Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham Trailer and Release Date Revealed

 

A new DC Animated Movie is hitting digital and home video pretty soon, as Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Entertainment have released the trailer for “Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham” - based on the miniseries by Mike Mignola and Richard E. Pace with art by Troy Nixey.

Check out the trailer to the animated DC Elseworlds adaptation below.

Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham will be released on digital on March 28!

ICYMI: Harley Quinn Has Been Renewed for Season 4!

 

 

You heard it right! Announced by HBO Max and DC Entertainment themselves, Harley Quinn is getting renewed for a FOURTH SEASON!

You asked and @hbomax answered, ya girl is getting a SEASON 4! pic.twitter.com/QrNPWeZTjY

— Harley Quinn (@dcharleyquinn) August 31, 2022

Batman: The Long Halloween: Part One "Calendar Man and Arkham Asylum" clip released

 

Set to be released next week and adapting the Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale graphic novel story of the same name, Warner Bros. Entertainment and DC Entertainment have released a new clip for the DC Universe Movie adaptation of Batman: The Long Halloween Part One - which sees Jensen Ackles voicing Batman and Jim Gordon investigating The Holiday Killer's identity and getting information from the one and only Calendar Man at Arkham Asylum.

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One | Arkham Asylum |

Batman: The Long Halloween will be released on Blu-Ray and Digital on June 22.

Injustice: Gods Among Us is getting the DC Universe Movie treatment

 

One of the best DC Multiverse stories and fighting game franchises in recent memory is being adapted into an animated film, as IGN reports that Injustice: Gods Among Us is getting the DC Universe Movie treatment - which will tell the tale of an alternate universe where a tyrannical Superman rules Earth with a regime and is opposed by Batman and his allies.

The original Injustice: Gods Among Us was developed by NetherRealm Studios of Mortal Kombat fame, and was released in 2013 for PC and consoles. It became a critical and commercial success, spawning a media franchise that included comic book tie-ins by DC Comics, action figures, and even a mobile game that is still played to this day. A sequel, Injustice 2, continues the story and features Braniac invading Earth which forces Batman to team up with Superman following his defeat.

No release date or other details have been release for Injustice: Gods Among Us' animated movie yet.

HBO Max's Green Lantern TV Series gets greenlit, Will bring Alan Scott, Sinestro, Guy Gardner, Jessica Cruz, and Simon Baz into the show

 

Fans of DC's Green Lantern and its mythos are going to be pleased with the big news that arrived this weekend, as Variety reports that HBO's streaming service HBO Max has given literally give the green light to "Green Lantern" - with a 10-episode series order made for the emerald powered show.

After being announced in development last year, the series is actually going to explore and highlight the different members of the saga and the GL Corps - including the first Green Lantern Alan Scott, the hot-headed Guy Gardner, new Green Lanterns Jessica Cuz and Simon Baz, the drill sergeant Kilowog, and the former "Greatest Green Lantern" himself turned eventual Yellow Lantern, Sinestro. Nothing was mentioned yet on mainline fan favorites like Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, and John Stewart, but we can be hopeful they'll all be there and it'll be a balanced focus for all these characters.

While no release date has been given for "Green Lantern", the series will be co-written and executive produced by Seth Grahame-Smith and Marc Guggenheim, with Berlanti Productions to produce alongside Warner Bros. Television.

ICYMI: Batman: The Long Halloween to be adapted into 2 part animated films

As if last weekend's DC FanDome didn't have enough announcements in the live-action film department to share to the DC Universe worldwide, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have more in store for fans of their DC Animated Movies line - including their next adaptation of a classic Batman storyline that's getting not just one animated film, but two!

As reported by Superherohype and revealed during DC FanDome's "Superman: Man Of Tomorrow" panel, DC announced that "Batman: Soul of the Dragon" would be the first DC Universe Original Movie released in 2021. Following that will be the very first Justice Society centered animated film in "Justice Society: World War II". However, the big bombshell announcement for Batman fans was the confirmation that Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's critically acclaimed "Batman: The Long Halloween" - which will be split into two parts. The storyline, released originally as a 13-issue comic book limited series in 1996 and 1997. features Batman teaming up with James Gordon and Harvey Dent in order to solve the mystery of the Holiday killer. Elements of the story also served as an inspiration to Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight".

Batman: The Long Halloween Parts 1 and 2 will be released on the second half of 2021.

DC FanDome is ONE WEEK AWAY! Check out and plan your schedule!

