Television – Page 27 – COMICS BLEND

CONSTANTINE On ARROW, ZATANNA Soon?

We’ll never miss a chance to ask for Zatanna to be conjured into a movie or television series.

With the announcement that Matt Ryan will reprise his role as John Constantine on Arrow this season, we’re curious if the Hellblazer and Ollie Queen will need more supernatural support.

We already picked Zatanna on our list of heroes to appear in the Justice League movies but alas it’s not likely.

With Z’s connection to Constantine, she could make a “magical” addition to the ever expanding cast of DC characters on The CW. Continue reading CONSTANTINE On ARROW, ZATANNA Soon?

ALFRE WOODARD As LUKE CAGE Villain?

Has Marvel found their villain for the Luke Cage Netflix show?

Alfre Woodard has joined the cast of Marvel’s Luke Cage according to Deadline as a character named Minetta, “a powerful woman in politics who will have an impact on Cage’s life” but the story reports she will actually be based on Black Mariah, a drug dealer who often clashed with Cage and Iron Fist in the comics.

No official word on the casting on potential character.

Mike Colter is playing Luke Cage in the third of four Marvel/Netflix series. Colter will be introduced in AKA Jessica Jones. Continue reading ALFRE WOODARD As LUKE CAGE Villain?

MARVEL’S MOST WANTED, MOCKINGBIRD Pilot Flies Again?

Adrianne Palicki on Agents of SHIELD courtesy Marvel

ABC is closing a deal to produce a pilot for an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stars starring Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood according the Variety.

Palicki and Blood as agent Barbara “Bobbi” Morse and Blood as mercenary Lance Hunter would star in Marvel’s Most Wanted.

ABC put a halt to the pilot earlier this year.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Jeffrey Bell and Paul Zbyszewski co-created the project for Marvel and ABC Studios, co-writing the pilot. They will serve as showrunners and exec producers together with Marvel head of television Jeph Loeb also exec producing.

Don’t call it spinoff. Continue reading MARVEL’S MOST WANTED, MOCKINGBIRD Pilot Flies Again?

ALL-NEW INHUMANS

The Inhuman invasion continues!

Marvel announced writers Charles Soule and James Asmus, artist Stefano Caselli will launch All-New Inhumans this December.

The new book features the return of Crystal with a new look as her classic locks have been cut. Medusa’s sister will lead a team including Gorgon, Flint, Naja, and Grid. The squad will investigate mysterious “Skyspears” popping up around the globe. The mystery objects cause an Inhuman’s power levels to spike when in their proximity.

You may recall Black Bolt unleashed a Terrigen Bomb which turned into a cloud creeping across the planet creating NuHumans. Continue reading ALL-NEW INHUMANS

IRON MAN, NEW ARMOR, CLASSIC VILLAIN

Tony Stark takes on a classic enemy and shows off what his new armor can do in Invincible Iron Man #3.

Madame Masque is making a big comeback on multiple platforms.

Whitney Frost returns to torment Tony in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now this Fall and in 2016 she’s the main villain of Agent Carter Season Two.

Fans always wonder how will Tony upgrade his armor? What have new creative team Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez dreamed up for Stark’s armor?

As Marvel revealed in the November previews: Continue reading IRON MAN, NEW ARMOR, CLASSIC VILLAIN

X-MEN LADIES IN WAITING: FIVE MOST WANTED

Why should Storm and Jean Grey have all the screen time?

After seeing Psylocke, Mohawk Storm, young Jean and Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse preview photos and Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool, we organized our top X-Women we want to see in a X-Men movie, spinoff film or possible television series. After our first five, here are our top five:

(Again, we narrowed it down to actual members of the X-Men roster even though there are extraordinary New Mutants, X-Factor investigators and students who haven’t declared a team yet.)

Here we go with our five most wanted: Continue reading X-MEN LADIES IN WAITING: FIVE MOST WANTED

X-MEN LADIES IN WAITING

When will more X-Women make it to the big screen?

Even Negasonic Teenage Warhead is starring in a movie and she appeared in only one X-Men issue. (Well she kinda made a brief comeback in Emma’s psychic guilt nightmare)

All the recent photos of Mohawk Storm and Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse and the previously named-dropped mutant above in Deadpool has us wishing for more of the Women of the Atom to make the leap off the comic page.

With Fox planning more X-Men spinoffs and possible live action television series, we picked the X-Women we want to see the most: Continue reading X-MEN LADIES IN WAITING

THE FLASH Reveals First Look at JAY GARRICK

The CW unveiled a first look at Teddy Sears as original Flash Jay Garrick on a comic book inspired homage to a classic issue.

Sears in Garrick’s iconic helmet and Grant Gustin are speeding side by side with their comic cover counterparts.

This image is a tribute to The Flash #123, the 1961 issue by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson.

This is the pivotal Flash of Two Worlds issue by writer Gardner Fox which introduced Earth-2 to the DC Universe. Continue reading THE FLASH Reveals First Look at JAY GARRICK

COMICS BLEND

Escape. Engage. Enjoy.

Category: Television