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International Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/the-batman-part-ii-sebastian-stan-harvey-dent-scarlett-johansson https://moviesoncomics.com/news/the-batman-part-ii-sebastian-stan-harvey-dent-scarlett-johansson Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Matt Reeves's The Batman Part II just locked its biggest casting reveal yet: Sebastian Stan as Harvey Dent (with the Two-Face arc clearly seeded),... DC Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/visionquest-disney-plus-october-2026-paul-bettany https://moviesoncomics.com/news/visionquest-disney-plus-october-2026-paul-bettany Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Marvel Television has set VisionQuest — the long-incubating WandaVision spinoff — for October 14, 2026 on Disney+. Marvel Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/clayface-october-2026-dc-body-horror-james-watkins https://moviesoncomics.com/news/clayface-october-2026-dc-body-horror-james-watkins Wed, 13 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 DC Studios' Chapter One slate takes a sharp tonal turn this October. Clayface — James Watkins directing from a Mike Flanagan script — arrives October 23,... DC Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/doctor-strange-3-denzel-washington-dormammu-sam-raimi https://moviesoncomics.com/news/doctor-strange-3-denzel-washington-dormammu-sam-raimi Wed, 13 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Marvel Studios' third Doctor Strange film has its villain. Denzel Washington has reportedly closed a deal to play Dormammu — graduating the Dark Dimension... 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Marvel Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/x-men-mcu-reboot-jake-schreier-2028 https://moviesoncomics.com/news/x-men-mcu-reboot-jake-schreier-2028 Wed, 13 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Marvel Studios has quietly assembled the creative team for its first MCU-native X-Men film: <a href=&quot;../movies/thunderbolts-2025&quot;>Thunderbolts*</... Marvel Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/brave-and-the-bold-script-still-developing-gunn https://moviesoncomics.com/news/brave-and-the-bold-script-still-developing-gunn Sun, 10 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn told Josh Horowitz this week that Batman: The Brave and the Bold isn't the DCU's furthest-along project — and that despite... DC Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/spider-man-beyond-the-spider-verse-2027-june-release https://moviesoncomics.com/news/spider-man-beyond-the-spider-verse-2027-june-release Sun, 10 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Sony has firmed up Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse for a June 18, 2027 IMAX theatrical release — closing the Miles Morales animated trilogy that began... Marvel Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/spider-man-brand-new-day-london-reshoots-humor https://moviesoncomics.com/news/spider-man-brand-new-day-london-reshoots-humor Sun, 10 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <a href=&quot;../movies/spider-man-brand-new-day-2026&quot;>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</a> is back in active production for additional photography in... Marvel Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/thunderbolts-new-avengers-doomsday-merger https://moviesoncomics.com/news/thunderbolts-new-avengers-doomsday-merger Sun, 10 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 There's no Thunderbolts 2 on Marvel's release schedule — but the New Avengers introduced at the end of <a href=&quot;.. Marvel Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/wonder-woman-dcu-adria-arjona-casting-rumor https://moviesoncomics.com/news/wonder-woman-dcu-adria-arjona-casting-rumor Sun, 10 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has publicly walked back fan speculation that Andor's Adria Arjona is locked in as the DCU's next Diana Prince — but... DC Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/joker-folie-a-deux-streaming-reassessment https://moviesoncomics.com/news/joker-folie-a-deux-streaming-reassessment Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <a href=&quot;../movies/joker-folie-a-deux-2024&quot;>Joker: Folie à Deux</a> arrives on Max this week, eighteen months after its theatrical-release... DC Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/lanterns-hbo-green-lantern-august-2026 https://moviesoncomics.com/news/lanterns-hbo-green-lantern-august-2026 Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 HBO's Lanterns — DC Studios' first live-action Green Lantern project in nearly fifteen years — arrives August 16 with Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre... DC Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/punisher-one-last-kill-disney-plus-may-2026 https://moviesoncomics.com/news/punisher-one-last-kill-disney-plus-may-2026 Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Marvel Studios' first R-rated streaming special, The Punisher: One Last Kill, arrives on Disney+ this month — putting Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle back in... Marvel Swapnil Samfrancisco https://moviesoncomics.com/news/avengers-doomsday-final-cast-leak https://moviesoncomics.com/news/avengers-doomsday-final-cast-leak Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Marvel Studios has reportedly wrapped principal photography on Avengers: Doomsday, with multiple trade publications publishing what appears to be the... Marvel Swapnil Samfrancisco