Hot off the heels of a full season pick-up, Fox’s Gotham has added yet another key Batman character to its cast. According to Deadline, Firefly actress Morena Baccarin is set to play Dr. Leslie Thompkins, a recognizable supporting character in the Dark Knight mythos. Gotham marks her first live action appearance. Thompkins will be a recurring character this season, and will be upgraded to series regular for season two – if Gotham is renewed, of course. Baccarin’s take on the character is described as “a gifted and dedicated physician who was a friend of Bruce Wayne’s parents, Thomas and Martha. She is determined to use her skills to aid Gotham’s most…

Last week, Warner Bros. confirmed that theater actor Ray Fisher is set to play Cyborg in the DC Cinematic Universe. In addition to a minor role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Fisher will play Victor Stone in not only 2017’s Justice League Part One and 2019’s Justice League Part Two, but also his own Cyborg movie in 2020. However, it turns out that the actor didn’t find out about the latter until right before the rest of the world did. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Fisher revealed his surprise to learn that Cyborg will star in his own spin-off film. “I didn’t know the extent to which DC and…

Today, Warner Bros. unveiled plans for a new digital content unit, called Blue Ribbon Content. This unit will produce new digital short-form series, both animated and live action, and it is helmed by WB Animation and Digital Series president Sam Register. Recently, WB Digital and Machinima announced plans to produce Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, a new miniseries to tie into the animated DC movie of the same name, for an early 2015 bow. Now, Blue Ribbon Content has unveiled more projects, including the live action debut of a fan-favorite DC character. Plans are underway for the series Static Shock, based on the popular hero of the same name.…

Deadline has published an article covering a new deal that director James Wan has signed with New Line Cinema. He will helm The Conjuring 2 next year for a 2016 release, and he will produce other horror, science fiction and comedy movies produced at a “modest” budget. This is the first deal of this sort New Line has signed with a director. Most interestingly, however, New Line president Toby Emmerich has revealed that there are plans for Wan to helm an even bigger project. Emmerich tells Deadline that the studio sees Wan as a promising director, and it appears that he is being lined up to tackle a DC Comics…

Announced last week as a part of Warner Bros.’ ambitious DC movie plans for the next few years, Suicide Squad is finally a go, with Fury‘s David Ayer set to direct. The supervillain team-up film is expected to star a number of A-list actors, with Will Smith, Tom Hardy and Margot Robbie reportedly in talks to join. Ryan Gosling has also been rumored for the film. While few other details are available, we now have Ayer’s first comments on joining the movie. Speaking with Empire Online while promoting Fury, the director had this to say regarding how his latest film has prepared him to bring the Suicide Squad to life.…

After months of evading rumors, Warner Bros. finally confirmed last week that actor Jason Momoa is set to play Aquaman in the DC Cinematic Universe. The actor will first make a minor appearance in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which hits theaters March 25th, 2016, before having a larger role in November 11th, 2017’s Justice League Part One. Then, on July 27th, 2018, Momoa will star in an Aquaman solo movie. When word first came out that the former Game of Thrones star was cast as the King of Atlantis, he remained mum and initially outright denied these reports. Now that it’s official, however, Momoa couldn’t be happier to…

This week finally saw the full announcement of Warner Bros.’ DC movie schedule for the next few years, featuring films for the likes of Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash and more. However, fans have noticed that the studio’s adaptation of Sandman, which is being produced by David S. Goyer and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, was nowhere to be found in the slate. This surprised some, since a script is currently in the works. Now, Sandman creator Neil Gaiman – who is also involved with the big screen adaptation – explains why the movie was not named in WB’s big announcement. And the reason should not be that surprising. Answering a fan’s question…

A few months ago, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire actress Jena Malone was spotted on the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Naturally, this led to speculation that she had some sort of role in the movie, but this was quickly debunked when it was said she was just visiting. That made sense, considering she previously worked with director Zack Snyder on Sucker Punch. However, recent rumors have linked Malone to the role of Carrie Kelly, who was the Robin of The Dark Knight Returns. This was fueled by a reporter on the Dawn of Justice set claiming that there was a female Robin in the movie. Now,…

Immediately after Warner Bros. announced that Suicide Squad will be one of the many DC films releasing between 2016 and 2020, we received the first word on casting. The studio reportedly offered the supervillain team-up film to A-list actors Will Smith and Ryan Gosling, as well as former Bane actor Tom Hardy and The Wolf of Wall Street‘s Margot Robbie. While we don’t know where things stand with Gosling – who is also considering a couple of other tentpoles, including Marvel’s Doctor Strange – it appears that the other three may be closer to joining the project than expected. Deadline has offered its take on this Suicide Squad news, and the…

It was recently announced that Warner Bros.’ next animated DC movie, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, will hit stores on January 27th of next year. The direct-to-video film is based on the epic “Throne of Atlantis” New 52 arc by Geoff Johns, and it serves as a sequel to Justice League: War, which kicked off a new shared DC universe for some animated titles. Throne of Atlantis also serves as an origin story for Aquaman, who teams up with the Justice League to save the surface world from the wrath of his half-brother, Orm. Now, we have the official Blu-Ray cover artwork for the movie, as well as a list…