In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at The Authority Vol. 1… Created by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch May 1999 Complete Bad-assery. Obviously that is not a word, nor a phrase heard anywhere but after re-reading this book, it’s the only thing that comes to mind. My […]
Tom Hardy drops out of Suicide Squad; Jake Gyllenhaal eyed to replace him
Looks like Tom Hardy will not be returning to the DC movie world after all. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Hardy has dropped out of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad due to scheduling conflicts. He is currently shooting Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s The Revenant alongside Leonardo DiCaprio which is now looking to overrun. Furthermore, Mad Max: Fury Road […]
Voice cast for Batman Vs. Robin announced, includes “Weird Al” Yankovic
Two iconic facets of geekdom will collide in 2015. No, I’m not talking about the newest Avengers team-up or rumors of Spider-Man joining the MCU. I’m talking about Batman going head-to-head with “Weird Al” Yankovic. The voice cast for the upcoming DC Universe Original Animated Movie, Batman Vs. Robin, has been revealed. The film is a sequel to last year’s Son […]
Scarecrow coming to Gotham in February
According to Comic Book Movie, it looks like our favourite neighbourhood fear toxin maker The Scarecrow is set to make his debut in Fox’s Gotham next month. No details have emerged yet on who might be playing the character, but episode fourteen of the show is entitled “The Fearsome Dr. Crane” so it looks like […]
Justice League to begin filming in late 2016?
Ben Affleck has a busy few years ahead of him; apart from playing Batman in several upcoming DC Comics films, he has his own film, an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s Live By Night scheduled for 2016 as David Fincher and Gillian Flynn’s remake of Strangers on a Train. Deadline recently outlined a rough timeframe of Affleck’s shooting […]
Charlotte Ross to return to Arrow later this season
According to TVLine, Charlotte Ross (NYPD Blue), who plays Felicity Smoak’s mother Donna on Arrow, will make her triumphant return. Ross made her debut in the fifth episode of the season, “The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak,” and will return for week eighteen. The details of Ross’ role this time around are being kept under wraps, […]
Anthony Carrigan on how he prepared for Victor Zsasz in Gotham
If you’ve been watching Gotham on FOX (or Channel 5 in the U.K.) then you’ll already be familiar with Anthony Carrigan’s short but terrifying portrayal as the psycho henchmen of Don Carmine Falcone Victor Zsasz. Carrigan debuted his version of the murderous Zsasz in an episode called “Penguin’s Umbrella”. In an exclusive interview with Batman-News […]
CBS chairman talks Supergirl TV series
There’s been a lot of DC news coming out of the Television Critics Association press tour this week – including news that Arrow and The Flash have been renewed, a spin-off centred on The Atom could be in the works, and a Vixen animated series is on the horizon. Now we have some details about […]
Marc Guggenheim discusses The CW’s new DC animated series Vixen, and crossing over with Arrow and The Flash
During the Television Critics Association press tour, it was announced that The CW is expanding its DC universe with an animated series based around the character of Vixen, which will take place in the same continuity as the hit superhero shows Arrow and The Flash. During an interview with Comic Book Resources, executive producer Marc […]
Rob Gorrie to play Robin’s father John Grayson in Gotham
Yesterday we brought you some images from the Haly’s Circus set of Gotham’s sixteenth episode ‘The Blind Fortune Teller’, which will see the introduction of The Flying Graysons. Now, thanks to ComicBook, we know the identity of the actor cast as the as-yet-unborn Dick Grayson’s father John, with the site reporting that Rob Gorrie (As […]
