Our weekly round up of all the news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes…
In the build up to the New York Comic Con, it’s been a busy week for superhero news, but unfortunately due to the birth of my daughter (and a lack of sleep), it’s an abridged version of The Week in Spandex today. Normal service will resume next week…
BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
New image of Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v Superman’s Lex Luthor backstory revealed
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice concept art featuring the Trinity
SUICIDE SQUAD
Will Smith talks Jared Leto’s “insane” Joker performance in Suicide Squad
WONDER WOMAN
Rumour: Wonder Woman movie to take place across three time periods
THE FLASH
Seth Grahame-Smith to direct The Flash
MAN OF STEEL 2
George Miller gives his take on what he would have done with Man of Steel 2
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK
Justice League Dark moving forward, Warner Bros. looking to go into production in 2016
GOTHAM
SPOILERS: Gotham showrunner talks The Joker
Bruce Wayne meets Silver St. Cloud in clip from Gotham season 2 episode 4 – ‘Strike Force’
Promo and images for Gotham season 2 episode 4 – ‘Strike Force’
THE FLASH
The Flash Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Man Who Saved Central City’
New poster for The Flash season 2
Watch two promos for The Flash season 2 episode 2 – ‘Flash of Two Worlds’
ARROW
Arrow Season 4 Episode 1 Review – ‘Green Arrow’
Watch three promos for Arrow season 4 episode 2 – ‘The Candidate’
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE
Batman: The Killing Joke given go ahead for R rating by DC Comics
ANT-MAN
Ant-Man and the Wasp officially announced for 2018; three more Phase Three movies announced
Concept art for the final design of Janet Van Dyne’s Wasp from Ant-Man
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
Leaked promo art for Captain America: Civil War reveals costume designs for Black Panther, Ant-Man, War Machine, Black Widow and more
BLACK PANTHER
Joe Robert Cole to pen Marvel’s Black Panther
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Danny DeVito tested for Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy
Seth Green doesn’t think Marvel will do a Howard the Duck movie
INHUMANS
Rumour: Marvel Studios scrapping Inhumans movie
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Avengers: Infinity War has a reported budget of $1 billion
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
Tom Hiddleston on Loki being cut from Avengers: Age of Ultron
SPIDER-MAN
Jon Watts teases that Miles Morales could feature in his Spider-Man reboot
Jon Watts reveals what comics he’s reading in preparation for Spider-Man reboot
JESSICA JONES
NYCC concept art poster for Marvel’s Jessica Jones
New teaser trailer for Marvel’s Jessica Jones
New Jessica Jones teaser trailer features a voiceover from David Tennant’s Purple Man
Marvel releases free Jessica Jones comic, check out a preview here
DAREDEVIL
New concept art poster for Daredevil Season 2
Jon Bernthal talks The Punisher and whether he’ll wear the skull shirt
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘Purpose in the Machine’
Promo images for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3 episode 3 – ‘A Wanted (Inhu)man’
Watch a promo for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3 episode 3 – ‘A Wanted (Inhu)man’
Clark Gregg on how Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. might connect to Captain America: Civil War
Meet Werner Von Strucker in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. featurette
AGENT CARTER
Four new CAST additions for Marvel’s Agent Carter season 2, including the villain Madame Masque
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ANIMATED
Drax battles Gamora in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy season 1 episode 4 clip – ‘Take the Milano and Run’
Guardians of the Galaxy animated series gets a second season
MISC. MARVEL
DEADPOOL
Junkie XL to score Deadpool
Ryan Reynolds explains why Deadpool isn’t scared of Batman v Superman, X-Men and Captain America: Civil War
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE
Official synopsis for X-Men: Apocalypse
FANTASTIC FOUR
Simon Kinberg on Fantastic Four: “I’m obviously disappointed with the way it turned out”
HEROES REBORN
Heroes Reborn Episode 3 Review – ‘Under the Mask’
Comic Book Review – Heroes Vengeance #1
Review – Heroes Reborn: Event Series – The Official Magazine #1
MISC.
Watch the trailer for Superman documentary Look to the Sky
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.
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