In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Aquaman, Flashpoint, Shazam, The Batman, Nightwing, Batgirl, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Gotham, Watchmen, Harley Quinn, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Punisher, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Runaways, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Gambit, Doctor Doom, The Gifted, Venom and more…
Apologies folks. Due to the Vuelio Blog Awards (we didn’t win), copious amounts of alcohol and a lack of sleep, it’s an abridged version of The Week in Spandex this week. Normal service will be resumed next weekend…
DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE
JUSTICE LEAGUE
Movie Review – Justice League
Justice League suffers lowest opening weekend box office of the DC Extended Universe
Coco takes down Justice League with $70 million box office opening
Warner Bros. could lose up to $100 million on Justice League
Superman finally joins the Justice League marketing campaign
Justice League concept art shows a Batbike design
Danny Elfman scored much of Justice League from storyboards
Watch a UI reel for Justice League
That awesome Batman opening to Justice League originally had a more comedic tone, according to actor Holt McCallany
Jason Momoa defends Justice League, says it could have been two movies
Ray Fisher discusses a deleted Cyborg scene from Justice League
Rumour: An aborted post-credits scene for Justice League would have featured the Green Lantern Corps
10 Justice League Scenes That Were Not in the Movie
LEGO unveils its Justice League BrickHeadz sets
Is Justice League’s Steppenwolf the worst superhero movie villain ever?
Joe Manganiello shares Deathstroke image
Henry Cavill keen to “show Superman in his full colors”, contracted for one more DC movie
Fans petitioning Warner Bros. to release Zack Snyder’s version of Justice League
Justice League cinematographer wants a Zack Snyder director’s cut
Zack Snyder’s son criticises Warner Bros. for “meddling” with Justice League
AQUAMAN
James Wan says Aquaman’s Atlantis scenes will be different from Justice League
The Aquaman TV Show That Failed To Make A Splash
FLASHPOINT
Ezra Miller says Flashpoint will be the “DC Hyper-Extended Multiverse”
Why The Flash movie shouldn’t be Flashpoint
SHAZAM
Shazam director responds to rumours of the DCEU’s cancellation
THE BATMAN
Justice League failure to signal the end for Batfleck?
Latest rumours on The Batman claim it will be a Justice League sequel with or without Ben Affleck
NIGHTWING
Nightwing director promises a “wholly original” version of Dick Grayson
BATGIRL
Joss Whedon is still on board as director for Batgirl, despite recent rumours
Why Joss Whedon should not direct Batgirl
DCTV
ARROWVERSE
Supergirl Season 3 Episode 7 Review – ‘Wake Up’
The Flash Season 4 Episode 7 Review – ‘Therefore I Am’
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 Episode 7 Review – ‘Welcome to the Jungle’
Promo images for Arrow Season 6 Episode 7 – ‘Thanksgiving’
ARROWVERSE CROSSOVER
New trailer for Arrowverse crossover ‘Crisis on Earth-X’
The Arrowverse heroes meet their evil doppelgangers on Crisis on Earth-X poster
The Arrowverse crossover ‘Crisis on Earth-X’ gets a new trailer
New poster and promo for The CW’s DC crossover ‘Crisis on Earth-X’ invite us to save the date
Promo images for Supergirl Season 3 Crossover – ‘Crisis on Earth-X – Part 1’
Promo images for Arrow Season 6 Crossover – ‘Crisis on Earth-X – Part 2’
Promo images for The Flash Season 4 Crossover Episode – ‘Crisis on Earth-X – Part 3’
Promo images for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 Crossover Episode – ‘Crisis on Earth-X – Part 4’
GOTHAM
Promo images for Gotham Season 4 Episode 10 – ‘Things That Go Boom’
Promo images for Gotham Season 4 Episode 11 – ‘Queen Takes Knight’
MISC. DC
Damon Lindelof explains why he wants to make a Watchmen TV series
Harley Quinn animated series heading to DC’s new digital service
MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Rumoured description of the Avengers: Infinity War trailer surfaces
Captain America, Black Widow and Falcon featured on Avengers: Infinity War promo art
THOR: RAGNAROK
Thor: Ragnarok closing in on $750 million worldwide
Thor: Ragnarok concept art featuring Thor, Hulk, Hela, Surtur and Valkyrie
Concept art shows alternate costume for Loki in Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok
Christopher Eccleston says Marvel was dishonest about his role in Thor: The Dark World
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp wraps production, new set photo of Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer
Laurence Fishburne on swapping the DCEU for the MCU with Ant-Man and the Wasp
BLACK PANTHER
Ryan Coogler on where we’ll find T’Challa going in to Marvel’s Black Panther
CAPTAIN MARVEL
Jude Law joins Captain Marvel as Mar-Vell
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
James Gunn releases Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 script online
THE PUNISHER
The Punisher showrunner talks Frank Castle’s nemesis Jigsaw and possible second season
The Punisher showrunner on possible season 2 villains
Marvel’s The Punisher Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘3AM’
Marvel’s The Punisher Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Two Dead Men’
The Punisher Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Kandahar’
The Punisher Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Resupply’
The Punisher Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Gunner’
The Punisher Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Judas Goat’
The Punisher Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Crosshairs’
The Punisher Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Cold Steel’
The Punisher Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Front Towards Enemy’
The Punisher Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘Virtue of the Vicious’
LUKE CAGE
Filming wraps on season 2 of Marvel’s Luke Cage
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5 gets a new trailer
Watch a 17 minute preview of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s season 5 premiere
Promo images for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Premiere – ‘Orientation’
Promo images for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 3 – ‘A Life Spent’
RUNAWAYS
Hulu releases a Thanksgiving promo for Marvel’s Runaways
Marvel’s Runaways Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Reunion’
Marvel’s Runaways Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Rewind’
X-MEN
X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX
Rumour: X-Men: Dark Phoenix to feature a major death
GAMBIT
X-Men spinoff Gambit to start shooting in February
Lizzy Caplan joining Channing Tatum in Gambit movie
DOCTOR DOOM
Ben Mendelsohn wants to play Doctor Doom, praises him as “the greatest comic character of all time”
THE GIFTED
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘threat of eXtinction’
Promo for Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 9 – ‘outfoX’
Promo images for Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 9 – ‘outfoX’
Promo images for Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 10 – ‘eXploited’
SONY
Featurette explores Tom Hardy’s training for Venom
Sony enters early talks to acquire 20th Century Fox
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.
Originally published November 26, 2017. Updated April 19, 2018.
