Tag: Ben Affleck
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Matt Damon Says Ben Affleck’s WWII Vet Grandfather Helped Him Prepare for ‘Oppenheimer’
Matt Damon turned to Ben Affleck’s family to prepare for “Oppenheimer.”During the latest episode of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?,” Damon revealed that he talked to Affleck’s Marine veteran grandfather about the reaction to Hiroshima and the dropping of the atomic bomb. Damon portrays Manhattan Project military leader General Lesley Groves in the Christopher Nolan…
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Ben Affleck’s Batman Reportedly Cut From ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’
Even though it may seem that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has been sitting on a hard disc somewhere, frequent reports make it clear that the highly anticipated sequel is actually going through major overhauls. When the time finally comes to check it on the big screen, the new adventure of the DC subaquatic superhero…
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Jennifer Garner Sets Elektra Return After Nearly 20 Years in ‘Deadpool 3’
Teeing up an inevitable “sai-ke” pun for Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner is set to reprise her role as the sai-wielding superhero Elektra in Marvel Studios’ “Deadpool 3.”Hugh Jackman is also reprising his performance as Wolverine for the movie, which is rapidly becoming a multiverse mash-up of bygone non-mcu Marvel movie characters. Garner first originated the…
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Sterling K. Brown Teases New Television Series With ‘This Is Us’ Creator Dan Fogelman
At the “Biosphere” premiere on Tuesday, Sterling K. Brown teased his television series reunion with “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman.It has been reported that the new series will be a thriller with Brown starring as the head of security to a president. Brown earned an Emmy for his work as Randall on “This Is…
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The Only Actor to Play Jack Ryan Twice Is Also the Genre’s Most Defining
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is one of the most beloved fictional characters to emerge in the past several decades. Generations of readers have poured over the adventures of the whip-smart CIA analyst who often finds himself in the middle of fieldwork, and Clancy’s stories have inspired several different projects in the years since his original…
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This Jack Ryan Adaptation Gave Us a Very Different Ben Affleck
The Jack Ryan franchise had big shoes to fill after Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford successfully portrayed Tom Clancy’s fictional CIA analyst in The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger respectively. But in 2002, Ben Affleck gave it a go with the reboot The Sum of All Fears, focusing on…
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‘The Flash’: Does Robert Pattinson’s Batman Appear?
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for The Flash.DC’s The Flash is one of the latest films to explore the multiverse, managing to feature multiple renditions of your favorite superheroes, such as Superman and Batman. Bruce Wayne’s vigilante alias saw a blast from the past in more ways than one, seeing Michael Keaton don the…
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Tribeca Winners Revealed: ‘Cypher’ and ‘Between the Rains’ Take Top Honors
The 2023 Tribeca Festival has unveiled its winners list. The top honors went to “Cypher” for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, “A Strange Path” for Best International Narrative Feature, and “Between the Rains” for Best Documentary Feature. The competition categories include Feature Film, Short Film, Audio Storytelling, Immersive, Games, Human/Nature, and Tribeca…
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Alicia Silverstone Is Open to Reprising Batgirl Role in ‘The Flash’ Multiverse
Alicia Silverstone isn’t shutting the door on the Dcu.Twenty-six years after she played Batgirl in 1997’s “Batman and Robin,” the “Clueless” icon told IndieWire that she is open to reprising the role.“If somebody wants me to play Batgirl, and they’re incredible, I’m in,” Silverstone told IndieWire during the Tribeca Film Festival while promoting horror film…
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Michael Shannon Says It ‘Wasn’t Quite Satisfying’ Returning as General Zod in ‘The Flash’: It’s Like ‘Playing with Action Figures’
When “The Flash” opens in theaters next weekend, comic book fans will be treated to a litany of cameos from returning DC stars. Both Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck are reprising their iterations of Batman, and Nicolas Cage will finally get a chance to suit up as Superman. Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” will be…