In a few weeks, the DCU will finally take us to Gotham City for Clayface. But don’t expect to see Gotham’s Caped Crusader as we watch actor Matt Hagen’s strange transformation into a shapeshifting monster. When asked about the prospect of a Batman appearance in Clayface, director James Watkins told SFX Magazine, “You’re in a city called Gotham. So I guess you feel the shadow of the Bat inherently.” In other words, no, Batman in Clayface. But that’s alright, because Watkins is right. It’s not just that Batman casts a shadow all over Gotham. It’s that Gotham City is a…

This article appears in the new issue of DEN OF GEEK magazine. Find out how you can subscribe to get the full physical copy right here! Mike Flanagan understands your skepticism when it comes to modern horror reboots. After all, the prolific horror auteur already had to address one notable genre fan’s qualms before embarking on Carrie, Prime Video’s TV miniseries based on the classic Stephen King novel.  “I went to Stephen King and said, ‘We’re talking about doing Carrie. I of course won’t do it without your express blessing,’” recalls the TV showrunner and King aficionado. And King, ever the veteran of…

This article appears in the new issue of DEN OF GEEK magazine. Find out how you can subscribe to get the full physical copy right here! The Capitol has always been good at making murder look pretty. That contradiction is baked into the Hunger Games, in which children are sent to die, but first they get costumes, parades, interviews, constructed reality-TV storylines, and an audience trained to consume suffering with indifference. In Sunrise on the Reaping, that structure will be operating at full capacity. The world is brighter, grander, more colorful. Even the arena is resplendent…this makes the whole ordeal much, much…

Chris Hansen became one of television’s most recognizable figures every time he calmly walked into a room, offered someone a seat, and asked his iconic question. His work on To Catch a Predator turned him into a household name, but there is considerably more to Hansen than the catchphrase and the confrontations that made him famous. His career has taken some genuinely strange turns, including unusual side projects, internet fame, financial troubles, and a surprisingly complicated relationship with his own pop culture image. With a new movie about his most famous work now bringing him back into the spotlight, some…

Method acting has produced some unforgettable performances, but it can also lead actors into some unusually intense territory. When performers become deeply immersed in a character, they sometimes keep elements of that role alive long after the cameras stop rolling. That can mean changing their appearance, adopting strange routines, refusing to break character, or putting themselves through genuinely uncomfortable situations for the sake of a performance. Some stories have become almost as famous as the movies themselves, especially when fellow cast members were left wondering where the actor ended and the character began. These fifteen examples show just how far…

In a recent interview with Variety, Ben Affleck shared some thoughts about his time playing Batman for Zack Snyder, and the superhero movie genre in general. Recalling the criticisms leveled at the dark tone of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Affleck observed, “It seems to be an ongoing question, and I don’t know the answer: Do you go all the way to a hard-R rating like Joker? Or do it like Marvel, which does something broad, unless you’re talking about Deadpool & Wolverine?” He continued, “There seems to be more tension between ‘Are we doing the grown-up version or…

Even though it’s more than 50years old, The Exorcist remains both a spooky season favorite and the standard pick for “the scariest movie ever made.” That canonical status explains why legacy sequels like the 2016 television series or 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer, would stick so closely to the first movie’s characters and iconography. That also explains why one would expect Mike Flanagan to follow the first film’s model for his upcoming take The Exorcist: Martyrs. But according to a first-look released by Esquire, it sounds like Flanagan’s moving off of the 1973 movie by William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty…

A lot of people watch horror movies the same way they watch sports, yelling at the screen and explaining how they could do a better job. And this is targeted at someone that can’t hear them, mind you. While we know how poorly we would perform in professional sports, what about horror settings? Well, you’d do even worse, because you’d end up dead. Here are just a few examples of how hard life would be inside the movies, where you can’t pause the movie to figure out the best course of action. We’re just happy to not have to deal…

The internet is full of photos of things you would probably never think to photograph yourself. A strange object in a backyard, an unexpected detail hidden in an old building, or an unusually clever piece of everyday design can become surprisingly fascinating when someone saves it. Reddit is a great place to find this stuff, with people posting photos of objects, places, animals, creations, and odd details they stumbled across in real life. Sometimes, the picture itself is enough to make you stop scrolling. Reddit A Lightning Strike Captured at the Perfect Moment Reddit A Misprinted Penny Reddit A Debit…

This article contains spoilers for Lanterns. Ever since the pilot episode of Lanterns ended with a shot of Hal Jordan, frozen on a high school football field stand and dead from a bullet hole in his head, fans have hoped against hope that the death would be undone. Yet, despite the fact that Lanterns takes place in a world with robot Manhunters and magical wishing rings, the finale ended not only with Hal still dead, but the Hal-o-Gram backup that allowed him to pal around with John Stewart dissipating once and for all. Yet, as final and the finale seemed…

