DC Drop - DC Movies, TV, and Comics News

We have big news for James Wan's Aquaman film. It appears the movie will begin pre-production later this month with filming expected to begin in early 2017. We also cover lots of DC TV news, including Legends of Tomorrow, Justice League Action, and Young Justice.

00:40 Aquaman to begin pre-production this month - Gold Coast Bulletin

Production is to begin at Village Roadshow Studio in Australia

Filming is expected to to begin early next year

The Crow reboot, also starring Jason Momoa, is expected to begin production in January

Could it be moved up or back from the July 27, 2018?

Mission: Impossible 6 just announced July 27, 2018 release date

03:40 DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 extended by 4 to 17 episodes - Deadline

Season 1 was 16 episodes long

Initial Season 2 order was 13 episodes

Ratings have leveled off to become solid - still one of The CW's highest rated show

05:04 The CW released a brief teaser for 4-night crossover - YouTube

Only 15 seconds of new footage, mostly Supergirl being introduced to other heroes

Promotion for the crossover is kicking in - new Entertainment weekly pictures and article

06:11 Justice League Action clips released - 1, 2, 3 (Things I like on YouTube)

The show will have 11 minute episodes and be rather family friendly

Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill are returning as Batman and the Joker, respectively

The show might premiere November 27

November 27 is the premiere date in the United Kingdom, according to Paul Dini

08:10 Young Justice has been revived for Season 3 - IGN

First 2 seasons aired on Cartoon Network from 2011-2013

No premiere date or network announced

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With J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them set to be released worldwide next week, we have decided to take a look at a specific magical character from DC Comics history.

On the surface, Timothy Hunter might just look like an imitation of Harry Potter, but Hunter was actually created 7 years before Potter. Hunter obviously has never gained the fame in pop culture that Potter has. While the characters have many striking surface-level similarities to each other, the stories they are in are much different.

Similarities to Harry Potter

Physical appearance - both characters are thin with dark hair and glasses

Timothy Hunter is 12 years old in the beginning of his story, Harry Potter was 11

Both characters were raised in England

Both characters have a great destiny in the magical world

Both characters learn the history of magic through a tour of the magical world

Both characters have a loyal pet owl

Other magical beings are seen throughout- Trolls, Basilisk

Timothy Hunter was created in 1990 by Neil Gaiman and John Bolton, Harry Potter was officially created in 1997 by J.K. Rowling

The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman (1990 4 issue mini-series) summary - some spoilers

Opens with 4 people discussing what to do with Timothy Hunter

Dr. Occult

Constantine

Mister E.

Phantom Stranger

They take Timothy on a tour of time/magic to see if he is interested

He meets some of the most famous magical characters in the DC/Vertigo universe

Dr. Fate

John Zatara

Zatanna Zatara

Sargon The Sorcerer

Constantine takes Timothy to New York City to see Madame Xanadu

She reads his cards, predicting his future

Then Tim gets to meet to Corrigan/ The Spectre

Their Taxi Driver tries to Kill Timothy

Dr. Fate shows up to warn them

Show up at Baron Winter’s

Jason Blood is there

Then to Zatanna’s

Boston Brand (Deadman) keeps popping up with something important to tell Tim

Zatanna takes him to nightclub on Halloween, they meet some more people

Tala - Queen of Evil

Tannarak

Felix Faust

The Wizard

The people start to attack Timothy - their is a price on his head

Constantine shows up to protect him

* Timothy is shown the potential future of the universe and has to choose if he wants to "know" magic

Post The Books of Magic career

DC Comics then began to play off of Harry Potter comparisons - even releasing a 6 book series of young adult novels

Tim Hunter has had small roles in comics in recent years

Tim Hunter briefly appeared in New 52 Justice League Dark comic book

Would you like to see The Books of Magic as a live-action movie?

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Welcome to a new segment of the podcast that we are calling DC Spotlight. Our first guest is a name you probably already know - Andy DiGenova of Holy BatCast.

