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GOTHAM Creator Talks Potential DC Universe Crossovers And Bringing In The Joker
The first new DC television series of the season, Gotham, finally makes its highly anticipated premiere tonight on Fox. The show offers a new take on the Batman mythology, focusing on a younger James Gordon as he and Harvey Bullock combat the criminal threats in Gotham City. Key characters include Oswald Cobblepot and Carmine Falcone, as well as younger iterations of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. This series has generated a lot of hype, with TCA voting it the most promising new show of 2014. So tonight, we will learn if the pilot episode lives up to the anticipation. In the meantime, we have a new interview with Gotham creator…
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Possible Details On Aquaman’s Appearance And Introduction In BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
While Warner Bros. has yet to officially confirm it, Aquaman is almost definitely appearing in a minor role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, played by Jason Momoa. His appearance in this movie is expected to be brief and will set up a larger role in the Justice League film, which is expected to be released in 2017 or 2018. Past rumors have suggested that in Batman v Superman, Aquaman will be upset with Superman for the damage the World Engine caused to the oceans in Man of Steel. And now, we have another report revealing how Aquaman may have been established even before Dawn of Justice, and it…
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Breaking: END OF WATCH Director David Ayer Circling Warner Bros. And DC’s SUICIDE SQUAD Movie
Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have been developing a Suicide Squad film for years. Back in 2011, Justin Marks was hired to pen the script for the action thriller, which would bring together some of DC’s lesser known supervillains for a government-sponsored team. However, the movie adaptation was more recently put on hold as WB placed more focus on developing Justice League. With plenty of bigger fish to fry at DC, many didn’t expect the Suicide Squad to assemble on the big screen anytime soon. But a major new development suggests otherwise. According to Variety, Warner Bros. is considering End of Watch and Sabotage director David Ayer to helm Suicide…
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CBS Orders SUPERGIRL Television Series; New Plot Details Revealed
A couple weeks ago, it was confirmed that a live action Supergirl television series was in development, with Arrow and The Flash‘s Greg Berlanti executive producing. Warner Bros. TV and DC Entertainment began pitching the potential show to networks this week, and it didn’t take long at all for Kara Zor-El’s latest small screen venture to find a home. It has been announced that CBS has picked up Supergirl with a series commitment, which is said to be even larger than Fox’s commitment to Gotham. CBS closed this deal last night, one day after WB started to pitched the series to networks. It has also been affirmed that the show, which…
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Machinima To Air Animated Companion Series For JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MONSTERS Movie
While two of DC’s three animated films for 2015 – Justice League: Throne of Atlantis and Batman vs. Robin – share the universe created by Justice League: War, the third one will be a standalone movie. Justice League: Gods and Monsters will be produced by DC Animated Universe mastermind Bruce Timm, who also developed the original story and many character designs. And now, to mark Warner Bros.’ first project from its recently established digital content production unit, a companion series will debut before the anticipated movie. Via Variety, Machinima has acquired the rights to premiere Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, a three-part series that marks the website’s first collaboration with…
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ARROW Season 3 Poster Assembles Team Arrow
As we get closer to the October 8th return of Arrow, The CW has finally released the official poster for the series’ highly anticipated third season. Noticeably darker than one-sheets for the past two seasons, the Season 3 key art assembles the five members of Team Arrow: Roy Harper/Arsenal (Colton Haynes), Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett-Rickards), John Diggle (David Ramsey), new member Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy), and of course, Oliver Queen/Arrow (Stephen Amell) himself. With the inclusion of DC characters such as Ray Palmer, Wildcat and big bad Ra’s al Ghul, this season promises to be another exciting installment of the excellent DC series. Check out the poster below, and stay…
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ARROW Casts SPARTACUS Actor Nick Tarabay As Flash Villain Captain Boomerang
Since its first season, The CW’s Arrow has been known for casting actors from the Spartacus series in key roles. Manu Bennett plays season two villain Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, Katrina Law plays Nyssa, the daughter of Ra’s al Ghul, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson plays former A.R.G.U.S. leader Amanda Waller. We can now add another name to the list, and this one should please fans of The Flash. According to Entertainment Weekly, Spartacus and Star Trek Into Darkness actor Nick Tarabay has been cast as none other than Digger Harkness, aka Captain Boomerang. This villain is one of The Flash’s most well-known adversaries, and he has also served as a member of the Suicide…
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Fox Orders Pilot For Television Series Based On DC/Vertigo Character LUCIFER
For the past year, DC Entertainment has been heavily expanding its presence on television. In addition to the returning Arrow, new shows The Flash, Gotham and Constantine will premiere this fall. Meanwhile, Vertigo title iZombie will debut on The CW early next year. In addition, DC recently began shopping a Supergirl series to networks, while TNT has ordered a Titans show starring Nightwing and the [Teen] Titans. And now, Fox, the network behind Gotham, is looking to add yet another character into the mix According to Deadline, Fox has placed a put pilot commitment for Lucifer, a series based on the DC/Vertigo character of the same name. This character appeared…
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CW’s THE FLASH Sets Amanda Pays To Reprise Tina McGee Role From 1990 Series
One of the most exciting additions to the cast of The CW’s The Flash was John Wesley Shipp, who played the Scarlet Speedster in the early 1990s series. In this new series, the former Flash plays Henry Allen, the father of Grant Gustin’s Barry who is wrongly accused of murdering his wife, Nora. Henry will recur throughout the series. And now, the Arrow spin-off has added another actor from The Flash‘s original show, and it may serve as even more nostalgia for fans. According to Variety, actress Amanda Pays is set to play Dr. Tina McGee, a character she played in the 1990s Flash series. In that show, McGee was Barry Allen’s love…
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Ben Affleck Talks Sharing The Trait Of Rage With Batman And Signing On For BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
Ben Affleck has not talked much about playing the Dark Knight in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which is unsurprising due to the expected secretive nature of DC’s films. But with his new film Gone Girl being released next month, he will surely be asked a number of questions during the press tour. And inevitably, The Sunday Times (via ComicBook.com) spoke with Affleck about portraying Batman. When asked why he decided to accept the offer to join Batman v Superman, Affleck said, “To get the exposure to a movie of this scale is an education.” While the actor has prior comic book movie experience with Daredevil, Dawn of…