DC Legend Bruce Timm has always been in love with comics. The artist, animator, writer, producer, and director has been one of the masterminds behind the popularity of modern animated DC comic shows.
Bruce Timm. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker showrunner revealed some stunning details about his fellow DC comic book artist and animator, Russ Heath. Timm further revealed the actual reason behind the poor-looking animations including GI Joe.
The GI Joe Animation Problem A still from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Credit: Hasbro/Yt
DC legend Bruce Timm who has an astounding legacy to his credit including Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, and Justice League Unlimited, revealed why old-school animation similar to G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero was not up to the mark. A few animators, including the late Russ Heath who was a Model Designer in the show,...
Bruce Timm. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker showrunner revealed some stunning details about his fellow DC comic book artist and animator, Russ Heath. Timm further revealed the actual reason behind the poor-looking animations including GI Joe.
The GI Joe Animation Problem A still from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Credit: Hasbro/Yt
DC legend Bruce Timm who has an astounding legacy to his credit including Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, and Justice League Unlimited, revealed why old-school animation similar to G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero was not up to the mark. A few animators, including the late Russ Heath who was a Model Designer in the show,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Lachit Roy
- FandomWire
Not content with playing one character via :a[The Suicide Squad]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/the-suicide-squad/' }'s Weasel, it seems Sean Gunn has snagged another. While confirmation has yet to come from director James Gunn, Deadline reports that the younger Gunn (who has played a variety of roles in his brother's work) will pop up in films going forward as the villainous Maxwell Lord.
Lord's origins in the DC comic book universe date back to issue #1 of the 1987 Justice League comic book series, created by Keith Giffen, Jm DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire. At first glance, he's a cunning businessman and an ally to the members of the Justice League, who was fundamental in orchestrating Justice League International. His unsuspecting charm even won over characters such as Blue Beetle and the Martian Manhunter.
But then, in Justice League International, issue #12, we learn that Lord had been doing...
Lord's origins in the DC comic book universe date back to issue #1 of the 1987 Justice League comic book series, created by Keith Giffen, Jm DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire. At first glance, he's a cunning businessman and an ally to the members of the Justice League, who was fundamental in orchestrating Justice League International. His unsuspecting charm even won over characters such as Blue Beetle and the Martian Manhunter.
But then, in Justice League International, issue #12, we learn that Lord had been doing...
- 12/11/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Exclusive: We understand that Guardians of the Galaxy alum Sean Gunn is set to take on the role of evil businessman Maxwell Lord in the new DC Universe that’s being overseen by James Gunn and Peter Safran.
The role was previously played by Pedro Pascal in the 2020 movie Wonder Woman 1984.
It’s not clear if Sean Gunn’s Maxwell Lord will make a cameo in brother Gunn’s Superman: Legacy which will go into production next year. The character, as I hear it, will be referenced in the background of Legacy but will appear in future DC projects. A similar motif will occur for other characters in the new DC Universe, the first phase which is named Gods and Monsters: Chapter One. Stay tuned.
Maxwell Lord debuted in 1987’s Justice League #1 created by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire. Initially conceived as an amigo to the...
The role was previously played by Pedro Pascal in the 2020 movie Wonder Woman 1984.
It’s not clear if Sean Gunn’s Maxwell Lord will make a cameo in brother Gunn’s Superman: Legacy which will go into production next year. The character, as I hear it, will be referenced in the background of Legacy but will appear in future DC projects. A similar motif will occur for other characters in the new DC Universe, the first phase which is named Gods and Monsters: Chapter One. Stay tuned.
Maxwell Lord debuted in 1987’s Justice League #1 created by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire. Initially conceived as an amigo to the...
- 12/8/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
This Blue Beetle article contains spoilers.
At the start of Blue Beetle’s second act, protagonist Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) asks an important question: “Who the hell was Blue Beetle?”
A lot of viewers wondered the same thing when the Warner Bros. movie came to theaters earlier this year and they’ll likely be asking it again now that the movie is streaming on Max. People don’t ask that same question of Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman, but not because Blue Beetle is at best a C-lister in the DC Comics bullpen. Rather it’s because the man behind the Blue Beetle mask has changed several times since Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski debuted the character in 1939.
The big-screen adaptation introduces Blue Beetle as Jaime Reyes, who is a recent college grad forced to the superhero identity after receiving an alien scarab from Jenny Kord (Bruna Marquezine), the daughter of inventor Ted Kord,...
At the start of Blue Beetle’s second act, protagonist Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) asks an important question: “Who the hell was Blue Beetle?”
A lot of viewers wondered the same thing when the Warner Bros. movie came to theaters earlier this year and they’ll likely be asking it again now that the movie is streaming on Max. People don’t ask that same question of Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman, but not because Blue Beetle is at best a C-lister in the DC Comics bullpen. Rather it’s because the man behind the Blue Beetle mask has changed several times since Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski debuted the character in 1939.
The big-screen adaptation introduces Blue Beetle as Jaime Reyes, who is a recent college grad forced to the superhero identity after receiving an alien scarab from Jenny Kord (Bruna Marquezine), the daughter of inventor Ted Kord,...
- 11/20/2023
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Last week sadly and rather suddenly we lost the great Keith Giffen. There will only ever be one Keith Giffen. He was a creator who as writer and artist has left behind a legacy of amazing comics. He had runs on comics, that are legendary. Runs that inspired the next generation. Runs that reinvented the wheel. Runs that defined characters and still define them today across all media. Runs that included the creation of some of comics greatest and most loved characters. So as Keith pulls his chair up to the great drawing board in the sky we look back on the man behind this outstanding career.
I have to confess I haven’t really read much of Giffen’s work. It is a shame that his passing sees me wanting to rectify the situation. However it does speak volumes about the legacy of work he leaves behind, that I...
I have to confess I haven’t really read much of Giffen’s work. It is a shame that his passing sees me wanting to rectify the situation. However it does speak volumes about the legacy of work he leaves behind, that I...
- 10/18/2023
- by Ian Wells
- Nerdly
Keith Giffen, known both as a comic book writer and artist whose characters have appeared in live-action franchises from Marvel and DC Comics, has died. He was 70 years old and had worked in comics since 1976.
Giffen was known for having a hand in the creation of characters including Lobo, Guardians of the Galaxy furry teammate Rocket Raccoon and the modern Jaime Reyes version of Blue Beetle. He also wrote acclaimed runs of “Justice League” and the “Legion of Super-Heroes,” as well as creating the cult fourth-wall-breaking character Ambush Bug (a decade earlier than Deadpool).
He died Sunday of a stroke, according to media reports (first reported by Bleeding Cool), but the news of his death wasn’t made public until Wednesday evening.
The comic creator often brought a wry sense of humor to his work. That included a posthumous Facebook post he’d arranged to have put up Wednesday after his death,...
Giffen was known for having a hand in the creation of characters including Lobo, Guardians of the Galaxy furry teammate Rocket Raccoon and the modern Jaime Reyes version of Blue Beetle. He also wrote acclaimed runs of “Justice League” and the “Legion of Super-Heroes,” as well as creating the cult fourth-wall-breaking character Ambush Bug (a decade earlier than Deadpool).
He died Sunday of a stroke, according to media reports (first reported by Bleeding Cool), but the news of his death wasn’t made public until Wednesday evening.
The comic creator often brought a wry sense of humor to his work. That included a posthumous Facebook post he’d arranged to have put up Wednesday after his death,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Mike Roe
- The Wrap
Keith Giffen, the veteran comics author and artist who co-created characters such as DC’s Lobo and the Jamie Reyes version of the Blue Beetle as well as Marvel’s Rocket Raccoon, has died. He was 70.
Giffen’s family announced his death on Facebook Wednesday via a sardonic post pre-written by the comic book writer-artist: “I told them I was sick…Anything not to go to New York Comic Con, Thankx,’ adding “Bwah ha ha ha ha.”
