Supergirl returns with Season 3 on The CW on Monday October 9th at 8:00 Eastern. On today's show, we preview the upcoming season with special guest Travis Hynes (@Travis_156 on Twitter).

Reign (We get to see the origin of a villain)

* Morgan Edge

* Could we see an adaptation of Death and Return of Superman featuring Reign and fake Supergirls?

Erica Durance taking over as Kara's mom

Crossover (Is supposed to heavily feature Supergirl and Alex)

* Will the crossover feature more members of the DEO and team Supergirl?

Will the Cadmus Project and Luthors be heavily involved?

* Will Lena Luthor become evil?

When and how will Mon-El return?

James Olsen's role as Guardian and otherwise

Carl Lumbly as M'yrnn J'onzz

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The first long-range box office tracking for Justice League is out, so we spend way too much time reading into the projections to compare to our expectations.

Justice League long-range (8 weeks out) box office tracking - Box Office Pro

Domestic Predictions - $150 million opening weekend, $330 million total

Pros - Wonder Woman film, Batman makes bank

Cons - Batman v Superman’s reception, only 2 weeks after Thor

Box Office Pro’s previous long-range DCEU domestic opening weekend forecasts - Man of Steel ($108 million, actual $116 million) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($154 million, actual $166 million, Suicide Squad ($98 million, actual $133 million),

Wonder Woman ($83 million opening, $225 million total, actual $103 million opening, $411 million total so far)

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On today's podcast, we discuss Shazam! auditions, the Professor Marston & The Wonder Women movie, Geoff Johns on Doomsday Clock and more.

Some Billy Batson and Shazam! Audition tapes are circulating online

Professor Marston & The Wonder Women “President” clip released on YouTube

Mentions Golden Lasso and Amazon origins

The CW releases 5 “Super Season” trailers on Youtube to promote start of upcoming seasons

Super Grill

Target Date

Flash Pass

Cold Brew

Waverider Parking

DC CW shows return week of October 9th (Previews upcoming)

Geoff Johns previews Doomsday Clock - YouTube

Didn’t want to do a simple mashup of Watchmen and Justice League characters

“What we’re trying to do is take the philosophy and the tones and the thematics of Watchmen and some of the subjects the dealt with. Watchmen has a very specific thematic viewpoint and the DC Universe has several, but ultimately one and we talked a lot about what that would look like in 2016.”

“We want to do our own thing, but at the same time play into the structural tenants that that book created and some of the dynamics and some of the tones it created.”

Their one goal is to make it “thought-provoking”.

DC Entertainment to be honored with the “Visionary Award” at the 2017 GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) Respect Awards

Batwoman - first lesbian Superhero to be comic book lead; Alysia Yeoh as the first trans comic book character

Also lots of LGBTQ characters in comics and TV shows and “Love is Love” comic for Orlando shooting victims

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On today's podcast, we discuss the Joker and Harley film plus the Joker solo film, a Watchmen TV series, and Gotham season 4.

Margot Robbie briefly talks the Joker/Harley movie - Superhero Hype

On writing/directing duo Glenn Ficarra and John Requa: “They’re great! It’s fun working with a directing duo, and I love them. I’ve obviously done two films with them so I think they’re just brilliant. I’m personally a sucker for a love story. In any iteration. I think people enjoy seeing two characters who, in Harley and Joker’s case, would die for one another. It’s kind of romantic in a messed up way.”

The script for the Joker solo film is expected to be turned in next week - Variety’s Justin Kroll on Twitter

“Hear THE JOKER script will be turned in by next week, super fast considering when announcement went out bodes well for 2018 shoot”

A pilot for the Watchmen TV series has officially been ordered by HBO (Entertainment Weekly, THR)

Ordered a pilot and officially commissioned additional scripts

Gotham Season 4 “Dark Band trailer” released - YouTube

2.5 minutes of recap; then 2 minutes of new stuff

So many villains

Show returns tonight, September 21st at 8 eastern

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On today's podcast, we talk Justice League, Zack Snyder, a trailer for Season 3 of The Flash, the Watchmen TV series and Doomsday Clock.

Justice League preview in US Weekly

* Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot discuss how their characters have changed, if Batman struggles to fit in, and what the dynamic between Batman and Wonder Woman is

* Wired - Zack “Snyder says it’d be “unfair in a lot of ways” for him to get involved again after being off the movie for so long. “I’m at a place where I feel excited about it and I’m happy for my guys and I love these people that are working on it, and they’re my family and I think they’re doing an amazing job,” he says. “But I’ve kind of just let them do their thing.”

