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Looks like the Man of Steel is trading in his cape for a hammer and sickle in this week's red scare romp, Superman '78: The Metal Curtain #5, flying onto shelves this Tuesday faster than a speeding bullet… from the KGB Now it seems the big blue Boy Scout needs to check his "truth, justice,[...]

Marvel star Iman Vellani, Prime Video's Wytches, CBS's Elsbeth, Paramount+'s Evil, AEW/WWE, ABC's Modern Family, NBC's Night Court, DC Studios' Superman, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, NBC's Saturday Night Live, 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, SAG-AFTRA TV/Film Animation Deal, Sting/Undertaker, BBC's Doctor Who, London Comic Con (Spring), and more! Images/Screencaps: BBC, CBS, Netflix, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Image Comics, AMC[...]

With filming now officially underway on writer/director James Gunn's Superman (minus "Legacy" moving forward), Gunn's been spending some time on social media addressing some of the questions & comments that folks have had Unfortunately, that includes shutting down the latest "image leak" (fake) and "storyline leak" (false) that hit social media But before we get[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, WWE/AEW, Apple TV+'s Foundation, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, DC Studios' Superman, NBC's Night Court, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race, Prime Video's Invincible, HBO's The Last of Us, Max's Hacks, Crunchyroll's Kaiju No[...]

DC Studios & writer/director James Gunn continue to keep the Superman news rolling this week, with The Hollywood Reporter reporting that Wendell Pierce (HBO's The Wire) has been cast in the role of Perry White, Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis' The Daily Planet (boss to Rachel Brosnahan's Lois Lane and David Corenswet's Clark Kent, aka Superman)[...]

Along with it being his birthday, writer/director James Gunn also announced that principal photography was now officially underway on Superman (no longer "Superman: Legacy") In addition, Gunn shared a look at the costume's "S" symbol – clearly designed with Kingdom Come (the 1996 comic book series from writer Mark Waid, artist Alex Ross & letterer Todd[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Richard Lewis, Adult Swim's Ninja Kamui, AEW/WWE, NBC's Saturday Night Live, DC Studios' Superman, Vice TV's Dark Side of the Ring, Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer, ABC's The Rookie, FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia/ABC's Abbott Elementary, BBC's Doctor Who, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard, Kevin Conroy & Mark Hamill, NBC's Night Court, Prime Video's[...]

It's only fitting that on the birthday of The Man of Steel, writer/director James Gunn would announce that principal photography is officially underway on Superman (no longer "Superman: Legacy") In addition, Gunn would share a look at the costume's "S" symbol – clearly designed with Kingdom Come (the 1996 comic book series from writer Mark[...]

Earlier this week, Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn shared a group selfie of the cast at their first official table read for the 2025-premiering film During tonight's 2024 SAG Awards red carpet, Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) shared with Variety (what she could) about the table read, what first attracted her to the character Lois[...]

Whatever the case, there clearly wasn't a table read for writer/director James Gunn's Superman: Legacy last week But it appears we're getting some movement this week – with Gunn giving us the heads up that he was offering Peacemaker stars Freddie Stroma and Jennifer Holland a tour of the sets – with a familiar face in[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, Max's The Penguin, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, DC Studios' Superman: Legacy, WWE/AEW, NBC's Night Court, The CW's Superman & Lois, Prime Video's Silk: Spider Society, Adult Swim's Ninja Kamui, Brandon Routh/Superman, ABC's The Rookie, Star Trek: Legacy, James Tynion IV/Tiny Onion, Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect, Jeopardy!/Mayim Bialik, Doctor Who/ Russell T[...]

Hey gang, Jude Terror here, holding your hand as we tiptoe through the trippy timeline tango that is the Batman/Superman: World's Finest #24, dropping this Tuesday like a hero out of dimension And what better way to start your week than with a little existential time-travel crisis? RETURN TO KINGDOM COME CONCLUDES! With no way back[...]

"So here is to set the record straight about this [Superman: Legacy] thing The internet twists things, and people read headlines instead of listening to the interviews." That's how comedian & television host Bassem Youssef captioned a video message he posted on Twitter earlier today, seeking to clarify the controversy stemming from his claim in[...]

Ray Palmer on The CW's DC's Legends of Tomorrow (and several guest appearances throughout the "Arrowverse"), and as Superman/Clark Kent in 2006's Superman Returns and the Earth-96 version in 2019-2020 "Arrowverse" crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths" (Part 2: Batwoman Season 1 Episode 9) While we still have mixed feelings about "Returns" overall, Routh's portrayal[...]

