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Mark Hamill & Kevin Conroy Tease Hush & Death in the Family Animated Films

Based on a report from ScreenGeek, Conroy and Hamill were on a panel at Canada’s 2016 Fan Expo, discussing possibilities for what to do next, in term of DC animated projects. It is rare for audiences to see these two together, so the fans took opportunity to ask these two where things were headed. They both had some key responses.

Regarding this question, Conroy asked Hamill, “What do you think about doing ‘Hush’?” This was met with a huge response from the crowd. Not to be outdone, Hamill then asked Conroy, “What do you think about doing ‘A Death in the Family’?” And that was of course met with another huge cheer from the audience. This, of course, may not indicate the actual direction for where DC animation is headed next, but it would be difficult to look past either of these stories as being worthy possibilities either.

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Greg Berlanti’s Booster Gold Movie Won’t Be in DC Cinematic Universe

"As of right now we have no connective tissue to those worlds," Berlanti said when asked if the movie would be part of the DC Extended Universe that already includes Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad (with Wonder Woman and Justice League following in 2017). "It'd be a separate thing." He also said the project emerged from a long-dead Booster Gold TV show idea he was working on with longtime producing collaborator Andrew Kreisberg that "never got off the ground." After it bit the dust, Berlanti and Kreisberg got into talks with DC Entertainment president and chief creative officer (and reported new film co-chief) Geoff Johns, and the topic of the producing duo doing a movie came up.

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That's a shame; Booster is one character that could all but guarantee some levity in the DCEU. Then again, Berlanti was behind Green Lantern, no? Maybe that's why they cut him out...

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There were a whole lot of cooks in the kitchen on Green Lantern, unfair to just blame Berlanti. Plus he's played a large part in developing the DC CW-verse which I think is another point in his favor even if I'm not personally a fan.

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Mark Hamill & Kevin Conroy Tease Hush & Death in the Family Animated Films

they've already done a Death in the Family like movie when they did Under the RedHood

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WSJ: Warner Bros.’s New Strategy on DC: Lighten Up, Superheroes

They’re two of the most successful movies of the year, grossing a combined $1.5 billion at the global box office.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Suicide Squad” are also two of the year’s biggest disappointments, met with viciously negative reviews, bitter fans’ complaints and large second-weekend sales drops that indicate word-of-mouth was unkind, to say the least. The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern wrote that “Suicide Squad” represented “an all-out attack on the whole idea of entertainment” due to its “exceptional cynicism and startling ineptitude.”

Warner Bros. is responding to this paradox by charging full-speed ahead with plans for its DC “cinematic universe”—while conceding the movies to date have fallen creatively short, a rare public admission in Hollywood.

The studio has reworked the 2017-slated “Justice League” in hopes of making it less grim and depressing than March’s “Batman v Superman.” And it has put fan-favorite comic book and TV writer Geoff Johns in a senior position overseeing the next wave of movies, along with veteran production executive Jon Berg.

One of the duo’s main goals, they said in their first interview since taking the jobs this past spring, is to make DC superheroes on the big screen more inspiring.

“Mistakenly in the past I think the studio has said, ‘Oh, DC films are gritty and dark and that’s what makes them different.’ That couldn’t be more wrong,” said Mr. Johns, who has written comic books featuring most of the company’s top superheroes. “It’s a hopeful and optimistic view of life. Even Batman has a glimmer of that in him. If he didn’t think he’d make tomorrow better, he’d stop.”

Many have complained that such a sense of optimism was precisely what was missing fromdirector Zack Snyder ’s “Batman v Superman” and his 2013 Superman reboot “Man of Steel.” Neither Ben Affleck ’s Batman nor Henry Cavill’s Superman crack a smile, and both films feature so much death and destruction, including killings perpetrated by the main characters, that bloggers labeled them the “DC cinematic murderverse.”

The shuffle that made DC movies a full-time job for Messrs. Berg and Johns came soon after the public reaction to “Batman v Superman.” Previously, no Warner executives were devoted exclusively to the studio’s superhero films. Mr. Berg worked on them along with other productions, and Mr. Johns was a consultant with no authority.

Their appointments indicate that after giving Mr. Snyder the type of long leash accorded Christopher Nolan on the hit “Dark Knight” Batman trilogy, Warner has concluded it needs to oversee its DC movies more closely.

A spokeswoman for Mr. Snyder said he was unavailable to comment.

There was precedent in comics for Mr. Snyder’s interpretations, particularly Frank Miller ’s revered 1986 comic-book miniseries “The Dark Knight Returns,” in which Batman and Superman battle. And director David Ayer ’s “Suicide Squad,” though it had significant reshoots and last-minute editing, was never going to be a lighthearted romp, since its source material is about villains coerced into doing good.

While they knew the movies had flaws and expected them to be controversial, Warner executives were taken aback by the overwhelmingly negative responses, people at the studio said. They believed they had created more grounded, character-based stories that, like “The Dark Knight,” would favorably stand out from chief rival Marvel Studios’ consistently successful but fluffier fare such as “Avengers” and “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

The negative reactions were troubling. Despite the box office, if people aren’t happy and excited to see what’s next when they come out of theaters, the long-term prospects for DC films and consumer products are poor. Warner plans to release at least two movies based on DC characters every year for the foreseeable future at a cost of several billion dollars. CEO Kevin Tsujihara has said DC is one of three pillars of his studio’s movie business, along with Harry Potter and Lego.