His death was affirmed by longtime collaborator Paul Levitz. “The sad news is now official: Keith Giffen has gone off to create new worlds that are beyond our living reach,” Levitz wrote on Facebook. “Keith was probably the most fertile creative mind of our generation in comics. He had an infinite number of ideas, pouring constantly out.”
Levitz continued, “We did over 60 stories together. Many of them he made far better than they...
Giffen’s family announced his death on Facebook Wednesday via a sardonic post pre-written by the comic book writer-artist: “I told them I was sick…Anything not to go to New York Comic Con, Thankx,’ adding “Bwah ha ha ha ha.”
His death was affirmed by longtime collaborator Paul Levitz. “The sad news is now official: Keith Giffen has gone off to create new worlds that are beyond our living reach,” Levitz wrote on Facebook. “Keith was probably the most fertile creative mind of our generation in comics. He had an infinite number of ideas, pouring constantly out.”
Levitz continued, “We did over 60 stories together. Many of them he made far better than they...
- 10/12/2023
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Keith Giffen, a veteran writer and artist whose work included DC’s Lobo and the Jamie Reyes version of the Blue Beetle and Marvel’s Rocket Raccoon, has died at the age of 70. His death was affirmed by longtime collaborator Paul Levitz on Facebook.
The family of the comics veteran announced his death on Facebook Wednesday via a sardonic post pre-written by Giffen: “I told them I was sick…Anything not to go to New York Comic Con, Thanx,” adding “Bwah ha ha ha ha.” A stroke was attributed as the cause of death.
“The sad news is now official: Keith Giffen has gone off to create new worlds that are beyond our living reach,” Levitz wrote. “Keith was probably the most fertile creative mind of our generation in comics. He had an infinite number of ideas, pouring constantly out. Many, thankfully, never saw print as wholly insane or inappropriate.
The family of the comics veteran announced his death on Facebook Wednesday via a sardonic post pre-written by Giffen: “I told them I was sick…Anything not to go to New York Comic Con, Thanx,” adding “Bwah ha ha ha ha.” A stroke was attributed as the cause of death.
“The sad news is now official: Keith Giffen has gone off to create new worlds that are beyond our living reach,” Levitz wrote. “Keith was probably the most fertile creative mind of our generation in comics. He had an infinite number of ideas, pouring constantly out. Many, thankfully, never saw print as wholly insane or inappropriate.
- 10/12/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Keith Giffen, the longtime comics author and artist who co-created popular characters such as DC’s Lobo and the Jamie Reyes version of the Blue Beetle as well as Marvel’s Rocket Raccoon, has died. He was 70.
His family announced his death Wednesday on Facebook via a sardonic post pre-written by Giffen: “I told them I was sick…Anything not to go to New York Comic Con, Thanx,” adding “Bwah ha ha ha ha.”
The cause of death is being attributed to a stroke.
Giffen is best known for writing and drawing galaxy-spanning adventure book Legion of Super-Heroes in the 1980s and 1990s, at one point making the title one of DC’s top sellers. He was also the artist on early 1980s title Omega Men in which he and writer Roger Slifer introduced Lobo. At first a brutal villain, he was later turned into a parody of overly muscle-bound...
His family announced his death Wednesday on Facebook via a sardonic post pre-written by Giffen: “I told them I was sick…Anything not to go to New York Comic Con, Thanx,” adding “Bwah ha ha ha ha.”
The cause of death is being attributed to a stroke.
Giffen is best known for writing and drawing galaxy-spanning adventure book Legion of Super-Heroes in the 1980s and 1990s, at one point making the title one of DC’s top sellers. He was also the artist on early 1980s title Omega Men in which he and writer Roger Slifer introduced Lobo. At first a brutal villain, he was later turned into a parody of overly muscle-bound...
- 10/12/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s taken the better part of two decades for DC’s Blue Beetle, aka Jaime Reyes, to make the belated jump from the comic-book pages to big-screen multiplexes. Created in 2006 by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner, Reyes became the first Latino character to headline his own, albeit short-lived, comic-book series. The third DC character to adopt the “Blue Beetle” name, Reyes’s origin story diverged significantly from his under-powered predecessors, melding familiar comic-book tropes with a firmly etched supporting cast of characters. That the characters were Reyes’s extended family and not just a random assortment of friends, acquaintances, and occasional hangers-on added a new, fresh element to comic books at the time. Working from a surprisingly layered screenplay...
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- 8/18/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Xolo Maridueña Photo: Hopper Stone/Smpsp/™ & © DC Comics
Among the various superhero projects shoved onto DC Studios’ film slate over the last few years, few have elicited more “Huh?” reactions, from more people, than Ángel Manuel Soto’s Blue Beetle. Although he’s been, in various guises, a low-key fan-favorite amongst comics readers for decades,...
Among the various superhero projects shoved onto DC Studios’ film slate over the last few years, few have elicited more “Huh?” reactions, from more people, than Ángel Manuel Soto’s Blue Beetle. Although he’s been, in various guises, a low-key fan-favorite amongst comics readers for decades,...
- 8/17/2023
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
This Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 article contains spoilers.
“The Legendary Star-Lord Will Return.” With that declaration, viewers of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 breathed a sigh of relief. We went into the final movie in James Gunn‘s Marvel trilogy, his final MCU film before co-heading DC Studios for Warner Bros, expecting a few deaths. And yet, despite some close calls, all of the Guardians survive the ordeal, even if the band breaks up in the end, with Peter returning to Earth, Gamora rejoining the Ravagers, and Drax and Nebula staying on Knowhere.
In the movie’s first post-credit scene, we get a glimpse at Guardians 2.0, led by Rocket and featuring new recruits Phyla-Vell and Adam Warlock alongside old hands Kraglin and Groot, suggesting that the MCU is not quite done with the team of galactic misfits. But as of this writing, there are no official plans...
“The Legendary Star-Lord Will Return.” With that declaration, viewers of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 breathed a sigh of relief. We went into the final movie in James Gunn‘s Marvel trilogy, his final MCU film before co-heading DC Studios for Warner Bros, expecting a few deaths. And yet, despite some close calls, all of the Guardians survive the ordeal, even if the band breaks up in the end, with Peter returning to Earth, Gamora rejoining the Ravagers, and Drax and Nebula staying on Knowhere.
In the movie’s first post-credit scene, we get a glimpse at Guardians 2.0, led by Rocket and featuring new recruits Phyla-Vell and Adam Warlock alongside old hands Kraglin and Groot, suggesting that the MCU is not quite done with the team of galactic misfits. But as of this writing, there are no official plans...
- 8/5/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
This article appears in the new issue of Den Of Geek magazine. Get your copy here.
When Angel Manuel Soto got the call from Warner Bros. about directing a DC movie, his mind was miles away from Blue Beetle. “I wanted to pitch ideas, and one of them was the Bane origin story,” Soto tells Den of Geek magazine. “I always thought that there was something interesting in exploring his reality and how a character like that comes to be.” He quickly found out, though, that “the conversation was not about that.” Instead, the studio had a more youthful and heroic figure in mind, telling Soto, “There’s this character that we’ve been developing for a couple of years. The Blue Beetle, a Latino superhero.”
That fateful phone call was about a young ’00s superhero, Jaime Reyes, but the hero known as the Blue Beetle debuted in 1939 in the...
When Angel Manuel Soto got the call from Warner Bros. about directing a DC movie, his mind was miles away from Blue Beetle. “I wanted to pitch ideas, and one of them was the Bane origin story,” Soto tells Den of Geek magazine. “I always thought that there was something interesting in exploring his reality and how a character like that comes to be.” He quickly found out, though, that “the conversation was not about that.” Instead, the studio had a more youthful and heroic figure in mind, telling Soto, “There’s this character that we’ve been developing for a couple of years. The Blue Beetle, a Latino superhero.”
