Legends of Tomorrow: Hawkman Is Coming
Hawkman -- IGN's #56 comic book hero -- is coming to DC's Legends of Tomorrow, DC CCO Geoff Johns confirmed during San Diego Comic-Con.
Johns didn't reveal any casting decisions, or which version of Hawkman we'd see.
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Two New Characters Revealed for Arrow Season 4
Two notable characters are joining the cast of the Arrow in the coming season, as revealed today during the Warner Bros. and DC television panel at San Diego Comic Con.
A longtime villain of the DC universe, the news of Anarky's arrival in CW's Arrow was corroborated on the show writers' verified Twitter.
The other character joining the ranks of Arrow is none other than Mr. Terrific, who will work alongside Felicity. This version of the character also "happens to be gay," according to Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim.
In other Comic Con Arrow news, it was revealed that Oliver Queen will be donning a new Arrow costume in the show's fourth season, making him more reminiscent of Green Arrow's look in the New 52.
Vixen: See the Animated Arrow/Flash Spinoff’s First Trailer
Warner Bros. TV has released a trailer for CW Seed's animated Arrow/The Flash spinoff series, Vixen. Check it out below.
Vixen features Arrow and The Flash actors Stephen Amell, Grant Gustin, and more.
Vixen - whose actual name is Mari McCabe - is a superhero whose powers are granted to her by the Tantu Totem she inherited from her parents. Using the Totem, Vixen is able to adopt the abilities of any animal, be it flight, super strength, speed, and others. The short animated series is expected to stream online sometime this summer.
For more on Vixen, stay tuned to IGN.
The Flash Adds Jay Garrick, Wally West for Season 2
During a panel at San Diego Comic-Con tonight, DC announced multiple new comics characters headed to season two of The Flash, plus the show's new villain.
The first confirmed new character is Jay Garrick, who will be played by actor Teddy Sears (Masters of Sex, Raising the Bar). In the comics, Garrick is the original Flash, created long before Barry Allen took up the mantle. According to The CW, on the show, Garrick is “a mysterious figure who arrives in Central City to warn Barry Allen and his team at S.T.A.R. Labs of an impending danger that he alone cannot hope to stop.”
Jessica Jones Set Photos Revealed
Marvel and Netflix revealed the first set photos from Jessica Jones, featuring the title character, played by Krysten Ritter, and a flame-engulfed Luke Cage, played by Mike Colter.
The photo series, via CBR, shows Cage walking out of a building, completely on fire, before collapsing on the street. In the next few images, the fire has been put out and Jessica Jones is by his side.
Jessica Jones is expected to debut on Netflix late this year, the second in a series of Marvel TV shows on Netflix, of which Daredevil was the first. It will be followed up with a Luke Cage show and then an Iron Fist show.
Grayson And Turtles Dominate Upstarts Panel
DC Comics played up the new blood in their The Upstarts panel, which featured Lee Bermejo, Tom King, Steve Orlando, Mark Russell, Bab Tarr, James Tynion, Cameron Stewart and Tim Seeley.
Fellow creator Brenden Fletcher moderated and began by mentioning the somewhat ambiguous title of the panel. He then took to the books, beginning with the Black Canary series he's currently working on with Annie Wu. Talking of how her supporting role in Batgirl (also written by Fletcher) lead into her own series, Fletcher described the title as "A Kung Fu road trip." He likened Dinah's stint as band lead to Clark Kent's own day job, and went on to discuss what we can expect in upcoming issues. "The first few issues will focus on what this band is and how they can stay together," Fletcher explained. "In issues #4 and #5, someone new will take the stage and maybe this will be the next new villain for Black Canary."
New Arrow Costume Revealed for Season 4
Oliver Queen’s new suit for season four of Arrow has been revealed.
Designed by Arrow costume designer Maya Mani, the new suit says goodbye to sleeves and hello to even more leather, showing off Oliver’s guns and making him more reminiscent of Green Arrow's look in the New 52.
DC also showed off a new Arrow video to fans attending its San Diego Comic-Con panel that offered a brief recap of season three, which you can check out below:
Deadpool Trailer Puts R-Rating to Good Use
Audiences got their first look at the new Deadpool trailer during 20th Century Fox's panel at Comic-Con today. Based on the footage shown, the upcoming Deadpool movie is definitely putting that R-rating to good use.
Some quotes include: "You look like Freddy Krueger face f***ed a topographical map of Utah," said by Weasel to an unmasked Wade Wilson, and, "You look like an avocado f***ed an older avocado."
Colossus, who appears in the trailer, is at one point referred to as a "big chrome c***-gobbler."
The video shown was plenty violent, too: in one scene, Deadpool leaps over a crashed car and shoots three henchmen through the skull with a single bullet.
At least one head explodes.
Warcraft Movie Trailer Release Timing Announced
Director Duncan Jones revealed today that Warcraft's first public trailer will release this November. At San Diego Comic Con this week, attendees were able to see props and footage in greater detail than we saw at BlizzCon.
Earlier at SDCC, we learned more about the Warcraft film, and got a good look at both main characters in some great posters.
Syfy Debuts Thomas Jane’s New Series The Expanse
San Diego Comic-Con attendees in the Indigo Ballroom on Saturday were treated to the first-ever, exclusive screening of Syfy's The Expanse premiere. Based on the bestselling books by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck -- who also moderated the Comic-Con proceedings -- the series is set 200 years in the future after humanity has colonized the Solar System and follows the different factions and social classes spread across the planets.
Joining the panel were stars Thomas Jane ("Detective Miller"), Steven Strait ("Holden"), Shohreh Aghdashloo ("Chrisjen Avasarala"), Cas Anvar ("Alex Kamal"), Dominique Tipper ("Naomi Nagata"), Wes Chatham ("Amos Burton"), as well as writer-executive producer Naren Shankar (Star Trek: The Next Generation), and writer-EPs Hawk Otsby and Mark Fergus (Iron Man, Children of Men).