…Moving on to the DC Extended Universe now, and Jason Momoa took to social media this week to announce that the UK portion of filming on Justice League has wrapped, while Zack Snyder marked the occasion by releasing a new video featuring some behind-the-scenes footage from next year’s big DC team-up…
…Before we get to Justice League in November, we do of course have the Wonder Woman solo movie to look forward to, and DC Collectibles unveiled a couple of rather nice statues featuring Gal Gadot’s Diana and Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor [see here], while Pine debunked the rumour that he’ll be playing the dual roles of Steve Trevor and his grandson, as well as talking briefly about the film itself: “It was fun to fall in love with Gal Gadot. It was fun to do some comedy. It was fun to do some action. The part kind of asked for a little bit of all of it, so it was a good time. I think what’s really fun and exciting about it … different about it, actually, is that there’s a nice love story at the center of an action film, and I don’t think you see that often in these kinds of films…”
…Warner Bros. announced this week that much like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad is set to receive an extended cut when it hits DVD and Blu-ray this December, with the home entertainment release set to include an additional 13 minutes of footage. Check out a trailer for the extended cut here, as well as images of the Steelbook cover art here, and you may also want to take a look at some concept art featuring alternate designs for The Enchantress, Katana, Incubus, and the Eyes of the Adversary…
…During a promotional interview for his new film The Accountant, Ben Affleck took the opportunity to respond to the mixed reception of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: “It’s interesting… it was a huge hit movie, more people went to see that than any movie I’ve ever made in my career. It was the biggest hit of my career and then it had a lot of editorial negativity. Fans went, and it got a lot of positive response. It was interesting, that movie, because it was judged not necessarily on execution so much as its tone. People seemed to want to have a lighter tone to the movie, and I thought that was interesting. Tone isn’t a qualitative thing. It’s subjective, right? Some tones resonate with me that might not with you. And the tone of the movie was really parallel to the Frank Miller book [The Dark Knight Returns], which I liked and thought was great. I’m glad that so many people went and so many people liked the movie. I loved it…”
…Affleck also revealed that his solo Batman movie will be going by the rumoured title of The Batman, before subsequently backtracking on his comments; he did however go on to explain why he opted for the character of Deathstroke as the villain in the movie, stating that: “He’s a great villain because—I just had an instinctive feeling that he would match up with him well. You know, I’m a big admirer of that character as well, especially in the New 52 the way that they did Deathstroke, and I thought that it could work…”
…The animated movie Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders received its world premiere at New York Comic Con yesterday, following which it was announced that Adam West and Burt Ward will be returning to the roles of the Dynamic Duo again next year for the sequel Batman vs. Two-Face, which will also see Star Trek legend William Shatner lending his voice to Harvey Dent. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. has also announced a limited edition Blu-ray release of Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, which features exclusive art cards and it set for release in the UK on November 7th…
…Turning to the small screen now and The Mad Hatter made his debut in Gotham this past Monday in ‘Look Into My Eyes’, and you can read Martin Carr’s review of the episode here. Meanwhile, we’ve also got a promo and batch of images for this Monday’s fourth episode ‘New Day Rising’ [see here and here], as well as a ‘Powerful Girls of Gotham’ promo [see here] and a new trailer focussing on The Penguin’s Mayoral campaign [watch it here]…
…Over at The CW and the third season of The Flash got underway this past Tuesday with ‘Flashpoint’. Be sure to read Jessie Robertson’s review of the episode here, and check out a trailer and promo for the second episode ‘Paradox’ [see here], along with a synopsis for the fourth episode ‘The New Rogues’ [see here]. Meanwhile, the folks at Screen Junkies celebrated the show’s return with an Honest Trailer, which you can watch here…
…The fifth season of Arrow also got underway this week, and you can take a look at Jessie Robertson’s review of the season premiere ‘Legacy’ here, while we also have a trailer and promo for this week’s second episode ‘The Recruits’ [watch them here], along with a synopsis for the fourth episode ‘Penance’ [see here]…
…The second seasons of Supergirl and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow both get underway this coming week, and The CW has released a trailer and promo for season two of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow [watch them here], along with a synopsis for its third episode ‘Shogun’ [see here], and Supergirl’s third episode ‘Welcome to Earth’, which features the debut of former Wonder Woman star Lynda Carter as the President of the United States [see here]…
…In one last piece of Arrowverse news, The CW has released the full Superhero Fight Club 2.0 promo featuring the characters from Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and you can watch it here…
…And finally, Syfy has found its male lead for the Krypton pilot, with British actor Cameron Cuffe (Florence Foster Jenkins) set to play Seg-El, the grandfather of Kal-El. The pilot, which has been created by David S. Goyer (Man of Steel), takes place on Superman’s home world two generations before its destruction and follows Seg-El as he fights to redeem his family’s honour after the House of El is ostracized and shamed, while he’ll also be embarking on a secret love affair with Lyta Zod (Georgina Campbell), a cadet in Krypton’s military academy.
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.
