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.…

Today it was reported at The Hollywood Reporter that The CW has ordered an addition ten episodes for season one of The Flash, bringing the episodes total to 23. Network President, Mark Pedowitz made the announcement about Flash and their other new hit series Jane the Virgin and had this to say: “We have had a fantastic start to our season this year, with The Flash launching as our most-watched series premiere ever.” Both shows have received strong praise from critics and audiences alike and have drawn great numbers. Pedowitz then made it clear that their new hits are part of the CW’s commitment to quality programing.  “Over the past…

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…

                                                                                                                  MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD It’s taken 5 episodes of Gotham, but finally one of my main grips with the series has, for the moment anyway, be rectified. I have always been critical of the series need to shoehorn Bruce Wayne into every episode regardless of the story. It always felt forced . The very…

Both the Flash and Arrow made casting announcements today. Variety reported earlier that Arrow has added Vinnie Jones as Danny Brickwell.  Jones is a former professional soccer player; he began his acting career with a role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.  He’s gone on to have dozens of roles in films and on television shows such as Psych and The Cape.  (imdb) Created by Judd Winick and Phil Hester, Danny Brickwell is better known as “Brick.”  He’s a mafia member known for his invulnerable, red brick-like and strength.  Despite his abilities, Brick rose in the mafia mostly because of his keen intellect.  On Arrow, he is described as…

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…

Viewers of the second episode of Gotham got a bit of a surprise.  The “Queen Consolidated” logo from Arrow was seen in neon on the side of a building.  It came as a shock as the two shows air on competing networks, to further fuel speculation the villain of the episode was the Dollmaker.  Dollmaker had also appeared in two episodes of Arrow.   Was it possible that the CW-Universe was actually spreading across networks? Is the present of Gotham the past of Arrow and Flash? As it happens, two of the most surprised people were Arrow show-runner Marc Guggenheim and his Gotham counterpart, Danny Cannon.  While the observant viewers that…