Dolfan in NYC Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 The Snyderverse is wrapping up soon, we'll see if/where the crossover happens... But in the meantime, next up! SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Premieres March 17 in theaters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Only care about The Flash solely for Michael Keaton back as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Shame I have to sit through Ezra fucking Miller for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Jesus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Story from Variety laying out how The Rock tried a power play to be put in charge of the DC Universe https://variety.com/2023/film/news/dwayne-johnson-dc-exit-black-adam-superman-failed-plan-1235478867/ Quote As 2023 kicks off, DC bosses Gunn and Safran continue to sift through the rubble and will soon reveal their three-year interconnected vision for the cinematic universe, which won’t include Cavill’s Superman or Wonder Woman at all. But things could have gone in an alternative direction: Behind the scenes, a different group made a play for control of DC. Not long after the Warner Bros. Discovery merger closed in April, Dwayne Johnson directly pitched CEO David Zaslav on a multiyear plan for Black Adam and a Cavill-led Superman in which the two properties would interweave, setting up a Superman-versus-Black Adam showdown, sources say. “Black Adam” producers Hiram Garcia, who is Johnson’s former brother-in-law, and Beau Flynn also were part of the brain trust looking to take DC down a new path. Other sources confirmed the meeting but downplayed any discussion of Black Adam’s future. Although the move took place amid a power vacuum created as former DC head Walter Hamada and Warner Bros. film chief Toby Emmerich prepared to exit, it ruffled feathers internally, sources add. “Dwayne went around everyone, which didn’t sit well,” says one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Caught between a Rock and a hard place. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 14 hours ago, The Natural said: Jesus. WBD: Sorry Henry, we have no plans for you going forward and I know you just gave up being Geralt and attempting to unfuck what Netflix is doing to that show, but Dwayne duped you and you're on your own, we're going in a different direction. Also WBD: Hey Ezra, you're cool, just don't choke anyone else out and we'll give you more movies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Hildur Guðnadóttir has confirmed she's working on the score for Joker: Folie à Deux (2024). So glad she's back. The score for Joker (2019) was excellent and she deservedly won all the awards including the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Only the second woman to win that and the first solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Natural Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Hard to believe it's 15 years since Heath Ledger's passing. Shameless, original version was on an advert break so I went on the news channel and it was breaking. I was gutted and shocked as a fan of his since I watched 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) at the cinema. I was genuinely in the minority made up with Heath Ledger's casting as the Joker. What a fantastic performance in The Dark Knight (2008). I remember this date too as it's my Sister's birthday. Laura was 20 then and 35 today. Lucky to have her as a Sister. Happy Birthday, Laura. I love you xxx. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 James Gunn DC Slate announced either today or tomorrow if Twitter is to go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 12 hours ago, The Natural said: James Gunn DC Slate announced either today or tomorrow if Twitter is to go by. James Gunn Unveils DC Slate with Batman, Superman and More – The Hollywood Reporter Creature Commandos: An animated seven episode series, written by Gunn, that is already in production. Originally a team of classic monsters assembled to fight Nazis, this is a modern take on the concept. The voice actors have yet to be cast but the executives are looking to find people who can voice the animated characters and also portray the live-action versions when the anti-heroes to show up in movies and shows. Waller: A spin-off of Gunn’s own HBO Max hit series, Peacemaker, Viola Davis will return as the ruthless and morally ambiguous head of a government task force. It is being written by Christal Henry (Watchmen) and Jeremy Carver, the creator of the Doom Patrol TV series. Superman: Legacy: The movie featuring the Man of Steel that Gunn is writing and may direct, although no commitments on that end have been made. While the two previous titles are meant to be “aperatifs,” in Safran’s words, Superman is the true kick off for the duo’s DCU plans. “It’s not an origin story,” Safran said. “It focuses on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth justice and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks that kindness as old-fashioned.” A release date of July 11, 2025 has been penciled in. Lanterns: Greg Berlanti’s long-in-the-works Green Lanterns TV series has been scrapped and the duo have parted ways with the longtime DC series steward. In its place will be a new take on the space cops with power rings. “Our vision for this is very much in the vein of True Detective,” Safran described. “It’s terrestrial-based.” It will feature prominent Lantern heroes Hal Jordan and John Stewart and is one of the most important shows they have in development. “This plays a really big role in leading into the main story we are telling across film and TV.” The Authority: a movie based on a team of superheroes with rather extreme methods of protecting the planet that first originated in the late 1990s under an influential imprint known as Wildstorm, run by artist and now head of DC publishing, Jim Lee. “One of the things of the DCU is that it’s not just a story of heroes and villains,” said Gunn. “Not every film and TV show is going to be about good guy vs. bad guy, giant things from the sky comes and good guy wins. There are white hats, black hats and grey hats.” Added Safran: “They are kinda like Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men. They know that you want them on the wall. Or at least they believe that.” Paradise Lost: The duo describe this HBO Max series as a Game of Thrones-style drama set on the all-female island that is Wonder Woman’s birthplace, Themyscira, filled with political intrigue and scheming between power players. It takes place before the events of the Wonder Woman films. The Brave and the Bold: “This is the introduction of the DCU Batman,” said Gunn. “Of Bruce Wayne and also introduces our favorite Robin, Damian Wayne, who is a little son of a *****.” The movie will take inspiration from the now-classic Batman run written by Grant Morrison that introduced Batman to a son he never knew existed: a murderous tween raised by assassins. “It’s a very strange father-and-son story.” And, importantly, it will feature a Batman not played by Robert Pattinson… The Batman sequel: Pattinson will continue to portray the Dark Knight in at least one more crime saga movie directed by Matt Reeves. That movie, the executives revealed, will be released Oct. 3, 2025 and is being titled The Batman Part II. “2025 is going to be a very big year for DC,” crowed Safran. “Superman and Batman within the same year.” Booster Gold: an HBO Max series based on a unique and lower-tiered hero created in 1986. Safran said of the series, “It’s about a loser from the future who uses basic future technology to come back to today and pretend to be a superhero.” Gunn described it as “imposter syndrome as superhero.” Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow: Taking its cues from the recent Tom King-written mini-series, this movie project promises to have a different take than what most think of when the idea of Superman’s cousin comes to mind. “We will see the difference between Superman, who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he was an infant, versus Supergirl, raised on a rock, a chip off of Krypton, and who watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life and then come to Earth. She is much more hardcore and not the Supergirl we’re used to.” Swamp Thing: a horror film that promises to close out the first part of the first chapter. --- Most interested in The Batman 2, The Brave and the Bold, Superman: Legacy, Swamp Thing, Booster Gold and Waller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Note, no Wonder Woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 14 minutes ago, The Natural said: Note, no Wonder Woman. I think the strong implication is that whatever vision Gunn has for WW will come from the Paradise Lost series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 In short: the Snyderverse was very much not for me. This sounds much closer to what I'd want. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 33 minutes ago, The Natural said: Lanterns: Greg Berlanti’s long-in-the-works Green Lanterns TV series has been scrapped and the duo have parted ways with the longtime DC series steward. In its place will be a new take on the space cops with power rings. “Our vision for this is very much in the vein of True Detective,” Hopefully season two. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 I'm trying to find a Youtube link where the poster isn't making it all about themselves (difficulty level: impossible).... so here's the whole announcement from Gunn's twitter: BOOSTER~ FUCKING~~ GOLD~~~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 The new slate is mostly good. Looking mostly forward to Brave and the Bold, Swamp Thing, & Lanterns. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 MOTHERFUCKING AUTHORITY. Now I want to dig out my Authority TPBs. Brave and the Bold is going to rock. Interesting that the image they chose when Gunn was talking about Superman Legacy was All Star Superman... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Craig H said: Interesting that the image they chose when Gunn was talking about Superman Legacy was All Star Superman... I think it was said much of the current slate took influence from Morrison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I assume the Blue Beetle movie is still slated for this year, right? I’m not a big DC guy but all of that sounds really fuckin’ cool. I’m in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Casey said: I assume the Blue Beetle movie is still slated for this year, right? I’m not a big DC guy but all of that sounds really fuckin’ cool. I’m in. Yeah, there are still four movies coming out this year. The Flash movie apparently wipes out the current DCU and sets the stage for what comes next. I wasn’t clear whether Blue Beetle will be in the new DCU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 3 hours ago, JonnyLaw said: Yeah, there are still four movies coming out this year. The Flash movie apparently wipes out the current DCU and sets the stage for what comes next. I wasn’t clear whether Blue Beetle will be in the new DCU. If that’s true, then I guess my question is what does that mean for the Aquaman sequel, that comes out after the Flash? Same with Blue Beetle. I’m down for the rebooting of the DCU, but they need to be clear about the movies that are releasing this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFistsJustFlips Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Its not what I expected. There are some names there I'm not familiar with. But I like Gunn's work, and honestly the direction the explanations point to sound pretty good. So I'm down to go in with an open mind. I loved The Batman. But I think The Brave & The Bold is really interesting. Finally getting a more comic accurate Robin, albeit jumping past the previous Robins. All I ask is to come up with 3 distinct logos different enough to separate DC Elseworlds, the prior DCEU that is sticking around, and the new DCU. I get that The Flash is set to "reboot" The DCU or however they are wording it. But that sounds like Hollywood speak for go see these DCEU movies that are coming out, we promise they still count even tho you know they don't. Like how can a Waller show that is part of Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad & Peacemaker lore jive with the new DCU? I think realistically this alludes to them having their cake and eating it too. Keeping some of the previous DCEU that they still like, and rebooting and doing a new separate DCU. At the same time. Basically juggling 3 universes for the purpose of big multiverse stuff 3 or 4 chapters down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, The Natural said: Lanterns: Greg Berlanti’s long-in-the-works Green Lanterns TV series has been scrapped and the duo have parted ways with the longtime DC series steward. In its place will be a new take on the space cops with power rings. “Our vision for this is very much in the vein of True Detective,” Safran described. “It’s terrestrial-based.” It will feature prominent Lantern heroes Hal Jordan and John Stewart and is one of the most important shows they have in development. “This plays a really big role in leading into the main story we are telling across film and TV.” 9 hours ago, John from Cincinnati said: Hopefully season two. *drunk Hal Jordan sitting in his patrol car, knocking back the last of a fifth of Gordon's Vodka* HAL: "I wanted to be an astronaut. Now they don't even go to the moon anymore..." *Power ring crashes through the roof of the car and hovers in his face* *Puts it on* HAL: "This can do what?!?" *Listens some more* HAL: "So I CAN be an astronaut now. But screw that, if you can do so much, then first I'm gonna go show that 12-year-old who's been picking on my son what a real bully looks like..." *Hal wildly spins the car around to speed off to his ex's house* Edited February 1, 2023 by Contentious C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 6 hours ago, Eivion said: I think it was said much of the current slate took influence from Morrison. As somebody who loves Grant Morrison's 2006-2013 Batman run, read it multiple times and the great All-Star Superman, I'm chuffed to bits by that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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