In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Justice League Mortal, The Batman, Justice League Dark, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2, Shazam, Suicide Squad 2, Batgirl, The Joker, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Titans, Batman and Harley, Batman and Harley Quinn, The LEGO Batman Movie, Deadpool 2, […]
Justice League movie poster gets the LEGO treatment
With the tie-in sets now on sale [take a look at the official promotional images here], a LEGO version of the movie poster for Warner Bros.’ upcoming DC blockbuster Justice League has arrived online, featuring minifigure versions of Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Justice League action […]
Pre-production begins on Warner Bros.’ Shazam! movie
Having been confirmed as the next DC Extended Universe movie to shoot after Aquaman, director David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation) has taken to Instagram to announce that pre-production is now underway on the Shazam! film. The movie is based upon Captain Marvel, a character created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck back in 1939, and follows Billy […]
The Crow reboot moves to Sony Pictures
It looks like the long-gestating reboot of The Crow is back from the dead, with THR reporting that Sony Pictures has picked up the project, which spent close to a decade in development at Relativity. According to the site, director Corin Hardy (The Hallow) and star Jason Momoa (Aquaman) remain attached to the film, which […]
New Star Wars: The Last Jedi promo art revealed with trading cards
The Star Wars: The Last Jedi goodies just keep coming thick and fast! After all of yesterday’s Force Friday II excitement [keep up to date with all of the news and reveals here], Topps has now unveiled a series of trading cards offering up some rather nice new promotional artwork and imagery from the eagerly-anticipated […]
Michael Cerveris cast as Professor Pyg in Gotham season 4
TV Line is reporting that Michael Cerveris (Fringe, The Tick) has been cast as the DC villain Professor Pyg in the upcoming fourth season of Gotham season 4. “Michael is one of my best friends,” states Gotham executive producer Danny Cannon. “He was in my film school graduation movie, when we were both amateurs. And now he’s […]
Warner Bros. had no plans for Batgirl before Joss Whedon
Despite constant rumours that the character would be making an appearance in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (which of course proved unfounded), it seems that Warner Bros. had no plans to utilise Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Batgirl, until Joss Whedon convinced them otherwise. In an article on the status of Warner’s DC film division(s), Variety […]
Déjà vu as Ben Affleck’s involvement with The Batman said to be in doubt, again
For months, rumours swirled about whether Ben Affleck would remain in the director’s chair on The Batman, Warner Bros.’ planned Dark Knight solo movie. And, since it was revealed that he wouldn’t be, we’ve now had to endure rumour after rumour concerning his continued involvement – or lack of – in front of the camera […]
Wonder Woman 2 will feature a “grand and now full-blown Wonder Woman”
Having dealt with her origin in this year’s DC blockbuster Wonder Woman, director Patty Jenkins has revealed to ET Online that she is looking forward to getting the opportunity to explore a “grand and now full-blown” Amazon Princess in the 2019 sequel. “The greatest thing about making this [the first Wonder Woman] movie was the […]
Rumour: Teen Titans live-action series to feature three more DC heroes
With Warner Bros. and DC gearing up to go into production on the live-action TV series Titans, The Hashtag Show is reporting that the show will see the Teen Titans joined by three other heroes from the DC universe in Hawk and Dove, along with Detective Amy Rohrbach of the Bludhaven Police Department. The site reports […]