The Dark Knight is complete and this summer it’s Superman’s turn to soar at the box office but this will be an amazing summer for Batman fans in comic book shops! DC Comics shared the covers and previews of July books including the second chapter of Batman Year Zero, Grant Morrison’s final issue of Batman Incorporated and meet more of Nightwing’s new rogues gallery.
The comic book that introduced Batman, Robin and Batgirl to the world celebrates a huge milestone this week! DC Comics shared this preview of this week’s Detective Comics #19.
The 900th issue of DETECTIVE COMICS is an 80-page giant issue featuring a magnificent collection of stories featuring the Dark Knight.
Detective Comics #19 courtesy DC Comics
“The 900,” by John Layman and Jason Fabok, reveals a previously unmentioned corner of Gotham City now forced into the spotlight when the residents are infected by Continue reading DETECTIVE COMICS 900 PREVIEW!
Man of Steel soars into theaters this Summer. We know the Superman reboot will have the characters you expect (Lois, Perry, the Kents, Jor-El) but the film is still shrouded in secrecy much like the The Dark Knight trilogy. David S. Goyer talks with Total Film about the top secret project and how “dark” the Man of Steel will be portrayed:
“It’s something Chris [Nolan] tried hard to do with the Batman films,” said Goyer, who had script and/or story credits in The Dark Knight trilogy. “I’m genuinely pleased with how much secrecy we’ve been able to maintain.
After the smashing success of The Court of Owls and Death of the Family the Batman creative team is going back in time!
The Dark Knight is going back to basics with a nearly year-long storyline called The Year Zero starting in June 2013 according to the AP. The upcoming Batman arc by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo will focus on the beginning of Bruce Wayne’s crime fighting career in The New 52.
“It’s not ‘let’s redo the origin,'” Snyder clarified. The story will focus on how Bruce Wayne figured out how to be Batman, and what challenges he faced when he first wore the cape and cowl.
Will Joseph Gordon-Levitt join the Justice League?
In Christopher Nolan’s final Batman film it appeared Gordon-Levitt’s character John Blake (Robin) could be assuming the role of the Dark Knight in Gotham City.
Warner Brothers is moving forward with a Justice League movie. Man of Steel director Zach Snyder has hinted that Henry Cavill could reprise his Superman role in a Justice League film. Nolan produced the Man of Steel.
HitFlix reports that Gordon-Levitt has already signed a deal to play Batman in the Justice League movie.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has had an amazing year (The Dark Knight Rises, Looper, Lincoln) and I watch the guy reading a phone book in a movie. Still no word on which other DC heroes would appear in the Justice League film.
July 20th we’ll know if Talia Al Ghul is appearing in Christopher Nolan’s final Batman film. Fans have speculated that Marion Cotillard will be revealed as the daughter of Ra’s Al Ghul in The Dark Knight Rises.
Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham create a dark love letter to Batman’s deadly dearest in Batman Incorporated #2. The duo share Talia’s harsh life growing up as the daughter and pawn of the criminal mastermind. The story takes us inside the minds of Batman’s most complicated enemies and sets the stage for what will be one hell of a payoff.
We relive some of the most powerful moments of Talia’s life and deadly love affair with Bruce. Morrison builds the issue to the present as Talia confronts her father and forwards her plot to punish Batman. We’ll see how her betrayal is tied to the shocking assassination of Robin in the premiere issue.
Chris Burnham was born to make Grant Morrison’s script come alive. From harrowing fights to Talia’s revealing closeups Burnham’s distinctive style is perfect for this twisted tale of love, revenge and death.
Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham are delivering a twisted tale withBatman Inc. Issue #2 is out this week. DC comics revealed the variant cover for July’s issue #3 by Jason Fabok.
A bloody Dark Knight boldly stands in front of a stark emblem that looks like it could belong to the Red Lanterns. Perhaps it’s part of Talia Al Ghul’s Leviathan network?
The Dark Knight Rises teaser poster courtesy Warner Brothers
Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer is defending Director Christopher Nolan’s secrecy surrounding the final Batman film.
“There’s always this thing [that people say], ‘Oh, Chris is so secretive.’ Well, I think that there are two elements to this. One is, I think, to be able to do really good work, you have to have the chance to fail in privacy. And if everybody’s watching you on the Internet, I think it stifles creativity. And I think ‘Dark Knight’ is the perfect example of this idea. Everybody knew we were making a Batman movie. But until it came out they didn’t know it was going to be that sort of a Batman movie,” Zimmer told Hero Complex.
“And isn’t that what we’re supposed to do? We’re supposed to go and surprise you. And part of the experience has to be a surprise. It feels a little bit like we’re working very hard at protecting part of what is great about movies — the surprise. Because it seems like the world doesn’t want you to do that anymore. They want to know everything, they want to know about the stars and [this and that] immediately. And it’s not important to us. To us, really, the thing is the writing and the script and the ideas and the journey, and making it into something really good,” he adds.
For the entire interview here’s the link. Well said and without the secrecy we wouldn’t have so much fun speculating!
