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Details for HBO Max have been revealed, including announcements for Green Lantern, Strange Adventures, and DC Superhero High. We discuss that plus news on a Superman & Lois possibly joining The CW. Director Patty Jenkins seemingly reveals Pedro Pascal’s character in Wonder Woman 1984 will be Maxwell Lord on Twitter “Well hello…Max” with a […]
This episode of the podcast takes a look at casting for The Batman, plus news on DMZ, BizarroTV, and The CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths. Zoe Kravitz cast as Selina Kyle/Catwoman for The Batman – (The Hollywood Reporter) According to THR and Variety – Other finalists included Ana de Armas, Ella Balinska, Alicia Vikander, and […]
This episode of the DC Drop podcast takes a look at the first trailer for Birds of Prey and we do a review of Joker. Note on last episode Posters for Birds of Prey Twitter thread for posters Trailer for Birds of Prey – YouTube ~ 2 minutes Lots of Harley Quinn, little Birds […]
This episode of the DC Drop takes a look at casting for The Batman and The Suicide Squad movies, a poster for Birds of Prey, and Arrow spin-off and major “Crisis on Infinite Earths” news. Jeffrey Wright in talks to play Commissioner Jim Gordon in The Batman – The Hollywood Reporter Known for Hunger Games […]
This episode of the DC Drop looks at The Batman and Joker movie news, Watchmen release date, and more. Robert Pattinson discusses The Batman in interview with Variety Pattinson was “furious” when it was reported he was cast as Batman before his audition; thought it ruined his chance As a kid, he was a big […]
This episode of the DC Drop podcast takes a look at the new Joker trailer, plus news on The Flash, The Suicide Squad, Krypton, Lobo, and Brandon Routh. Final trailer for Joker – YouTube Robert De Niro Studio audience Waynes leaving a movie theater Stuff about Joker (Joker.Movie) Officially Rated R for “strong, bloody […]
On this episode, we take a quick look at the Pennyworth pilot and cover news on Black Adam, Joker, Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, and more. Dwayne Johnson talks Black Adam – IMDB on Twitter Likely to film Summer 2020 “The script has come in, the script is great” Jaume (Collett-Sera) wants to make “The Dirty Harry […]
This episode of the DC Drop podcast covers some recent news before looking at the animated Batman: Hush movie. Greg Fraser to be the cinematographer for The Batman – The Hollywood Reporter Fraser is known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Zero Dark Thirty, and upcoming Dune Was Oscar-nominated for Lion (2016) He previously […]
On this episode of the DC Drop podcast, we take a look at some quick news plus do a recap of everything DC related coming from the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, including the return of Brandon Routh as Superman. Zachary Levi says Shazam and Black Adam wouldn’t face off until a potential 3rd Shazam film […]
More changes have taken place to The Flash movie, with a new director and writer seemingly attached. In other big news, a Sandman streaming series has been ordered by Netflix. The Flash movie – The Hollywood Reporter Writers/Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have voluntarily left the project WB passed on the Ezra Miller/Grant […]
Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam finally has a director. We discuss that plus WB skipping SDCC, a new look at Wonder Woman 1984, Swamp Thing, and Lobo. Jaume Collet-Sera in talks to direct Black Adam for New Line/WB – (Observer) Is in post-production on Jungle Cruise starring Dwayne Johnson Has also recently directed The Shallows (2016) […]
This week’s show takes a look at more new on Robert Pattinson as Batman, Tom King co-writing New Gods, a trailer for The Kitchen, and news on “Crisis on Infinite Earths”. Deadline seemingly confirms Variety’s report that Robert Pattinson has been cast as Batman Deadline described The Batman as “the trilogy of films that Matt […]
This week’s show takes a look at possible villains for Matt Reeves’ The Batman plus some news on Wonder Woman 1984, Shazam!, Super Pets, Batman: Hush, and The CW on Netflix. Possible group of villains for The Batman – The Hollywood Reporter According to THR, the casting of Batman is still an ongoing process – […]