Still, Warner executives have found reasons to take heart. The fact that this year’s movies were met with strident opinions—instead of a shrug like the Twentieth Century Fox 2015 superhero flop “Fantastic Four”—indicates that fans care about the characters. Big opening weekends mean that the marketing and concepts resonated—a particularly impressive feat for “Suicide Squad,” given the low profile of the comic book on which it’s based. And even people who didn’t like the movies latched onto characters who proved popular, particularly Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman and Mr. Affleck’s Batman in “Batman v Superman” and Margot Robbie ’s Harley Quinn and Will Smith ’s Deadshot in “Suicide Squad.”

“To have these characters be part of the fabric of pop culture is so rewarding, though of course we’re disappointed the movies weren’t better reviewed,” said Mr. Berg. He spoke from the London set of “Justice League,” where Mr. Snyder is a few weeks away from completing a five-month shoot.

“Justice League” was already intended to be less depressing than “Batman v Superman,” but Messrs Berg and Johns worked with Mr. Snyder and screenwriter Chris Terrio to make changes after gauging fan reactions to the superhero fight.

“We accelerated the story to get to the hope and optimism a little faster,” said Mr. Berg.

“Justice League” will also directly address Batman’s extreme actions in the last movie, such as torturing criminals and nearly killing the man of steel, rather than accept them as par for the course. And it’s expected to have fewer of Mr. Snyder’s controversial flourishes, like the dream sequences in “Batman v Superman,” in favor of focusing more tightly on the plot, people close to the picture said.

Plans to make “Justice League” a multipart story that would continue in a 2019 sequel also were abandoned.

“Justice League” will come out in November 2017, following next June’s “Wonder Woman.” Mr. Johns did a rewrite of the script for the superheroine’s origin story, working with director Patty Jenkins, and is writing a solo Batman movie to be directed by Mr. Affleck. It will feature Joe Manganiello, from “Magic Mike” and “True Blood,” as nemesis Deathstroke and could come as early as 2018, though Warner has not set a release date.

As he is writing screenplays and working with Mr. Berg to develop other coming DC movies including “Flash,” “Aquaman” and “Cyborg,” Mr. Johns has pulled back from his work on DC television shows and comic books.

This past May, however, he wrote a special called “Rebirth” that gave DC’s comic-book line a more hopeful tone and a renewed focus on each superhero’s core qualities—following complaints that, like the recent movies, they had gone astray from what fans loved about them. Early sales numbers have been strong, and Mr. Johns said he is applying lessons to his film work.

“We’re trying to take a really hard look at everything to make sure we stay true to the characters and tell stories that celebrate them,” he said.

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‘Black Lightning’ TV Show From Greg Berlanti Lands Pilot Production Commitment at Fox

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Glad it's moving forward, even if it's on Fox.

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WSJ: Warner Bros.’s New Strategy on DC: Lighten Up, Superheroes

Based off this article I would honestly be shocked if Snyder returns after Justice League, even if it is a success.

‘Black Lightning’ TV Show From Greg Berlanti Lands Pilot Production Commitment at Fox

So Gerry Conway, who was involved in a twitter kerfuffle earlier this week over trans representation in media, seems to have stepped in it again:





They're also going at each other on twitter.

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Geoff Johns confirmed in an interview with the The Wall Street Journal that Joe Manganiello will play Deathstroke in Affleck's Batman movie.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/...-batman-movie/


https://twitter.com/JoeManganiello/s...55193507504128

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WSJ: Warner Bros.’s New Strategy on DC: Lighten Up, Superheroes

Geoff Johns confirmed in an interview with the The Wall Street Journal that Joe Manganiello will play Deathstroke in Affleck's Batman movie.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/...-batman-movie/


https://twitter.com/JoeManganiello/s...55193507504128

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This will be in theaters for one day only via Fathom Events, you can find the list of participating theaters and buy your tickets here.

Season 2 of the digital Vixen animated series will premier October 14th.

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Yo.

Geoff Johns confirmed in an interview with the The Wall Street Journal that Joe Manganiello will play Deathstroke in Affleck's Batman movie.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/...-batman-movie/


https://twitter.com/JoeManganiello/s...55193507504128

..........meh. nothing against Manganiello, but I don't think of him (or anybody like him) when I think of "Slade Wilson: aka Deathstroke the Terminator"; I suppose they'll do a film mix of the bullsh..., I mean Nu52 & Rebirth -versions. :/




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..........meh. nothing against Manganiello, but I don't think of him (or anybody like him) when I think of "Slade Wilson: aka Deathstroke the Terminator"; I suppose they'll do a film mix of the bullsh..., I mean Nu52 & Rebirth -versions. :/

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...Can I ask who you think of when you do think Deathstroke the Terminator? I mean, I personally find him pretty damn close to a realized vision. Or at least what turns you off about Manganiello?

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Yo.

wat actor does moi think of when he considers a movie-version of DS? easy. its the same guy I think could pull off Cable:



IMNSHO, Manganiello was picked becuz: 1) he's chic-bait, and 2) current DC Rebirth-Slade is no longer a seasoned war veteran well into his 50s (who's seen untold amounts of carnage & left a fuckload of bodies in his wake in ALOT of global conflicts), so now he can fit some 30-ish age-type concept a movie production team would reach for, since he look about 10yrs younger than he really is (which is wat they go for in an actor.)

so in short I generally don't have an ish w/Manganiello in stuff, but *here* its just like the guy (name escapes meh atm) they picked to play Barry (or, and yes *still*, Gal Gadot as WW) in Justice League: I just don't see it. that's not to say he couldn't/cant pull it off (like Affleck as Bruce), but I will always try to fit roles with ppl that LOOK the part 1st rather than who I think will be a bigger draw.




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