Arrowverse fans! Take note! The CW had a huge hit with last year’s Invasion! four-part crossover that brought together Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl. Fans were promised another crossover this year, and ComicBook.com has revealed the plot!
The arc is called “Crisis on Earth-X,” and will feature the heroes of the Arrowverse against evil duplicates of themselves from Earth-X, a universe where the Nazis won World War II.
Fan-favorite DC Comics artist Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman) created a custom comic book cover. Check it out in full below.
Art by Phil Jimenez
The official synopsis reads:
With all of the heroes in town to celebrate Barry and Iris’s wedding, villains from Earth-X crash the festivities with a deadly agenda.
As you can see in the image, The Ray is part of the action! The characters of Earth-X will a appear on Freedom Fighters: The Ray, an animated CW Seed series set on Earth-X and starring The Ray. However there is no word if Uncle Sam, The Ray, and the other Freedom Fighters will show up to aid the Arrowverse heroes in their live-action fight. Updated: The Ray will indeed be played by Quantico actor Russell Tovey!
The four-part crossover will air across two nights Monday, November 27th, and Tuesday, November 28th on The CW. For this Arrow will air on a special night Monday at 9/8c following Supergirl, while the other DC shows will remain in their regularly scheduled time periods.
What do you guys think? Will this be a big a hit as Invasion!? And will we actually get a live action The Ray? Comment and discuss below!
Hey there Batman fans! I know we are all waiting for Catwoman’s answer to Batman’s proposal and that answer is coming in Batman #32, but Tom King’s excellent run continues after that with a brand new story arc, ‘A Dream of Me’ in Batman #33! Check out the solicitation below along with some exciting preview pages!
BATMAN #33
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by JOELLE JONES
Variant cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
“A DREAM OF ME” part 1! Following his marriage proposal to Catwoman, Batman leaves Gotham City on a quest of renewal and redemption. As he travels and fights, he encounters members of his family—each disturbed by Batman’s journey, each ready to stand in his way, each ready to push back against Batman’s stubborn determination to evolve into something better than a superhero.
On sale OCTOBER 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
George W. Bush has his painting. Jimmy Carter builds houses. Bill Clinton…is writing a thriller? Yep. With the help of James Patterson, Clinton is writing his first novel, The President is Missing. The plot is that the president is missing.
Spoiler Alert: It was Socks the whole time!
The novel isn’t even finished, and there’s no reason to think it will even be any good, but Showtime is already making it into a series. As CEO David Nevins said:
“Bringing The President Is Missing to Showtime is a coup of the highest order…The pairing of President Clinton with fiction’s most gripping storyteller promises a kinetic experience, one that the book world has salivated over for months and that now will dovetail perfectly into a politically relevant, character-based action series for our network.”
Patterson is happy for the opportunity, saying that “The White House is such an exciting world to explore and is made even more so with the unique insights of a former President”
Clinton is enjoying working in the world of fiction—well, literary fiction that is. “I’m really enjoying writing this book and working with Jim…and I can’t wait to see Showtime bring the characters to life.”
Hopefully, Clinton will bring a new depth to the political thriller, having actual presidential experience. Political ideologies aside, the idea of a former president writing a mystery novel about a president is pretty cool.
Netflix Friday morning released the first trailer to ‘1922’ based on a novella by Stephen King and stars Thomas Jane.
2017 has become the year of Stephen King with four films and multiple shows. ‘1922’ looks to get under your skin and gnaw at your flesh.
Watch the trailer below:
About the film: 1922 is based on Stephen King’s 131-page storytelling of a man’s confession of his wife’s murder. The tale is told from the perspective of Wilfred James, the story’s unreliable narrator who admits to killing his wife, Arlette, with his son in Nebraska. But after he buries her body, he finds himself terrorized by rats and, as his life begins to unravel, becomes convinced his wife is haunting him.
The film is written and directed by Zak Hilditch. ‘1922’ stars Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Neal McDonough, Brian d’Arcy James and Kaitlyn Bernard.
‘1922’ hits Netflix on October 20.
Are you excited to see all the Stephen King material brought to the big and small screen? Comment below.
After watching Hand Shakers earlier in the year, a series would have to do a lot wrong to be the worst anime in 2017. Luckily, a new challenger has emerged. Its name is Neo Yokio and you should do everything in your power to ensure no one watches it.
Writing
The story focuses around Kaz, a Magistocrat, a magician who also is an aristocrat. His job is to slay demons in a city which was the gate for a large group of demons to appear back in the day. Sounds like the standard setup which could go either way but luckily this show decides to take it in a total nosedive.
