Monthly Archives: July 2018
Black Lightning Season 2 Promotes Villain to Series Regular
The CW's Black Lightning has moved up Jordan Calloway from his recurring role as Khalil Payne to a series regular for season 2, according to The Wrap.
Director Salim Akil announced the news during the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. Calloway will take over fully as his DC Comics alter-ego villain, Painkiller in season 2.
“I’m thrilled to have Jordan upped as a series regular," Akil said. "He was a great asset to our show in the role of Khalil/Painkiller during season one, and now that he has evolved into Painkiller, I can’t wait for you all to see him in Season 2."
Shazam! Trailer Shows Hero’s Origin Story
Shazam! premiered a new trailer at Comic-Con today.
The trailer opens on Billy Batson, a young child, going into foster care. Another child jokingly warns him that he's being placed with a tough family. While riding the train home one day, Batson hears a voice tell him he's been chosen. The train opens into an icy cave, where a man with bright white hair asks him to say his name. When Batson laughs at the name Shazam, he is transformed into an adult (Zachary Levi). The suit imbues him with extraordinary powers, including super strength. The trailer also gives us a glimpse of Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong), the main antagonist in the film.
Wonder Woman 1984 Footage Screened at Comic-Con
Director Patty Jenkins and stars Gal Gadot and Chris Pine showed the first footage from Wonder Woman 1984 at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. The DC movie has only been filming for less than a month but the filmmaker was able to put together a sequence of Wonder Woman in action to show off to fans.
The sequence takes place at a shopping mall with Wonder Woman dropping into the food court much to the astonishment of a little girl. Diana tells the child to hold tight as she slides her across the food court floor into the arms of a giant plush teddy bear, which makes the girl giggle.
Wonder Woman then confronts a pair of gunmen, snatching the guns out of their hands and destroying them with her bare hands. The gunmen turn to run away and Wonder Woman uses her magic lasso to rope them both together. She then takes off running, dragging them both behind her as she leaps off the balcony onto the mall floor before, leaving the gunmen tied to the balcony.
First Wonder Woman 1984 Footage Shows Off ’80s Style, Action
Warner Bros. showed off new closed-door footage of Wonder Woman 1984 during its SDCC panel today, featuring plenty of '80s style, and a whole lot of action.
The trailer starts with Wonder Woman in her outfit in a mall. A little girl watches as Wonder Woman faces off against two men with guns. She saves the little girl and easily defeats the two. She uses her lasso to tie them up and then jumps off a balcony and swings away.
The footage cuts to Wonder Woman running through the streets super fast as a crowd of people stand by with old cars and watch.
“One of my favorite things about making the first movie in World War I, 1917, was getting to know the era. There was something about that time that was such the beginning of modernity," said director Patty Jenkins. "Here, I grew up in the 80’s.
Season 11 Comic Series Announced for Adventure Time
The adventures of Finn and Jake in Adventure Time will continue in BOOM! Studios' season 11 comics, according to Comic Book.
BOOM! Studios announced the series at their panel on Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con. The comics will be released in stores this Oct. starting with Adventure Time Season 11 #1.
Eisner Award-winning writer Sonny Liew and artist Marina Julia will be bringing the new stories to fans as Finn, Jake and others meet new friends and find new adventures.
Chris Pratt’s Second LEGO Movie Part 2 Character Pokes Fun at His Other Characters
Chris Pratt's new character in The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part will parody roles Pratt has played in other films.
While Pratt reprises his role as Emmet from the first Lego Movie, his second role as Rex Dangervest is essentially a pastiche of previous Pratt roles, such as the raptor-training ex-Navy veteran Owen Grady from Jurassic World.
A clip from the upcoming LEGO Movie sequel shown exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con today showed Rex Dangervest surrounded by raptor pals. Dangervest also dons a jetpack, guns, and a costume that are clear nods to Star-Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy.
San Diego Comic-Con runs from July 19-22, and IGN will be on location to provide you with live coverage from the event. Check out our guide on how to watch Comic-Con 2018 live on IGN, and be sure to bookmark IGN's SDDC hub page, where you'll be able to keep up with all the big trailer reveals, panel reactions, and more.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Will Have at Least Four Different Monsters
Speaking with IGN at Comic-Con today, Godzilla: King of the Monsters director Michael Dougherty revealed that “there’s more than four” monsters duking it out in the upcoming film.
The ones we know about so far are Godzilla (obviously), Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidorah, who is being referred to by the more classic name Monster Zero. We don’t know who else will be joining them yet, but Dougherty jokingly said “It’s a party.”
Silicon Valley star Thomas Middleditch also said “There’s a lot of monsters,” though Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown was actually surprised to hear there were more than four, which means the others could play more minor roles.
New Footage Teases Famous Harry Potter Character for Fantastic Beasts Sequel
Warner Bros. kicked off its Comic-Con panel in San Diego today with the cast of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and new footage showed Nicolas Flamel, famed alchemist, and friend of Dumbledore.
Aisha Tyler moderated the panel, which included Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Allison Sudol, Zoe Kravitz, Claudia Kim, and Jude Law, as well as Ezra Miller, who wore a Toadette costume. Following the trailer reveal, Johnny Depp showed up in full costume and hair as Grindelwald.
The trailer, which teases the appearance of Flamel and a showdown between Grindelwald and Scamander, can be seen below:
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Actor Now Series Regular for Season 6
Jeff Ward will be returning as Deke Shaw in Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, according to EW's exclusive studio interview at San Diego Comic-Con.
Ward's character, the grandson of Fitz (Iain de Caestecker) and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) from a dystopian timeline in the future will become a series regular in Season 6.
We learned in May that Agents of SHIELD was renewed for a sixth season, but will not be returning until 2019. The newest season will run for 13 episodes, which is down from the usual 22-episode seasons ABC has ordered in the past.
IGN just released exclusive news that Clark Gregg will be directing the premiere episode of season 6. The Season 6 premiere, "Missing Pieces," is written by SHIELD showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen.
Mega Man Cartoon Gets First Trailer – Comic-Con 2018
Mega Man: Fully Charged, the upcoming cartoon starring the Blue Bomber, has received its first trailer.
Revealed during the Mega Man: Fully Charged panel at SDCC, the trailer (which you can watch here) features Mega Man, a whole lot of robot masters, and Mega Man's ensuing powers from defeating those masters.
It's unclear if these are new or old robot masters, though one looks awfully close to Drill Man, and Mega Man definitely references "Fire Man" when using his powers.