In this episode, we put Andy in the hot seat to answer some of the most challenging and silly questions a DC fan could be asked. Andy brings up a ton of interesting points about DC Comics, TV, and movies.

Andy is host to a number of podcasts on the web. In addition to his work on Holy BatCast, he co-hosts the Batman-News podcast as well as Real Fans 4 Real Movies at rf4rm.com.

Where to find more from Andy:

HolyBatCast.com

Holy BatCast on iTunes

Holy BatCast on Twitter

Holy BatCast on Facebook

Andy DiGenova on Twitter

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With today being Election Day 2016 in the United States, we are coming at you with a special edition of the podcast. We'll be discussing 5 DC Comics characters that ran for President ina comic book.

Tons of DC characters have been United States President in elseworlds stories, such as an alternate Superman named Calvin Ellis. We'll be sticking with more mainstream stories, though, for the most part.

Politics is a big topic on DC TV these days, with Oliver Queen currently Star City's Mayor in Arrow and Penguin currently being the Mayor on Gotham. We are going to stick with presidential elections, though. These names come from a list compiled by Brian Cronin of Comic Book Resources.

Prez - The First Teen President

* Multiple Iterations focusing on teenagers

* Prez: First Teen President (1973) - original run was 4 issues

* Prez Rickard - His mom named him Prez in hopes he would become a U.S. President some day

* Constitutional amendment to lower age for Presidential candidates

* He named his Mother Vice President and his Sister secretary

* In June 2015, a new Prez comic was started. It had Beth Ross elected by Twitter in 2036

Robert Redford in Watchmen

* He was planning to run in 1988, which would have been Nixon’s 6th term

* Ronald Reagan was used in the 2009 film instead of Redford

Etrigan the Demon

* He first ran as a joke, but he quickly gained a following

* His canidacy only ended by turning back into Jason Blood

Arcadia Alvarado

* Appeared in Vertigo Comics’ Saucer County (2012-2013)

* Alvarado was Governor of New Mexico and running for president

* She thinks she was abducted by Aliens and want to expose them

Lex Luthor

* Comic book storyline beginning in 2000

* Pete Ross as vice president

* Presidency ended poorly by trying to destroy Superman

* Touched on in Smallville

* Alternate reality Justice League and Justice League Unlimited

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We finally know which actor has been cast as the lead villain in the 2017 Justice League film. Ciaran Hinds will be portraying Steppenwolf form Apokolips in a motion capture role.

Here to help break down the news with us is the terrific Andy DiGenova of Holy BatCast. You can also check out Holy BatCast on Twitter and Facebook.

Ciaran Hinds cast as Steppenwolf in Justice League - The Wrap

Hinds has been in a variety of roles, including recently in Game of Thrones, and as Aberforth Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

The character of Steppenwolf will be a motion capture role 

Steppenwolf will appear different from the look in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Cut

Rupert Gregson-Williams is scoring Wonder Woman - ThePlaylist.net

He has recently composed The Legend of Tarzan, Hacksaw Ridge

Member of Remote Control Productions, which is run by Hans Zimmer

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*Spoilers* for The Flash Season 3, Episode 5 “Monster” in this review and recap.

Non-Spoiler Thoughts

Basic SPOILER Summary:

Barry and HR have moved in with Cisco. Barry is helpful, but annoying. 

Cisco doesn’t trust HR - The new Harrison Wells from Earth-19

Caitlin goes to see her mom, who is a successful scientist

Asks for her help - shows her Killer Frost/freeze powers

HR wants to team building exercises - Cisco tells him to just sit back and watch

Julian tries to get Barry in trouble with Captain Singh

A giant monster is on the loose downtown!

