One of the best things going for Warner Bros.' DCEU is the fact that they are hiring different directors for their movies featuring individual heroes, such as Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and The Flash. Another one of these movies that now seems to be moving forward is the Booster Gold movie, and one of the people that Warner Bros. has brought on to help with this project is Greg Berlanti. While we don't know what his role is as far as this film is concerned, we do know that he helped bring on Zach Stentz to write the screenplay. Stentz has plenty of experience with superhero films, having been the writer for Thor and X-Men: First Class. More recently, he wrote an episode for the television show The Flash. The episode he wrote was "The Runaway Dinosaur," which was directed by Kevin Smith. Both Smith and Stentz appeared on Screen Junkies' Movie Fights, and had this to say:
“I am jumping into the DC Universe with both feet, and I am at least, until they fire me, I’m gonna be writing Booster Gold — for the big screen, for all of my Flash friends.”
So, we have a screenwriter for the film, but who is going to direct it? One person that is interested in the job is Greg Berlanti himself, who said, “I’d probably direct that, or I would want to.” While this doesn't mean that he'll be the one that they hire, he would be a good choice for the film. Berlanti knows a lot about the DC universe. At one point, it was rumored that he was going to produce a Booster Gold television show. When that fell through, it was rumored that Booster Gold might appear on his other television show DC's Legends of Tomorrow, but as we now know, that never happened. Warner Bros. may have nixed that idea so they could save him for their DCEU family.
While Warner Bros. haven't "officially" announced that this project is being worked on, it does seem to be one of the projects that they are focused on making happen. The next question to be asked is who will they get to play Booster Gold? Someone that has been mentioned and who has also showed interest in the past of playing Booster Gold is Nathan Fillion. Now that Castle has been cancelled, this could free him up to play this role if it indeed is moving forward.
Who would you like to see play Booster Gold? Are you even familiar with who Booster Gold is? If you aren't, just ask me, and I'll do a future post explaining who he is in the DC comic book world. You can leave your questions and comments in the section below.
It should be mentioned that there are ***POTENTIAL SPOILERS!!!*** ahead...
It's long been rumored (and assumed) that the main villain in the upcoming Justice League Part 1 was going to be Darkseid, but a new report from Heroic Hollywood says that's just not the case...at least right now. The script has gone through a number of rewrites, and is still being put together. Even though the script does have Darkseid appearing in the Justice League film, it will be Darkseid's uncle, Steppenwolf, who will be the main bad guy in the movie. Okay, he's Darkseid's uncle in the comic books, but who knows how Zach Snyder will change him in the movie.
Let's jump back to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice for a moment. There is a deleted scene from the film that recently made it's way on to the internet. Chances are, it will be included on the special edition rated-R version of the movie that will be available on DVD and Bluray later this year. In the scene, Lex Luthor meets a monster while he's in his Kryptonian warm bath. The monster was rumored to be Steppenwolf, even though it barely looked like him. However, it's now being said that's exactly who it's supposed to be. Now let's jump ahead to Justice League and the potential spoilers.
According to Heroic Hollywood's sources, there's a scene that's going to be in the Justice League movie that will take place on Earth around 30,000 years in the past. It shows us that Darkseid had attacked the planet during this time. He was defeated in his attack by a coalition of humans, Amazonians, and Atlanteans. During his escape from Earth, Darkseid leaves behind the motherboxes. These are the boxes that Lex Luthor finds in the deleted scene that I mentioned before, and you can see in the picture above. This prompts Steppenwolf to head back to Earth to retrieve them, and sets off the fight between him and his army against the Justice League.
I don't know if this conflict will only be the plot for the first Justice League film, or both of them. I think that a safe guess would be that this storyline will just cover the first of the two films, and then the second one will feature Darkseid coming back to Earth to either aid his uncle, or exact revenge on the planet that defeated him before.
So what do you think of these possible revelations about the Justice League films? Leave me your thoughts on this in the comments section down below.
Justice League Part 1 is set to hit theaters November 17, 2017.
