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Gal Gadot was paid $300,000 for Wonder Woman. How does that compare?

June 20, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Contractually obligated to make peanuts.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: DC, Marvel, Wonder Woman

Suicide Squad does not bode well for the DC Universe

August 5, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Let’s talk about the DC Universe

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Batman v Superman, David Ayers, DC, Suicide Squad, WB, Zack Snyder

All blockbuster franchise movies are now boring in this way. Even the good ones.

August 4, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

It must be marketing departments that are responsible, right?

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Avengers, DC, Fox, Franchise, Jason Bourne, Justice League, Marvel, WB, X-Men

DC Comics will have something for everyone. In June.

February 6, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

The company will expand its titles and reach in hopes of diversifying and bringing in new readers

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Comic Books, DC, DC Comics, diversity, Justice League

The Stake Podcast Episode 15: 2014 Year in Review

December 10, 2024 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Navigating the difficult stories, and celebrating the biggest surprises of 2014

Filed Under: Stake Podcast Tagged With: 2014, Amazon, Ben Affleck, Bill Cosby, BlackLivesMatter, Christopher Nolan, DC, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Guardians of the Galaxy, Late Night, Marvel, Matthew McConaughey, movies, Netflix, Rolling Stone, She Makes Comics, Stephen Colbert, Zack Snyder

Superman and Spider-man come to terms with their fate: chasing the Marvel Cinematic Universe

May 20, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Meet the Justice League in Man of Steel 2. Which is not the Justice League but simultaneously a Justice League Prequel and Superman Sequel.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: DC, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-man

Take a break from pre-packaged punch-ups with the top 5 non-superhero, non-franchise sci-fi films

May 16, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Enough Marvel and DC, Star Trek and Star Wars, and all those reboots. Here’s the best of recent and original sci-fi.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: DC, Franchise, Lists, Marvel, Sci-Fi, Superheroes, Top 5

Okay, the Superhero genre is boring. So let’s make better superhero movies

May 14, 2025 by Christopher ZF 13 Comments

I accept the genre is pretty terrible, on average. Here are some rules for fixing that.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Chronicle, Comics, DC, Josh Trank, Marvel, Matrix, Michael B. Jordan, Superheroes, The Crow, The Dark Knight

WB CEO: We need to get Wonder Woman on the big screen or TV

October 7, 2025 by Christopher ZF 4 Comments

The Warner Bros. CEO on the missed opportunities in the DC/WB relationship.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Batman vs. Superman, DC, DC Comics, Warner Brothers, Wonder Woman

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