That fateful phone call was about a young ’00s superhero, Jaime Reyes, but the hero known as the Blue Beetle debuted in 1939 in the...
- 7/20/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
While everyone’s celebrating the arrival of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, DC is almost ready to debut another bug-related hero, Blue Beetle! We have confirmation that singer and actress Becky G is starring alongside Xolo Maridueña in the upcoming superhero film as the voice of Khaji-Da, “the being that imbues and controls the Scarab attached to Jaime’s (Xolo Maridueña) back.”
Becky G announced her casting through the official Blue Beetle Instagram account. In the video, Becky G talks about her excitement for the film and the honor of joining a blockbuster film project that puts the Latino community front and center. After a brief introduction, Becky G offers an education about her pivotal character, Khaji-Da.
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According to DC‘s ever-changing continuity, Jaime Reyes became Blue Beetle after Dan Garret and Ted Kord. Created by Keith Giffen,...
Becky G announced her casting through the official Blue Beetle Instagram account. In the video, Becky G talks about her excitement for the film and the honor of joining a blockbuster film project that puts the Latino community front and center. After a brief introduction, Becky G offers an education about her pivotal character, Khaji-Da.
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According to DC‘s ever-changing continuity, Jaime Reyes became Blue Beetle after Dan Garret and Ted Kord. Created by Keith Giffen,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
The Guardians of the Galaxy movies always have fantastic soundtracks. Director James Gunn picks from an excellent selection of songs from classic rock to 80s pop. One song by The Beatles has a surprising connection to the history of the Guardians of the Galaxy. However, Gunn decided not to include it in any of the movies.
A character in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ is named after a song by The Beatles The Beatles | John Downing/Getty Images
“Rocky Raccoon” was written by Paul McCartney and debuted in 1968’s The White Album. One of The Beatles’ stranger tracks, it centers around a character whose wife leaves him for another man. He then challenges the man to a duel, only to get shot, then go on a spiritual journey when he discovers Gideon’s bible.
While it’s not one of the band’s biggest hits, it did impact a few Marvel writers.
A character in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ is named after a song by The Beatles The Beatles | John Downing/Getty Images
“Rocky Raccoon” was written by Paul McCartney and debuted in 1968’s The White Album. One of The Beatles’ stranger tracks, it centers around a character whose wife leaves him for another man. He then challenges the man to a duel, only to get shot, then go on a spiritual journey when he discovers Gideon’s bible.
While it’s not one of the band’s biggest hits, it did impact a few Marvel writers.
- 5/9/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This article is part of our Collector’s Digest series powered by:
Twenty years ago, the idea of a Guardians of the Galaxy movie was absurd. The team was a ragtag bunch of weirdos, disconnected from the main Marvel Universe as it was set almost a thousand years in the future, with odd powers, strange enemies, and a vaguely sci-fi adventure milieu. But something flipped in 2006, kicking off a chain of events that concludes with the final chapter in arguably the most beloved individual franchise in the MCU: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
This shocking (and now ancient) turn of events can be traced from the comics through to the screen, and if you’re a collector, you’re just in time to pick up this history of the Guardians of the Galaxy!
Marvel Super-Heroes #18
In this 1969 book, by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan, a group of 31st century men – Vance Astro,...
Twenty years ago, the idea of a Guardians of the Galaxy movie was absurd. The team was a ragtag bunch of weirdos, disconnected from the main Marvel Universe as it was set almost a thousand years in the future, with odd powers, strange enemies, and a vaguely sci-fi adventure milieu. But something flipped in 2006, kicking off a chain of events that concludes with the final chapter in arguably the most beloved individual franchise in the MCU: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
This shocking (and now ancient) turn of events can be traced from the comics through to the screen, and if you’re a collector, you’re just in time to pick up this history of the Guardians of the Galaxy!
Marvel Super-Heroes #18
In this 1969 book, by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan, a group of 31st century men – Vance Astro,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Lee Parham
- Den of Geek
Groot appears in different forms in every "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie, but whether he's baby-sized or 10 feet tall, Marvel fans probably know his key characteristics: he's an anthropomorphic humanoid tree, best friends with Rocket Raccoon, and can only say "I am Groot." However, the original Groot was quite a different beast (and had a much larger vocabulary).
Groot's comic debut was "Tales to Astonish" #13, published in 1960. This means he predates every modern Marvel hero barring Captain America and Namor the Sub-Mariner — only he wasn't a hero at first. Co-created by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and his brother Larry Lieber, the original Groot was a malicious alien invader.
"I Challenged Groot, the Monster from Planet X!" was the eight-page chapter 1 of a four-chapter issue. This means Groot got to be on the cover; his cover appearance was brown in the original coloring, but grey in the modern recolor despite the...
Groot's comic debut was "Tales to Astonish" #13, published in 1960. This means he predates every modern Marvel hero barring Captain America and Namor the Sub-Mariner — only he wasn't a hero at first. Co-created by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and his brother Larry Lieber, the original Groot was a malicious alien invader.
"I Challenged Groot, the Monster from Planet X!" was the eight-page chapter 1 of a four-chapter issue. This means Groot got to be on the cover; his cover appearance was brown in the original coloring, but grey in the modern recolor despite the...
- 4/30/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
This Titans season 4 article contains spoilers.
With shows like Loki and movies like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Marvel has established itself as the source for multiverse stories in television and film. But comic book fans know that Marvel was relatively late to the multiverse game, having been beaten to the punch several decades earlier by the DC story “The Flash of Two Worlds.”
So it was more than a little satisfying to see Gar Logan aka Beast Boy take a trip through the Red that connects all of the DC worlds in the ninth episode of Titans fourth and final season, “Dude, Where’s My Gar.” As Gar (Ryan Potter) moves through the Red, we get glimpses of various other DC properties, including Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) of Stargirl, Swamp Thing (Derek Mears) from the short-lived 2019 series, as well as he and Cyborg’s animated counterparts from Teen Titans Go!.
With shows like Loki and movies like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Marvel has established itself as the source for multiverse stories in television and film. But comic book fans know that Marvel was relatively late to the multiverse game, having been beaten to the punch several decades earlier by the DC story “The Flash of Two Worlds.”
So it was more than a little satisfying to see Gar Logan aka Beast Boy take a trip through the Red that connects all of the DC worlds in the ninth episode of Titans fourth and final season, “Dude, Where’s My Gar.” As Gar (Ryan Potter) moves through the Red, we get glimpses of various other DC properties, including Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) of Stargirl, Swamp Thing (Derek Mears) from the short-lived 2019 series, as well as he and Cyborg’s animated counterparts from Teen Titans Go!.
- 4/25/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
After a series of DC films with messy rollouts and behind-the-scenes drama — see “Black Adam,” “Shazam: Fury of the Gods,” and especially June’s “The Flash” — August will see the studio introducing a scrappy new superhero (hopefully) worth rooting for. He’s Blue Beetle (Aka Jaime Reyes), played in the big summer blockbuster by Xolo Maridueña, best known for Netflix’s “Cobra Kai.”
The character of Blue Beetle was first created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner for the 2006 event “Infinite Crisis.” An ordinary teenager from a Mexican-American family, Jaime’s life unexpectedly changes when his friend Jenny (Bruna Marquezine) entrusts him with a strange extraterrestrial mechanical scarab. The device grafts onto him, giving him the ability to access a powerful exoskeleton capable of fighting crime.
But his possession of the scarab also puts him in direct conflict with Susan Sarandon’s Victoria Kord, an executive who will...
The character of Blue Beetle was first created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner for the 2006 event “Infinite Crisis.” An ordinary teenager from a Mexican-American family, Jaime’s life unexpectedly changes when his friend Jenny (Bruna Marquezine) entrusts him with a strange extraterrestrial mechanical scarab. The device grafts onto him, giving him the ability to access a powerful exoskeleton capable of fighting crime.