It seems like superhero crossover films are all anybody is wanting to do these days. Go big or go home is the attitude. Marvel has been doing this for years, and Warner Brothers recently got into the mix with their Batman/Superman movie. So why should things be any different over at 20th Century Fox? They see the money that can be made, and they want a part of it. Of course, they kind of started the whole "multiple heroes in the same movie" fad that's going on right now when they introduced us to the X-Men. The problem is, they haven't built off of the X-Men properly. Yes, they've given us stand alone Wolverine movies, but even the first one of these movies was a flop and ticked off a lot of fans of the comics by screwing up Wade Wilson. If it wasn't for Ryan Reynolds and the writers of Deadpool (Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick) pushing Fox to redeem themselves for the mess they made of Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Fox would still be sitting on this property not knowing what to do with it. Now that Deadpool is a HUGE success, there's now talk of trying to figure out how to do a crossover film with the X-Men and Deadpool. I think Deadpool's "Oh no!" expression in the picture above describes my feelings about this idea quite well.
A lot of people out there are fans of Bryan Singer's X-Men movies...I'm not one of them. Yes, I love the X-Men. They were some of the very first comic books that I ever bought as a kid, but Singer's interpretation of the comic book that he's given us in theaters is lacking, in my opinion. I know I'll get crap for saying that, but that's how I feel about it. the first X-Men film wasn't bad, I really liked it, but the second one just didn't seem to work. He was trying to throw in too many characters and storylines that, in my opinion, he wasn't very familiar with. The third movie sucked, but he had nothing to do with that one, and I'll credit him for walking away from that one. X-Men: First Class revitalized the franchise, but again, he had nothing to do with that one either. Singer came back for X-Men: Days of Future Past, and even though the story was pretty good, I don't think he did a very good job of handling all of the characters from the future and the past very well. Now his X-Men: Apocalypse is due to come out this month, and the reviews are mixed, with critics leaning toward the side of "not his best work." Color me surprised. But even with these mixed reviews, that hasn't stopped Singer and 20th Century Fox from thinking about the future.
As Singer is going around doing interviews to promote Apocalypse, questions about Deadpool joining the X-Men cinematic universe have been popping up all over the place. I'm sure that this has been irritating for Singer, considering that Deadpool has out-grossed all of his X-Men movies he's made, but he seems to be gracious about the whole thing, even answering questions about a possible cross over with the Merc with a Mouth. Here's what he had to say:
“If you take a character as irreverent and meta as Deadpool and connect him to something as grounded and serious as X-Men, you have to do it carefully and gently. When you drop them all in together it can be a disaster. That has to be done delicately, but there’s plenty of room to do it.”
First of all, I'd like to commend him for realizing and understanding that the two different movie tones might not work well together. What I'm worried about, however, is that he thinks it could be done. This would be the worst possible thing for a brand new franchise like Deadpool to do. He has the potential to go on to make plenty of movies as a stand alone character (with another character to play off of like Colossus or Cable) and doesn't need to join a "team." I know he has in comic books, but this is different. A lot different. Deadpool interacting with the audience, or "breaking the fourth wall," helped this movie be a hit. To try and mix that flavor with a moody X-Men movie is a recipe for disaster, and unfortunately, Fox doesn't seem to realize this.
So to finish this rant, I'll just say this...if you think this will help you score big at the box office with a crossover, then go ahead and try it, but know that you'll be killing off your most profitable movie franchise that you own.
Critics had been given an early screening of the movie X-Men: Apocalypse but hadn't been aloud to write about it...until now. While the reviews are mixed, they are mostly positive. All the critics agreed that Evan Peters' Quicksilver steals the show again, and the scene that features Wolverine was, to quote one person, "f**king bananas!" After going through a long list of reviews, many of which are magazines or websites that know nothing about comic books, I put together a few of the reviews of the most fanboy-centric sites. Here's what they said:
We Got This Covered
X-Men: Apocalypse does nothing to discredit an already enormous franchise, and will appease fans who want more of the same mutant thrills. Comic diehards get their dug-in references (Wolverine mirrors an entrance straight from illustrated pages, Jubilee flashes her legendary yellow jacket, Xavier finally goes bald), movie lovers have some tremendous set pieces to gander at, and X-lovers spend more time with earlier versions of characters they already enjoy. The film isn’t underwhelming, it’s just same old free-wheeling, Cerebro-smashing, Wolvie-berserker style antics that basely sustain franchise advancement. The X-Men are back, without a doubt. I can’t say they’re better than ever, but they’re certainly back! Rating: 3 stars out of 5
ComicBook
X-Men: Apocalypse has a lot of action, balanced with humor and emotion that make you think of more than just “When’s the next superpower?” There’s a ton of fan-service, especially for longtime fans of the X-Men (whether from comics, videogames, the 90s animated series, or the films) and in-jokes (including one laugh out loud one at their own expense) that should make X-fans extremely happy. From the climactic battle all the way through the final scene of the movie, my inner ten-year-old was screaming out loud. The audience of oft-jaded press and guests were whooping and left the theater smiling – a telling indication of a flat-out fun time.
