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…

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…

As fans of The Flash settle into the mid-season break, some might be finding the six week wait for new episodes a little uncomfortable.  Not to worry, the producers are here with some casting news to tide you over.  Access Hollywood reported today that Peyton List will be joining the cast as Lisa Snart.  Lisa is the younger sister of Leonard Snart aka Captain Cold. The twenty-eight year old Baltimore native has put together an impressive television resume already.  After cutting her teeth on shows like Sex in the City, her credits now include runs on shows like Mad Men and 90210.  She’s also worked alongside Samuel L Jackson in…

Deadline reported today that Alek Paunovic will be joining the cast of iZombie in a recurring role. Paunovic has been acting for twenty years.  He’s been in movies such as: This Means War, I Spy and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.  A veteran television actor he’s most recently appeared on another CW series, The 100 but he has been on shows as varied as Psych, Battlestar Galactica and Saved. (imdb) Also, Paunovic is no stranger to zombie stories as he will appear in the upcoming adaptation of Dead Rising. He joins the cast alongside Rose McIver, Molly Hagen and Nick Purcha. Deadline did not have details about Paunovic’s role on…

As Arrow‘s mid-season finale airs tonight, CW has released some news for the second half of season three.  Entertainment Weekly reported that Peter Stormare will be returning to Arrow. Stormare played the second Vertigo; born Werner Zytle, he was a crime lord in Starling City who took over the drug trade from the original Vertigo.  He appeared in the season three premiere where he confronted and drugged Oliver while trying to blow up a stadium.  Oliver fought off the effects of the drug and left Zytle for the police. The Swedish actor is known for his roles on Prison Break and Blacklist, he also had roles in Big Lebowski and Fargo.…

The Flash (1×09) – “The Man in the Yellow Suit” Written by: Aaron and Todd Helbing Directed by: Ralph Hemecker This week’s episode opens on a chase.  Barry is pursuing the man in the yellow suit through Central City and struggling to catch him before the other speedster pours on more speed. We then cut to the day before, Joe and Barry are decorating the Christmas Tree while Iris has made them the family’s traditional Egg Nog, light on the bourbon.  Unfortunately, Joe is called away to a meeting with the DA.  Soon after he leaves, Iris pulls Barry over to the Tree to exchange gifts.  Barry bought her an…

When Warner Brothers announced the cast for Suicide Squad on December 2nd speculation and excitement ran rampant.  While we were all debating the casting choice, ComicBookResources.com went straight to the source.  They spoke with the creator of the modern Squad, John Ostrander. Ostrander relaunched the Suicide Squad in 1987 and his run lasted over sixty issues until it canceled in 1992.  His run was beloved by readers both for the characters and for its take on the politics of the time; Ostrander took on subjects like the Cold War and Terrorism and often had appearance by real-world political figures like President Ronald Reagan. Ostrander was both surprised and pleased that…

The explosion of DC Comics on television is set to continue as Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher has received a pilot order.  If picked up, Preacher will follow Arrow, Flash, Constantine, iZombie and next year’s Supergirl to television. The pilot is being developed by Point Grey Pictures, a production company started by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.  They’ve teamed up with Prison Break and Fast and Furious producer, Neal H. Moritz.  Also joining them will be Breaking Bad producer, Sam Catlin to develop the show.  Sony Television and AMC Studios own the rights to the show and it has been highly sought after already. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon…

The Flash (1×08) – “Flash vs Arrow” Written by: Greg Berlenti and Andrew Kreisberg Directed by: Glen Winter The episode opens with Barry traveling the city doing good deeds, in a very Barry way.  He delivers flowers to a woman annoyed with her husband, and giving a pair of young commuters their “meet-cute moment, my favorite was Barry helping painting that felt so much like this moment from the Johns/Manapul Flash story “The Dastardly Death of the Rogues” below: At Jitters, Barry pauses (for him, the world seems to be in slow motion we’ll come back to this) to watch Iris before moving on. At a Central City Bank, a…

While the CW is getting ready to premiere the first half of their “Flash vs Arrow” crossover event, the internet was treated to some breaking news concerning the future of the DC/CW-Verse; a major return on Arrow while the upcoming iZombie has added to their cast. First up, Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Steven Weber will be joining the iZombie cast for at least two episodes.  Weber is best known for his co-starring role on the long-running NBC sitcom, Wings. The Cheers spinoff ran through the end of the eighties and most of the nineties, Weber played Brian Hackett. He and his brother, Joe ran a small airline out of…