In readiness for the October premiere of The Gifted FOX has been showing off new footage as part of its TCA presentation. A new trailer for the series has now been released online to help build buzz for the X-Men series. You can checkout the trailer in the player below. The Gifted will premiere on Monday nights 8/9c on FOX starting October 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyScVAJxKYc&feature=youtu.be Action-adventure family drama The Gifted, from Marvel, tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from…
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Work on the DC Comics streaming platform as quietly been continuing since the announcement of its inception. Geoff Johns has teased the production on the live actions Titans series whilst actors from Young Justice have discussed recording dialogue for the shows third season. Today – via Deadline – we have our first casting news for Titans. Thirteen year-old Australian newcomer Teagan Croft will be taking the role of Rachel Roth a.k.a. Raven. Deadline describes Raven as the daughter of a demon and a powerful empath who needs to keep her emotions in check. Sounds fairly comic accurate to us. No news…
Some time ago it was rumoured that Jessica Chastain was up for a role in X-Men: Dark Phoenix. At the time it was rumoured she was in talks for the role of Lilandra, Empress of the alien race the Shi’ar. Fans of the comics and the 90s cartoon series will know Lilandra for her involvement with the Dark Phoenix saga and for her relationship with Charles Xavier. Though we have no official confirmation that Chastain will take on the role of Lilandra the actress hints to her intentions for the X-Men in the Instagram post below. https://www.instagram.com/p/BXRJm00B9FD/?hl=en&taken-by=jessicachastain X-Men: Dark Phoenix…
Marvel Studios took to Twitter yesterday to officially announce that Ant-Man and the Wasp is in production. The tweet (below) includes a short video featuring some size accurate production chairs and a look at the updated logo for the film. https://twitter.com/marvelstudios/status/892415168553992192 The studio has also unveiled an updated synopsis for the film: From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink: Ant-Man and The Wasp. In the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang (Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As…
SPOILER ALERT: for anyone who hasn’t caught up to date with this weeks comics! In this weeks Suicide Squad #22 Amanda Waller dropped the bombshell that – she believes – Batman to be a metahuman. She made the revelation as she sent Harley Quinn and members of her quad after The Dark Knight and Killer Frost. Of course this new revelation sent shockwaves through DC Comics fandom and fans soon turned to Batman oracle Scott Snyder for answer. He tweeted this response to fan questions: Suicide Squad writer Rob Williams weighed in on the argument himself on Twitter contradicting his own…
For those eagerly awaiting the return of Gotham to the FOX network we have some good news for you. The season 4 premiere was slated to air on September 28th, taking up its new Thursday night time slot. However FOX has done some rejigging and moved the date forwards. Gotham will now drop its first new episode on September 21st, one week earlier than planned. The move is said to be for FOX to factor in a huge two night launch for Seth McFarlane’s new series The Orville. Are you excited for the return of Gotham? Gotham stars Ben McKenzie…
When we last saw Daredevil at the end of season 2 he was not in a good place. His partnership with Foggy Nelson appeared to be over, he had revealed his secret identity to love interest Karen Page, his other love interest – Elektra – was dead and Wilson Fisk had sweated revenge on the blind hero. Actor Charlie Cox spoke to the press at SDCC – via CinemaBlend – about where we find the hero in The Defenders when it hits Netflix in August. “At the end of Daredevil Season 2, everyone failed. Matt failed, and the consequences were…
During SDCC last weekend it was finally confirmed that Wonder Woman 2 is officially happening. Though Patty Jenkins is yet to confirm her return we do at least have some news on when fans will be able to see Gal Gadot back on the big screen in a solo outing. Warner Bros. has revealed that Wonder Woman 2 will be hitting screens December 13th, 2019. Should the film stick to this date it means that DC FIlms will be releasing four films that year. 2019 will also see the release of Shazam on April 5th and will be followed by…
In the last of the sizzle reels from The CW we have DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. After a shaky start in the first season the series really came together in its second. Ending on the bombshell that the Legends actions have entirely screwed the timeline this trailer picks up with the realisation that the team has a huge amount of work to do to fix things. There’s plenty of new action to see. Plenty of zany plot twist and the tease that a big new villain is on the horizon. It looks like season 3 of Legends of Tomorrow will…
The Girl of Steel – Supergirl – also made a return to SDCC last night with a trailer for her third season. We left Kara Danvers in season 2 after making the difficult to release a toxin in to the air making Earth inhabitable to Daxamites. Suffering the loss of boyfriend Mon-El seems to have left Kara feeling a little dark. The new trailer has quite a bit of new footage showing the consequences of her decision in the season 2 finale. We also get our first look at Smallville actress Erica Durance taking over the role of Alura Zor-El.…