Despite initial confusion, Dwayne Johnson confirmed last year that his Shazam movie will indeed be set in the DC Extended Universe, alongside the rest of Warner Bros.’ DC films. We’ve gotten few updates on the project since, with producer Hiram Garcia most recently saying that a new draft was coming soon, but the film won’t be rushed. Now, we have another update, as well as exactly how it relates to the greater DCEU. Speaking with Newsweek, producer Dany Garcia says that, despite the different creative team and process, Shazam will take place in the same world as Justice League and more. “Shazam! is to live in the same world [as…

We’ll receive a proper introduction to Ezra Miller’s Flash in Justice League, but after that, the Scarlet Speedster is headlining his own film, which reportedly begins production next year in London. Rick Famuyiwa is directing the movie, which will co-star Kiersey Clemons as Iris West. In an interview with MTV News, Miller comments on the tone of The Flash, while praising his director and co-star. Miller says that the plan is for The Flash to be an “extremely fun” and “deeply human” installment of the DC Extended Universe, and he has nothing but positive things to say about Famuyiwa. “I think there’s just an intention to make something extremely fun…

Arrow is well known for its incorporation of flashback scenes in almost every episode. Usually, these flashbacks would focus on Oliver Queen’s five-year journey before his return to Starling City in season one. However, over the last couple seasons, the flashbacks became uninteresting, especially when there was no connection to the present-day timeline. Yesterday, it was confirmed that the main flashback storyline will conclude in Arrow‘s fifth season. However, assuming the show is renewed for season six, flashbacks won’t go away forever. In an interview with IGN, executive producer Marc Guggenheim explains. While the “island narrative” will finish this coming season, Guggenheim says that flashbacks will still be used on…

We got plenty of DC television news during The CW’s panel at the Television Critics Association (TCA) tour today. Here’s another tidbit from the presentation, courtesy of Deadline. During the panel, the network confirmed the episode numbers for its 2016-2017 slate, including the five DC/Vertigo shows. Supergirl (Season 2), The Flash (Season 3) and Arrow (Season 5) all have 22 episode orders for this season. Supergirl had 20 episodes during its first season on CBS, while Flash and Arrow both had 23 in their prior seasons. However, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (Season 2) only has a 13 episode order for this season, with an option to order more later on. This is three…

“And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.” –Genesis 2:2 How many news stories do you get to open with a quote from the Bible?   So anyway, DC TV on the CW has been an undeniable success.  Arrow, Flash, iZombie, Legends of Tomorrow and coming this fall Season 2 of Supergirl will anchor the week on the CW.  As it stands right now, there will Supergirl on Monday, Flash Tuesday, Arrow Wednesday and Legends on Thursday.  The obvious question is “Will they round out the week with a Friday show?” …

The CW held its panel at this summer’s Television Critics Association (TCA) tour, and plenty of DC television news was announced. New heroes and villains were revealed, Chris Wood’s Supergirl character was confirmed, Arrow made an exciting new addition to the cast, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Check out the highlights below, courtesy of TV Line and TV Guide. During Arrow‘s Russia-set flashbacks this season, Oliver Queen will be facing a formidable new foe. Action star Dolph Lundgren will play a big bad in a recurring role. Executive producer Wendy Mericle confirms to Entertainment Weekly that Lundgren’s character is Kovar, the dude namedropped by Taiana in the season four…

In addition to the four live action shows, The CW has an animated DC series, Vixen, on the CW Seed app. Now, a second show for the format has been announced, further expanding the universe created by Arrow. At TCA 2016 today (via TV Line), The CW unveiled a new animated series –  Freedom Fighters: The Ray, based on the DC Comics hero of the same name. The show marks the first show to star a gay superhero. It is executive produced by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim. The series will premiere on CW Seed sometime in 2017. Like Vixen before him, The Ray is expected to pop up in…

Following Aquaman’s formal debut in Justice League, the character will go on to star in his own movie on July 27th, 2018. Jason Momoa, Amber Heard and Willem Dafoe will star. And in a new interview with IGN, director James Wan talks again about his approach to the DC film. Wan comments on the challenges of depicting underwater communication between characters, saying, “…here’s the thing I always say, if you have water in your lungs, like these characters do, there’s no air bubble. So I don’t know…I just think in my movie, I want to kind of create…I love the idea of underwater speaking but with a real sort of…