Tag: Gods

Shazam: Fury of the Gods ‘Disappoinment’

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The Shazam sequel opened the week of March 15,2023, to $30,111,158 over the opening weekend. That is about 23,500,000 less than Shazam! (2019) opening of $53,505,326 on April 3 of that year. This performance does not bode well for James Gunn and Peter Safran, named Co-Chairmen and CEOs of DC Studios, green lighting a Shazam 3 in the future plans of the DCU. Some wonder if the film was as good as the original movie, but most agree it was on par with the first Shazam release. So is this…

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Warner Bros. Cancels The New Gods and The Trench

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Darkseid’s appearance in Zack Snyder’s Justice League reportedly led to Warner Bros. dropping Ava DuVernay’s New Gods, while James Wan’s The Trench was canceled due to the belief Aquaman’s sequel was enough for that franchise. Movies are coming with the DC characters but the WB made it clear it was the end of the Snyderverse or Zack Snyder’s vision of the DC Universe. After congratulating the fan-driven release of Snyders’ Justice league WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff said We are glad we did this trilogy for Zack Snyder.” She continued the…

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Ava DuVernay’s ‘New Gods’ With Comic Book Creator Tom King

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Tom King writer of the award-winning ‘Mister Miracle’ comic book series has joined Ava DuVernay in an attempt to write the screenplay of DC Films’ New Gods movie. King successfully revived the mythology of the “Fourth World” comic book series from the 1970s using the great characters created by the comic book legend Jack Kirby. The “Fourth World” stories reveal the conflict between two alien planets, New Genesis and Apokolips. The storyline migrates to earth when Darkseid, the ruler of Apokolips, discovers that the key to eradicating free will across…

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American Gods’ Season 2 Premiere Date

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Ricky Whittle on Instagram has revealed the premiere date for the second season of American Gods. Whittle stars in the Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s epic novel as the lead character, Shadow Moon. The series is about Shadow and his journey alongside Mr. Wednesday, who is actually the Norse god Odin trying to recruit an army of old gods and mystical entities to fight a new generation of gods. Whittle’s Instagram account, revealed that the season will premiere on Starz on Mar. 10, 2019. The series will also be posted…

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American Gods Season 2 Teaser

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American Gods is back for another season. We were surprised when original showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green left the project many were in doubt it would survive but Jesse Alexander has replaced the duo and with the help of Starz and producer Neil Gaiman the story writer it will be back on the air in 2019. A storm is coming. American Gods returns to STARZ in 2019. Starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Yetide Badaki, Orlando Jones, Omid Abtahi, Mousa Kraish, and more. When Shadow Moon is released from prison,…

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Ava DuVernay To Direct Jack Kirby Comic Creation ‘The New Gods’

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Many of the Jack Kirby fans that were disappointed that there was no Darkseid appearance in the recent Justice League movie will be pleased that Warner Bros. has decided to move ahead on a New Gods feature film. They have chosen their director by asking Ava DuVernay to call the shots behind the director’s chair. She made history as the first woman of color to helm a $100 million-plus live-action film in A Wrinkle In Time and is closing a deal with Warner Bros and DC to direct a big-budget…

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Darkseid – Who are the New Gods?

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DC Comics 101: Who are the New Gods? By Tim Beedle The New Gods are one of the most fascinating, imaginative and entertaining corners of the DC comic book universe. Longtime DC Comics fans speak of the New Gods in almost reverent tones, and for good reason. Yet the New Gods are also, arguably, some of the most intimidating and confusing characters to new fans. They’re drawn from a complex world with science fiction and fantasy elements, and they’re proudly strange and unusual. And on top of all of this,…

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WONDER WOMAN: Take A Look At The Gorgeous Artwork

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One of the mind blowing parts of the movie Wonder Woman was the beautiful art used in the animation flash back to explain the legend of the Greek Gods and the Amazons at the beginning of the movie. Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen) began telling a young Diana the story of how the Amazons were created, and how Ares brought down the Gods of Olympus. The incredible paintings used to depict the creation of the Amazons from Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman have been released. Get a closer look at how Zeus…

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Injustice 2 – FULL GAME MOVIE

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From GeneralDrew: Enjoy the full Injustice 2 story experience. Includes all cutscenes from the game, with the fight scenes removed to make a more cinematic experience. Injustice 2 is an upcoming video game being developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the sequel to 2013’s Injustice: Gods Among Us. The game is scheduled for release in May 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Similar to the previous installment, a companion mobile app was released for iOS and Android devices. The core gameplay remains…

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New AMERICAN GODS Featurette

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Starz has debuted a new featurette for their upcoming small-screen take on Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, and it serves as a handy introduction for those unfamiliar with the source materiel… The pilot episode of Starz and Bryan Full’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods will be with us very soon, and we have a new featurette (it’s being sold as a trailer but clearly isn’t) that provides a much better idea of the plot for those that might have been feeling a little lost by the previous promos and teasers.…

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Justice League: Gods and Monsters In 2015

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In the first programming collaboration since Warner Bros.’ investment in Machinima earlier this year, it was announced today that Machinima has the green-lite for the new animated short-form series “Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles,” from Bruce Timm and Alan Burnett (both producers on “Batman: The Animated Series”). The digital series is based on Justice League: Gods & Monsters, an original animated film executive produced by Timm and co-produced by Burnett that will be released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment later in 2015. “Chronicles” will focus on alternate versions of…

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Injustice: Gods Among Us Game Review

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Injustice: Gods Among Us, known as Injustice: The Mighty Among Us in the Middle East region, is a fighting game based upon the fictional universe of DC Comics. The game was developed by NetherRealm Studios for the PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Xbox 360, and released in April 2013 in North America, Europe, and Australia. A new era in fighting games is coming. From the makers of Mortal Kombat – Injustice: Gods Among Us  — Back to Games    BUY GAME Overall score 8.1 The Good: So Injustice mostly stays…

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Clash of the Titans 2: Wrath of the Titans

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Humans, gods, and demi-gods alike are set to mix it up once again in this year’s Wrath of the Titans, also known as Clash of the Titans 2. Sam Worthington will be back in armor as Perseus, mortal son of Zeus (Liam Neeson) and defender of humankind, along with Oscar-nominee Ralph Fiennes as the diabolical Lord of the Underworld, Hades. Here is the official synopsis for Clash of the Titans 2: A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Worthington) – the demigod son of Zeus (Neeson)…

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