The Mr. Handsome fan club is growing, so naturally, we want to know more about the freaky Creepypasta-looking slender monster featured in Superman. Director James Gunn didn’t exactly pull from the DC Comics library for this very weird character; though there was a Mr. Handsome villain in Catwoman’s lore, they appear to be unrelated. This […]
DC Came to Comic-Con with Absolute Green Arrow, DC KO Event
DC didn’t come to San Diego Comic-Con with any major movies on hand, but it did bring a TV show and some comics for the tri. On the comics side, the publisher shed more light on some recently revealed books, including DC KO starting in October. Written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Javier Fernandez, the […]
Open Channel: What’d You Think of ‘Superman’?
It’s been over a decade since the last proper Superman movie hit theaters, and this weekend finally broke that long streak with Superman (formerly subtitled Legacy). This has been one of the most talked-about superhero movies in recent memory, and one that comes with some baggage. Before writer/director James Gunn came onboard, it seemed Henry Cavill would don […]
DC Comics at Theme Parks Has Had a Bizarre History but ‘Superman’ Could Change That
There’s nostalgia for the Batman movie era at Six Flags as we head toward a new DC Studios era with Superman, On a recent invited visit to Magic Mountain to check out DC Heroes and Villains Fest, I found myself reminiscing fondly about the stunt shows from the ’90s. Both Batman Forever and Batman & […]
The Newest Marvel/DC Crossover Will Have Some Fun Team-Ups
In May, Marvel Comics and DC finally confirmed they were doing a new crossover for the first time in over 20 years. At the time, we only knew it’d involve Deadpool and Batman teaming up in a pair of one-shots from Zeb Wells and Greg Capullo (Marvel) and Grant Morrison and Dan Mora (DC). Thanks […]
Blockbusters Take Over Theme Parks for a Mega Movie Summer
Summer hits the theme parks and vacation destinations in this week’s theme park news. Universal Studios Hollywood takes fans back in time with Back to the Future and Jaws while bringing in the future with new Wicked and Jurassic World fun. Don’t worry, the Universal Monsters aren’t far behind; in fact they’re all hitting up Sin […]
DC Studios’ Superman Will Soar Globally After Warner Bros. Legal Win
A lawsuit brought by the estate of Superman co-creator Joseph Schuster which attempted to block the film’s release in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom—thanks to an old law kink that could have prevented James Gunn’s film from opening in any country that was once ruled by the British Crown—will not be moving forward. […]
DC’s Got a Lot of Superman Coming This Summer
Friday, April 18 is Superman Day—in honor of Action Comics’ first issue on April 18, 1938—and DC’s got plenty of Superman to last the next few months. These cardstock variants showcasing the Man of Steel are themed around the live-action version in James Gunn’s movie coming July 11. Comic artists Nicola Scott, Jorge Jiménez, Jim Lee, and […]
Radiant Black’s Creators are Giving Batman the Tokusatsu Treatment
There’s always something new to do with Batman, whether it’s giving him a mech, making him a ninja or an absolute unit. DC’s newest spin on the character? Make him a tokusatsu hero in a sci-fi epic. During his C2E2 panel, Radiant Black co-creator Kyle Higgins revealed he’d be doing just that in Immortal Legend Batman. The six-issue […]
Krypto Shines in Brand New Footage From James Gunn’s Superman
This week at CinemaCon movie studios are putting on a show for movie theater representatives and invited media. And at tonight’s Warner Bros. presentation, James Gunn and DC Studios closed things out with a look at this summer’s Superman. James Gunn referred to this summer as “the summer of Superman” but after the extended footage he […]