Kaz is bored with his life and it shows. He seems to both care about and give little thought to the Bachelor Board (a board which shows the most eligible bachelors in the two) in times square which regularly has him high up. Kaz asks “Who am I without the bachelor board?” He previously didn’t care about where he was on it. This is the level of vapid and shallow character who we have to follow through all six episodes.
Kaz is rich, spoiled, but still finds a way to suck the joy of more than half of his sentences when he means to. The character visits his own grave, not because he is dead but because he actually already has his grave picked out and is depressed over his ex-girlfriend. At the same moment a young girl is possessed, floating in her room, and it’s his job to handle it. This is our hero folks. He’s more worried about his own interests than about saving people from demons. Sadly, he is the center of the entire story and offers little entertainment to the viewer.
The idea of being humiliated at a party is the greatest drama a person faces in this series. This is beyond melodrama. Nothing has any stakes and frankly the characters do little to make the audience care about them. Everyone is just trying to act fashionable and be popular.
Acting
This show features voice talent by Susan Sarandon, Steve Buscemi, and Jude Law. Yet it still finds a way to be hard to listen to. Most of the cast is forced to spout some of the worst worst lines of dialogues ever written for a dub script. Lines such as “Her blog is our bible.” or “Her voice is like cashmere.” It feels like the script was meant for a dub for the 90s, but when the crew was told they were going to be put on the late night block they decided to occasional drop the F word.
As the series continues, you find yourself begging for the show to stop using the term “Herb” as an insult and name dropping expensive high end brand names like Chanel and Louis Vuitton. Clips of this show’s dub will and should be featured on future YouTube videos of cringeworthy moments. It needs to be experiences to be believed but this should highly be avoided.
Art
The artwork for the series is colorful yet bland all at the same time. Charles the mecha butler looks like a robotic design from the 80s and his all white esthetic just seems to highlight how underwhelming he is. Every character looks like they came from the late 90s or early 2000s when overwhelming color palettes were in high demand. This series started development in the last two years, it shouldn’t have production value this poor.
The series tries to redeem itself by presenting a few anime references here and there. There is a blatant Ranma ½ joke but it seems more forced than anything. Especially later as the character who turns into a woman use the change to hit on a lesbian. The joke seemed dead and wrong at this point.
Music
The opening and most background music is classical music and blues. It’s almost as if the soundtrack is trying to distinguish itself as being higher caliber. Until the pop or dance music comes in to remind us all of how it’s supposed to be modern. It feels more like elevator music then it feels inspirational which is probably what was originally intended. The soundtrack should definitely not be added to anyone playlist, ever.
Conclusion
Don’t check it out. Don’t give this series the satisfaction of your views. It’s the only way you will stop this kind of production from being made. This whole series is trying too hard to be classy, yet modern, and trendy. It this series gets a second season, the news will feature one line describing this bit of information, followed by a list of anime which never got a second season or are in need of a remake. All of those series are much more worthy of having additional content made for them. If you can’t tell, Neo Yokio is NOT a good series.
In light of all the marketing for The Punisher recently, it seems as though the show’s release date has leaked online.
The latest issue of the magazine Total Film has the show hitting Netflix on October 13 – check the image below.
As someone who has worked on magazines before, I can speak first hand that a typo like this can happen easily; while there is a chance that Total Film just spoiled the release date, it could definitely be a mistake.
The Punisher stars Jon Bernthal as the title role and also features Jason R. Moore as Curtis Hoyle, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as David Lieberman, Michael Nathanson as Sam Stein, Jaime Ray Newman as Sarah Lieberman, and Deborah Ann-Woll as Karen Page.
“Frank Castle is haunted and hunted after the murder of his family and becomes a vigilante known in the criminal underworld as “the Punisher”, who aims to fight crime by any means necessary.”
As of now, The Punisher still has no official release date.
Huffington Post recently put out an article all about Brie Larson and her new film, Unicorn Store; it’s Larson’s directorial debut, and represents a new chapter in her career.
After talking about the movie for a bit, the outlet proceeded to ask the actress/director if she’d be interested in helming a comic book movie in the future. Her response?
“Oh yeah, that’s my plan. Why not? My new life philosophy is I’m not going to tell myself no. I’m just going to do stuff until someone else tells me no.”
Given that she is the star of 2019’s Captain Marvel, Larson definitely has connections at Marvel and likely Warner Bros. (DC) too.
Can you see Larson putting her efforts behind a comic book movie? If so, what character should she tackle? Start a conversation in the comments below.