The monster quickly disappears, though

Caitlin's mom and her assistant Nigel test Caitlin’s abilities

HR takes a log with secret recording device - “no one seems the wiser as to why I’m here”

Barry convinces Julian to work together, so Barry can get info on the monster

Monster shows back up and disappears again

Car alarms and Transformers go off/explode when it’s around

It stays in a 10 block radius (“like someone is controlling it”)

Nigel tries to stop Caitlin from leaving - she freezes his hand - her mom comes in, apologizes and lets her leave.

Cisco finds HR’s log after snooping around

He’s apparently writing a novel

Rope went right through Monster - it was a hologram

HR is a fake - he can’t help and doesn't know much about science

Julian finds the “kid” running the hologram

Flash comes and stops Julian from killing kid

Julian thanks The Flash

HR is just the face of his company, he’s not a scientist

Julian opens up to Barry, they start to bond a little bit

He says he was wrong about The Flash

They go off to get a drink together

ENDING: Caitlin gets video from her mother

The more she uses these powers the harder they will get to reverse

She freezes the computer - rage?

Other Stuff

That gladiator movie with the gladiator (Sweaty Men - didn’t take on Earth-19)

Science/Romance is my niche - stick with what you know

Questions?

Is Julian Alchemy?

Can HR actually be trusted?

What happens with Caitlin next?

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*Spoilers* for Supergirl Season 2, Episode 4 “Survivors” in this review and recap.

Non-Spoiler Thoughts

Basic SPOILER Summary:

Daxam is being destroyed, right after Krypton was

Kara still doesn’t trust Mon-El

Mon-El wants time out of the DEO - they are testing his abilities

Super strength, leaping (talking tall buildings in a single bound), no heat/x-ray vision, no freeze breath.

Hank tries to connect with Megan

She tells him how she escaped, but doesn’t seem to want to “merge in the Martian way”

Alex and Maggie investigate alien violence - find an underground fight club

Megan is fighting, Kara tries to break it up as Supergirl. She gets in a battle with Dragga

Kara brings story to Snapper (Who makes a random dig at Reddit because she doesn’t have sources)

Winn let’s Mon-El out to party and they get in trouble at a bar

Megan give J’onn Roulette’s name (Veronica Sinclair) but J’onn is abducted shortly after

Kara gets help from Lena (very Lex/Clark in Smallville feel)

J’onn and Megan fight, J’onn talks Megan out of fighting, so Roullette releases Dragga

Kara stops Dragga (Mon-El earlier told her how to stop him)

Supergirl tells aliens to stop fighting (throw-away line about Cadmus) each other

Alex seems jealous that Maggie has a date with another woman

Roulette is released from policy custody

Kara has a story by using Supergirl as a source

Kara takes Mon-El in her custody so he can get time outside of the DEO

Megan is really revealed as a White Martian!

Other stuff

Garata - soccer with Dragons on Daxom

War World reference - storylines in comics and Justice League animated series

Mon-El’s power - we begin to see what his physical skill set might look like 

No James Olsen at all in this episode

Lingering questions:

Ongoing question - What are they doing with James?

They mentioned Cadmus, when is that storyline coming back around?

Also what about the alien President?

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The Lego Batman Movie has released a new trailer, the Sandman movie has lost another screenwriter, and Arrow is bringing Talia al Ghul onto the show.

00:22 New The Lego Batman Movie Trailer has been released - YouTube

Sequel to 2014's The Lego Movie

This trailer doesn't have too much new footage

There is a Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice reference

The film will be released in theaters on February 10, 2017

The movie stars Will Arnett as Bruce Wayne/Batmn, Michael Cera as Robin, Zach Galifianakis as Joker, Jenny Slate as Harley Quinn, and Ralph Fiennes as Alfred Pennyworth

04:55 Sandman movie loses another Screenwriter - io9

* Eric Heisserer was attached to write the movie, but has left the project.