In one week, DC fans from anywhere around the world will be given the opportunity to attend a unique virtual experience like no other - as Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment present
"DC FanDome" - a 24 hour virtual event where fans can gather, hear the latest news and updates in the world of comics, movies, and TV, and tons of other activities that only a community of superhero fans can enjoy!

Check out a sneak peek of what to expect from DC Publisher himself and legendary comic artist, Jim Lee!

DC FanDome - Jim Lee
To check out and see what the schedule of the day's activities will bring - visit the official DC FanDome page and plan it out the way you want to!

Rocksteady Studios just teased their next game - "Suicide Squad"!

After keeping things in the dark on what exactly their next DC related video game project would be, Rocksteady Studios took to social media and just dropped an image of Superman with a target on his head and a familiar team's name on it - A SUICIDE SQUAD GAME IS COMING.

Other than that image, the video game developer responsible for the Batman Arkham games gave nothing else except the words  "Target Locked" and the date of the "DC Fandome" virtual event on August 22nd. We'll definitely get more details there!

ICYMI: Batman: Death In The Family interactive movie hits this October

Taking a different spin in their next DC Showcase Animated offering,  Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment are set to release “Batman: Death In The Family” - based on the 1988 Batman storyline of the same name where Jason Todd is killed by The Joker. Unlike any of the other DC Universe Original Movies released - this will be an interactive experience where viewers can choose what happens to the characters - literally deciding Jason’s fate and seeing what awaits in the branching arcs that have consequences accompanying them.



To be released in Digital HD and Blu-Ray, Death In The Family will also feature the return of “Batman: Under The Red Hood” voice actors Bruce Greenwood, Vincent Martella, and John DiMaggio as the voices of Batman, Robin/ Jason Todd, and The Joker respectively - incorporating footage from that film as well as new scenes exclusive to this interactive movie. You can check out more details via Comic Book Resource as well.

Batman: Death In The Family arrives in Digital HD and Blu-Ray in October 13,

Wonder Woman: The Complete Collection brings the entire Lynda Carter starring series to Blu-Ray this July!

Fans of Wonder Woman will be happy to hear some wonderful news in spite of the delays brought about by the pandemic for the release of "Wonder Woman 1984", as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that the ORIGINAL "Wonder Woman" TV Series from the 70's will be brought to Blu-Ray for the first time, collecting all 59 episodes in "Wonder Woman: The Complete Collection"!

Starring Lynda Carter in the titular role, the show ran from 1975 to 1979 on ABC, and spanned three seasons. Lyle Waggoner co-starred as Steve Trevor, and also played Steve Trevor Jr. as the setting moved from WWII to the present time. You can check out more details on the release via Superherohype!

Wonder Woman: The Complete Series will be released this July 24th.

ICYMI: Matt Reeves teaming up with HBO Max to produce "The Batman" spin-off TV Series

While Matt Reeves' "The Batman" is still currently filming and in production, sights are now being set to produce a "TV Spin-off Series" for that will be set in the same world - effectively creating a new cinematic universe that will explore other characters living in Gotham City - primarily the brave men and women from Gotham Central.

According to a report by Coming Soon, Reeves will be teaming up with Boardwalk Empire creator Terrence Winter and producer Dylan Clark in creating the unnamed TV Series for HBO Max - HBO's new streaming service. While casting and details haven't been done yet, this is an amazing prospect to link the new Batman film's continuity in other media  - expanding its horizons and thereby maximizing its potential beyond the movies. We'll just have to wait and see how that turns out!

DC Universe's Harley Quinn Season 1 & 2 is coming to HBO Max

Fans who have been loving the DC adult animated series "Harley Quinn" are going to find the show streaming in another service aside from its native DC Universe, as WarnerMedia has announced that the first and second seasons of the hit show will be available to HBO Max subscribers. After the show concluded its second season recently, it's now going to expand its reach to new viewers through HBO's new streaming service - which will feature new DC content in the future as well including the much anticipated Snyder Cut for "Justice League" hitting next year.

Find out more about the announcement of Harley Quinn's first two seasons hitting HBO Max via Collider.

ICYMI: Here is the box art and trailer to the DC Universe Movie "Superman: Man of Tomorrow"

Set to hit digital and home video in the next few months and starting a new chapter in the DC Universe Movie saga, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have revealed the box art, details, and official trailer to the new Superman animated film "Superman: Man of Tomorrow" - which stars Darren Criss as the voice of Superman/ Clark Kent and Zachary Quinto as Lex Luthor. The new animated movie also features other DC Characters Lobo, Martian Manhunter, and Parasite making an appearance in the plot - giving fans a new origin and adventure story for the Man of Steel.

