Tag: HBO
Aaron Pierre Cast as Green Lantern John Stewart in Lanterns
Another member of the Green Lantern Corps. – and James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU – has been cast. According to Deadline, Aaron Pierre will play John Stewart, one of the two Green Lanterns headlining the upcoming HBO series Lanterns. If current negotiations are successful, which Deadline says...
Read MoreVelma Season 3 Not Happening
In another instance of the thing everyone assumed would happen actually happening, HBO will not pick up Velma season 3. If you don’t remember what this show is – or blocked it out after seeing some online clips, which was probably a smart move – Velma is the reimagining of Scooby-Doo with V...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 3, “Bliss”
“Bliss” slows things down just a bit so that The Penguin can focus on the characters, and that’s good because one character desperately needed this episode. “Bliss” is primarily about Victor, Oz’s sidekick who, until now, was more or less there to be a sounding board for the lead. This...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 2, “Inside Man”
With its second episode, “Inside Man,” The Penguin hits its stride, mounting the tension as the subterfuge within the Falcone family begins. Mercifully, Colin Farrell tones down his caricaturish performance, mostly playing Oz straight, and the result is a much more immersive crime story. That b...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 1, “After Hours”
The Penguin, the HBO miniseries extension of Matt Reeves’ The Batman, is garnering a similar reaction to the film that spawned it. It’s getting near-universal acclaim, as “grounded” superhero fare always does, but is it really that good? Based on the premiere episode, “After Hours,” I do...
Read MoreKyle Chandler in Talks to Play the Green Lantern
James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU is slowly coming together – despite the onslaught of heroes Gunn is packing into Superman – and today, another piece of the puzzle was revealed. Deadline exclusively reports that Kyle Chandler is “in negotiations” to play the Green Lantern, or one of them,...
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