* Possible first TV Spot released on the Justice League Facebook page

The Flash Season 3 Extended Trailer - YouTube

Now we know how Barry comes back

Is that Samuroid?

Damon Lindelof has apparently started work on the Watchmen TV series for HBO - Instagram

Caption: “Day One”

Hollis Mason’s “In Gratitude” statue

Doomsday Clock covers for issue #2 have been released - (Geoff Johns on Twitter)

Lex + Ozymandias

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On today's podcast, we discuss the Adventures of Superman, Adventures of Captain Marvel, Superman: The Movie, and Wonder Woman home media releases.

*65th anniversary of the first episode of the Adventures of Superman television series “Superman on Earth”

Starring George Reeves

Lasted 6 seasons (first 2 in black-and-white) and 104 episodes

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins talks with the Toronto Sun to promote home media release of the film

On the different DCEU characters and filmmakers:  “I think there’s just exciting things to be done with them ahead and lots of different people that I’m excited about seeing. All of us are very different and we’re all going to do different things. So I can’t wait to see the variety, personally.”

Mentions there are no deleted scenes, but some extended scenes. If she had a director’s cut, it would only be a few minutes longer.

Likes the bloopers, epilogue scene, and making of documentary

Thinks post-credit scenes only make sense if they are promoting something similar

Superman: The Movie is getting a new home media release from Warner Archive available October 3rd

2 versions of the film, extended cut (188 min.) and special edition (151 minutes); theatrical cut was 143 minutes

Also loaded with special features

Adventures of Captain Marvel also releases on blu-ray today (Amazon)

12 chapter film serial by Republic Pictures in 1941; newly re-mastered from 4k scan

Comes with audio commentary from film historians

First live-action superhero adaptation

Republic was developing the serial for Superman, but ran into some snags; the Superman Fleischer cartoons were created instead

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It appears Shazam! is set to film in Toronto and now has official shooting dates. We discuss this plus the type of Superman film Matthew Vaughn would make, Acolyte being the Titans villain, and more.

Shazam! Will apparently film in Toronto from February to May, 2018 - Whatsfilming.CA

Code name “Franklin"

February 5 - May 4th

David F. Sandberg’s Instagram -

Matthew Vaughn explains what type of Superman film he would make in interview with Collider

Vaughn - “I think my main take would be, it’s really boring but make a Superman film. I just don’t feel a proper Superman—I think Donner did it to perfection for that time. Just doing the modern—I wanna do a modern version of the Donner [version]. Go back to the source material… For me Superman is color, feel-good, heroic. He’s a beacon of light in darkness. And that’s what I think Superman should be.””

Acolyte might be the villain of Season 1 of Titans - ThatHashtagShow

Casting call: “The Acolyte – Male. African-American 40-50. Confident.  The villain of our story. He is after Rachel and her powers, trying to kidnap her after he murders her mother.”

Acolyte first appeared in Young Justice #9 from 1999

Twitter question from @BatmanJurassic - “Should Matt Reeves stuck with Affleck script since we know the details and how Deathstroke would fit in the film?”

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The next big DC Comics event is here. On today's podcast, we talk about Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's new event series Dark Nights: Metal, beginning with issue #1.

Preludes: Dark Days - The Forge #1 and Dark Days: The Casting #1

Written by Scott Snyder, art by Greg Capullo

Story

Justice League trapped on War Moon built by Mongul, in cool-looking armored costumes (which are designed to weaken them)

They have to fight a bunch of giant monster robots

Mention of tech by Dominators, Apokolips

Harpoon Hand (*See the 90s)

They let the robots eat them, Toyman had built them to let the heroes in and then combine into one giant robot and escape

They fly back to Earth and find Gotham City destroyed with a big mountain in the middle

They go into the mountain to investigate

Lady Blackhawk shows up and tells them this part of an invasion

She explains that she worked with Hawkman to try to figure out where Nth Metal came from, says it maybe came from a “Dark Multiverse”

Barbatos is a “beast” “dark-horned god of nightmare”

They say Batman is the door that lets Barbatos in

Red Tornado shows up, Batman escapes

We get a sneak peak of a “Dark Army”

Batman finds the Journal of Carter Hall (Hawkman) in his house

“Dream of the Endless”(Daniel Hall from Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman) shows up and says “The nightmare has only just begun”

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Today, we discuss Chris McKay's thoughts on Warner Bros. director-driven approach to DC Films, Flash not getting a ring in Justice League, Supergirl potentially getting a different costume, and Batman vs. Parademons.

