The Week in Spandex - Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Arrowverse, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, The Defenders, Deadpool 2, Fantastic Four 2 and more

Originally published August 14, 2016. Updated November 30, 2022.

Here’s an abridged version of The Week in Spandex…

It’s been a bit of a busy week behind-the-scenes here at Flickering Myth, so much so that there just hasn’t been time to put together the regular Week in Spandex round-up. I apologise, and hope that normal service will be resumed next weekend. In the meantime, if you want to keep up to date with all of the superhero news from the past week, you can find links to our coverage here…

SUICIDE SQUAD

Suicide Squad pulls in a global opening weekend of $267 million
Suicide Squad crosses $300 million worldwide
Jared Leto wanted Suicide Squad to be rated R
Jared Leto says there are enough deleted scenes from Suicide Squad for a Joker movie
Jared Leto says The Joker and Superman would be interesting to see on screen together
Suicide Squad director David Ayer explains The Joker’s grill and damaged tattoo
Rumoured list of deleted scenes from Suicide Squad
How Suicide Squad’s soundtrack reveals studio interference, what David Ayer’s original cut was, and the reported ‘Trailer Park’ version

WONDER WOMAN

Patty Jenkins says rumours of “insiders” claiming Wonder Woman is “another mess” are “entirely false”

JUSTICE LEAGUE

Jason Momoa’s Aquaman rocks out in new Justice League set photo
Negative reviews for Suicide Squad are motivating Justice League

AQUAMAN

Rumour: Black Manta to appear as the main villain in the Aquaman movie

MAN OF STEEL 2

Warner Bros. reportedly in active development on Man of Steel 2

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

Play-Arts Kai’s Black & White Superman figure from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Kevin Conroy “isn’t particularly comfortable” with The Dark Knight killing in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

ARROWVERSE

Stephen Amell teases four-way crossover between Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl
It’s official: Batman will not feature in the Arrowverse
Joss Whedon rumoured to direct musical crossover between Supergirl and The Flash

SUPERGIRL

The CW has a new hero in Supergirl season 2 promo
Season 2 synopsis for Supergirl flies in
Kevin Smith to direct an episode of Supergirl, Miss Martian and Mon-El cast in season 2

THE FLASH

Susan Walters joins The Flash as Caitlin Snow’s mother
Grey Damon cast as Mirror Master in The Flash
Synopsis for season 3 of The Flash

ARROW

Arrow gets a season 5 synopsis
Dolph Lundgren to play villain in Arrow season 5

DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW

Sarah Grey cast as Star-Girl in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Vixen poster and JSA Logo for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as Lance Henricksen joins the cast
Synopsis for season 2 of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Funko unveils Legends of Tomorrow Pop! Vinyl figures for The Atom, White Canary and Firestorm

GOTHAM

Character portraits for Gotham season 3
First look at Maggie Geha as Poison Ivy in Gotham season 3
Gotham’s Mad Hatter revealed in new image
Gotham season 3 synopsis

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

Spider-Man: Homecoming set photo offers close-up look at Spidey’s web-shooters
Michael Chernus to play The Tinkerer in Spider-Man: Homecoming
Rumour: Spider-Man: Homecoming’s The Tinkerer has connections to an Avenger and another classic Spidey villain

DOCTOR STRANGE

Magic in Doctor Strange will not be explained away scientifically
Two new images from Marvel’s Doctor Strange

THOR: RAGNAROK

Tom Hiddleston shares behind-the-scenes image of Loki from Thor: Ragnarok set

CAPTAIN MARVEL

Captain Marvel movie will revamp Carol Danvers’ origin to avoid Green Lantern comparisons

LUKE CAGE

New poster for Luke Cage
New trailer for Luke Cage
New images from Luke Cage

JESSICA JONES

Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg talks Jessica Jones season 2 and The Defenders