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DC Entertainment: 2014 In Review – Part 3 [Animation + Video Games]
2014 was a very successful year for DC Entertainment. Warner Bros. finally unveiled its lineup for a multi-film DC Cinematic Universe that will occupy the next few years, promising the long-awaited big screen debuts of many iconic characters. Several DC television shows premiered this year, with more in development. A new DC Animated Universe was created with the release of direct-to-video movies Justice League: War and Son of Batman. And 2014 saw the release of one highly anticipated video game and the announcement of another. In this part of our reflection, we look at the various DC Entertainment animation and television news of 2014. As usual, DC Entertainment released three direct-to-video animated movies…
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DC Entertainment: 2014 In Review – Part 2 [Television]
2014 was a very successful year for DC Entertainment. Warner Bros. finally unveiled its lineup for a multi-film DC Cinematic Universe that will occupy the next few years, promising the long-awaited big screen debuts of many iconic characters. Several DC television shows premiered this year, with more in development. A new DC Animated Universe was created with the release of direct-to-video movies Justice League: War and Son of Batman. And 2014 saw the release of one highly anticipated video game and the announcement of another. In this part of our reflection, we look at the various DC Entertainment television news of 2014. The success of The CW’s Arrow has paved the way for…
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ARROW and GOTHAM Earn a Dubious Honor
As the year draws to a close, many websites are giving out praise and attention to deserving television series and DC Entertainment’s series have often found homes on these lists. However, it’s unlikely Warner, Fox or the CW are too happy about the latest list Gotham and Arrow have landed on. Torrentfreak.com has put out their annual list of the ten most pirated television episodes for 2014. While the top of the list continues to belong to HBO’s Game of Thrones, Arrow and Gotham have found themselves dead center in the list. Gotham takes the fifth spot with an estimated 3.2 million downloads for a single episode, right behind in…
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DC Entertainment: 2014 In Review – Part 1 [Movies]
2014 was a very successful year for DC Entertainment. Warner Bros. finally unveiled its lineup for a multi-film DC Cinematic Universe that will occupy the next few years, promising the long-awaited big screen debuts of many iconic characters. Several DC television shows premiered this year, with more in development. A new DC Animated Universe was created with the release of direct-to-video movies Justice League: War and Son of Batman. And 2014 saw the release of one highly anticipated video game and the announcement of another. In this part of our reflection, we look at the various DC Entertainment movie announcements of 2014. 2014 marks one of the very few years…
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SHAZAM Seemingly Confirmed To Be Set In The DC Cinematic Universe; GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY’s James Gunn Would Have Loved To Direct
While Warner Bros. announced that a DC Cinematic Universe featuring the Justice League, Suicide Squad and more will kick off in 2016, there has been some confusion over Shazam. Despite the former Captain Marvel recently being seen as a member of the Justice League, most notably in the New 52 comics and the Justice League: War animated feature, fans have interpreted some comments from New Line Cinema president Toby Emmerich and star Dwayne Johnson (Black Adam) as confirmation that this film would take place in its own world. Of course, this made little sense, given Shazam’s increasing presence in the mainstream DC Universe. And now, it looks like we have…
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DC Movie + TV News Bits: Michelle MacLaren Mum On WONDER WOMAN, Amy Adams Talks BATMAN V SUPERMAN, Mark Hamill Discusses THE FLASH’s Trickster
Last month, it was reported that Breaking Bad‘s Michelle MacLaren had closed a deal to direct Wonder Woman for Warner Bros. The movie is also closing in on a writer, as Pan‘s Jason Fuchs is in talks to work on the script with MacLaren. The film will star Gal Gadot, who makes her debut as Diana Prince in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. And now, the director has finally commented on Wonder Woman, and while she’s unsurprisingly mum on details, she does offer a couple of interesting updates. During a profile for Vulture, MacLaren is inevitably asked about Wonder Woman. She states that, “I really, really, really can’t…
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CONSTANTINE Will Return With New Time Slot
The producers of Constantine took to twitter last night to update fans on the show’s return from the mid-season break. They presented it as a good news/bad news situation. The “bad news” is that the show will return on January 16th, 2015, while the “good news” is that they will move into the 8 o’clock Eastern (7 Central) time slot. There is no doubt that Constantine has had a tougher row to hoe than some of his DC-television counterparts. Just airing on NBC has required the show to pick up more viewers faster than The Flash for example. Also, Grimm (which leads in to Constantine) is having trouble finding its…
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SPOILER Grab Bag for ARROW and GOTHAM
Is it January yet? No? Then we’re still in the midst of a long mid-season break for all of our DC Shows so we need something to pass the time. How about some Gotham and Arrow spoilers? TVLine gave out some tidbits today and we at Watchtower of Babel have gathered them up just for you: SPOILER (SPACE) IMAGE BELOW! First up, some Arrow spoilers. By now you may have heard that when the show returns from their break it will be a three episode arc for Laurel becoming Black Canary; Marc Guggenheim had some spoilers for the first episode, “Canaries.” Caity Lotz (Sarah Lance) and Peter Stormare (Werner Zytle…
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First Clip From JUSTICE LEAGUE: THRONE OF ATLANTIS Features Cyborg And Steve Trevor
In addition to confirming the movie’s world premiere at the Los Angeles Paley Center for Media next month, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has today release the first clip from Justice League: Throne of Atlantis. This snippet confirms the return of Steve Trevor (frequent Superman voice actor George Newbern) from Justice League: War, and it features his meeting with Cyborg (Shemar Moore) concerning the discovery of an event that could lead to a war with Atlantis. The film is based on the acclaimed “Throne of Atlantis” story arc, and it also serves as an origin story for Aquaman (Matt Lanter). Check out the clip below, and stay tuned for more as…
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Viola Davis Reportedly Cast As Amanda Waller In SUICIDE SQUAD
Warner Bros. recently announced its all-star cast for the DC Comics adaptation Suicide Squad. The supervillain team film will star Will Smith as Deadshot, Tom Hardy as Rick Flagg, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Cara Delevingne as Enchantress, and Jared Leto as The Joker. However, the key role of Amanda Waller has yet to be announced. We previously heard that Oprah Winfrey was the studio’s top choice for the part, with Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis also in consideration. And now, it looks like the role could be Davis’. According to Latino-Review, Davis will likely play Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad. However, one potential hurdle…