Robert Pattinson may be the next big screen Batman. We discuss this plus news on The CW’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths”, plus trailers for Batwoman, Swamp Thing, and the Batman: Hush animated movie. Robert Pattinson is in talks to play Batman – Variety “While sources say it’s not yet a done deal, Pattinson is the […]
Today’s podcast discusses news on The Batman, King Shark in The Suicide Squad, news on Aquaman 2 plus TV talk on Batwoman, Watchmen, and Krypton. Small update on The Batman from Variety’s Justin Kroll on Twitter “hearing the script is still being polished up and that there’s a possibility shooting begins at the top of […]
Casting for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is picking up, with a couple new members added to the team. We discuss this plus a bevy of DC TV trailers including Swamp Thing, Pennyworth, Krypton, and Lucifer. David Dastmalchian (The Dark Knight, Ant-Man, Abra Kadabra on The Flash) cast as Polka-Dot Man in […]
John Cena is in talks to join the cast of The Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey has finished filming. We discuss that on today’s episode plus news on Swamp Thing, Shazam!, Y, and Titans. John Cena in talks to join the cast of The Suicide Squad – Variety Justin Kroll on Twitter added this […]
Episode 44 of the DC Drop podcast takes a look on early box office results of Shazam!, plus news on Black Adam, The Suicide Squad, Pennyworth, and a trailer for Joker. Box office and other updates for Shazam! – Cinemascore – A (only DCEU movie besides Wonder Woman) Domestic Opening Weekend – $53.5 million (Box […]
Shazam! is finally here. We give our review of David F. Sandberg’s film on today’s show. Non-spoiler thoughts Family friendly? Humor Action Horror Child actors Spoiler review Opening scene with Sivana and family (1974 – debut of Shazam! TV series) Billy is looking for his mom, gets sent to the Vasquez foster family Foster family […]
Shazam! is nearing a wide release and today’s podcast takes a look at the first box office receipts. We also cover news on Stargirl, Gotham, Pennyworth, and big changes to DC Universe’s comic book selection. Early screening (March 23) box office for Shazam! – (Deadline) 1200 theaters – made a total of $3.3 million Aquaman […]
Ezra Miller and Grant Morrison are apparently working on a script for The Flash. We discuss this on episode 41 of the DC Drop podcast plus news on Shazam!, The Batman, Batwoman, Krypton, Titans, and more. Ezra Miller and Grant Morrison working on a script for The Flash movie – The Hollywood Reporter Miller and […]
This week’s podcast takes a look at the new Shazam! trailer, possible new castings and characters in The Suicide Squad. We also look at the upcoming end of Arrow plus Swamp Thing news. Official trailer 2 for Shazam! – YouTube social media reactions are out Sivana’s powers Batman Jumping into a building Eminem Idris Elba […]
Today’s podcast looks at news on the sequels to Aquaman and Suicide Squad plus updates on The Flash and The Kitchen. Sequel to Aquaman scheduled for December 16, 2022 by WB – (Deadline) Would mean 4 years between Aquaman films Will Smith will not return for The Suicide Squad – Variety “Sources say scheduling was […]
The pilot episode for Doom Patrol has been released. We break down the new series on this podcast. Some characters introduced in Titans Pilot Written by Jeremy Carver, Directed by Glen Winter ~58 minutes Who would you recommend the show to? Spoilers Paraguay, 1948 – Mr. Nobody Florida, 1988 – Cliff Steele/Robotman California, 1961 – […]
This week’s podcast covers news on Shazam! and future Aquaman films plus updates on Birdos of Prey, Black Adam and a Ninja Turtles crossover. Meet Shazam! Featurette video released- YouTube Some new snippets of footage; Gives some info on Billy, Freddy, and more The film has been rated PG-13 for “Intense sequences of action, language, and suggestive material.” Sequel to […]
