Tag: superheroes
Ben Affleck is Done with Batman and DC
Ben Affleck is done with superheroes. In an excellent interview with The Hollywood Reporter (in which he talks about the movie business, dishonest media, his new film Air, and the Grammys), Affleck declares that he will not be making any movies in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU. “I would not ...
Read MoreJames Gunn Will Direct Superman: Legacy
James Gunn is trading in superhero misfits for the greatest of them all. In a Twitter thread, Gunn announced that he would be directing Superman: Legacy after all. Gunn had already written the script – or is writing it, or wherever he is in the process – but was unsure of whether he would direct...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 9, Episode 6, “The Good, The Bad, and The Lucky”
What do you do when it’s the final season of your serialized superhero sci-fi show, you’ve got half the episodes you normally do, and you have to make every week count? You have a standalone episode without the main character that puts the most boring sidekicks in the lead roles, of course! “T...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 3, Episode 1 “Closer”
Superman & Lois begins its third – and probably final – season with “Closer,” a dull, wheel-spinning episode that feels like a waste of time more than the first step in a larger story. It goes through the usual season premiere motions, establishing where the characters are after last yea...
Read MoreShazam! Fury of the Gods TV Spot Features a Massive Spoiler
Warner Bros. Discovery seems to want potential ticket buyers to know every inch of Shazam! Fury of the Gods before they get to the theater this weekend. A new TV commercial for the upcoming superhero sequel spoils the appearance of a major DC character. I’m not going to say who it is or embed the ...
Read MoreBob Iger Talks Marvel and Theme Parks Future
Bob Iger is an ideologue, but he’s a smart one. He’s riding the woke train straight into the mountain, but he knows he has to have at least some business sense to keep it running as long as he can. The Machiavellian way he used Bob Chapek as the fall guy for the disastrous results …
