Unlike Gotham, which is going down the Smallville route of exploring the origin of its young hero-to-be, DC’s latest prequel series Krypton is heading back two generations to focus on Superman’s grandfather Seg-El, long before the birth of Kal-El, and the destruction of his homeworld. Speaking to Comic Book ahead of its premiere this coming […]
Wiseau Serious? See Tommy Wiseau’s Joker edited into The Dark Knight
Last week, the folks at Nerdist released a rather humourous video featuring The Room creator Tommy Wiseau ‘auditioning’ for the role of The Joker, and now sure enough someone has taken that footage and spliced it into Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. It’s probably not going to win any Oscars, but it’s definitely worth a […]
Gotham Season 4 Episode 14 Review – ‘Reunion’
Martin Carr reviews the fourteenth episode of Gotham season 4… Schizophrenic split personalities, coded messages between colluding confidants and hand to hammer gangland retribution is rift in ‘Reunion’ this week. Villainy is being rendered like high class soap from upper class body fat, as story threads, double crosses and law enforcement epiphanies come home to […]
Rumour: Tony Zucco to appear in DC’s Titans
As production continues on DC’s live-action Teen Titans digital series Titans, Heroic Hollywood is reporting that the character of Tony Zucco will make an appearance in the show. Zucco is a name that will be familiar to Dick Grayson fans, being the mobster responsible for the death of Dick’s parents by sabotaging their trapeze ropes […]
Preview of Justice League #41
DC Comics releases Justice League #41 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… “JUSTICE LOST” part two! What does justice mean in a lawless world? This is the question the team must struggle with when the League finds itself trapped between warring factions, helpless refugees and mercenaries […]
Smallville and Daredevil’s Steven S. DeKnight praises Zack Snyder’s Superman
Before he got to play with giant monsters and machines with the upcoming Pacific Rim Uprising, former Daredevil showrunner Steven S. DeKnight spent several years working as a co-executive producer on the fan favourite Superman prequel series Smallville. During an interview with Screen Rant to promote the release of the Pacific Rim sequel, DeKnight has been […]
Toronto Comicon Interview: John Welsey Shipp talks The Flash
Ricky Church chats with John Welsey Shipp about The Flash… Anyone who watches a lot of superhero TV series or films knows that the turnaround for actors portraying the heroes is fairly high. Every few years a new actor comes on board in either a reboot or a continuation of the series, much like the James […]
Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Book of Revelations’
Red Stewart reviews the eighth episode of Black Lightning… “The Book of Revelations” opens up with scenes of Anissa and Jefferson training juxtaposed against news interviews with everyday people criticizing Black Lightning in the aftermath of Lady Eve’s murder. This is clearly meant to be a contrasting throwback to the third episode “LaWanda: The Book […]
Ava DuVernay to direct DC’s New Gods
Having turned down the opportunity to direct Marvel’s Black Panther, Ava DuVernay has now signed on for a different comic book movie project, with the filmmaker set to direct an adaptation of DC’s New Gods for Warner Bros. Created by the legendary Jack Kirby and making their first appearance in New Gods #1 in 1971 […]
Preview of Batman #43
Ahead of its release this coming Wednesday, DC Comics has unveiled a preview of Batman #43, which continues the ‘Everyone Loves Ivy’ story arc; check it out here… “Everyone Loves Ivy” part three! The quest to end Ivy’s domination heads toward a close, but can Batman offer Ivy redemption on the other side of this […]
