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“I’m not motivated any more,” Star Wars star Mark Hamill reveals. (Insider tip: he’s since rediscovered his mojo.)

Mark Hamill was ready to quit but his wife had other ideas

How do you get Superman director Tim Gunn, LA Lakers boss Jeanie Buss and the Ken-ergetic Ryan Gosling in the one room? All the news, and sneak peeks, from this year’s Comic-Con.

  • Michael Idato

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D23 EXPO 2022 - The Ultimate Disney Fan Event.

Pop culture at breaking point: Is the multibillion-dollar fan machine about to overheat?

Despite the absence of Star Wars, DC Studios and Marvel Studios, this year’s Comic-Con is still doing big business.

  • Michael Idato
They’re off and running … Comic-Con gets under way in San Diego.

Riding a superhero high, Hollywood’s marketing machine roars back to life

Welcome to San Diego’s Comic-Con, a wild crossroads of capes, crowds and commerce.

  • Michael Idato
Superman has apparenlty gone woke, but not gone broke? The new James Gunn superhero flick is dominating at the box office.

Woke but not broke? Superman soars above culture wars to dominate global box office

A right-wing culture war erupted when director James Gunn described the Man of Steel as an “immigrant.” But in the battle of the box office, Superman is a clear winner.

  • Thomas Mitchell
David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman.

At the heart of the Superman reboot is the story of father and son

James Gunn’s film does not change the origin story, but perhaps gently reshapes the emphasis.

  • Michael Idato
James Gunn’s Superman will be released in July 2025.

It’s Superdog! Co-star looks to steal the show in new Superman film

The highly anticipated reboot of DC Comics’ Superman franchise features the first big-screen appearance of superdog Krypto.

  • Michael Idato
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Hellboy (Jack Kesey) and Bobbie Jo Song (Adeline Rudolph) in Hellboy: The Crooked Man.

Depressing and cliched, this new Hellboy is just too much

In a story drawn directly from one of the comic books, Hellboy: The Crooked Man takes us a long way from Guillermo del Toro’s slick vision of the franchise.

  • Sandra Hall
Billy Magnussen as Adam, the under-pressure leading man of the movie.

From superhero to super zero: Veep, Succession creators turn on Marvel

The Franchise, from Armando Iannucci, Sam Mendes and Jon Brown, has enormous fun at the expense of the bloated world of superhero movies.

  • Karl Quinn
Christopher Reeve as Superman in 1978.

‘He was just dad’: Documentary reveals the real man of steel

Christopher Reeve was Superman to the world, but his children watched him take on his greatest challenge.

  • Michael Idato
Lady Gaga at the premiere of Joker: Folie a Deux in Los Angeles this week.

‘I’m not sure who I am,’ says Lady Gaga – but there are clues in Joker

The superstar channels her inner rebel as the complex Harleen “Lee” Quinzel in Joker: Folie à Deux.

  • Michael Idato

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