The CW has unveiled its midseason premiere dates for January, and it includes the premiere date for its next DC Comics show, Black Lightning. The superhero series will make its premiere on Tuesday, January 16th at 9 PM EST, following the return of The Flash. The Tuesdays at 9 slot was originally owned by Legends of Tomorrow. However, that show will now move to a new night and time, which are TBA. This marks the second switch for Legends, which spent its first season and a half on Thursdays at 8. Supergirl and Arrow will stick to Mondays and Thursday, respectively, in their same times. For The CW’s full midseason…

20th Century Fox has put another X-Men spinoff into development, and this one may be the most unexpected yet. According to Deadline, actor James Franco is set to star in Multiple Man as Jamie Madrox, a mutant who has the ability to create clones of himself. Simon Kinberg is producing alongside Franco, with Wonder Woman scribe Allan Heinberg writing the script. No director is attached yet. This marks Franco’s second Marvel Comics role, after playing Harry Osborn in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy. Multiple Man was previously portrayed by Eric Dane in 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand. Multiple Man is the latest addition to the ever-growing X-Men universe. In addition to the…

Fans went wild over the marketing campaign for Deadpool a couple years ago, and sure enough, its sequel is trying to replicate that success. Today, Fox released the film’s teaser trailer, and it’s about as silly as you’d expect. The trailer is mostly a Bob Ross parody, with our hero painting and spouting profanities in typical Deadpool fashion. We also get a few brief glimpses of actual footage from the movie. Additionally, Fox has released an official synopsis for the film. The site is currently calling it The Untitled Deadpool Sequel. It’s unclear if it really is untitled or if the title is being super-meta. But, we should expect official…

In this week’s Legends of Tomorrow, the team travels to 1937 to address their latest anachronism: a time-displaced Helen of Troy in the midst of a Hollywood bidding war. Meanwhile, the team faces off against Damien Darhk, while some revelations about two other villains were revealed. But perhaps most significantly, the episode’s ending features a reference to one of DC’s most iconic superheroes, confirming the existence of a key location in the Arrowverse. [Warning: The Following Contains SPOILERS From This Week’s Legends of Tomorrow.] So, after Helen is retrieved from Hollywood, she expresses a desire to go somewhere other than Troy. Luckily, Zari brings her to an island from Helen’s…

Live the intense tale of the founding of the greatest band of superheroes ever – Justice League: New Frontier. In this origin epic, a virtual who’s who of superheroes featuring not only Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, but also Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Flash, these very different heroes must overcome their fear and suspicion of one another to forge an alliance against a creature so formidable that it will take all of their powers combined to prevail! Inspired by the best-selling graphic novel and produced by the multiple Emmy®-winning animation legend Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series). [DC Comics] The Justice League has been adapted many times in animation. But…

DC Films’ Justice League will unite DC’s biggest heroes, including the top two: Batman and Superman. The two characters have been scheduled to get new solo movies for a while. Matt Reeves recently took over to direct and rewrite The Batman, while a standalone Man of Steel sequel hasn’t made much movement. Now, we have updates on both movies. Producer Charles Roven tells Washington Times that Ben Affleck is still attached to star in The Batman, but given Reeves’ rewriting the film from scratch, it’s hard to definitively say what will stick and what will be cut. “From everything I know, [Affleck is] going to play that Batman. They’re retooling…