But his possession of the scarab also puts him in direct conflict with Susan Sarandon’s Victoria Kord, an executive who will...
- 4/3/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
The long-awaited trailer for DC’s “Blue Beetle” movie is finally here, as an ancient artifact “the scarab,” takes hold of Jaime Reyes and transforms the teenager into a superhero.
The kicker is that Reyes’ “transformation” isn’t a solo affair as in most comic book origin stories, but he transforms into an armored superhero in front of his family, a Latino family nonetheless!
Upon his transformation, the suit thrusts Reyes into the atmosphere and the teenager soars into space within seconds while he ponders his fate. Watch the video above.
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‘Blue Beetle’: DC Studios Unveils First Poster for the Alien Scarab Superhero (Photo)
“Cobra Kai” breakout and fan favorite Xolo Maridueña stars in the title role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle,” DC Studios’ first superhero movie centered on a Latino character.
Maridueña previously said that “Blue Beetle” is a combination of both a DC and Marvel superhero.
The kicker is that Reyes’ “transformation” isn’t a solo affair as in most comic book origin stories, but he transforms into an armored superhero in front of his family, a Latino family nonetheless!
Upon his transformation, the suit thrusts Reyes into the atmosphere and the teenager soars into space within seconds while he ponders his fate. Watch the video above.
Also Read:
‘Blue Beetle’: DC Studios Unveils First Poster for the Alien Scarab Superhero (Photo)
“Cobra Kai” breakout and fan favorite Xolo Maridueña stars in the title role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle,” DC Studios’ first superhero movie centered on a Latino character.
Maridueña previously said that “Blue Beetle” is a combination of both a DC and Marvel superhero.
- 4/3/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Paul McCartney calls one of his songs his “nod to comic books being high art.” The former Beatle loved reading comics and thought writing a song about them would be cool. Like other art, he felt comic book art deserved to be in galleries worldwide.
Paul McCartney | Evening Standard/Getty Images Paul McCartney said comic books were real art
In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he read many comic books around 1975. As far as he was concerned, they were real art. He appreciated the skill – not to mention the perspective and imagination – it took to make the illustrations.
Paul has always thought pop art and comic book art are “near to madness.” He studied John Dryden in school and has always been struck by his lines: “Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
Pop art reached its peak in the 1960s.
Paul McCartney | Evening Standard/Getty Images Paul McCartney said comic books were real art
In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he read many comic books around 1975. As far as he was concerned, they were real art. He appreciated the skill – not to mention the perspective and imagination – it took to make the illustrations.
Paul has always thought pop art and comic book art are “near to madness.” He studied John Dryden in school and has always been struck by his lines: “Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
Pop art reached its peak in the 1960s.
- 3/19/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Welcome to this brand-new feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and dissects Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft.
Credits
I am going to kick things off by delving into the credits box, just to do a quick round-up of who’s, who. Now this feature may not come back every week depending on how much the credits change issue to issue. If a new name crops up I will call them out and maybe with the people I can’t find anything about online I can find out about them with the reading of each issue. There is no better place to start than with the main man himself, David Anthony Kraft. Before publishing this very magazine we are about to dive into Kraft has a more than substantial body of work both...
Credits
I am going to kick things off by delving into the credits box, just to do a quick round-up of who’s, who. Now this feature may not come back every week depending on how much the credits change issue to issue. If a new name crops up I will call them out and maybe with the people I can’t find anything about online I can find out about them with the reading of each issue. There is no better place to start than with the main man himself, David Anthony Kraft. Before publishing this very magazine we are about to dive into Kraft has a more than substantial body of work both...
- 3/9/2023
- by Ian Wells
- Nerdly
“Blue Beetle,” DC Films’ first superhero movie starring a Latino character, won’t suffer the same fate as “Batgirl,” and his Warner Bros. Discovery’s “full support,” according to the film’s director, Angel Manuel Soto.
“I’m not going to lie. There was concern, anger, fear at first,” Soto said in an interview with NPR focusing on Latino superheroes. Studio execs assured Soto who added, “They told me not to worry, the film has their full support.”
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle.”
Also Read:
A Full List of Upcoming DC Movies
In the same interview with NPR, Maridueña added that he is a combination of both a DC and Marvel superhero.
“He’s kind of like a fusion of Green Lantern and Iron Man,” Maridueña said. “He has a scarab from outer space that is...
“I’m not going to lie. There was concern, anger, fear at first,” Soto said in an interview with NPR focusing on Latino superheroes. Studio execs assured Soto who added, “They told me not to worry, the film has their full support.”
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle.”
Also Read:
A Full List of Upcoming DC Movies
In the same interview with NPR, Maridueña added that he is a combination of both a DC and Marvel superhero.
“He’s kind of like a fusion of Green Lantern and Iron Man,” Maridueña said. “He has a scarab from outer space that is...
- 9/27/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Jaime Reyes is coming to the Dceu, and the character’s striking Blue Beetle costume has never looked better! Warner Bros. has been putting a lot behind their upcoming Blue Beetle movie, and it’s definitely showing in the first look at the elaborate costume in live action.
Xolo Maridueña (Cobra Kai) plays Jaime Reyes, a teenager from El Paso, TX who finds an alien “scarab” that bonds with him, manifests a suit of high tech armor, and grants him super powers. Created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner during DC’s Infinite Crisis event back in 2006, Blue Beetle’s sleek, almost Tokusatsu-influenced design seems like it was destined for the screen almost from its inception. But despite appearing in numerous DC animated projects (notably Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Young Justice), Beetle’s only live action appearance so far came in Smallville season 10, episode 18, “Booster...
Xolo Maridueña (Cobra Kai) plays Jaime Reyes, a teenager from El Paso, TX who finds an alien “scarab” that bonds with him, manifests a suit of high tech armor, and grants him super powers. Created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner during DC’s Infinite Crisis event back in 2006, Blue Beetle’s sleek, almost Tokusatsu-influenced design seems like it was destined for the screen almost from its inception. But despite appearing in numerous DC animated projects (notably Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Young Justice), Beetle’s only live action appearance so far came in Smallville season 10, episode 18, “Booster...
- 5/25/2022
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon has closed a deal to play villain Victoria Kord in “Blue Beetle,” DC Films’ first superhero movie starring a Latino character, TheWrap has exclusively learned. Victoria Kord is a new character created for the movie.
Sharon Stone was previously in talks for the role.
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle.” “Charm City Kings” director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct. The screenplay is from Mexican writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface” remake and Sony’s “Miss Bala.” John Rickard is the producer.
Sarandon joins a cast which includes George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar, Belissa Escobedo, Bruna Marquezine and Harvey Guillén. Additionally, Raoul Max Trujillo (“Mayans M.C.”) will play Carapax the Indestructible Man.
“Blue Beetle” is set to be released theatrically on Aug. 18, 2023.
In DC Comics,...
Sharon Stone was previously in talks for the role.
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle.” “Charm City Kings” director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct. The screenplay is from Mexican writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface” remake and Sony’s “Miss Bala.” John Rickard is the producer.
Sarandon joins a cast which includes George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar, Belissa Escobedo, Bruna Marquezine and Harvey Guillén. Additionally, Raoul Max Trujillo (“Mayans M.C.”) will play Carapax the Indestructible Man.
“Blue Beetle” is set to be released theatrically on Aug. 18, 2023.
In DC Comics,...
- 4/14/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actress Sharon Stone is in early talks to play villain Victoria Kord in “Blue Beetle,” DC Films’ first superhero movie starring a Latino character, TheWrap has exclusively learned. Victoria Kord is a new character created for the movie.
Additionally, Raoul Max Trujillo (“Mayans M.C.”) will play Carapax the Indestructible Man.
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle.” “Charm City Kings” director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct. The screenplay is from Mexican writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface” remake and Sony’s “Miss Bala.” John Rickard is the producer.
