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In a profile of the actor, writer & director from The Hollywood Reporter, Ben Affleck made it clear that he's not interested in directing anything for DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU "I would not direct something for the [James] Gunn DC Absolutely not I have nothing against James Gunn Nice guy,[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board for today? Disney+'s X-Men '97, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard, DCU's James Gunn & Ben Affleck, FOX's Bob's Burgers, HBO's Succession, Shudder's April line-up, CBC's Essex County, Disney+ & Marvel Studios' shifting schedule (Loki, Secret Invasion, etc.), BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, HBO Max's Penguin, The CW's Superman &[...]

Even before DC Studio co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran rolled out "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," their first wave of films & series that serve to establish the new DCU, Gunn made it clear what their casting philosophy would be In a nutshell, it's the right person for the right part But does that matter[...]

In a profile of the actor, writer & director from The Hollywood Reporter that was based on two interviews earlier this month, Ben Affleck was asked if he was planning to direct a project in DC Studios heads James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU And based on his response, it was pretty clear that Affleck[...]

Michael Zegen, James Madio & Scott Cohen have reportedly joined the cast of HBO Max's The Penguin; James Gunn confirms Batman can appear.

Well, if anyone thought that Ben Affleck would be spending some time in DC Studios heads James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU? Now would be a good time to put away any plans you had to hold your breath. In a profile of the actor, writer & director from The Hollywood Reporter that was based[...]

In a heartfelt post on social media this afternoon, DC Studios' co-head James Gunn confirmed that he's directing Superman: Legacy.

But let's be honest… is there any way he's not dropping a ten-ton tease that it has something to do with his DCU "Snyderverse"? Especially with the hashtag "#fullcircle"? Now, whatever it is needing three days for is especially curious A "SnyderCon"? Well… there's that Because beyond that, it just forces me to make jokes[...]

With Chad Fiveash, James Stoteraux & Natalie Abrams' Gotham Knights premiering tonight, Misha Collins shares a look at Two-Face. Kinda...?

As we all know by now, DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran rolled out "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," their first wave of films (Superman Legacy, Swamp Thing, The Authority, The Brave and the Bold & Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and series (Waller, Lanterns, Booster Gold, Creature Commandos & Paradise Lost) comprising their[...]

A little more than a week after Marc Guggenheim, one of the founding forces behind The CW's "Arrowverse" (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, etc.), posted an update on Substack expressing his feelings about not getting "at least a meeting" with DC Studios' co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran re new DCU and how that's impacted his[...]

As Tom King (Batman, Wonder Woman) was being interviewed by ComicPop Returns, the topic of King being a member of Gunn & Safran's DC Studios writers' room/DCU brain trust came up At around the 51:00-52:00 mark in the video interview, King mentions that Gunn is both writing and directing Superman: Legacy before continuing on[...]

The CW's Superman & Lois stars Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth Tulloch posted updates on how things were going with filming on the third season.

At the end of January 2023, DC Studios' co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran unveiled "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," their first wave of films & series comprising their vision of a new DCU In addition, the duo revealed they had assembled a writers' room to assist them in formulating an 8-10 year plan[...]

Hasan Minhaj is set to return as one of Batman's biggest pains in Spotify, DC & Warner Bros.'s audio drama, The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark.

Well, it looks like we're kicking off the week with two updates from James Gunn regarding his & his DC Studios partner Peter Safran's upcoming plans for the DCU Previously, he stunned us a bit by letting us know just how much we don't know about "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters" beyond what we[...]

So we're a little more than a month out since DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran rolled out "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," their first wave of films (Superman Legacy, Swamp Thing, The Authority, The Brave and the Bold & Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and series (Waller, Lanterns, Booster Gold, Creature Commandos &[...]

If you've been following along with our coverage of how things have been going with DC Studios co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran's first wave of films and series ("Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters") comprising their new DCU, you know about the whole #sellthesnyderversetonetflix deal They're the contingent of Zack Snyder fans who will not accept[...]

Clancy Brown (Dexter: New Blood) has been cast as mob boss Salvatore Maroni in HBO Max's upcoming Colin Farrell-starring series, The Penguin.

As we all know by now, the end of January 2023 saw DC Studios' co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran unveil "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," their first wave of films & series comprising their vision of a new DCU In addition, the duo revealed they had assembled a writers' room to assist them[...]

Chad Fiveash, James Stoteraux & Natalie Abrams' Gotham Knights has cast Doug Bradley ("Hellraiser" films) as Joe Chill; new preview images.

Reportedly, the deal was given a green light by WBD after it was deemed not to have a fit with DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran's vision for a new DCU As we mentioned previously, the move makes sense for both parties WBD gets paid for a project with some strong early buzz (Gaiman[...]

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And based on what Gunn & his DCU partner, Peter Safran, had to share last month, we know that casting and things like that will start to kick in once there's a script in hand So with that in mind, doesn't it seem quite plausible that Gunn would make a personal call to the walking[...]

When DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran announced "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters" (their first wave of films & series in their new DCU), we were impressed with the diversity of series selections being offered right out of the gate But if we were forced to pick  a favorite, it was the news[...]

Reports are that the series was shopped because it didn't fir with the new DCU structure being put into place by DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran In addition, the producers were given the green light to shope the series when it was learned that the series wouldn't be able to hit screens until[...]

The Penguin star Colin Farrell offered an update on how things are looking timeline-wise with production on HBO Max's "The Batman" spinoff.

Our line-up for this morning includes South Park creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone sharing about the time Comedy Central wasn't thrilled with them killing Kenny every week, Disney+'s X-Men '97 possibly dropping some big updates on March 16th, Woody Harrelson's trip down Saturday Night Live memory lane takes an awkward turn, HBO's Succession stars[...]

If you're a frequent reader of Bleeding Cool, then you know that a day hasn't done by when we haven't had an update on what's going on with the DCU since DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran announced their first wave of films & series at the end of last month Along with the[...]

Yesterday, we reported on how DC Studios co-head James Gunn reassured Wonder Woman fans that he & Peter Safran's DCU definitely has a place for her in it, and that more news would be arriving sooner rather than later But for now, the fans have the satisfaction of knowing that they'll be learning a lot more[...]