This week’s show looks at news on Aquaman, Shazam!, The Batman. We also look at Doom Patrol, Stargirl, Pennyworth, and Y: The Last Man. Home media release for Aquaman (*BO passed SS domestically, almost to BvS) Digitally on March 5 4k/blu-ray/DVD on March 26 Special features (blu-ray.com): ~11 featurettes, Scene study breakdowns, Exclusive sneak peek at Shazam! Long-range box office predictions […]
Major DC movie news has hit this week. Release dates have been announced for The Batman, The Suicide Squad, and DC Super Pets. Plus, we have new info on those films, including Ben Affleck’s status and more. Plus, first-look footage of Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). WB sets release dates for Matt Reeves’ Batman movie, Suicide Squad 2, and DC Super Pets – […]
This week’s podcast takes a look at the latest news on Shazam!, Wonder Woman 1984, The Flash, and more. Shazam Sneak Peek – YouTube Building jump into SHAZAM! “He’s not so serious” More effects, Sivana and Shazam flying and fighting Shazam wants to buy beer Freddy and Shazam want to buy a lair David F. Sandberg on […]
James Wan’s Aquaman has officially cleared $1 billion at the worldwide box office! We discuss that plus other news from the DC multiverse on today’s podcast. Box office milestones for Aquaman Has cleared $1 billion worldwide, 3rd DC movie to do so Domestic – ~ $293 million Worldwide – ~ $1.04 billion Currently #2 […]
Reign of the Superman, the sequel to last year’s The Death of Superman animated movie, has been released, so we review the film on today’s show. 1 sentence reminder thoughts on The Death of Superman (full review here) Written by Tim Sheridan and Jim Krieg, directed by Sam Liu Non-spoiler thoughts *Spoilers Story Characters – “new” Supermen – Steel, Superboy, Eradicator, […]
On episode 31, we quickly look at this week’s news before looking back at all the major happenings in DC movies, TV, and comics in 2018. Box office update for Aquaman Domestically at $229 million after 2 weeks (around Justice League) Currently over $850 million, should cross $900 million this weekend Writer Christina Hodson briefly […]
James Wan’s Aquaman is surging at the box office. We break down the numbers on today’s podcast plus look at news for Wonder Woman 1984 and the Joker movie, New Gods, Doom Patrol, Stargirl and more. Box office update for Aquaman Cinemascore of A- (Wonder Woman – A, Man of Steel – A-, Suicide Squad and Justice League- B+, Batman […]
James Wan’s Aquaman has finally arrived in theaters and we have seen it. We give both our non-spoiler thoughts and a spoiler-filled review on today’s podcast. Non-spoiler thoughts Story Characters Visuals Spoiler review/overall thoughts Visuals Underwater kingdom/technology Underwater creatures Scope/scale Humor Music Camera usage Characters Crowd-pleasing moments Story Spoilers* Atlanna and Tom Curry (sunrise) Atlanna’s […]
On today’s show, we look at the early box office performance of Aquaman, a Plastic Man film being put in development, plus several heroes being cast on DC Universe. Early box office for Aquaman – (Deadline) $126.4 million overseas this weekend, $261 million total Is pacing 65% of Justice League and more than double Wonder Woman in […]
The CW’s “Elseworlds” crossover has arrived and there is plenty to discuss. We break down the episodes of The Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl on today’s podcast. Find more from Travis: Travis Hynes on Twitter Superhero Discussions on iTunes Overall Travis new podcast! Non-spoiler Spoiler In-jokes – Barry shooting Oliver, Hallway/motivational talks, etc. “Elseworlds, Part 1” – The Flash […]
This week’s pod covers early Aquaman box office numbers, a new Shazam! poster, the prospects of a Zatanna movie, and more. Early China Box Office numbers for Aquaman – Gitesh Pandya on Twitter Estimates of a $24.6 million opening day, which would be a December foreign record and a best for WB More – Best DC opening […]
As Aquaman and “Elseworlds” draw closer, more news emerges. Plus, we cover news on a Blue Beetle movie, Stargirl and Young Justice: Outsiders on DC Universe, and Black Lightning. Early box office tracking for Aquaman – Deadline Critics and final marketing push Expected to open #1 for December 21 weekend $65 million opening weekend, $100 million long 5-day Christmas weekend “Unaided awareness” […]
