Premiering on September 22nd on Fox ‘Gotham’ is one of the most talked about and most buzzed pilots of the 2014/15 season. The show had a big presence at SDCC this year with the city skyline forming the backdrop to a 130 foot long (and 30 foot high!) zip line between the convention centre and the Hilton hotel as well as freebies given away at the DC stand and a screening of the pilot as part of the Warner TV panel on the Saturday night with appearances from the cast at all of the above. Of the big three pilots…
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Neil Vagg
Neil is the Editor-in-Chief at GYCO. He has a BA in Film & TV and an MA in Scriptwriting; he currently works 9-5 in an office and 5-9 as a reviewer. He has been reading comics for as long as he can remember and is never far away from any book which has the word Bat in the title.
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Directed by James Gunn Written by James Gunn & Nicole Perlman Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel You might think it’s been a busy year for Marvel with ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’, ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and now ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ gracing our cinema screens but only two of those are direct Marvel Studio’s releases. ‘Guardians’ is one of them… can you guess the other? Whilst Joss Whedon and his crew are hard at work on ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ here on Earth we’re taken on a massive…
With the imminent release of ‘Batman: Assault on Arkham’ we’ve pulled together a YouTube playlist of clips and trailers for you to check out. As more clips are released we’ll add them in for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLPzdrNLjZo&list=PL22h2b5wZwUtxNDF5b0MV6lwe28wWqQ5B
Let’s start out with a big spoiler for anybody who hasn’t read any kind of Batman comic in the last year… Damian Wayne died and he took the ‘Batman Incorporated’ title with him in one final battle to the death with the Leviathan and his own mother. Bruce wallowed in self pity for a long time, teaming with a different partner every month in ‘Batman & …..’ titles until Nightwing finally brought him to him senses only for Grandad Ra’s Al Ghul to come along and steal the bodies of both mother and son and that brings us up-to-date with…
‘Batman: Assault on Arkham’ is the latest in a long line of DCUAOM (DC Universe Animated Original Movies) released direct-to-video; it all started out almost seven years ago with ‘Superman: Doomsday’. UK fans you might be saying something along the lines of ‘What, there are lots of these movies?!’ and our answer is yes there are but sadly many of them don’t get to see the light of day over here but thankfully many of the releases are region free and simple to import from the US. ‘Assault on Arkham’ does seem to be seeing a release for the UK on…
Those of us lucky enough to make it in to room 6BCF at SDCC this past weekend were treated to a screening of a pilot episode of new NBC series ‘Constantine’ based on the comics of the same name and also the ‘Hellblazer’ and perhaps even ‘Justice League: Dark’ titles. We know a lot of you are probably thinking ‘I’ve seen this already, it leaked ages ago!’ but the version screened at Comic Con was a newly updated version with new special effects and a reshot ending to help smooth over the exit of Lucy Griffiths. Before we get ahead…
Stephen Amell and Grant Gustin have little to celebrate this week, apart from a massively successful series entering it’s third season and one of the most buzzed pilots of 2014/15, as DC guru Geoff Johns has gone on record as saying that DC/Warner Bros will categorically NOT be merging their film and tv universes. The bottom line? Right now we won’t see Gustin and Amell playing their hero alter-egos on the big screen in 2015’s ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ or it’s follow up ‘Justice League’ movie. We’re bummed about this. What about you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO2_iUkojCY We know we’re a little slow on the uptake in posting this one but here’s some awesome footage of the Batmobile in action from the upcoming ‘Arkham Knight’ game. The threequel is set to be released in Q1 of 2015 on next-gen consoles only. Hopefully you, like us, are currently saving up for your Xbox One and/or PS4. The footage shows off the Batmobile in both battle mode and standard driving mode and it looks as though it is pretty badass in bad ass in both settings. Enjoy!
Lego has unveiled what will likely be one of the hottest toys at this years SDCC… a lego ‘The Dark Knight’ style tumbler. The set won’t be released until later in the year but is reported to be on display to whet the appetites of con-goers. The model is reportedly features “an armored exterior, adjustable wings, a detailed interior (with a console screen that reads ‘INTIMIDATE’) and oversized rubber-tread tires,” and clocks in at 15-inches-long. Included within the Tumbler set are action figures from “The Dark Knight,” including a Joker and of course Batman himself. The Tumbler will be on display at…
Cover by Mike & Laura Allred Script by Gabriel Soria Art by Dean Haspiel Purchase your digital copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS This week ’66 wraps up the Fred Fillips storyline with a couple of twists and an Emmy award for The Dark Knight. Following the style of previous issues and based on the format of the TV series this part two story – ‘The Bat Host with the Most’ – wraps everything up in a neat little bow allowing the dynamic duo to move on with their lives to the next issue. With issue #37 (review HERE) I…