Thanks to Superherohype, we have a look at the box art, along with details on the featurettes which you can check out at the link.

If you haven't seen the trailer to the animated movie yet, here it is below.


Superman: Man of Tomorrow | Official Trailer 2020
Superman: Man Of Tomorrow hits digital on August 23, and on Blu-Ray/ Home Video on September 8.

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War ends the DC Animated Movie Universe saga

Billed as the culmination to a six-year animated movie saga that began with 2014's "Justice League War", Warner Bros. Animation is set to release the final chapter of the DC Animated Movie Universe with May's "Justice League Dark: Apokolips War" - which will see about every character from the Justice League and Justice League Dark unite to take on the forces of the fiery world of Apokolips and its supreme ruler, the New God Darkseid. As reported by Comic Book.com, following the adaptation of "Flashpoint" with Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox and then the emergence of films starting with JL War that were heavily inspired by "The New 52", it looks like WB and DC are going to begin things anew - possibly with a "Rebirth" after this is finished.

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War | Official Trailer
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War is set for release digitally on May 5th and on home video on May 19th.

Ben Affleck made the right choice to prioritize himself and rehab over "The Batman"

I made this comment over at several outlets in Facebook sharing the story from The New York Times, where Academy Award winning director, writer, and actor Ben Affleck got candid about his alcoholism and deciding to drop directing AND starring in "The Batman":

“Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.” Cheesy as that line from Batman Begins sounds, it applies to Ben Affleck - and kudos to him for prioritizing himself and rehab. Much as I enjoyed his Bruce Wayne and Batman - the best balanced performance I have seen of both roles, he made the right choice to step away - and now that Robert Pattinson and Matt Reeves are making “The Batman”, no more pressure unto him. I hope he recovers and wish him well.🦇

That certainly applies on this post and my personal thoughts on the man who has starred in three films as The Caped Crusader - namely 2016's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", a short cameo appearance in "Suicide Squad" released the same year, and finally in 2017 "Justice League". Ever since he was cast in 2013 to play the new Gotham vigilante in live action after Christian Bale in "The Dark Knight Trilogy",the casting initially got a lot of flack and criticism. Soon as BvS hit in 2016, that changed and we saw arguably one of the best film Batman actors in the big screen.

Despite giving one of the most impressive performances in recent memory as The Dark Knight - things just took a toll on the man and his personal life was the worse for wear. His struggles with the aforementioned alcoholism problem are well documented, but it's also his divorce to ex-wife Jennifer Garner that he calls "his biggest regret" and something that has plagued the actor through a string of troubles and unwanted attention by the media. The problems were only exacerbated by failures and disappointments - not just with the troubled production and output of "Justice League"  (which saw Zack Snyder drop out due to family tragedy and Joss Whedon taking over to produce a little than mediocre team film), but also his last directorial and starring feature in "Live By Night" - which turned into a box office bomb. As the New York Times article quoted, Affleck's friend read "The Batman" script and said to him: ‘I think the script is good. I also think you’ll drink yourself to death if you go through what you just went through again.’”

Ironically enough, February 19th is considered Bruce Wayne's birthday is some fictional accounts in DC history and lore. Much as we'd like to think he's infallible, Ben Affleck is definitely human and flawed just like Batman - he made the right call to step away and give Matt Reeves the keys to "The Batman" and subsequently Robert Pattinson to step in and play a younger version of The Dark Knight. We all make mistakes in life and fall on our feet, and it's learning to pick ourselves up and find redemption that'll make us stronger and go back to a better place. The man has a new film called "The Way Back" coming up next month that hits closer to home and follows a basketball coach struggling with the very same inner demons and alcohol troubles. Perhaps someday, the Bat signal will shine again and we'll see Ben put on the cape and cowl once more.

Joker: "Final Trailer" showcases an origin that pure mad love in the making

All it takes is one bad day... And that's exactly what audiences will see and get to know when Warner Bros. Pictures and director Todd Phillips release "Joker" this October. Based on the DC Comics' supervillain of the same name and starring Joaquin Phoenix in the titular role, we will see how a man named Arthur is pushed to the brink of madness in the fractured society of Gotham - starting his journey to becoming the legendary "Clown Prince of Crime" that will ironically put "a happy face" on each of his victims.

With a "Hard R Rating" and an intense looking origin story, this is one "Oscar worthy" film fans of DC, Batman, and Joker dare not miss!

JOKER – Final Trailer
Joker will hits theaters on October 3 courtesy of Warner Bros. Philippines.