We have plenty of fond memories from old movies, mostly due to them being so closely related to our childhoods. What we need to ask ourselves is, have we watched these movies recently? Our rose-tinted glasses tend to see the past as a perfect time in our lives, even if current sensibilities wouldn’t agree with that. If you think we’re exaggerating, then take a look at the following examples from the past. Not all of them are from the distant past, mind you, since you’d be surprised at how many of these films, at their core, only work if you…

The best facts aren’t necessarily complicated or useful, but they are strange enough to stick in our heads and provide a little bit of curiosity and whimsey to our otherwise boring lives. History, science, animals, language, food, and everyday objects are full of details that pique our interest. Some of these facts might change the way you look at familiar things, while others are simply excellent pieces of trivia to have sitting around in your brain. Either way, there is a decent chance at least one will surprise you. The Inventor of the Pringles Can Had His Ashes Buried in…

People can hold surprisingly strong beliefs without ever looking for hard proof. Sometimes it is a suspicion about another person, sometimes a theory about everyday life, and sometimes an idea that sounds so strange that even the person sharing it admits they cannot demonstrate that it is true. That was the premise behind a recent AskReddit discussion, where people were asked to reveal something they believe completely despite having no proof. The responses range from harmless personal suspicions to much bigger ideas about society and the world. These are Reddit users’ opinions and theories, and we do not necessarily support…

People who know poverty know that it infiltrates every little decision in life. People who have never had to stretch a grocery trip, worry about an empty fuel tank, reuse something because replacing it is impossible, or decide which bill can wait may not realize how taxing those habits can be. A recent AskReddit discussion asked people to name the little things that suggested someone had never experienced financial hardship. The answers were sometimes funny, sometimes uncomfortable, and often surprisingly specific. They showed how differently people can understand money, waste, food, and basic security. They Say They Are Broke When…

Movies can be cinematic masterpieces or massive dumpsterfires, and even then, we can’t know what was going on behind the cameras. A bad movie could’ve been a lot of fun to make for the people involved, while a good one could’ve been, as you might expect, a nightmare to shoot. That’s what we’ve decided to focus on today: movies that were problematic behind the scenes. We aren’t talking about the quality of the finished product, rather the difficulties people had making, mixing, and bringing the project to the finish line. IMDb Waterworld Making a movie called Waterworld on the actual…

Batman has defeated some of the greatest villains in pop culture history: Joker, Two-Face, Ra’s al Ghul. He shot Darkseid with a god gun. He even survived George Clooney. Yet, for whatever reason, the Robert Pattinson version of the Caped Crusader can’t seem to find a way to victory. According to Deadline, production on The Batman: Part II has paused as director Matt Reeves has stepped away to focus on a family matter. Obviously, the report doesn’t go into greater detail, to allow the Reeves family their privacy. But one thing is clear: the night has never been darker for…

This article contains spoilers for Digger. Something strange happens during the final credits for Digger. Not a sequel tease or an easter egg. Rather, we just watch as an audience files out of a theater and into post-apocalyptic streets, while Melanie’s folk song “What Have They Done to My Song Ma” plays. That is, until a buzzer cuts off the song and a voice declares, “Level 4,” leaving the rest of the credits to unfold in silence. The declaration “Level 4” also occurred a few minutes earlier in the film, telling the characters on screen, an audience who has been…

Paul Bettany and VISIONQUEST are embarking on their final Marvel mission in the latest issue of Den of Geek Magazine about to make landfall at New York Comic Con! The cover story includes an exclusive look into the Bettany and James Spader-led Disney+ limited series that will bring the curtain down on the WandaVision trilogy. The October issue also comes with the magazine’s most packed spooky season preview yet, which includes deep dive interviews with Robert Eggers ahead of WERWULF’s Christmas transformation, Takashi Yamazaki finally opening up about bringing back GODZILLA’s greatest foe, Mike Flanagan revealing how he got Stephen…

“One of the goals of the series was to scale up with each successive title,” observes Final Fantasy Remake trilogy director Naoki Hamaguchi ahead of the April 2027 release of Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the trilogy’s concluding installment. “Rebirth was big and each individual area was connected but one of the things about it was that it was wide. For Revelation, rather than just making everything feel wide, we really wanted to create this sense of scale and verticality with everything.” To confirm, having played an early build of Final Fantasy VII Revelation at Tokyo Game Show 2026 where I…

This article contains spoilers for Lanterns. Look how far Lanterns has come. Just months ago, we were wringing our hands about HBO‘s Green Lantern adaptation, thanks to promotional materials that had as little green as the show’s title. Fans worried that the series would be embarrassed about the franchise’s weird mythology and instead try to sell the public a True Detective knock-off that was Green Lantern in name only, if even that. Turns out, everyone was right and wrong. Lanterns did indeed mostly play like a True Detective riff, with Silver Age sci-fi sprinkled along the sides. But creators Chris…