Stone joins a cast which includes George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar, Belissa Escobedo, Bruna Marquezine and Harvey Guillén.
“Blue Beetle” is set to be released theatrically on Aug. 18, 2023.
In DC Comics, Blue Beetle is...
Additionally, Raoul Max Trujillo (“Mayans M.C.”) will play Carapax the Indestructible Man.
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle.” “Charm City Kings” director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct. The screenplay is from Mexican writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface” remake and Sony’s “Miss Bala.” John Rickard is the producer.
Stone joins a cast which includes George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar, Belissa Escobedo, Bruna Marquezine and Harvey Guillén.
“Blue Beetle” is set to be released theatrically on Aug. 18, 2023.
In DC Comics, Blue Beetle is...
- 3/29/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Actor-comedian George Lopez, Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo and Damián Alcázar have joined the cast of “Blue Beetle,” DC Films and Warner Bros.’ first superhero movie starring a Latino character, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes. Lopez is playing the role of Uncle Rudy, Barraza is playing Nana, Carrillo is playing Rocio and Alcázar is playing Alberto. The four round out the rest of the Reyes family which includes Bellisa Escobedo who plays Milagro.
They join a cast that includes Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine and Harvey Guillén.
The intent was always to cast the multigenerational Reyes family authentically Mexican and Mexican-American, according to director Angel Manuel Soto.
“Initially, my goal with finding the family was to be able to have an authentic group of people, not just as authentic on the Latino side, but...
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes. Lopez is playing the role of Uncle Rudy, Barraza is playing Nana, Carrillo is playing Rocio and Alcázar is playing Alberto. The four round out the rest of the Reyes family which includes Bellisa Escobedo who plays Milagro.
They join a cast that includes Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine and Harvey Guillén.
The intent was always to cast the multigenerational Reyes family authentically Mexican and Mexican-American, according to director Angel Manuel Soto.
“Initially, my goal with finding the family was to be able to have an authentic group of people, not just as authentic on the Latino side, but...
- 3/18/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo and Harvey Guillén have joined the cast of “Blue Beetle,” DC Films’ first superhero movie starring a Latino character, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
Newcomer Marquezine is set to play the female lead and love interest, Penny, Escobedo is set to play Milagros Reyes, the younger sister of Jaime Reyes, and details about Guillen’s role is being kept under wraps.
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle.” “Charm City Kings” director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct. The screenplay is from Mexican-born writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface” remake and Sony’s “Miss Bala.” John Rickard is the producer.
“Blue Beetle” is set to be released theatrically on Aug. 18, 2023.
In DC Comics, Blue Beetle is the superhero alter ego used by three different heroes, but the film will focus on Mexican-American teenager Jaime Reyes,...
Newcomer Marquezine is set to play the female lead and love interest, Penny, Escobedo is set to play Milagros Reyes, the younger sister of Jaime Reyes, and details about Guillen’s role is being kept under wraps.
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle.” “Charm City Kings” director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct. The screenplay is from Mexican-born writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface” remake and Sony’s “Miss Bala.” John Rickard is the producer.
“Blue Beetle” is set to be released theatrically on Aug. 18, 2023.
In DC Comics, Blue Beetle is the superhero alter ego used by three different heroes, but the film will focus on Mexican-American teenager Jaime Reyes,...
- 3/8/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
This article contains The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker and spoilers.
Picking up right where James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad left off, Peacemaker was a profane, hilarious, and brutally violent exploration of the weirder side corners of the Dceu that fleshed out the world of Argus and Task Force X. It even brought some new depth to Amanda Waller as a bonus. Like Gunn’s DC movie, Peacemaker wasn’t afraid to revel in some obscure DC Comics references and by implication expand the boundaries of the Dceu (Green Arrow! Doll Man! Matter-Eater Lad!). But nobody really expected the Justice League to show up…did they?
Well, they did. And it was awesome.
Yes, the Peacemaker season finale actually delivers a Justice League cameo. A joke earlier in the episode to “call the Justice League” paid off with Superman, Aquaman, The Flash, and Wonder Woman appearing mostly in silhouette, too...
Picking up right where James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad left off, Peacemaker was a profane, hilarious, and brutally violent exploration of the weirder side corners of the Dceu that fleshed out the world of Argus and Task Force X. It even brought some new depth to Amanda Waller as a bonus. Like Gunn’s DC movie, Peacemaker wasn’t afraid to revel in some obscure DC Comics references and by implication expand the boundaries of the Dceu (Green Arrow! Doll Man! Matter-Eater Lad!). But nobody really expected the Justice League to show up…did they?
Well, they did. And it was awesome.
Yes, the Peacemaker season finale actually delivers a Justice League cameo. A joke earlier in the episode to “call the Justice League” paid off with Superman, Aquaman, The Flash, and Wonder Woman appearing mostly in silhouette, too...
- 2/18/2022
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
This Young Justice Phantoms review contains spoilers.
Young Justice Season 4 Episode 13
Young Justice Phantoms hit its midseason break with this week’s episode, “Kaerb Ym Traeh!” And it was maybe the strongest episode of the season: lots of storylines were tied off, while the annoying motion comic section was cordoned off to an argument between the Lords of Chaos and Order, and Vandal Savage and the Phantom Stranger. Not moving any of the figures around wasn’t actually a problem there, because the motion wasn’t necessarily the point.
This week’s episode is also the first with a legitimate post-credits scene, and it’s…an interesting choice. They’re gonna hide Desaad in Mary Bromfeld.
The episode brings closure to Zatanna’s portion of the story. Her team battles Child and Flaw to save Earth, while Savage talks the Lords of Chaos out of supporting Child and evening the odds for the team.
Young Justice Season 4 Episode 13
Young Justice Phantoms hit its midseason break with this week’s episode, “Kaerb Ym Traeh!” And it was maybe the strongest episode of the season: lots of storylines were tied off, while the annoying motion comic section was cordoned off to an argument between the Lords of Chaos and Order, and Vandal Savage and the Phantom Stranger. Not moving any of the figures around wasn’t actually a problem there, because the motion wasn’t necessarily the point.
This week’s episode is also the first with a legitimate post-credits scene, and it’s…an interesting choice. They’re gonna hide Desaad in Mary Bromfeld.
The episode brings closure to Zatanna’s portion of the story. Her team battles Child and Flaw to save Earth, while Savage talks the Lords of Chaos out of supporting Child and evening the odds for the team.
- 1/1/2022
- by Jim Dandy
- Den of Geek
Co-created by writers Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis and artist Kevin Maguire, Maxwell "Max" Lord IV made his debut in "Justice League" #1 in May of 1987 as a businessman whose behind-the-scenes backing helped make the Justice League International team possible. Later, he was revealed to have either manipulated, or been manipulated by, various villains and artificial intelligences, until DC Comics decided that, nope, he'd just been a bad guy all along.
As the heir to a corporate empire with an affinity for the slightly sleazy get-rich-quick schemes of used car salesman Larry Dallas on "Three's Company," Max was created as a comic relief character for a team...
The post Things you didn't know about DC's Maxwell Lord appeared first on /Film.
As the heir to a corporate empire with an affinity for the slightly sleazy get-rich-quick schemes of used car salesman Larry Dallas on "Three's Company," Max was created as a comic relief character for a team...
The post Things you didn't know about DC's Maxwell Lord appeared first on /Film.
- 8/28/2021
- by Kirk Boxleitner
- Slash Film
“Corba Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is in talks to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle” for HBO Max, Warner Bros. and DC Films first superhero movie starring a Latino character, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
“Charm City Kings” director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct.
The screenplay is from Mexican-born writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface” remake and Sony’s “Miss Bala.”
In DC Comics, Blue Beetle is the superhero alter ego used by three different heroes, but the film will focus on Mexican-American teenager Jaime Reyes, the third character to assume the Blue Beetle mantle.