One of the most crucial elements to Marvel Comics’ success is their cosmic front. All the best eras in Marvel had a healthy dose of space drama present. There has been a boom recently in cosmic titles and stories, with All-New Guardians Of The Galaxy at the forefront.
***SPOILERS LIE AHEAD***
Our favorite team of space scoundrels are attempting to pull a fast one on a cosmic elder, The Grandmaster. It quickly falls apart and the egg artifact they were delivering was a Trojan horse carrying this elder’s brother, The Collector. The two elders reveal to our heroes the plot unfolding concerning infinity stones, Groot’s species, Thanos, and the murder of another elder.
This run of All-New Guardians Of The Galaxy has been stupendous. Not only does it play a huge role in resurrecting the cosmic side of Marvel, but it’s also the best GOTG series since Abnett/Lanning. Writer Gerry Duggan is the first to find the voice for these characters that satisfies both new readers coming from the movie success and longtime fans of the comics.
It’s great to see some corner of the 616 universe addressing the fallout of Secret Wars having reshaped everything in existence. This is the perfect to handle it, as the gravity of the situation is fully understood and met with a truck load of sarcastic commentary.
One of the major strengths of this series has been it’s willingness to dive deep into the weird. A lot of that is due to the art, Aaron Kuder has been delivering top-notch art every issue. There’s a whole world of charm achieved through layouts and texture alone, not to mention the brilliant design of every alien creature and structure.
All-New Guardians Of The Galaxy quite frequently has the acid trip appeal of a Grant Morrison book. The beautiful balance of odd and awe makes this a supremely unique reading experience. It never takes itself too seriously but doesn’t shy away from high concept science-fiction. The blueprint for modern Marvel cosmic can be found right here.
Infinity stones, cosmic elders, universe reconfiguration, space pollen, and a ton of story threads continuing in the background, what more could you want? All-New Guardians Of The Galaxy is a must-read series and one of the most exciting as we head into Marvel Legacy.
DC Comics released an interview with Geoff Johns, the President and Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment Friday morning that explains what ‘Doomsday Clock’ is and what influenced the story.
According to the video, Johns watched the 2016 election and then came up with the idea for the book.
“In 2016, November the election happened in the U.S. and a lot of other things happened in the world, I was looking at everything and I reread Watchmen and suddenly one day the story was in my head,” said Johns.
After reading ‘Doomsday Clock,’ thought-provoking is how Johns wants you to describe the book. He challenges you to think.
Watch the complete conversation below:
The twelve issue series is written by Geoff Johns with art by Gary Frank, and colors by Brad Anderson. DOOMSDAY CLOCK #1 costs $4.99 and will hits shelves November 22, 2017.
Are you excited for the Watchmen entering the DC Multiverse? Comment below.
Riverdale star KJ Apa was involved in a car accident last week after working a 16 hr shift. Apa fell asleep at the wheel striking a light pole while on his 45 minute drive home.
The accident has sparked outrage from fans. Many feel that when working late nights on a show transportation should be provided.
The Hollywood Reporter says, SAG-AFTRA announced Thursday afternoon that the union would investigate the set in Vancouver following the dangerous crash. “This is an extremely troubling situation and we are deeply concerned about the safety of performers on the Riverdale set,” the statement read. “We are sending a team to Vancouver to review the circumstances surrounding safety issues affecting performers on this production.”
Warner Bros. gave the following statement to UsWeekly, “The safety of the cast and crew on all of our productions is of paramount importance to the Studio. Productions adhere to the Screen Actors Guild–mandated turnaround time of 12 hours from wrap time to next day call time for cast members. In accordance with industry standard policy, if any cast or crew member feels tired or unsafe at any time after working, the Studio will provide a taxi, a driver or a hotel room upon request. This is communicated to all cast and crew, both in writing and verbally, at the beginning of production and is reiterated continuously throughout the duration of production.”
Apa wasn’t seriously injured, but the damage to his car is irreparable.
“First and foremost, we are extremely grateful that KJ Apa was uninjured during his recent accident” said Warner Bros. “Secondarily, we want to specifically address the characterization that conditions on the set of Riverdale are of concern. We have a large cast of series regulars, and our actors do not work every day. On the day of the accident, KJ worked 14.2 hours. The previous day he worked 2.5 hours, and the day before that he worked 7.7 hours. KJ has repeatedly been informed about making production aware if he is tired or feels unsafe, and if so, either a ride or hotel room will be provided for him. The accident occurred last Thursday. Additionally, it is untrue that KJ was taken to the hospital. He was treated by first responders on the scene and released by them. We also sent a doctor to his home later that same day for a follow-up to confirm his well-being.”
The second season of Riverdale premieres October 11th on CW