Nightwing Director Chris McKay talks about what makes DC movies unique- Metro

McKay - “Warner Bros is a more director-driven studio. Period. The end. More than any other studio you’re ever going to work at. Just look at the roster of world class filmmakers that have worked at Warner Bros and made it their home. Warner Bros is a director-driven studio, and that’s exactly how they are operating these movies.”

“That’s the kind of filmmaking you are going to see, and have seen with Patty Jenkins on “Wonder Woman.” That’s what they have done and what they will continue to do, and that’s why these movies are not trying to follow the Marvel model, they’re trying to do their own thing with filmmakers that they like, and produce things that are wholly original and wholly unique.”

“They still want to build a universe, and that’s why it takes a lot of time and a lot of people banging their heads together trying to figure out what to do. Because it’s hard. It’s hard to get all these people, and all these egos, and all this stuff in one place and get it all to work out. But they are committed to that, and that’s what’s amazing about working with Jon [Berg] and Geoff [Johns]. They’re real partners, and so is everyone at the Warner Bros family.”

Ezra Miller says we won’t be getting the Flash ring in Justice League - Entertainment Weekly

Says he felt like Barry on set - young and energetic with a bunch of veterans

The costume was a challenge to put on at first because they were worried it would break

Miller - “I can confirm, spoiler alert, his suit does not pop out of his ring. Things have to progress, you know? Original Barry Allen was clearly an incredibly, incredibly clever scientist. We acknowledge and respect that.”

“I know the ring is the coolest thing about the DC universe. It was a little hard for us to sell in this version of this universe right now. Bear with us! There’s gonna be other cool things.”

Supergirl might get a different, temporary costume this season -

* Entertainment WeeklyMelissa Benoist - “There is a different suit that I will be wearing at some point this season, but I won’t tell you when or to what capacity. It’s cool, though.”

* Death of Superman or Power Girl?

* Arrow - Stephen Amell: “Laurel Lance is the most famous dead person in Star City, so eventually, at some point, if she is reintroduced into public life, how do we unpack that? I’m excited for that. That’s the dynamic I think could be interesting.”

 

 

Twitter @Salvatore_Chief  - “I think when Batman is punching that Parademon he is not in his tactical suit. “

He’s right

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On today's podcast, we discuss Chris Mckay's Nightwing film, Matthew Vaughn talking Superman, Adam Strange being cast, and Reign's role in Supergirl.

Director Chris McKay talks about his Nightwing film - Collider

He’s excited to work on a popular character that hasn’t been done very much; mentions there was always talk of a Robin

Says Robin started as a character nobody wanted to be, but Dick Grayson is someone who has matured more than almost any others in comics

McKay - “It’s gonna be a f***ing badass action movie with a lot of heart and emotion. It’s gonna be a crazy, fun ride. Whoever gets cast as Nightwing, and any of the other actors around, are gonna go through a f***ing boot camp experience because it’s gonna be a lot... It’s not gonna be like a lot of these movies where there’s a lot of CG and flying, and things like that. Everything he does is gonna have to be real. His superpower is being really f***ing good, as a human being, at fighting and gymnastics and s**t like that, so you’re gonna see that on screen.”

Director Matthew Vaughn confirms he has had “chats” about doing a Superman film - Heyuguys

“I am planning another Kingsman, I’ve written the treatment and some of the scenes…I don’t know what I’m going to do next but I have had chats about Superman, I love Superman.

“If somebody asks me to do Indiana Jones, most of the superheroes or Star Wars the fanboy in me can’t help but be excited.”

Shaun Sipos has been cast as Adam Strange in Krypton

Will be a series regular role!

Sipos is known for roles in Melrose Place and The Vampire Diaries

Description from Deadline - “Adam Strange is a world-weary human, who finds himself stranded on Krypton as the unlikely mentor to Seg-El, Superman’s grandfather.”

EP Andrew Kreisberg gives some details on the villainous Reign on Supergirl - Entertainment Weekly

Kreisberg - “When we meet Reign, she’s just a woman. Her name is Samantha and she’s a single mom, and she has no idea that she is Reign; she has no idea that she was the baby in the pod at the end of last season, so the journey that she takes this season is watching her realize her heritage and see how it manifests.”

Wants to do something he hasn’t done already on Arrow or The Flash

“Usually on these shows, you either meet the big bad at the end of episode 1 or you meet them at episode 7 or 9, and you realize that they’ve been pulling the strings the whole time, and were out there working with their multi-year plan to take down the heroes or destroy the city. When we were figuring out Reign, one thing we’ve never really seen on any of these shows is we’ve never seen the big bad become the big bad.”

Very Davis Bloome Smallville?

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