While DC has had Latino characters in its movie universe,, and cast Latina Sasha Calle to play Supergirl in “The Flash,” this will be the first stand-alone title to feature a Latino lead. Also of note, “In the Heights” breakout star Leslie Grace, who is Dominican American,...
“Charm City Kings” director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct.
The screenplay is from Mexican-born writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface” remake and Sony’s “Miss Bala.”
In DC Comics, Blue Beetle is the superhero alter ego used by three different heroes, but the film will focus on Mexican-American teenager Jaime Reyes, the third character to assume the Blue Beetle mantle.
While DC has had Latino characters in its movie universe,, and cast Latina Sasha Calle to play Supergirl in “The Flash,” this will be the first stand-alone title to feature a Latino lead. Also of note, “In the Heights” breakout star Leslie Grace, who is Dominican American,...
- 8/2/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Finn Wittrock has been cast in a lead role of the upcoming “Green Lantern” series at HBO Max, Variety has learned.
Wittrock will star as Guy Gardner, who is described as a hulking mass of masculinity, and, as rendered in the comics, an embodiment of 1980s hyper-patriotism. And yet, Guy is somehow likable. Wittrock is the first actor to be cast in the show.
Based on the DC Comics property, the series show was first announced as being in development in 2019 and ordered to series last year. The story spans decades and galaxies, beginning on Earth in 1941 with the very first Green Lantern, secretly gay FBI agent Alan Scott, and 1984, with cocky alpha male Gardner and half-alien Bree Jarta. They’ll be joined by a multitude of other Lanterns — from comic book favorites to never-before-seen heroes.
Gardner was created by John Broome and Gil Kane, but the definitive version of...
Wittrock will star as Guy Gardner, who is described as a hulking mass of masculinity, and, as rendered in the comics, an embodiment of 1980s hyper-patriotism. And yet, Guy is somehow likable. Wittrock is the first actor to be cast in the show.
Based on the DC Comics property, the series show was first announced as being in development in 2019 and ordered to series last year. The story spans decades and galaxies, beginning on Earth in 1941 with the very first Green Lantern, secretly gay FBI agent Alan Scott, and 1984, with cocky alpha male Gardner and half-alien Bree Jarta. They’ll be joined by a multitude of other Lanterns — from comic book favorites to never-before-seen heroes.
Gardner was created by John Broome and Gil Kane, but the definitive version of...
- 4/30/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Angel Manuel Soto hired to direct Blue Beetle — Director Angel Manuel Soto has been hired to direct a Blue Beetle comic book-to-film adaptation. Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer is writing the screenplay for the film. The Blue Beetle comic book was created by Cully Hammer, Keith Giffen, and John Rogers. The Blue Beetle film will be [...]
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- 2/23/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
“Charm City Kings” director Angel Manuel Soto is set to direct “Blue Beetle,” DC Films and Warner Bros.’ first superhero movie starring a Latino character, individuals with knowledge of the project exclusively tells TheWrap.
The screenplay is from Mexican-born writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface” remake and Sony’s “Miss Bala.”
In DC Comics, Blue Beetle is the superhero alter ego used by three different heroes, but the film will focus on Mexican-American teenager Jaime Reyes, the third character to assume the Blue Beetle mantle.
“It is an honor to direct Blue Beetle, the first Latino superhero film for DC,” said Soto in a statement to TheWrap. “I want to sincerely thank everyone at Warner Bros. and DC for trusting me to bring Jaime Reyes to life. I can’t wait to make history together.”
The film is eyeing a fall production start, with Zev Foreman executive-producing for Warner Bros.
The screenplay is from Mexican-born writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface” remake and Sony’s “Miss Bala.”
In DC Comics, Blue Beetle is the superhero alter ego used by three different heroes, but the film will focus on Mexican-American teenager Jaime Reyes, the third character to assume the Blue Beetle mantle.
“It is an honor to direct Blue Beetle, the first Latino superhero film for DC,” said Soto in a statement to TheWrap. “I want to sincerely thank everyone at Warner Bros. and DC for trusting me to bring Jaime Reyes to life. I can’t wait to make history together.”
The film is eyeing a fall production start, with Zev Foreman executive-producing for Warner Bros.
- 2/23/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Actor Pedro Pascal says he has been influenced by the 1980s, and it is something that continues to stay with him.
The actor asserted that the era added a different sort of charm to the world of the upcoming film, "Wonder Woman 1984".
"The era that has influenced me and really stayed with me the most is the eighties, for better or worse, I suppose," Pascal said.
"That feeling of nostalgia, getting to plunge into that world with a brilliant filmmaker who understands it so well... Who wouldn't want to be a part of exploring a character like Wonder Woman -- the super hero we didn't even realise we needed so badly until ('Wonder Woman' director) Patty (Jenkins) and (heroine) Gal (Gadot) brought her to us to remind us of our humanity in the most entertaining way?" he added.
"Wonder Woman 1984" casts Pascal as Maxwell Lord, who...
The actor asserted that the era added a different sort of charm to the world of the upcoming film, "Wonder Woman 1984".
"The era that has influenced me and really stayed with me the most is the eighties, for better or worse, I suppose," Pascal said.
"That feeling of nostalgia, getting to plunge into that world with a brilliant filmmaker who understands it so well... Who wouldn't want to be a part of exploring a character like Wonder Woman -- the super hero we didn't even realise we needed so badly until ('Wonder Woman' director) Patty (Jenkins) and (heroine) Gal (Gadot) brought her to us to remind us of our humanity in the most entertaining way?" he added.
"Wonder Woman 1984" casts Pascal as Maxwell Lord, who...
- 12/22/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
One of the most rock n roll characters of the DC Universe, Lobo, gets a shining role in upcoming DC Animation Superman: Man of Tomorrow. Ahead of the digital release of the film on the 24th August, we wanted to provide you with a little insight into DC’s badass bounty hunter.
Character Creation
Lobo’s character was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, first appearing in 1983 in Omega Men #3. In the special feature Lobo: A Natural Force of Chaos attached to the Blu-ray edition of new film Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Lobo is described as the “natural force of chaos in all of us”. His muscular appearance is said to have been inspired by WWE and WWF wrestlers, whilst also portraying him as a metal rocker. The name Lobo roughly translates to “he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it” which totally represents his character!
The Last...
Character Creation
Lobo’s character was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, first appearing in 1983 in Omega Men #3. In the special feature Lobo: A Natural Force of Chaos attached to the Blu-ray edition of new film Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Lobo is described as the “natural force of chaos in all of us”. His muscular appearance is said to have been inspired by WWE and WWF wrestlers, whilst also portraying him as a metal rocker. The name Lobo roughly translates to “he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it” which totally represents his character!
The Last...
- 8/21/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Written by Dan Jurgens (#1), John Layman (#2), Keith Giffen (#2) | Art by Scot Eaton (#1), Wayne Faucher (#1), Andy Clarke (#2), Priscilla Petraites (#2) | Published by DC Digital
Well this new digital only title nearly passed me by, which would have been a crying shame. Why? Well, I’ve always been a big fan of both DC’s ghost and horror anthology titles, at their peak back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, and of DC’s supernatural/ magic/ horror characters. For me, they make a nice change from superheroics, and give creators a chance to show a different side to them. This new title resurrects an old DC title, Ghosts, which ran for 112 issues from 1971 to 1982, a title I still have quite a few issues of, issues that get a run out once a year at Halloween. This new title it seems is going to focus more on one and done stories featuring DC...
Well this new digital only title nearly passed me by, which would have been a crying shame. Why? Well, I’ve always been a big fan of both DC’s ghost and horror anthology titles, at their peak back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, and of DC’s supernatural/ magic/ horror characters. For me, they make a nice change from superheroics, and give creators a chance to show a different side to them. This new title resurrects an old DC title, Ghosts, which ran for 112 issues from 1971 to 1982, a title I still have quite a few issues of, issues that get a run out once a year at Halloween. This new title it seems is going to focus more on one and done stories featuring DC...
