Category: Television

SUPERGIRL Trailer

Melissa Benoist as Supergirl courtesy DC Comics
Melissa Benoist as Supergirl courtesy DC Comics

Up, Up and Away!

CBS is adding DC Comics Girl Power to Mondays this Fall. At the Up Fronts this week the networks revealed their fall schedules and first looks at the new shows.

Supergirl soared in a first look trailer with Melissa Benoist is Kara Zor-El, cousin of the Man of Steel.

After a brief scene on doomed Krypton we see the future heroine in her human secret identity working for media mogul Cat Grant () and falling for Jimmy Olsen (Mechad Brooks) and a life changing moment involving her sister (Chyler Leigh)

Watch and enjoy the trailer courtesy DC Comics as Kara transforms into Supergirl: Continue reading SUPERGIRL Trailer

NEW MUTANTS Is Next FOX X-MEN Spinoff

The New Mutants graphic novel cover courtesy Marvel
The New Mutants graphic novel cover courtesy Marvel

Fox is evolving its X-Men franchise.

Josh Boone (The Fault In Our Stars) has signed on to direct a film based on New Mutants, a standalone spinoff according to Deadline. Boone will co-write with Knate Gwaltney. Simon Kinberg and Laura Shuler-Donner will produce.

“We’re so excited to explore this new part of the X-Men universe, and so excited to do it with Josh, who is uniquely suited to tell this story about young characters,” Kinberg told Deadline. Continue reading NEW MUTANTS Is Next FOX X-MEN Spinoff

AGENTS OF SHIELD VS INHUMANS BURNING QUESTIONS

Agents of SHIELD by Josh Dotich courtesy Marvel
Agents of SHIELD by Josh Dotich courtesy Marvel

You could call Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season Two a mother of a mashup of monsters, myths and family matters. Multiple story arcs came together in an intense, action and twist packed finale that sets the stage for even bigger battles on the show in on the big screen.

The fates of Skye and Raina.

The truth about Skye’s mother. Let’s hope the movie Inhhumans are a little nicer!

Why Mockingbird and Lance Hunter are not getting their own spinoff.

Oh yeah and payback for Ward!

And that cliffhanger?!

The Inhumans declared war on S.H.I.E.L.D. in a satisfying payoff to a much improved second season with more emotional stakes but we’re left with burning questions. Continue reading AGENTS OF SHIELD VS INHUMANS BURNING QUESTIONS

AGENT CARTER Season Two Preview

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Mission accomplished Peggy Carter fans.

Hayley Atwell will return as Agent Carter for a new season but with changes as Peggy goes west.

Agent Carter will again air when Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. goes on hiatus next season.

Peggy’s new season and mission takes her to California but what about Jarvis, Angie and her fellow SSR agents…and Howard Stark?

Here’s the official description from Marvel. Continue reading AGENT CARTER Season Two Preview

FOUR DOCTORS In TITAN COMICS DOCTOR WHO Event

courtesy Titan Comics
courtesy Titan Comics

Three Doctors. A Five Part Adventure in Time, Space and Comics

Titan Comics announced a 5-part weekly event written by Paul Cornell and illustrated by Neil Edwards, starring the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors and their comics companions. Cornell wrote classic episodes from the Doctor Who TV series (‘Father’s Day’, ‘Human Nature/Family of Blood’, both Hugo-nominated), classic Doctor Who novels, as well as successful comic book runs on titles such as Wolverine, Demon Knights, and Captain Britain and MI:13. Continue reading FOUR DOCTORS In TITAN COMICS DOCTOR WHO Event

MORE MARVEL HEROES For CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

Civil War #7 courtesy Marvel
Civil War #7 courtesy Marvel

Filming of Captain America: Civil War is underway. Chris Evans as Steve Rogers leads an all-star cast in the follow-up to Age of Ultron.

We knew Robert Downey Jr. return would return as Tony Stark. Now we know the super sequel could be hailed as an Avengers 2.5.

The film will include Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Paul Bettany as The Vision, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Don Cheadle as Jim Rhodes/War Machine, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa/Black Panther and Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter/Agent 13. This film could be the first time we see the new Spider-Man born from the Marvel/Sony partnership.

Based on the comics storyline, when the government passes the Superhero Registration Act – it fractures the Avengers and a Civil War among the costumed heroes doesn’t stay civil.

While the cast is packed with fan-favorites and new characters here are more characters we hope to see in the next feature: Continue reading MORE MARVEL HEROES For CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

AGENT CARTER, AGENTS OF SHIELD Renewed

Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter promo art by Ferguson courtesy Marvel
Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter promo art by Ferguson courtesy Marvel

Updated 9:30am 5/8/15
Agent Carter and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be back for new missions next season. ABC announced it will pick up both series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Hayley Atwell will return as Peggy Carter for the second season of prequel series set after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier in 1946. No official word on if co-stars James D’Arcy (Edwin Jarvis) and Dominic Cooper (Howard Stark) will return. The retro series was filled with Marvel Easter Eggs and origins including the Red Room of Russia’s Black Widow program, future Iron Man villains and the early days of S.H.I.E.L.D. Atwell appears in Avengers: Age of Ultron now in cinemas. Continue reading AGENT CARTER, AGENTS OF SHIELD Renewed

DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW

Brandon Routh at Atom courtesy The CW
Brandon Routh as Atom courtesy The CW

The CW is becoming DCTV.

The Arrow/Flash spinoff is a go and has a title: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

DC Comics and The CW announced the new super hero team show that’s set within the Arrow and Flash universe got a green light for next season.

Here’s the official synopsis:

“When heroes alone are not enough…the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?” Continue reading DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW