In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Justice League, Lobo, Gotham, Supergirl, The Flash, DC Super Hero Girls, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Fantastic Four, Spawn and more…
With just six days to go until “the greatest gladiator match in history” gets underway, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is reportedly outpacing both Deadpool and The Avengers at the advance box office, and Warner Bros. has been throwing everything but the kitchen sink into its marketing push. So, to tide you over as you await the release, here’s five clips and a new TV spot [watch them here], a scene featuring Bruce Wayne and Alfred [watch it here], an extended TV spot packed with plenty of new footage [watch it here], some b-roll footage [watch it here], ten new images [see here], a story featurette [watch it here], a Superman featurette [watch it here], a Superman still [see here] and a Wonder Woman banner [see here], along with promo images of Hot Toy’s life-size Batman collectible [see here] and Medicom’s action figures [see here]. Oh, and you may also be interested in checking out Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL’s score – and you’re in luck, as the full thing has been released to YouTube! Give it a listen here…
…In a few other Batman v Superman-related pieces, Ben Affleck has been discussing his darker version of The Dark Knight (The Darker Knight?) and the Armored Batsuit [read his comments here], Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder have spoke about the R-rated Ultimate Edition, revealing it will run for an additional half an hour [read their comments here], the name of Scoot McNairy’s mystery character has been revealed [see here], and we’ve got a rather splendid competition running offering three of our UK readers the chance to grab themselves some Batman v Superman promotional merchandise [enter here]…
…Warner Bros. has also kept the Suicide Squad promotion ticking over with the release of a new banner which sees Jared Leto’s Joker joining Task Force X, while Common has revealed the name of his mystery character and director David Ayer has been talking about how the DC supervillain ensemble will differ from typical comic book movies, stating that: “In your normal comic-book movie you have the good guy, the hero, and there’s a checklist and you can reverse engineer their actions from any given situation because they’re going to do the right thing. These are bad guys, so they have a lot more options open to them in any given situation. They’re capable of anything, and that’s the fun of this…”
…With Zack Snyder gearing up to go into production on Justice League next month, Amber Heard has now officially confirmed that she’s joined the cast of the two-part superhero epic in the role of Mera, the Queen of Atlantis. Heard joins fellow newcomer J.K. Simmons (Commissioner Gordon) in the cast of Justice League, and will also reprise the role alongside Jason Momoa in 2018’s Aquaman solo movie…
…It looks like Warner Bros. is eyeing another DC movie on its slate, with the studio reviving its planned Lobo adaptation by bringing in Wonder Woman writer Jason Fuchs to pen the script. The project has been in the pipeline for several years now, with Brad Peyton (San Andreas) attached to write and direct back in 2012 but ultimately failing to get the movie off the ground…
…Shifting to the small screen now and it has been announced this week that Fox has renewed the Batman prequel series Gotham for a third season, while Brian McManamon has been cast as Basil Karlo, a.k.a. Clayface; meanwhile, you can take a look at Martin Carr’s review of the last episode ‘This Ball of Mud and Meanness’ here, while we’ve also got a promo for this coming Monday’s episode ‘Mad Grey Dawn’ [see here] and a clip featuring the Penguin and his father, played by Batman Returns’ Paul Reubens [see here], as well as a batch of promo images for the following week’s episode ‘Prisoners’ [see here]…
DC has kicked off the promotion for the upcoming ‘Worlds Finest’ crossover between Supergirl and The Flash by releasing a brief teaser and synopsis [watch it here] and a batch of promotional images [see here], while Grant Gustin has revealed that next season may see an even bigger crossover between Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: “That’s in the cards at this point. The whole point of us doing this crossover is setting up the fact that maybe next year we can cross over all of them…”
…Be sure to read Martin Carr’s review of this week’s Supergirl episode ‘Falling’ here, and take a look at a promo for the next episode ‘Manhunter’ here…; meanwhile, Flash fans may also be interested in Kevin Smith’s latest set photo from The CW series, which sees him joined by the villainous Zoom…
…We’ve been clamoring for it for years, and the wait is almost over. With Warner Bros. set to unleash its hotly-anticipated adaptation of Batman: The Killing Joke this year, the first image from the film has arrived online featuring Batman and The Joker. Fan-favourite Batman: The Animated Series voice actors Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill are both now officially confirmed as reprising their respective roles, and they’ll be joined by DC animation regular Tara Strong as Barbara Gordon and Ray Wise as Commissioner Gordon. Check out the image here, along with some comments from Conroy and Hamill…
…In other animated news, Boomerang has released the first trailer for the DC Super Hero Girls series Super Hero High, which you can watch right here ahead of the show’s premiere this weekend…
…Click below to continue on for Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Fantastic Four, Spawn and more…