This week’s show covers news on Aquaman, The Birds of Prey title, Watchmen, Sweet Tooth, and the “Elseworlds” crossover. Final trailer for Aquaman released, tickets now on sale – (YouTube) Giant underwater creatures, including Topo? Deadline – Atom Tickets’ best-seller ever in first 24 hours; On Fandango, better sales than Venom ($80.2M opening weekend) and Mission: Impossible –Fallout ($61.2M) Exclusive screenings […]
Today’s podcast covers news on Birds of Prey and Aquaman movies, plus TV talk on Swamp Thing, Gotham, Supergirl, and Elseworlds. Ella Jay Basco in talks to play Cassandra Cain in Birds of Prey – Variety Basco has had several television guest roles “In the…film, [Harley Quinn, Huntress, and Black Canary] team up to protect Cain’s character when she comes across […]
James Wan’s Aquaman is inching closer, so we break down news on that, Birds of Prey, Swamp Thing, and more on today’s podcast. Director James Wan announces that Aquaman is completed on Instagram “After two years of consuming and devouring my every waking hour, this little indie movie is finally done. It was a monster undertaking. I can’t […]
Cathy Yan’s untitled Birds of Prey film is starting to come together and it appears Ewan McGregor is joining the cast as the villainous Black Mask. We discuss this plus Aquaman’s potential box office, Swamp Thing casting, our first look at The Monitor in “Elseworlds” and the Doom Patrol’s debut on Titans. Ewan McGregor (Star Wars) in talks to play Black Mask […]
This week’s podcast covers Wonder Woman 1984’s delay, casting for Joker plus lots of images for The Kitchen, Bane in Gotham, and John Wesley Shipp in “Elseworlds”. The release date of Wonder Woman 1984 has been delayed to June 5, 2020 – (Gal Gadot on Twitter) Had been scheduled for November 1, 2019 Move is said to be because of a more […]
This week’s podcast covers news on Aquaman and The Flash movies, Epix’s Pennyworth, Elseworlds crossover, Lex Luthor, and the Gotham series finale. New TV spot for Aquaman titled “Waves” – YouTube “You that fish boy from the TV?” Production start date for The Flash film has been pushed back – Variety Film never had a release date […]
This week’s podcast covers a busy week and more of Aquaman, James Gunn joining the next Suicide Squad, Secret Six, our first look at The CW’s Batwoman, Lobo, and the debut of Titans on DC Universe. Movies More than 5-minute Extended video for Aquaman released – (YouTube) Visuals Nicole Kidman’s Queen Atlanna fighting Scope Humor Action Mera’s powers Black Manta action scene Costume […]
Episode 17 of The DC Drop covers this weeks news including Titans and New York Comic-Con plus a preview of the Fall 2018 DC TV schedule. New Aquaman poster released Here it is James Wan says “something arrives tomorrow” Rosie Perez cast as Renee Montoya in Birds of Prey – The Wrap Nominated for Academy […]
Today’s podcast gets heavy into the “Elseworlds” CW crossover plus a release date and casting for Birds of Prey, and news on Harley Quinn, Joker, and Titans. WB announces February 7, 2020 as the release date for the “Untitled Birds of Prey” film 2 other films release that day, Bond 25 releases the following week Casting for […]
This week’s show covers news on Joker, Stargirl, Swamp Thing, the CW crossover, and more. Warner Bros. announces production has begun on Joker film Synopsis – ““Joker” centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck (Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, […]
Massive news in the DC multiverse as, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Henry Cavill appears to be out in the role of Superman in the DC Films universe. We break it all down on today’s show. Timeline The Hollywood Reporter article saying Henry Cavill is likely out as Superman, though neither Cavill nor WB confirmed […]
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman debuted 25 years ago this month on ABC. We take a look back at the 2-hour pilot of the series on today’s podcast. Brief background/history Two-hour “Pilot” episode first aired Sunday September 12, 1993 Aired 4 seasons (1993-1997) on ABC, 87 episodes total Superhero stuff at the […]
