Travis Hynes (@travis_156 on Twitter) returns to the show to discuss all of the happenings in DC TV this week.

Supergirl - “Both Sides Now”

Julia

Alex’s struggle

Reign/Lena

Legion (Saturn girl “I need to tell you the real reason we’re here”)

*9 week break for Legends of Tomorrow

The Flash - “True Colors”

Prison break

Thinker switches bodies again

Barry freed

Black Lightning “Black Jesus”

Lady Eve, Tobias, The 100

Green light drug

Anissa

Khalil

Arrow -  “The Devil’s Greatest Trick”

Cayden James’ son

Real villain revealed

Dinah, Laurel

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Today's podcast covers news on a potential Lobo film plus some updates from Nightwing director Chris McKay.

Michael Bay has met with WB about a Lobo film - The Wrap

Bay gave notes for a rewrite (Jason Fuchs)

The Hollywood Reporter - No negotiations or offer; Bay and WB want the budget to come down significantly via rewrites from the current ~$200 million

Nightwing director Chris McKay gives a quick update on the film - Twitter

“Nightwing script expected very soon. Working on rip-o-matic to show studio. This is going to be a LONG process. So don't expect casting news any time soon. We are taking our time. Expect big things from DC, Geoff Johns and WB team! Exciting year ahead!!”

Josh Gad replied with Penguin gif - trolling or not?

Twitter Poll: “If YOU were to cast NIGHTWING, what is the most important quality you would you look for in actor:”.

* Recognizable movie star, A badass martial artist, Romani, Vulnerable, emotional

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It appears there is movement on Todd Phillips elseworlds Joker film as Joaquin Phoenix is reportedly in talks for the role.

Joaquin Phoenix in talks to play the Joker in the standalone (elseworlds) film - Variety

Phoenix has been Academy Award nominated for Gladiator, Walk The Line, and The Master

No contract yet, but “after thinking it over, Phoenix has agreed to the role.”

The Wrap’s Umberto Gonzalez on Twitter - Phillips met with Leonardo DiCaprio several times about the role

Todd Phillips to direct (Road Trip, Old School, The Hangover Trilogy, War Dogs)

Phillips and Scott Silver (8 Mile, The Fighter, The Finest Hours) co-writing

No mention of Martin Scorsese

The film “will delve into what it took for the Joker to become a mastermind criminal. Sources say the story will take place in the ’80s and have more of the look of a gritty crime drama than comic-book movie.”

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Today's show covers talk on Wonder Woman's home media sales, Krypton, and the Y: The Last Man TV adaptation.

Wonder Woman home media sales continue to be strong - the-numbers.com

* Through December 17, had sold more than 3.6 million units of blu-ray + DVD for ~  $92.5 million in sales

* #37 selling blu-ray of all-time, ahead of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (#44) behind The Dark Knight (#36) and Man of Steel (#19)

* Man of Steel - $106 million

* Batman v Superman - ~$73.5 million

* Suicide Squad - $93 million

Syfy release 3 more quick teasers for Krypton

(YouTube) - “House of Zod” teaser - Kneel before the house of Zod

(YouTube) - “Blood” teaser

(YouTube) - “Cape” teaser

FX CEO John Landgraf talks Y: The Last Man TV adaptation - TV Guide

"[We feel] pretty optimistic, not quite at a final decision point. But we got a script I really like, a draft we really like recently. Michael is available, because he's not involved in American Gods [anymore]."

Michael Green - American Gods, Logan, Blade Runner 2049

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Today's podcast covers news on Shazam! and Gotham plus we talk what shows we'd like to see on DC's streaming service.

Zachary Levi talks about Shazam! and his career on Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum

Auditioned for role of Lex Luthor in Smallville, Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy

Worked out 5-6 times per week and ate 3700 calories per day to gain 20 pounds (up to 220) after getting the role

Instagram - recent photo

USA Today - Magnus Lygdback (who helped Alicia Vikander gain 12 pounds of muscle for Tomb Raider)  will train Gal Gadot for Wonder Woman 2

Gotham Season 4 teaser released

YouTube - 5+ minute look back at season so far, preview of rest of season; lots of Jerome, Arkham, Ivy, and maybe some Batcave

Returns March 1st

Website question from Tony - “what are some of the shows you hope will be on the streaming service, live-action and animation?”

Ask a question on DCDailyDrop.com

What we’re getting: Young Justice, Titans, Harley Quinn, Metropolis

Past shows?

Future shows?

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Shazam! filming is officially underway in Toronto and Warner Bros. has released some details of the movie. We discuss this plus some Batman Ninja, and Arrow talk on today's show.

Warner Bros. announces the start of Shazam! filming in Toronto

Synopsis - “We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Strong).”

Confirms all cast; adds Faithe Herman (This Is Us) as Darla

Sandberg returns his producer (Peter Safran), director of photography, production designer, editor, and costume designer from Annabelle: Creation

The film is mostly set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Described as “Firmly set in the DC universe but with his own distinctly fun, family-centric tone...”

Batman Ninja officially rated PG-13

“for sequences of violence and action, and for some suggestive material.”

Twitter question from @Salvatore_Chief - “Is it just me or is wild dog super annoying? I was a huge fan of his character up until his betrayal of Oliver! Now it seems every line he has is a jab at Oliver.”

*Batman: Gotham by Gaslight releases on 4k, blu-ray, and DVD today - Our review here

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Today's podcast covers news on Justice League, Krypton, and new DC Comics imprints.

New Justice League character stuff

Cyborg - poster, trailer

Aquaman - poster

Wonder Woman - trailer

Releases digitally next week

Krypton news

New poster for Syfy’s Krypton - (TV Insider)

Den of Geek - Looks at Seg-El, Adam Strange, Val-El, Lyta Zod, Nyssa Vex

(YouTube) - “Legacy” teaser

DC is creating 2 new imprints for younger readers - (New York Times)

Will be graphic novels

DC Zoom - middle school readers

DC Ink - young adults

Will debut this fall

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For this weeks recap in DC TV, Travis Hynes (@travis_156 on Twitter) returns to discuss all of the happenings.

Metropolis TV Series (Previous podcast episode on Metropolis here).

Supergirl - “For Good”

Cat Grant vs. Lena Luthor

Sam’s medical “condition”

Return of Lillian Luthor

Lexo Suit

Morgan Edge

The Flash - “Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash”

Cecile’s powers

Shrunken Ralph and Cisco

What does Barry eat in prison?

That ending

Black Lightning “LaWanda: The Book of Burial”

Anissa testing her powers

Lady Eve

The Outsiders, Supergirl

Athlete’s foot

Arrow -  “All for Nothing”

Fake split teams

Quentin/Laurel 2

Vigilante

Lucifer - “Til Death Do Us Part”

Lucifer and Pierce get married

Legends of Tomorrow - off

Gotham - returns March 1st

Listen to Travis on Multiverse Musings #20: Reviews of Batman: TAS “Pretty Poison” and Black Lightning S1E1 “The Resurrection”

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On today's podcast, we review the biopic about Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.

Background info

Written/Directed by Angela Robinson

Stars Luke Evans as William Moulton Marston, Rebecca Hall as Elizabeth Marston, and Bella Heathcote as Olive Byrne

Released October 13, 2017 in theaters, January 30, 2018 on blu-ray/digital

Box office - ~$1.6 million domestically, $314k internationally

“R for strong sexual content including brief graphic images, and language.”

Claims to be “the true story”

Marston’s granddaughter, Christie Marston, has spoken out against the film online

Implies film tries to take advantage of Wonder Woman film (Twitter)

Twitter - “This film is not a true story. It is based on someone’s imagination, not in any way related to my family. We completely reject any claims made in the film and in no way support this work of fiction. [and, btw, the true story is much more interesting...]”

Non-spoiler thoughts

The true story vs. dramatized version

Z - There’s a few enjoyable moments, but overall not a good film, has little to actually do with Wonder Woman, but when it does, it’s pretty cool.

T - Good film

Is it worth watching for DC fans?

*Spoiler discussion

Story

Characters - Bill, Elizabeth, Olive

The actor who plays Brant (Olive’s fiance) is not good

Lie detector is like lasso of truth

Olive wears bracelets like Diana

The juxtaposition between the hearing and the past (explaining traits of Wonder Woman and then seeing reasons from the past that he gave Wonder Woman those traits) Or is it framed through DISC?

They should buy a bigger bed

1hr16min in is when he first comes up with (Suprema the) Wonder Woman

That portrait of Superman

National Allied Publications montage

Historical Accuracy

Op-ed by Christie Marston in The Hollywood Reporter -

Family was not contacted

Bill was somewhat jokingly asked to write a comic. Elizabeth said he should, as long as it was about a woman

Described relationship between Elizabeth and Olive as “best friends” or “sisters” living together out of financial necessity, not lovers

Elizabeth and Olive both had William’s children

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Today's podcast covers quick news on Suicide Squad 2, Aquaman, Shazam!, and iZombie.

Joel Kinnaman talks Suicide Squad and sequel - Yahoo! Movies

“It was a great set-up, great characters. I think when we do the second one I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw a more grounded version of the film. The characters are so extreme it could be more effective if we saw less sorcery. I think the characters become more extreme if you see them in conjunction with real people.”

Behind-the-scenes movie stuff

Twitter - James Wan shares picture of Yahya Abdul-Mateen doing voice looping for Aquaman

Trainer Giacomo Farci on Instagram - Several videos on Mark Strong’s training for Shazam!

First trailer for iZombie Season 4 released -  (The CW on YouTube)

Zombies everywhere

Returns Monday February 26th

Professor Marston & The Wonder Women has released on blu-ray/DVD/digital; review tomorrow

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