In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Suicide Squad, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham, Superman Lives, Justice League Action, The LEGO Batman Movie, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Carnage, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Defenders, Logan, New Mutants and more…
We’ll start things off with the DC Extended Universe this week, and director Zack Snyder has shared a selection of behind-the-scenes images (and the cool little doodle above) for Justice League, while Ray Fisher has been speaking about his preparations for the role of Cyborg, stating that: “I actually grew up watching a lot of these cartoons – a lot of the animated series. Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League, all the stuff that would come onto Cartoon Network. My first encounter with Cyborg was through the Teen Titans cartoon. I was in the middle of high school [when Teen Titans debuted], and I was like, ‘This show speaks to me’ because there were all of these characters going through these real teen issues while also saving the world. The extent of my knowledge was just about that. Once I was cast, though, they send you a whole library of stuff about the character so I ended up being able to fall in love with the comic book version which can be very different. I feel like I know him like the back of my hand, but there’s always somebody who knows a little more than me about things…”
…Said Taghmaoui has shared a new behind-the-scenes image from Wonder Woman featuring his mystery character alongside Gal Gadot’s Diana Prince; take a look at the image here…
…During a promotional interview for his new film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Ezra Miller discussed his DCEU role as The Flash, revealing that Barry Allen will still be learning to control his abilities in the 2018 solo movie, and that he thinks it’s unlikely we’ll ever see a fully-powered Flash in the DCEU: “What I find fascinating is that we’re still very much amateur-hour Speedster. I’d love for the series to track an evolution of Barry Allen’s early times as The Flash… I love this comic Kingdom Come – unbelievable art – and in that The Flash is fully evolved, and you never even see him, right? It’s just like a red mist, and there’s no crime in [Keystone] City. He protects a whole chunk of the country. So that wouldn’t make for the most interesting film – you know what I mean? What do we have to learn about that guy? That guy barely exists, right? He’s almost one with the Speed Force. So it’s interesting to go to the beginning…”
…As we await the Blu-ray release of Suicide Squad, DCEU stills photographer Clay Enos has shared a rather nice image of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn battling the Enchantress’ minions [see here], while a big batch of concept art also arrived online featuring alternative costumes for Task Force X and some key art for several scenes from the movie [see here]…
…Turning to the small screen now and with the big ‘Invasion!’ crossover between Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow taking place this coming week, The CW has released a bunch of promotional material including an epic two-minute trailer [watch it here], four ‘Heroes vs. Aliens’ posters (which combine to feature the Hall of Justice in the background!) [see them here], a TV spot [watch it here], two clips from the ‘Medusa’ episode of Supergirl which launches the crossover [watch it here] and a found footage promo for the concluding Legends of Tomorrow episode [watch it here]…
…Flickering Myth’s Tai Freligh managed to nab an exclusive interview with Arrow star Echo Kellum [read it here], while Stephen Amell discussed the show’s landmark 100th episode, which airs this coming Wednesday as part of the ‘Invasion!’ crossover: “It is such a radical departure from anything that we have ever done on the show,” states Amell. “We utilize the fantastical elements that we bring in on The Flash and carry through to Legends of Tomorrow with the present-day storyline to create something… that is not a flashback [or] a flash-forward. It’s something else entirely. [The scenario] basically gives us license to do whatever we want and to show some things that we’ll never be able to show, to have some characters interact that will never be able to interact on the show again — probably. There [is] a very therapeutic moment for my character towards the end [of the Arrow episode] where I get to say goodbye to people that I never got the chance to say goodbye to…”
…In other CW news, be sure to check out Martin Carr’s review of Supergirl season two episode seven ‘The Darkest Place’ and Jessie Robertson’s review of The Flash season three episode seven ‘Killer Frost’, while we’ve also got a synopsis for the ninth episode of The Flash ‘The Present’ [see here], promo images for the ninth episode of Arrow ‘What We Leave Behind’ [see here], and a synopsis for the eighth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow ‘The Chicago Way’ [see here]…
…Be sure to take a look at Martin Carr’s review of this Monday’s tenth episode of Gotham ‘Time Bomb’ here, and we’ve also got a promo for the eleventh episode ‘Beware the Green-Eyed Monster’, which you can watch here. Meanwhile, it’s also been announced that Dexter and The Shannara Chronicles alum James Remar has joined the cast of the Batman prequel series as Jim Gordon’s uncle Frank Gordon, who is described as “a master at playing both sides and a man who knows how to keep a secret. Frank abandoned the family after Jim’s father’s fatal car crash and now, 25 years later, he’s returned to reconnect with his estranged nephew. But Frank harbors a dark secret, one that will upset the very foundations of Jim’s world and force him into a terrible choice between saving his family and saving his city…”
…We may have got a lucky escape back in the 90s when Warner Bros. pulled the plug on Tim Burton’s Superman Lives, but screenwriter Kevin Smith has revealed this week that he’d love to see an animated adaptation of the project, which would have starred Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel: “I’m not going to lie, that would be fun to see. That’s something I worked on 20 years ago at this point, so that would be really amazing to kind of see them turn it into a cartoon and get the people to do the voices. Nic Cage is still around and stuff. And I wanted Michael Rooker for my Lex Luthor so that would be amazing. You know, I’m game, but that ain’t up to me kids. That’s up to the good folks at Warner Bros. and stuff, but if they were ever to call and say hey we want to do a cartoon version of that Superman script we wrote, believe me I’d be like (melts), that’d be dope man. You know you close all loops in life, one way or another, and that would be a nice way to close that loop…”
…In other animated DC news, it’s been announced this week that Justice League Action will premiere on Cartoon Network on December 16th with the four-part ‘Shazam Slam’ (although the UK will get the show on November 27th – that’s tomorrow!), followed by further episodes every Saturday from December 24th. Coinciding with the news was a brand new UK trailer [watch it here], along with an image of Batman, Wonder Woman and Martin Manhunter and a clip from ‘Shazam Slam’ featuring Superman and Wonder Woman battling Parasite; check them out here…
…Last week we got a look at LEGO’s tie-in sets for February’s The LEGO Batman Movie [see here], and this week has brought news that the next series of LEGO Minifigures will be based upon the upcoming animated film, and features various Batman costumes, along with some obscure villains such as Calculator, The Eraser, King Tut and March Harriet; take a look at official promotional images of all twenty minifigures here…
…Click below to continue on for Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Carnage, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Defenders, Logan, New Mutants and more…
