’t allowed to reference the carrier by name, and the design had to be tweaked a little, but ‘Deadpool’ visual artist Emmanuel Shiu confirmed the connection.
MoviesBen ArnoldMargot Robbie Confirmed To Produce And Star In Harley Quinn Spin-Off
It looks like that spin-off Harley Quinn movie with Margot Robbie is go. Rumoured earlier this year, even before the release of ‘Suicide Squad’, the Australian actress has now signed a ‘first look’ deal with Warner Bros, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It will have helped no end that ‘Suicide Squad’, despite its terrible reviews, has raked in the cash for Warner Bros – it currently stands at a $701 million gross worldwide.