- 7/13/2020
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
“Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are set to develop a feature film adaptation of the graphic novel “Lovecraft” at Warner Bros., an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Benioff and Weiss’ untitled thriller is based on Keith Giffen’s 2004 book “Lovecraft,” published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo, that imagines a world in which H.P. Lovecraft’s monsters were not part of his imagination but were real.
Part biography of Lovecraft and part fantasy, the book depicts the author as having actually managed to make contact with evil from within another dimension. The film will specifically be set in the 1920s and follow the myth of the monster Cthulhu.
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' Creators David Benioff and Db Weiss No Longer Developing New 'Star Wars' Trilogy
Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, who wrote “The Invitation” and “Ride Along,” will write the screenplay. And “The Invitation...
Benioff and Weiss’ untitled thriller is based on Keith Giffen’s 2004 book “Lovecraft,” published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo, that imagines a world in which H.P. Lovecraft’s monsters were not part of his imagination but were real.
Part biography of Lovecraft and part fantasy, the book depicts the author as having actually managed to make contact with evil from within another dimension. The film will specifically be set in the 1920s and follow the myth of the monster Cthulhu.
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' Creators David Benioff and Db Weiss No Longer Developing New 'Star Wars' Trilogy
Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, who wrote “The Invitation” and “Ride Along,” will write the screenplay. And “The Invitation...
- 12/12/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
With Game of Thrones in the rearview mirror, show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are beginning to plot out their next moves.
The duo have come aboard to produce an adaptation of Lovecraft, a graphic novel by Hans Rodionoff and artist Keith Giffen, for Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, frequent collaborators of filmmaker Karyn Kusama (Aeon Flux, Destroyer), are writing the script.
The project posits the question: What if the horrors imagined by H.P. Lovecraft, the troubled author of At the Mountains of Madness and the short story The Call of Cthulhu, were ...
The duo have come aboard to produce an adaptation of Lovecraft, a graphic novel by Hans Rodionoff and artist Keith Giffen, for Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, frequent collaborators of filmmaker Karyn Kusama (Aeon Flux, Destroyer), are writing the script.
The project posits the question: What if the horrors imagined by H.P. Lovecraft, the troubled author of At the Mountains of Madness and the short story The Call of Cthulhu, were ...
- 12/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
With Game of Thrones in the rearview mirror, show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are beginning to plot out their next moves.
The duo have come aboard to produce an adaptation of Lovecraft, a graphic novel by Hans Rodionoff and artist Keith Giffen, for Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, frequent collaborators of filmmaker Karyn Kusama (Aeon Flux, Destroyer), are writing the script.
The project posits the question: What if the horrors imagined by H.P. Lovecraft, the troubled author of At the Mountains of Madness and the short story The Call of Cthulhu, were ...
The duo have come aboard to produce an adaptation of Lovecraft, a graphic novel by Hans Rodionoff and artist Keith Giffen, for Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, frequent collaborators of filmmaker Karyn Kusama (Aeon Flux, Destroyer), are writing the script.
The project posits the question: What if the horrors imagined by H.P. Lovecraft, the troubled author of At the Mountains of Madness and the short story The Call of Cthulhu, were ...
- 12/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jim Dandy Dec 9, 2019
The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal has a big role in Wonder Woman 2. But who’s he playing?
Maxwell Lord is a fascinating inclusion in the cast of Wonder Woman 1984. The character has a...let’s just say troubled...history with Diana Prince in the comics, but he’s filled many roles in DC Comics continuity over the years. His presence in this movie possibly signals a bunch of different directions the film and the Dceu could take, and with the movie coming at us quickly, we figured it would be a great time to take A Good Look Around at what Maxwell Lord has meant to the DC Universe.
ahem...
History With the Justice League
Maxwell Lord was originally introduced to the comic world by J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, and Keith Giffen as part of their beloved Justice League run. anera now generally referred to as...
The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal has a big role in Wonder Woman 2. But who’s he playing?
Maxwell Lord is a fascinating inclusion in the cast of Wonder Woman 1984. The character has a...let’s just say troubled...history with Diana Prince in the comics, but he’s filled many roles in DC Comics continuity over the years. His presence in this movie possibly signals a bunch of different directions the film and the Dceu could take, and with the movie coming at us quickly, we figured it would be a great time to take A Good Look Around at what Maxwell Lord has meant to the DC Universe.
ahem...
History With the Justice League
Maxwell Lord was originally introduced to the comic world by J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, and Keith Giffen as part of their beloved Justice League run. anera now generally referred to as...
- 12/9/2019
- Den of Geek
Some of this month’s most tantalizing releases include DC Ghosts Giant #1, a staggering 100-page print that includes three new supernatural stories written by Dan Jurgens, Keith Giffen and John Layman respectively, along with six other beautifully reprinted haunted tales. Not to be outdone, DC is returning to the beloved world of “Red Rain” in …
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- 11/30/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Jim Dandy Oct 28, 2019
Andrea Sorrentino was already incredible, but he brings it to a new level on Joker: Killer Smile with Jeff Lemire.
I feel like everyone has a Jack Kirby. Every artist working at a consistent, Big 2-level in comics, when asked to contribute something that looks like Jack Kirby art, can submit a piece that looks similar to what the King did, even if only two or three people can make something that could plausibly pass as Kirby art (for the record: Walt Simonson and Keith Giffen Omac does the trick). Andrea Sorrentino, the artist on Joker: Killer Smile, did it himself on Legion of Super-Heroes: Millenium. His Kamandi story was up to his typical high standards for art, but it was also really surprising in how much Kirby there was in it. And while it's not especially surprising that he can do a great Kirby impression, it...
Andrea Sorrentino was already incredible, but he brings it to a new level on Joker: Killer Smile with Jeff Lemire.
I feel like everyone has a Jack Kirby. Every artist working at a consistent, Big 2-level in comics, when asked to contribute something that looks like Jack Kirby art, can submit a piece that looks similar to what the King did, even if only two or three people can make something that could plausibly pass as Kirby art (for the record: Walt Simonson and Keith Giffen Omac does the trick). Andrea Sorrentino, the artist on Joker: Killer Smile, did it himself on Legion of Super-Heroes: Millenium. His Kamandi story was up to his typical high standards for art, but it was also really surprising in how much Kirby there was in it. And while it's not especially surprising that he can do a great Kirby impression, it...
- 10/28/2019
- Den of Geek
Mike Cecchini Sep 30, 2019
Don't call it a reboot. Brian Michael Bendis tells us all about the new version of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the DC Universe.
The Legion of Super-Heroes have been absent from the DC Universe for far too long. The team of youthful heroes from a variety of worlds around the galaxy has long been an essential piece of DC and Superman mythology, but every now and then, they need a fresh start. After all, as our present changes, so must the future. And DC's Legion of Super-Heroes is in the process of a high profile fresh start courtesy of Brian Michael Bendis and Ryan Sook. With a story that began in the main Superman title and continues through the "future history of the DC Universe" limited series Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium, and finally in a brand new Legion of Super-Heroes ongoing series in November, DC...
Don't call it a reboot. Brian Michael Bendis tells us all about the new version of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the DC Universe.
The Legion of Super-Heroes have been absent from the DC Universe for far too long. The team of youthful heroes from a variety of worlds around the galaxy has long been an essential piece of DC and Superman mythology, but every now and then, they need a fresh start. After all, as our present changes, so must the future. And DC's Legion of Super-Heroes is in the process of a high profile fresh start courtesy of Brian Michael Bendis and Ryan Sook. With a story that began in the main Superman title and continues through the "future history of the DC Universe" limited series Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium, and finally in a brand new Legion of Super-Heroes ongoing series in November, DC...
- 9/29/2019
- Den of Geek
Marc Buxton Aug 16, 2019
The DC Universe is about to have a brand new future when Superboy joins the all new Legion of Super-Heroes! We've got the details...
