#12 – Shazam!, Antiope, Swamp Thing, and Doom Patrol

This week’s podcast covers news on Shazam!, Aquaman, Wonder Woman 1984, Swamp Thing and Doom Patrol.

New photos of DC movies from Empire Magazine

Robin Wright to return as Antiope in Wonder Woman 1984 – revealed in feature story for Net-A-Porter

Len Wiseman to executive produce Swamp Thing and direct the pilot – Deadline

Has been EP/director for Lucifer and The Gifted
Co-created and directed first 2 Underworld films and directed Live Free or Die Hard
Joins James Wan, Mark Verheiden, Gary Dauberman, and Michael Clear as EPs

Crystal Reed cast in the role of Abby Arcane in Swamp Thing – Deadline

Reed is known for Teen Wolf and playing Sofia Falcone on Season 4 of Gotham
Character description – “Smart and caring, CDC Doctor Abby Arcane’s (Reed) strong sense of empathy puts her at the center of a horrific life-threatening epidemic in her hometown, where she faces emotional demons from her past… while a chance meeting with scientist Alec Holland takes her into a world of horror and the supernatural, and of the elemental creature known as Swamp Thing.”

Alan Tudyk joins the cast of Doom Patrol as villain Eric Morden/Mr. Nobody – Deadline

Tudyk is known for Firefly, voice work (Rogue One, Superman in Justice League: War), and playing Van Wayne in Powerless
Character description – “After exposure to unknown experiments by ex-Nazis in post-war Paraguay, the man formerly known as Eric Morden emerges as a living shadow able to drain the sanity of others as the enigmatic, and totally insane, Mr. Nobody.”
Will he be the main villain?

Timothy Dalton joins the cast of Doom Patrol as Dr. Niles Caulder/The Chief

Dalton is known for playing James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and License to Kill (1989)
Character description from Deadline – “Dalton’s Dr. Caulder is a pioneer in medical science, searching the world over for those on the edge of death in need of a miracle. Brilliant but controversial, Dr. Caulder will stop at nothing to help those he believes are in need, including his collection of strange heroes known as The Doom Patrol.”
(Deadline) Bruno Bichir had previously been cast in a recurring role as the Chief in TItans; expected to appear in episode 5

The CW releases new trailer for Black Lightning Season 2 and The Flash Season 5

Twitter question Garrett Wade @GWade289 – “What if Thomas Wayne cheated on Martha. And Joker was Bruce’s brother in this new Joker movie?“

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