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Today’s podcast discusses news on The Batman, King Shark in The Suicide Squad, news on Aquaman 2 plus TV talk on Batwoman, Watchmen, and Krypton.
Small update on The Batman from Variety’s Justin Kroll on Twitter
- “hearing the script is still being polished up and that there’s a possibility shooting begins at the top of 2020 instead of fall 2019. Which means it’ll probably still be a minute before we find out who the next Caped Crusader will be”
- Scheduled for June 25, 2021 release
Michael Rooker (Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy) in talks to play King Shark in The Suicide Squad – The Wrap
- Denied by Rooker on Instagram – “This is not true news… I am not cast in this movie…….”
- Are they looking just for a voice actor or a mo-cap performance?
Jason Momoa talks about Aquaman sequel – The Ellen Show
- “Passionate” to do Aquaman sequel because it’s “all on Earth, combining land and sea”, “there’s no outside alien destroying Earth, it’s us”
- “We’ve got a locked story”
- Said beard will be back
Jared Leto talks about The Joker – Variety
- “I would definitely play the Joker again, It all depends on the script and the circumstances as it always does.”
- Asked if he would be in Birds of Prey “I don’t think so. You’d have to ask them.”
Lego DC: Batman – Family Matters animated movie announced
- Fun Batman family adventure vs. Red Hood, Two-Face, and Brother Eye
- Trailer released (on YouTube)
- Available August 6 on blu-ray, DVD, and digital
5 new DC animated shorts are in development – (Newsarama)
- To be released in 2019 and 2020
- Sgt. Rock (voiced by Karl Urban and directed by Bruce Timm) has the character battling Nazi Zombies
- Adam Strange will be set on an asteroid mining colony, with flashbacks to his origin
- Death, The Phantom Stranger and Batman: Death in the Family
- Batman: Death in the Family will be “long-form” and will be the lead of a set for 2020 release
- In 2010 and 2011, DC Showcase did shorts on The Spectre, Jonah Hex, Green Arrow, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, and Catwoman
TV
Batwoman has officially been ordered to series by The CW
- Teaser with gigantic cape
- No release date, just “coming soon”
HBO releases teaser for Watchmen – (YouTube)
- Still not a lot about what’s going on
- Group of people in Rorschach mask
- Police in masks (Panda mask?)
- Clock (Tick-Tock)
- Jeremy Irons as Ozymandias
- Looking Glass (silver mask)
- Pirate flag (Tales of the Black Freighter)
- To debut “this fall”
New teaser for Swamp Thing focusing on Abby Arcane – (YouTube)
- “Sometime’s the man of your dreams turns out to be a monster”
- Close up of Swamp Thing’s face
Syfy releases featurettes for Season 2 of Krypton –
DC Universe is making some content available to stream in 4k
- Original series – Titans, Young Justice: Outsiders, Doom Patrol, and the upcoming Swamp Thing
- Also recent animated films
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