This week’s podcast covers news on Shazam!, Aquaman, Wonder Woman 1984, Swamp Thing and Doom Patrol. New photos of DC movies from Empire Magazine Zachary Levi as Shazam Mark Strong as Doctor Sivana Jack Dylan Grazer as Freddy Freeman Aquaman and Mera Robin Wright to return as Antiope in Wonder Woman 1984 – revealed in feature story for Net-A-Porter A “flashback […]
On this week’s podcast, we discuss the strange case of Alec Baldwin, Hiram Garcia on Black Adam, plus news on Supergirl, Titans, and the DC Universe service. Alec Baldwin DOES NOT join the cast of Joker movie? – Deadline Was cast in a role believed to be Thomas Wayne The Hollywood Reporter sources cited the role as “a cheesy […]
There is plenty of DC news to get to on this week’s podcast. We talk film composers, Joaquin Phoenix on the Joker. There’s also big DC TV news, including the CW crossover and Watchmen being ordered to series on HBO. Movies Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel) to compose the score for Wonder Woman […]
It’s a slow news week on the DC front, but we still have fun stuff to talk about on Aquaman, Shazam!, Reign of the Supermen and more. Movies New look at Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman photo – Entertainment Weekly Larger photo here Cooper Andrews (foster father Victor Vasquez in Shazam!) gives some details on his character […]
This week’s podcast covers news that Black Mask will be the villain in Birds of Prey, a Supergirl movie being put into early development, and much more. Director James Wan says no Justice League characters will appear in Aquaman – Entertainment Weekly Post-credits scene? Warner Bros. has put a Supergirl film into early development – Deadline No director […]
On this week’s show, we dive into Matt Reeves updates on his solo Batman film, plus all the other DC news, including an animated Super Pets film. Director Matt Reeves provides updates on The Batman movie – TCAs (via Slashfilm and Deadline) On the script – “We are working on getting our draft in the next couple […]
http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/478828107-dc-drop-podcast-6-teen-titans-go-to-the-movies.mp3 Teen Titans GO! To the Movies is out now in theaters and we have seen the film. We give our non-spoiler review and spoiler thoughts on the animated continuation of Cartoon Network’s TV series. We also discuss who the film is for and whether non-fans of Teen Titans GO! should give the movie a chance. […]
Tons of DC movie and TV news was released at San Diego Comic-Con this past week, and we break it all down on this week’s podcast. Natasha Rothwell joins the cast of Wonder Woman 1984 in an undisclosed role – Deadline Known for Insecure and Love, Simon Also a writer for SNL and Insecure Joker […]
DC animation’s The Death of Superman has been released digitally. We give our review of this adaptation of an epic storyline on today’s show. Non-Spoiler Thoughts Directed by Jake Castorena, Sam Liu Written by Peter J. Tomasi History with The Death of Superman Action Humor Lex’s voice Heart Story Universe Spoiler Review: New, extended intro – […]
The 2018 San Diego Comic-Con has arrived and we do a bonus podcast to talk about all the DC movie goodness released from Warner Bros. Basically, we jump into the Aquaman and Shazam! trailers. *Worlds of DC Wonder Woman 1984 Wonder Woman action scene in mall was shown, not released to public Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, and […]
As SDCC 2018 gets set to kick off, we break down all the news before the big event. This includes Aquaman, Shazam!, Birds of Prey, Joker, plus a first trailer for Titans and a Batwoman TV series being put in development by the CW. Movies Aquaman Aquaman director James Wan teases prep on Twitter Official website/social media launch – http://www.aquamanmovie.com/ First official poster […]
On the first episode of the DC Drop podcast, we break down all the big movie and TV news from the week in DC. Joker Joker origin film officially moving forward at WB – The Hollywood Reporter Will be set outside the DCEU and under a new banner of DC films Joaquin Phoenix has finalized […]