Den Of Geek
X-Men: Apocalypse is by no means a terrible film - the quality of the cast, from Fassbender to McAvoy to Lawrence to Kodi Smit-McPhee to Evan Peters (again great as Quicksilver) ensures there’s always someone worth watching in the quieter moments. But compared to this year’s last big superhero movie, Captain America: Civil War, Apocalypse feels less assured, less fleet-footed at moving between the earnest, the dramatic and the outright camp. When a superhero gets all these elements right, the result can seem effortless; when the balance is wrong, the difference is plain to see. Rating: 2 stars out of 5
Empire
Messier and heavier than Days Of Future Past, this is not so much the next step in the X-Men’s evolution as a failed callback to past glories. Rating: 2 stars out of 5
Bleeding Cool
But for the most part, X-Men: Apocalypse weaves its ongoing plotlines from previous films and new characters in a fun and spirited manner. Anchored by Isaac’s strong performance as En Sabah Nur, the film also has a momentum as the essential group of characters form up to face down the threat of Apocalypse. And with these characters, the X-Men film series finally feels like the X-Men comics of the era … even if some of the mutants are younger or older than they should be.
JoBlo
At this point the X-MEN movies have really settled into a predictable rhythm; while you could of course say the same for some other big franchises, these particular movies just don't inspire a lot of excitement in me. That said, if you really enjoyed the last two films, you'll likely find plenty to appreciate in APOCALYPSE, even though its villain is a drag and the heroes are going through the motions once again. I'm giving it a 6, but you may well bump the grade up higher if you're an X-Men fanatic.
I wouldn't put too much stake in what other people say about the movie. My best advice to you is to go out and see it for yourself. If you like it? Go see it again. If you don't? Well, then don't go see it again.
X-Men: Apocalypse comes out May 27, 2016.
Why this show was ever on CBS is beyond me, but Supergirl is finally going to join the rest of the television DC universe over on the CW. It was announced yesterday that it was picked up for a second season, and that 22 episodes have been ordered for the show. This is great news for the freshman series and it's cast.
CBS had said that it expected to renew Supergirl for a second season, but with a huge budget for the show ($3 million per episode) and falling ratings, they decided that it wasn't worth it. CW, on the other hand, did. Of course, with the show moving to the CW, it will also be moving it's production company to Vancouver, Canada, where the other DC shows are filmed. This will help cut costs for the show, which had originally been filming in Los Angeles, California. The move might give the show a different look or feel as far as the city goes, but it's a smart move. Filming in L.A. is just too expensive. Not only that, but the other shows on the CW (Arrow, The Flash, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow) all have a "big" look to the show, while working with a much more modest budget, so I'm not expecting that big of a change.
Supergirl's move to the CW should help her ratings improve with younger audiences, too. The CW has shows that aim towards young female viewers (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, The 100) that feature strong female leads in each one, but will also appeal to the younger male crowd, too. This is one of those shows.
This move will also make it much easier for it to do crossover episodes with the other shows in the "Arrow-verse." One of the highest rated episodes that Supergirl had was when Barry Allen popped into her universe. I saw it, it was an amazing episode. I'm not sure how she'll meet up with Team Arrow, since they're in different parallel universes, but that's why they have writers. Let them figure out the how or why.
So fear not, Supergirl and DC fans! This is the best news that the show could have ever received!
"Right now, as the movie exists, Professor X would be a part of a New Mutants movie."