* "I had many conversations with Neil [Gaiman] on this, and I did a lot of work on the feature and came to the conclusion that the best version of this property exists as an HBO series or limited series, not as a feature film, not even as a trilogy. The structure of the feature film really doesn’t mesh with this. So I went back and said here’s the work that I’ve done. This isn’t where it should be. It needs to go to TV. So I talked myself out of a job!" - Eric Heisserer

* Sandman has been in development as a New Line Cinema property

* Been in some form of development as a TV series or feature film since the 1990s

* Joseph Gordon-Levitt had previously been attached to produce, as well as potentially direct and star

04:34 Arrow Casts Talia al Ghul - TVLine

Lexa Doig will be taking the role

She’s had roles in a lot of SyFy shows - Andromeda, Continuum, Stargate SG-1 and The 4400

Described as worldly and cultured, Talia is “an elite warrior who doesn’t pick sides but rather creates her own.”

Will first appear in Episode 10 of Season 5

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The new Wonder Woman trailer is officially here! Tom and Zac are here to break it down with their thoughts and reactions to the 2 minutes and 30 seconds of new footage that we got.

“I used to want to save the world, this beautiful place, but the closer you get, the more you see the great darkness within. I learned this the hard way, a long, long time ago.” - Diana Prince

In the new footage we get to see more of Themyscira and plenty more of Gal Gadot in action as Wonder Woman. We also get more hints to the plot as well as who the potential villain(s) are. There are more visuals of the horrific Great War/ World War I scenes as well as more Steve Trevor and Etta Candy.

After the epic first trailer from San Diego Comic-Con, how does this one stack up? Does this increase our hype levels for the film or not? This trailer also brought up more questions about the film and who the characters might be playing?

* Is Danny Huston playing Ares, god of war?

* Is Elena Anaya playing Dr. Poison?

* What character could David Thewlis be playing?

* What hints to the story did we get from the footage?

* How do the visuals of Paradise Island compare with that of World War I?

The Wonder Woman film is now less than 7 months away. The movie stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, Connie Nielson as Queen Hippolyta, Robin Wright as General Antiope, and Lucy Davis as Etta Candy. Directed by Patty Jenkins, it officially hits theaters on June 2, 2017.

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What unannounced DC Comics film would you like to see added to the slate? That is the question we were asked from Steve. So, in today's episode, Zac pitches an Adam Strange movie, while Tom pitches a New Gods film. 

We also discuss the potential of a new Swamp Thing franchise, The Books of Magic, Justice Society of America, and whether Green Arrow Supemax should be revived.

01:32 Secondary movie choices

04:05 Zac - Adam Strange movie

Normal human archaeologist, one day gets transported to the planet Rann by a Zeta-Beam. They give him a jetpack and ray gun and he becomes their superhero (he has no actual powers). It’s could be a reverse Superman sort of origin story.

Rann’s leader Sardath invented the Zeta-Beam - his daughter Alanna is Stange’s love interest.

The transportation effects wear off periodically, and he gets put back on Earth, but he has been told the schedule of beams by Sardath, and can get back (but doesn’t control when) - good plot device for films

Adam Strange debuted in Showcase #17 (Nov. 1958) - created by Julius Schwartz

Schwartz was a science major - wanted this to be somewhat “scientifically accurate”

Could also play out Rann-Thangar war as final thing

Thangar is the home of Hawkman (all Hawkpeople) - could be cool to see him in movie

10:55 Tom - Fourth World/New Gods movie

Jack Kirby Created the Fourth World saga in 1971

4 comic book titles created the Fourth World - New Gods, Mister Miracle, Forever People, and Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen

Characters to feature from - New Genesis (Highfather, Orion, Lightray) and Apokolips (Darkseid, Steppenwolf, Kalibak, Granny Goodness)

Metron (seeks knowledge, Mobius chair) Mister Miracle and Big Barda

Connections to DCEU - Earth 2, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Knightmare scene, Justice League opening

Potential space epic trilogy

Directors - George Miller, Peter Jackson, or anyone capable of creating a new planet. 

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