Everybody knows Superman. Everyone has an idea of who this iconic character is, with both favorable interpretations of his inherent devotion to doing good, and unfavorable interpretations of his will to help, with all his power, being unrealistic.
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Hard NOC Life returns as Keith and Dominic catch up on the big CinemaCon announcements for Superman and Spider-Man and look back at the Avengers: Doomsday casting teaser and the first half of Daredevil: Born Again.
We have reached the end of DC Multicast Season 2! On the season finale, Keith welcomes his Hard NOC Life co-host Dominic Mah to discuss 2009’s Watchmen.
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In the penultimate episode of DC Multicast Season 2, Keith is joined by veteran comic book insider, and former Batman editor, Joseph Illidge to reflect on the game changer that was 2008’s The Dark Knight.
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On a new episode of DC Multicast, Keith welcomes acclaimed comic book artist and writer Jamal Igle to break down all the canceled Superman movies that ultimately led to 2006’s Superman Returns.
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At long last, the DC Multicast has entered the Nolanverse. Join Keith and Batman-on-Film founder Bill “Jett” Ramey as they look back at the two decades of impact Batman Begins had on superhero cinema.
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DC Multicast continues on as Keith welcomes Shawn Taylor to discuss the 20th anniversary of Keanu Reeves’ turn as the Hellblazer in 2005’s Constantine.
Yesterday, we unveiled to all of you hardcore DC fans that we had a chance to chat with James Gunn and Peter Safran at an exclusive, intimate press conference recently, in which they discussed the current status of the DCU. It was a conversation so epic, we had to split it up into two parts.
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Back in 2023, way before the trailer for Superman debuted, there was an intimate press conference. This wasn’t a Hall H spectacle. It was a small but informative chat with filmmaker James Gunn and producer Peter Safran, as they became promoted to the heads of DC Studios. It’s two years later, close to the release of DC Studios first official DCU film Superman, and the duo decided to call a second follow up Q&A with members of the press to discuss the current state of the DCU.
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On the latest episode of DC Multicast, Keith is joined by journalist Lyvie Scott, author of Inverse’s oral history of the 2004 Catwoman film, starring Halle Berry!
On the latest editon of DC Multicast, comic book writer and lifelong Lakers fan Greg Burnham joins Keith as they hack-a-Shaq the 1997 classic non-Superman movie, Steel!
Season 2 of DC Multicast continues! This week it’s a DC TV Classics reunion as Keith welcomes Batman & Robin superfan Britney Monae to discuss the end of the Schumacher era!
For the second episode of DC Multicast Season 2, we’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of Batman Forever! Dr. Drea Letamendi — co-host of the Arkham Sessions podcast — joins Keith to peel back the layers of neon to get to the pathos underneath the film as well as the Schumacher Cut.
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Maria Bakalova, is one of the sweetest individuals one could ever meet in Hollywood. So, of course, James Gunn has asked her to play one of the most unsuspectingly nefarious individuals in the DCU!
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If you are a hardcore Batman fan, or even grew up with Batman: The Animated Series, then the name Rupert Thorne should ring a bell. With Creature Commandos coming out, James Gunn has decided to bring the character back as a welcome addition to the DCU’s lore. And we were given the opportunity to speak with the man behind the voice: Benjamin Byron Davis.
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With apologies to Dua Lipa, 2025 ought to be a good year to assess the state of superhero movie fatigue and/or fervor in our pop culture landscape. After all, there’s a new Superman film coming out, and he’s pretty central to the whole concept, que no? With my personal queasy feeling about 2025 noted for the record, let’s start this escapism-focused listicle with the question of Anthony Mackie’s America:
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Here’s a Christmas present from us to you. On the Hard NOC feed, you can listen to the first episode of DC Multicast Season 2, featuring a discussion of the Holiday classic, Batman Returns!
Yes, Hard NOC Life wrapped up last week, but then James Gunn went and dropped the trailer for next summer’s Superman. Movie critic Julian Lytle stops by to break it down, plus Keith talks to Jay Pharoah about his virtual comedy special and why Dragon Ball is the way to his heart.
Rocksteady Studios’ Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, the teamup shooter video game with the title that describes exactly what happens, announced recently that it will be ending its content updates in January of 2025.
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It has arrived! The Superman teaser trailer has officially landed for everyone to experience. To celebrate the official debut of the new DC Universe under James Gunn, we were invited to the launch of the trailer earlier this week, with writer/director Gunn himself in attendance, as well as stars Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Brosnahan, and Superman himself, the incomparable David Corenswet!
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This week we were given the very special opportunity to see the Superman trailer before anyone else at a press event this past Monday. So we know how very special this one is. In fact, all of the insights we got from the event will be on a separate post, but this trailer is such an event in and of itself, that it genuinely deserves its own article.
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June 2024. It’s a date that means the world to me because it marked my first set visit ever, and (given that 2024 is at an end) one of the few highlights from a tough year; a visit to the set of James Gunn’s Superman.
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The Man of Steel is coming in for a landing this week! We could not be more excited to receive the news this morning that the trailer for James Gunn’s Superman will be flying faster than a speeding bullet on Thursday.
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