In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Wonder Woman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Gotham, Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, Batman: The Animated Series, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, The Punisher, Inhumans, X-Men: The New Mutants, Gambit, The Gifted, Spawn and more…
It looks like last Sunday’s trailer has opened the floodgates for the Justice League promotional material from Warner Bros., with the studio unleashing a host of new marketing for the DC blockbuster this week. Take a look at an alternative UK trailer and new TV spots [see here], a ‘Team’ promo [watch it here], a “first look” (?) featurette and TV spot [watch them here], and an Aquaman promo and featurette [see here], while Hot Toys has also unveiled some promo images for its Batman and Batmobile Cosbaby collectible set [see here]…
…While Joss Whedon is missing out on a director’s credit on Justice League, it’s clear that The Avengers helmer has had a major influence on the film, and Ben Affleck has been chatting this week about what Whedon brought to the movie: “Joss just brought to the movie what good directors bring, which is good taste. A sense of what’s gonna work in the story and what isn’t. An instinct for realism and for finding the humanity in the characters and the humanity in the conflict, then making it accessible and relevant. I think that’s one of the things he did so well with Avengers, frankly. He really defined the tone, and it felt like a lot of the movies after that sort of fell into that tone that he created. It was a very tricky dance where you have all these people who can do all these fantastic things that’s completely absurd on the face of it, and yet, a good storyteller like Joss brings us in, makes us identify with them, makes them seem real, and makes it interesting. A lot of guys know the comic books, a lot of people have that knowledge base. What Joss really has is talent…”
…In other DC-related movie news, Hot Toys has unveiled a new series Cosbaby collectible figures for Wonder Woman featuring Diana in her Themyscira, London and Wonder Woman outfits [see here], an alleged casting call has revealed three supporting characters for the Shazam movie [read more here], Batman Returns star Michelle Pfeiffer has revealed that she’d like to follow her superhero movie return in Ant-Man and the Wasp by reprising the role of Catwoman in the DCEU [see here], and Anghus Houvouras’ has posted an op-ed on ‘The Scene That Could Have Saved Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice‘ [read the article here]…
…The CW’s superhero shows returned this week, although it wasn’t exactly a triumphant return with Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow all scoring season premiere lows; read more on the numbers here and here…
…You can read Martin Carr’s review of the Supergirl season premiere ‘Girl of Steel’ here, while we have a promo for Monday’s second episode ‘Triggers’ [watch it here], along with a synopsis for the fourth episode ‘The Faithful’ [read it here]…
…Be sure to check out Jessie Robertson’s review of The Flash season four premiere ‘The Flash Reborn’ here, as well as a trailer and promo for the second episode ‘Mixed Signals’ [watch them here], and a synopsis for the fourth episode ‘Elongated Journey Into Night’ guest starring Machete himself, Danny Trejo [see here]…
…You can find Jessie’s review of the DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season three premiere ‘Aruba-Con’ here, while we also have a new season three trailer [watch it here], a trailer and promo for next week’s second episode ‘Freakshow’ [watch them here], a batch of images from the third episode ‘Zari’ [see here] and a synopsis for the fourth episode ‘Phone Home’ [read it here]. Oh, and it’s also been confirmed that a series regular will be exiting the show this season – click here if you want to know who…
…And Jessie has also reviewed the season six premiere of Arrow ‘Fallout’ here, while we’ve got a season six trailer [watch it here], a promo for the second episode ‘Tribute’ [watch it here], and a synopsis for the fourth episode ‘Reversal’ which sees Kate Cassidy’s Black Siren launching an attack on Star City [read it here]…
…Over at Fox and be sure to check out Martin’s review of Gotham’s fourth episode ‘The Demon’s Head’ here, and you may also want to check out the season four sizzle reel from New York Comic Con [watch it here], along with a promo and images for this coming week’s fifth episode ‘The Blade’s Path’ [see here and here] and promo images for the sixth episode ‘Hog Day Afternoon’ [see here]…
…Last month it was announced that Warner Bros. Pictures has set a summer 2018 release date for an animated Teen Titans Go! movie, and this week has brought us a poster and the first casting details for the film, which is officially titled Teen Titans Go! to the Movies [check out the teaser poster here]. The film will feature the voice cast of the series, with Greg Cipes as Beast Boy, Scott Menville as Robin, Khary Payton as Cyborg, Tara Strong as Raven, and Hynden Walch as Starfire, as well as BoJack Horseman’s Will Arnett and Kristen Bell in as-yet-unannounced roles (perhaps Arnett could be reprising his role as the Caped Crusader from The LEGO Batman Movie?)…
…In other rather fantastic animated news, it has been announced by Warner Bros. that the classic Batman: The Animated Series is being remastered for a Blu-ray release in 2018. As yet, there’s no word whether the plan is to release the series in volumes, as it did with the DVDs, or deliver a bumper box set of the original series and its successor The New Batman Adventures…
…Click below to continue on for Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, The Punisher, Inhumans, X-Men: The New Mutants, Gambit, The Gifted, Spawn and more…
