…Turning to the DC Extended Universe now and although Warner Bros. chose not to show a Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice TV spot at the Super Bowl, we did get two Turkish Airlines promos entitled ‘Fly to Gotham City’ and ‘Fly to Metropolis’. But, any disappointment was soon wiped away as the studio released the rather fantastic final trailer for the DC superhero ensemble, which arrived online alongside a new IMAX poster. You can revisit the trailer here, and be sure to take a look at the thoughts of our writing team in the latest Flickering Myth Reaction here. Meanwhile, you may also want to take a look at two new posters [see here], as well as an image of Ben Affleck’s Bruce Wayne surveying the damage from the end of Man of Steel [see here], a new look at Metropolis’ Superman statue [see here], and a fan-made recreation of the last trailer using footage of Adam West’s Batman, George Reeves’ Superman and Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman [see here]…
…In an interview this week, Jesse Eisenberg spoke about portraying “a more modern, psychologically realistic” Lex Luthor: “The character is in line with what audiences want to see now, which is a more modern, psychologically realistic concept of Lex Luthor,” states Eisenberg. “His motivations are multifaceted; he has a way of using language that’s specific to the way his mind works; he struggles with interesting philosophical dilemmas like that of the individual having too much power, even if that individual is using that power for good. For instance, Superman has so far been using his powers to do some good, but is it safe to have someone like that walking the streets? It’s great that all of this happens in the context of a very exciting superhero movie.” You can read the rest of Eisenberg’s comments, including his thoughts on working with Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill, here…
…Two new promotional posters for Suicide Squad arriving online this week, offering up a new look at Task Force X together, along with Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn; check them out here…
…Next year’s Wonder Woman movie has found some new competition at the box office, with Paramount and Hasbro setting Michael Bay’s Transformers 5 for the same release date of June 23rd 2017….
…In other DCEU-related news, Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis spoke to Anthony Mackie this week, with the Captain America: Civil War star laughing off the “rivalry” between Marvel and DC, stating that: “It’s still strange to me that people think DC and Marvel are rivals, thinking we sit on the Marvel sets talking trash about DC.” Mackie also spoke briefly about Warner’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and whether he’s Team Batman or Team Superman: “If I had to pick, I’d pick Batman… Michael Keaton is my favourite Batman, though if I got to hang out with Morgan Freeman for the rest of my life, I’d be happy…”
…Moving on to the small screen and with filming on the Supergirl / The Flash crossover now underway, Grant Gustin took to social media to share the first set photo of himself and Melissa Benoist in full costume from the upcoming Supergirl episode ‘Worlds Finest’. And that wasn’t the only CBS/The CW crossover this week…
…As Barry Allen ventured through the multiverse in this week’s episode of The Flash, ‘Welcome to Earth-2’ we caught a glimpse of Benoist’s Supergirl, not to mention a host of other DC cameos including Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen sporting a goatee, Johnathon Schaech’s Jonah Hex ahead of his DC’s Legends of Tomorrow debut, a Legion ring from The Legion of Super-Heroes (who have been teased for a possible TV appearance by Geoff Johns), and John Wesley Shipp’s Scarlet Speedster, which seemingly brings the 1990s The Flash series into the Arrowverse continuity! Exciting stuff indeed! Check out screencaps of the cameos here, along with Jessie Robertson’s review of the episode here, and check out a Killer Frost-focused clip and poster for the episode here and here. Meanwhile, we also have a trailer, promo and images from this Tuesday’s episode ‘Escape from Earth-2’ [see here and here], as well as a trailer for the upcoming episodes which teases the big Zoom reveal, as well as the return of King Shark [see here]…
…Shifting back to Supergirl and be sure to check out Martin Carr’s review of ‘Bizarro’ here, along with promo images for the next episode – airing February 22nd and directed by Lexi Alexander (Arrow, Punisher: War Zone) – entitled ‘Truth, Justice and the American Way’ here, along with an image from the fifteenth episode ‘Solitude’, which features our first look at Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, here…
…And turning back to The CW, you can read Jessie Robertson’s review of this Wednesday’s episode of Arrow ‘Sins of the Father’ here, while we’ve also got a poster for said episode featuring Thea (Willa Holland) and Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) here, along with a trailer, promo and images for next week’s fourteenth episode ‘Code of Silence’ here and here…
…We also have a trailer, promo and images for this coming Thursday’s fifth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, entitled ‘Fail-Safe’ [see here and here], along with a behind-the-scenes video from ‘Star City 2046’, which will see guest star Stephen Amell as the one-armed future Oliver Queen [see here]…
…Fox has continued building towards the return of Gotham at the end of the month with a new episode of Gotham Stories [watch it here], a first look image of B.D. Wong’s Hugo Strange [see here], and a new trailer featuring Strange and Nathan Darrow’s Mr. Freeze [see here]. Meanwhile, executive producer John Stephens has been discussing the introduction of Azrael, stating that they will have a “brand-new twist” on the character: “In many respects, Azrael will have many of the hallmarks and traits that we know from the comics. But it will have a brand-new twist upon that character; the way we’re going to bring that character into being on our show will be different than anything we’ve seen in the comics. It will be identifiable as Azrael in all respects, just a version of him we’ve not seen before, which is the point of doing these! How can we do the character with a fresh twist..?”
…With the New York Toy Fair taking place this weekend, DC Collectibles has unveiled some of its new action figures, including characters from Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad and Man of Steel [see here], Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures and Batman Beyond [see here] and Harley Quinn [see here]. Meanwhile, you can also check out an image of Funko’s Pop! Vinyl range for Suicide Squad here…
…And finally, we’ve got a couple of superhero-themed articles on Flickering Myth; check out Anghus Houvouras’ ‘Why 2016 is a Make or Break Year for Comic Book Movies’ here, and my ‘Superhero Showdown 2016’, predicting the box office figures for Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad and Doctor Strange here.
Gary Collinson is a writer and lecturer from the North East of England. He is the editor-in-chief of FlickeringMyth.com and the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.
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