Wonder Womans: Bloodlines trailer and synopsis released

After releasing Batman: Hush and integrating it into their continuity of DC Animated Films sharing the same universe, DC Entertainment's next "DC Universe Original Movie" will focus on Diana of Themyscira herself as well as her legend, her home, and her adventure meeting and saving fighter pilot Steve Trevor in "Wonder Woman: Bloodlines".


Wonder Woman: Bloodlines - Official Exclusive Trailer
IGN has exclusively released the official synopsis and trailer for the upcoming animated film, which you can watch above and read below:

"In Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, Amazon princess Diana of Themyscira chooses to save fighter pilot Steve Trevor and return him to his home in America - setting in motion one of Wonder Woman's most captivating chapters. Fulfilling the role of both ambassador as well as protector, Diana soon earns the name Wonder Woman from the gracious people of Earth. Equally strong in body, heart and will, she makes it her mission to help a troubled young girl enlisted by a deadly organization known as Villainy, Inc., whose criminal members have their sights set on invading Themyscira, Diana's paradise home."

Wonder Woman: Bloodlines will be released on October this year on Digital and Blu-Ray.

Kevin Conroy, the Voice of Batman, joins DC on the CW's "Crisis On Infinite Earths"!

Batman fans - REJOICE. Another big name has been added to the EPIC DC ON THE CW CROSSOVER EVENT coming this fall in "Crisis On Infinite Earths", and it's none other than Kevin Conroy - AKA THE VOICE OF BATMAN in "Batman: The Animated Series", its numerous spin-offs, and other forms of Batman media in film, TV, and games!

Reported by Comic Book.com, Conroy's casting comes in the heels of Brandon Routh returning to the role of Superman and Cress Williams confirming that "Black Lightning" will be part of the crossover.

His role hasn't been revealed yet... But he could be playing an aged Bruce Wayne/ Batman ala Batman Beyond (which just turned 20 years this year) or The Dark Knight Returns (Update: HE IS PLAYING OLDER BRUCE according to TV Line!). That would be AWESOME, and while the Batman from Batwoman's world hasn't been named yet - one has to wonder if Conroy will wear the Cape and Cowl somehow. If John Wesley Shipp could do 90's Flash, the folks behind Arrow and The Flash may figure something out and surprise us yet.

The Arrowverse's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" will debut this December 2019 and the crossover will run through Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Batwoman, and Legends of Tomorrow until January 2020.

SDCC '19: HBO debuts the Comic-Con trailer for their new "Watchmen" TV Series

Teased months ago with bits of footage and an ominous trailer, the 50th annual San Diego Comic-Con finally gives us a better look at HBO's new vision of the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons classic "Watchmen" - which will be a television series that doesn't quite follow the graphic novels or movie we all knew, but rather follows a group of characters and a revolution brewing after the outlawing of superheroes in an alternate world version of the United States.

Behold the Comic-Con Trailer.


Watchmen | Official Comic-Con Trailer | HBO
Watchmen, directed by David Lindelof and starring Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, and more - will debut on HBO this October.

SDCC '19: Now monthly Entertainment Weekly spotlights the Arrowverse

Welcome back! It's been another extended hiatus for this blog... But it's back just in time for the 50th annual Comic-Con International, aka San Diego Comic-Con or SDCC 2019! We can expect a lot of previews, exclusives, and news hitting the interwebz in the next few days... And now we'll start with one of the first highlights - The Arrowverse or DC on the CW gets the spotlight on the now monthly Entertainment Weekly magazine!

As all the shows of the Arrowverse get renewed for their respective new seasons beginning this fall - one is ultimately walking into the sunset and that is the universe's flagship show "Arrow". As announced by star Stephen Amell and The CW, Oliver Queen's journey will be coming to an end after eight long seasons, and that will mix up with the rest of the shows with the upcoming "Crisis of Infinite Earths" event that will also begin at fall this year. The Entertainment Weekly issue will focus on the impact and influence Arrow has made to inspire the creation of its namesake TV Universe which birthed The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, adopted Supergirl, and brought along newcommer Batwoman. You can check out more on the story and previews via Entertainment Weekly itself.

Also check out the video on the stars discussing the Arrowverse and the shoot with EW.

Arrowverse Reunion With Ruby Rose, Grant Gustin & More | Cover Shoot | Entertainment Weekly
In the meantime, check out the covers of the upcoming SDCC '19 special issue of EW with FIVE covers highlighting the Arrowverse!

Super Stars all of them. The Arrowverse returns this fall on The CW.