Brian Michael Bendis and DC Comics are about to bring back the Legion of Super-Heroes in the pages of Superman, before launching them back to where they belong, headlining their own monthly book. It’s been a minute since the Legion has graced the pages of DC Comics, but Bendis and artist Ryan Sook are ready to bring back the future’s greatest and most hopeful team in the pages of a new Legion of Super-Heroes series. Mr. Bendis told us all about the hope for a better tomorrow, Superman’s place in the Dcu of the future, and everything Legion of Super-Heroes!
Den of Geek: Since the New 52, Legion of Super-Heroes appearances have been sparse. Why is now the right time to return to the Legion?...
The DC Universe is about to have a brand new future when Superboy joins the all new Legion of Super-Heroes! We've got the details...
Brian Michael Bendis and DC Comics are about to bring back the Legion of Super-Heroes in the pages of Superman, before launching them back to where they belong, headlining their own monthly book. It’s been a minute since the Legion has graced the pages of DC Comics, but Bendis and artist Ryan Sook are ready to bring back the future’s greatest and most hopeful team in the pages of a new Legion of Super-Heroes series. Mr. Bendis told us all about the hope for a better tomorrow, Superman’s place in the Dcu of the future, and everything Legion of Super-Heroes!
Den of Geek: Since the New 52, Legion of Super-Heroes appearances have been sparse. Why is now the right time to return to the Legion?...
- 8/15/2019
- Den of Geek
Jim Dandy Jul 15, 2019
The Dark Multiverse brings DC's Metal Men back to life.
Doomsday Clock aside, the Metal Men have been curiously quiet since the Rebirth relaunch. Today, Dan Didio says to that "No More."
Spinning out of the seemingly endless font of ideas that was Dark Nights: Metal, DC Publisher Didio and art duo Shane Davis and Michelle Delecki are bringing the team of self-aware robot elements back into the Dcu. And true to their history, it sounds like their creator, Doctor Will Magnus, is a pretty big ass. They make their return and discover a warehouse of old, discarded robots, older versions of themselves, like sentient metal Venture Brothers, discarded by their creator. At the same time, Challenger Mountain - the mountain that burst through Gotham City at the start of the bananapants crossover book - starts leaking liquid Nth Metal, the mystical material that comprises the weapons of the Hawkpeople.
The Dark Multiverse brings DC's Metal Men back to life.
Doomsday Clock aside, the Metal Men have been curiously quiet since the Rebirth relaunch. Today, Dan Didio says to that "No More."
Spinning out of the seemingly endless font of ideas that was Dark Nights: Metal, DC Publisher Didio and art duo Shane Davis and Michelle Delecki are bringing the team of self-aware robot elements back into the Dcu. And true to their history, it sounds like their creator, Doctor Will Magnus, is a pretty big ass. They make their return and discover a warehouse of old, discarded robots, older versions of themselves, like sentient metal Venture Brothers, discarded by their creator. At the same time, Challenger Mountain - the mountain that burst through Gotham City at the start of the bananapants crossover book - starts leaking liquid Nth Metal, the mystical material that comprises the weapons of the Hawkpeople.
- 7/15/2019
- Den of Geek
Mike Cecchini Aug 15, 2019
Is there another show as packed with Superman and DC Comics lore as Krypton season 2? If there is, we haven't seen it!
This article consists of nothing but Krypton season 2 spoilers.
Who would have ever thought that the best DC Comics show on TV would turn out to be a Superman prequel? Well, to be fair, it's either Krypton or the bonkers and bizarrely sweet Doom Patrol. But Krypton managed to avoid nearly every single prequel pitfall in its first season, and then raised the stakes and flipped everything on its head with a reality altering season finale that opened the door to even crazier storytelling in season 2.
Well, Krypton season 2 brought countless opportunities to dive ever deeper into Superman and DC Comics lore. We're here to help keep track of it all. Let's get to work...
Krypton Season 2 Episode 1: Light-Years From Home
Read our review of "Light-Years From Home" here.
Is there another show as packed with Superman and DC Comics lore as Krypton season 2? If there is, we haven't seen it!
This article consists of nothing but Krypton season 2 spoilers.
Who would have ever thought that the best DC Comics show on TV would turn out to be a Superman prequel? Well, to be fair, it's either Krypton or the bonkers and bizarrely sweet Doom Patrol. But Krypton managed to avoid nearly every single prequel pitfall in its first season, and then raised the stakes and flipped everything on its head with a reality altering season finale that opened the door to even crazier storytelling in season 2.
Well, Krypton season 2 brought countless opportunities to dive ever deeper into Superman and DC Comics lore. We're here to help keep track of it all. Let's get to work...
Krypton Season 2 Episode 1: Light-Years From Home
Read our review of "Light-Years From Home" here.
- 6/13/2019
- Den of Geek
Syfy has set its sights on a DC Comics fan-favorite. Syfy and Warner Horizon Scripted Television confirm they are developing Lobo (working title), a live-action screen version of the intergalactic rogue. A deal is in place for Emmett J. Scanlan, who plays the character of Lobo in Krypton Season 2, to star in the project.
DC Comics fan-favorite Lobo is an indestructible deep-space bounty hunter who looks like a biker version of Beetlejuice, grouses like Wolverine, and has amassed an interstellar body count that would make The Mandalorian envious. In temperament and destructive power, Lobo is steroid-pumped Stich (of Lili & Stich) equipped with Mad Max sensibilities. He’s typically drenched in both sarcasm and blood, sharing many of the profane and lethal attributes of Fox’s Deadpool character.
Based on the characters from DC, this spinoff of Krypton, which premieres its second season tonight and chronicles the events on Superman’s...
DC Comics fan-favorite Lobo is an indestructible deep-space bounty hunter who looks like a biker version of Beetlejuice, grouses like Wolverine, and has amassed an interstellar body count that would make The Mandalorian envious. In temperament and destructive power, Lobo is steroid-pumped Stich (of Lili & Stich) equipped with Mad Max sensibilities. He’s typically drenched in both sarcasm and blood, sharing many of the profane and lethal attributes of Fox’s Deadpool character.
Based on the characters from DC, this spinoff of Krypton, which premieres its second season tonight and chronicles the events on Superman’s...
- 6/12/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Jim Dandy Jun 12, 2019
Lobo is coming to Krypton season 2 to frag some bastiches. Here's everything you need to know about The Main Man.
Krypton season 2 introduces...I was going to say “most unexpected,” but Adam Strange is already here so I guess Lobo is more like one of the most unexpected characters on the show. Lobo! The Main Man! The Last Czarnian! An unkillable force of the universe with no morals and a hunger for big bounties! But there’s a big question with his inclusion in an otherwise serious show:
Are they really doing this?
Lobo is a bit of a gag character. He’s an unstoppable intergalactic bounty hunter, originally introduced by Roger Silfer, Keith Giffen, and Mike DeCarlo in the pages of Omega Men #3 back in 1983. His original background was massively different from what it would eventually become, but the hyper-competent, amoral bounty hunter element was there from the start.
Lobo is coming to Krypton season 2 to frag some bastiches. Here's everything you need to know about The Main Man.
Krypton season 2 introduces...I was going to say “most unexpected,” but Adam Strange is already here so I guess Lobo is more like one of the most unexpected characters on the show. Lobo! The Main Man! The Last Czarnian! An unkillable force of the universe with no morals and a hunger for big bounties! But there’s a big question with his inclusion in an otherwise serious show:
Are they really doing this?
Lobo is a bit of a gag character. He’s an unstoppable intergalactic bounty hunter, originally introduced by Roger Silfer, Keith Giffen, and Mike DeCarlo in the pages of Omega Men #3 back in 1983. His original background was massively different from what it would eventually become, but the hyper-competent, amoral bounty hunter element was there from the start.
- 6/12/2019
- Den of Geek
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