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DC FILMS Shake-Up Following JUSTICE LEAGUE

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Jon Berg is leaving Warner Bros.’s DC Films following the poor box office performance and critical reception of Justice League, according to Variety. Geoff Johns, the other head of DC Films, is expected to remain in his position as Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment, although the trade also says his role in Warner Bros.’ film wing may lessen to an “advisory” capacity. Berg is said to be moving into a role as producer for Warner Bros., working alongside The Lego Movie and It producer Roy Lee. “This is something…

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Is Justice league Good?

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This is the transcribe of the video we loaded to our youtube channel: I am Walt Stiles director and head writer for Comics Talk News Blog on the web at comicstalk.com. I have been a blog writer for about 10 years and have reviewed many movies and comics. I put this video together because wanted to share my thoughts while they are fresh in my mind. I just watched Justice League and made the mistake beforehand of reading the remarks of the movie critics that criticize movies for a living,…

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Justice League Movie: End of the Snyder-Verse

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Zack Snyder, ever since he made his feature film debut with the 2004 with the remake of the horror film Dawn of the Dead he has not always pleased the critics. Snyder tweaked the Dawn of the Dead story from 1978 and made it more for modern audiences. 75% of 182 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.7/10. Since then, he has done a number of comic book and superhero films, including 300 (2006) and Watchmen (2009), as well as the Superman film that…

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Marvel Releases Statement On Brian Michael Bendis

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Marvel Comics has provided ComicBook.com with a statement in response to the news that writer Brian Michael Bendis will be leaving the publisher to write exclusively for DC Comics. Bendis has been a writer at Marvel for over 15 years, and the statement reflects the longstanding relationship between the writer and the publisher. Bendis confirmed the news, retweeting the DC Comics announcement. “This is real,” Bendis tweeted. “I love you all. Change is good. Change is healthy. I am bursting with ideas and inspirations. Details to come! Stay tuned!” Bendis…

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Shazam Has Cast Its Billy Batson

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Casting on Warner Bros.’ pending Shazam has been rolling along, as the film is in production and aiming for a 2019 release. Chuck star Zachary Levi earned the title role of the DC superhero, and it has been reported that Mark Strong is up for the villainous role of Doctor Sivana. Now we know who is down to play Billy Batson, the young boy who transitions into Shazam: Disney Channel star Asher Angel. Billy Batson, according to DC Comics lore, is the young boy who is granted the power to…

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Mercedes-Benz teams up with DC for six part JUSTICE LEAGUE digital series

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Media Release — Mercedes-Benz has partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment to publish an action-packed digital comic book series as part of Mercedes-Benz’s global campaign to promote the upcoming Justice League film. Produced exclusively for the Mercedes-Benz Instagram channel, the six standalone stories focus on the private lives and alter egos of Justice League team members, including Bruce Wayne, Diana Prince and more, as they save the day with a little help from their heroic Mercedes vehicles. The series is written by Adam Schlagman who serves as Creative…

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‘Justice League’ Premiere Date Revealed

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Warner Bros. and DC Films will be holding the premiere on November 13th, just four days before the movie opens in theaters, on Friday, November 17th. The premiere date was confirmed in a contest announcement by iHeart Radio’s JAM’N 94.5 in Boston, which will be flying some lucky winners out to Los Angeles for two days, in order to attend the Justice League premiere. This is a significant reveal, for a couple of important reasons: 1. The Justice League premiere will provide the first wave of critical reviews and reactions…

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Ben Affleck Talks About Zack Snyder And Joss Whedon

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Justice League star Ben Affleck talks here about working with both Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon on the DC Comics adaptation and shares his thoughts on the similarities between this movie and The Avengers… When a family tragedy resulted in Zack Snyder deciding to step away from Justice League, Joss Whedon was brought in to take the helm of the movie’s reshoots. While it was reported at the time that he would be sticking to Snyder’s style of filmmaking, it’s inevitable that the movie is going to look different to…

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John Constantine Confirmed For 2 Episodes Of Legends Of Tomorrow

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There was talk a month or so back that Legends of Tomorrow wanted to get Matt Ryan to reprise his role as John Constantine this season. Over the weekend, along with the release of the first look at the Constantine animated series, executive producer Phil Klemmer let slip that Ryan would indeed be appearing on the show this season. And now we know exactly when and how long. Ryan will appear in two episodes, numbers 9 and 10, which will include Constantine performing an exorcism. Counting the DC animated movie…

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Len Wein’s Final Story To See Print In ‘Swamp Thing Winter Special’

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Legendary comic book writer and editor Len Wein passed away last month, aged 69. This week, DC Comics ran tributes to Len in all their titles. And yesterday at New York Comic Con, DC announced that his final story would see print in the upcoming Swamp Thing Winter Special, starring the character he co-created for DC Comics with Bernie Wrightson, and then a few years later, as editor, hired Alan Moore to write. The story will be drawn from Len’s outline by Kelly Jones, who most recently worked with Len…

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New Justice League Trailer Is Here

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The very anticipated DC movie is a little more than a month away so a new trailer dropped this morning with new scenes and a view of Superman we have not seen. Lois lane is it a dream or real of Clark Kent and how does he make his appearance? It is understood he is coming back this Kryptonian but how, it is still not clear yet. DC Entertainment does not have a Doomsday moment like with Batman v Superman where they take away all the surprises in the trailer.…

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On The Road to Doomsday Clock with Geoff Johns

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Many of the current story arcs in the DC Comic Universe hint at a change in the DCU when Flashpoint with the Flash created The New 52 manifestation of DC. There was interference from someone namely Doctor Manhattan of the Watchman Universe which was created by writer Alan Moore, and artist Dave Gibbons in 1987. Geoff Johns shares the journey he took to write Doomsday Clock the 12 part series. The DC Universe and the Watchmen Universe will collide in the story. Looks to be a very thought provoking series…

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ACTION COMICS 987: The Oz Effect Preview

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ACTION COMICS 987: “THE OZ EFFECT” part one! The agents of the mysterious Mr. Oz begin to move as the Man of Steel works to stop the chaos they unleash in Metropolis and across the globe. But when Mr. Oz steps from the shadows his identity rocks the Last Son of Krypton to his core. The story that began in DC Universe: Rebirth #1 begins to end here! ACTION COMICS #987 Writer: Dan Jurgens Penciller: Viktor Bogdanovic Inkers: Jonathan Glapion, Jay Leisten, & Victor Bogdanovic Colorist: Mike Spicer Letterer: Rob…

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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Movie

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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight was the book that kicked off DC’s famed Elseworlds line of stories. Published in February 1989, a few months before Tim Burton’s first Batman movie kicked off a new wave of Batmania, Gotham by Gaslight tells the tale of what would happen if Bruce Wayne became Batman in 1889…and had to face off with the greatest mad killer of that era, Jack the Ripper. With moody art by the brilliant Mike Mignola, Gotham by Gaslight was like nothing comics fans had seen at the time. It’s…

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Super Team Family The Lost Issues: Team Up

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Super-Team Family is a comic book anthology series published by DC Comics from 1975 to 1978 that lasted for fifteen issues. The series published a mix of original and reprinted stories. This omnibus series had a higher page count than standard titles. It reprinted stories of superhero teams and superhero team-ups from Golden Age and Silver Age DC Comics titles. Recently I came across a special Blog that features Super Team Family The Lost Issues. It was created to make special covers about team ups that should have happened by…

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