Well, well, well, if it isn't another heartwarming tale of friendship and betrayal in good ol' Metropolis, featuring in this week's Superman #11 Set to smack the shelves this Tuesday, February 20th, we've got the Man of Steel dealing with more drama than a celebrity reality show This time, it's the "Lex Luthor Revenge Squad"[...]

So, mark your calendars, set your reminders, or just write it on your forehead backward, so you see it when you look in the mirror—whatever works for you. The shocking second chapter of the Worst Bizarro Story Ever! Jason Aaron's first time writing Superman sees the Man of Steel trapped in a world gone mad, a[...]

The last time Gunn was hit with a question about his DCU's Batman (as opposed to Matt Reeves' "The Batman" universe), it was in regards to The Dark Knight being introduced during the writer/director's David Corenswet (Superman/Clark Kent) and Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane)-starring Superman: Legacy (not in the script so not going to happen). Image: DC[...]

It's not every day that we get to see a true battle of the iron-willed in the heart of democracy, but it looks like Superman '78: The Metal Curtain #4 is serving up exactly that Scheduled to crash land into your local comic shop this Tuesday, February 6th, this issue promises a riveting face-off that'll[...]

Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn is rolling out more announcements about the 2025-premiering film, confirming that a very familiar name has come aboard to score the project – someone who Gunn is very familiar with – Composer John Murphy (28 Days Later, Sunshine, Kick-Ass, The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3). "Happy to announce that my[...]

Just before Milly Alcock (HBO's House of the Dragon) was announced as Supergirl for DC Studios Co-CEOs James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU, Gunn found himself having to shut down another round of "Superman won't be a big focus of Gunn's DCU" nonsense But that was yesterday – today, we find the focus shifting[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? DC Studios' Superman & Supergirl, ABC's The Rookie, Keenspot's Toy/Kate Micucci, AMC's Interview with the Vampire, WWE/CM Punk, SNL/Dave Chappelle, NBC's Night Court, The West Wing/Taylor Swift, Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, Paramount's Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Max's Peacemaker, Apple TV+'s Severance, HBO's True Detective: Night Country, Star Trek: Legacy, and more! Images/Screencaps: Paramount+,[...]

While it isn't clear if Alcock's Supergirl will appear in Gunn's Superman: Legacy, the character is expected to appear in a DCU project prior to her solo film – an adaptation of writer Tom King and artist Bilquis Evely's comic book limited series, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow But before that news broke, Gunn swatted down[...]

Well, would you look at that, folks? True to form, DC is dropping another densely-packed smorgasbord of superhero shenanigans with Batman/Superman: World's Finest 2024 Annual #1, hitting the racks this Tuesday, January 30th Prepare yourself for a veritable cornucopia of capes, combat, and… compendium content? Written by Mark Waid, Cullen Bunn, Stephanie Williams, Dennis Culver, and[...]

DC Comics Reign of the Superman storyline unfolded after the infamous events of the Death of Superman arc In that arc, Superman died while fighting and stopping the raging and unstoppable Doomsday After the Man Steel disappearance, new heroes arrived to fill that void with four new characters claiming the mantle of Superman This included[...]

Another day, another chance to shoot down some rumors surrounding writer/director James Gunn's Superman: Legacy What's the topic for this go-around? David Corenswet's supersuit – specifically, that there are apparently leaks out there rumbling around social media Apparently, the image was so impressive that one fan hit up Gunn on Threads to let him know that[...]

It was in 1992 that Superman faced off against his most formidable adversary in DC Comics, Doomsday Debuting in The Death of Superman, this Kryptonian beast arrived on Earth with one goal: to destroy the Man of Steel While the Justice League tried, they could not handle the power of this brute, and in the[...]

Even with Superman: Legacy officially in play at that point, DC Studios co-CEO and "Legacy" writer & director James Gunn made it clear back in May 2023 during an interview with io9 that writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and producer J.J Abrams' Superman reboot project was still in development. "Those two things are totally unrelated," Gunn confirmed regarding the[...]

For all of the things that Elizabeth Tulloch does to promote The CW's Tulloch, Tyler Hoechlin, Michael Bishop, Alex Garfin, and Michael Cudlitz-starring Superman & Lois, maybe she gets her birthday off? Just sayin' While we know it was yesterday, we still want to wish our Lois Lane a very happy birthday weekend and offer an example[...]

Over the past year, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has been doing a great job of not just rolling out news & updates regarding Superman: Legacy but also cutting through a lot of the bullshit (pardon our gruff professionalism) out there so that can keep their scorecards updated on what's fact, what's fiction, and what's just[...]

This week, we're being graced with the presence of Batman/Superman: World's Finest #23, which drops on January 16th It seems the caped crusader and the boy scout have found themselves in a bit of a tight spot – and not the fun kind that involves utility belts and kryptonite. The walls are closing in on the[...]