That's what X-Men franchise producer Simon Kinberg said during an interview with Collider. Kinberg, who also wrote both Days of Future Past and Apocalypse, has been making his rounds promoting the upcoming X-Men film. Even though he's out talking about X-Men: Apocalypse, he's been asked where 20th Century Fox plans to go with the X-Men universe after the finale to their second trilogy comes to an end. The movie company has no plans to stop making movies that deal with the X-Men universe. Right now, filming is taking place for Wolverine 3, a sequel to this years surprise hit Deadpool is in the works, and a spin-off movie for Gambit is still being hashed out, but as far as an "X-Men team movie" is concerned, the New Mutants movie seems to be the only one that has been confirmed. In fact, things have been rolling along so smoothly for the film that they believe that filming could begin for the movie as early as next year.
Other than James McAvoy being mentioned to be apart of the film, other mutants that are being hinted at as appearing are Wolfsbane and Magik (two team members from the comic book) as well as the possibility of Storm (the Storm from Apocalypse) showing up as a teacher at the Xavier school, Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) and Cyclops (Tye Sheridan). The movie is going to be directed by Josh Boone, who directed The Fault in Our Stars, a wildly popular young adult (YA) movie. Boone is also co-writing the film along with Knate Lee. Fox is hoping that their movie will appeal to the YA crowd, and not just die-hard fans of the comic books. This would ensure Fox a younger audience that can grow up along with the characters in the movie, and hopefully continue to pay to see them in future films.
All of this talk of spin-off movies doesn't necessarily mean that we won't be given any more X-Men movies. Direct Bryan Singer has indicated that he'd like to return to the franchise after Apocalypse and do an X-Men movie where they go into space. Even though the X-Men do travel around the universe at times in the comic books, I'm not so sure if this is a great fit for the cinematic universe. Before Singer decides to do this, he may want to wait until his Apocalypse movie comes out and sees how it does. It's hard to tell if it'll be a hit with fans, or have a huge opening weekend and then drop like a rock the following weekend like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice did. From what early reviews are saying about the film, it may be the latter. But what do critics know, right?
X-Men: Apocalypse arrives in theaters May 27, 2016.
After the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the movie was hit with a lot of criticism, some of it warranted, some of it just plain petty. But two things about the film that fans could agree on were the introduction of Ben Affleck as Batman and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot in particular stole the show every time she appeared on screen. Her portrayal of Diana Prince/Wonder Woman won fans over and now there is a lot of anticipation for her first solo film in the DCEU.
Principle filming for the film had begun well before the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but after her impressive debut as Wonder Woman, Warner Bros. moved up the release of her film from June 23, 2017 to June 2, 2017. That may not seem like a big deal, but whenever a movie gets moved up, it's because a movie studio wants to capitalize on it's popularity, and in this case, it's Gadot's portrayal of Diana Prince. The only other movie that takes place in the DCEU to come out this year is Suicide Squad this August. Gadot won't be making an appearance in this film, but it is rumored that Ben Affleck will appear as Batman in some form or another. To keep her fresh in the minds of movie goers, they're moving her movie up to the beginning of June. That still gives the director Patty Jenkins more than a year to get things finished up in post production. Even with all of the post production CGI and visual effects, that should be plenty of time to put together a great movie.
One of the things that it has going for it is that it can learn from the complaints of BvS. I know that I said that it started filming before BvS had even been released, but they were able to hear reactions to early screenings of the film, and more than likely made adjustments to their own script. I also know that it takes place during World War I at some point, but it's supposed to be "lighter" in tone than BvS. Yeah, and oxymoron...I'm aware. A "light World War I film." Still, this has a lot more promise to be a box office hit than you'd think. From what I've heard around the web, people don't know what to expect from this film. That's a "plus" for the film. Let me explain. When it was announced that Batman and Superman were going to be on the silver screen together for the first time, people's expectations shot through the roof. They wanted more than they got, to be blunt. With Wonder Woman, people really don't know what to expect. The closest thing that we've been given as far as a Wonder Woman movie goes was the direct to DVD animated movie Wonder Woman (which was amazing, by the way. If you haven't seen it yet? Rent it!)
So what are your thoughts on the upcoming Wonder Woman movie? Are you excited? Do you even care? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section down below.
