Sunday, May 30, 2021

DCEU News: Batgirl Gets Directors, Green Lantern Casting and Netflix Vertigo Show News

Heading into the last day of the month, here's some of the latest DC news that we got during the month.

Batgirl has bagged itself directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys For Life) to helm the movie for HBO Max from a script by Christina Hodson. No release date confirmed for the movie yet.

Blue Beetle is also in pre production, according to the director. Casting will likely be announced in the next few months.

Ta-Nehisi Coates Superman reboot will be casting a black actor in the role of Kal El. Regina King is one of several rumoured directors for the movie.

Aquaman 2 will start filming in July in the UK. Jason Momoa co-wrote the script for the movie.

HBO Max have announced a brand new animated series called Batman: Caped Crusader. The series will be produced by JJ Abrams, Bruce Timm and Matt Reeves.

They'll also be doing My Adventures With Superman with Jack Quaid voicing the title role. The show has gotten a two season order.

Sam Richardson has been cast in a role for the third season of Harley Quinn.

Mark Strong has confirmed he will not be reprising his role of Dr Sivana for Shazam!: Fury Of The Gods.


The Sandman has added Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, the ancestor of John Constantine. Also joining the Netflix series are Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Patton Oswalt, Joely Richardson and many more.

Sweet Tooth will premiere on Netflix from June 4th. Robert Downey Jr is one of the executive producers for the series.

Titans third season will now premiere in August on HBO Max.

Injustice will be getting an animated movie.

Finn Wittrock and Jeremy Irvine have been cast as Guy Gardner and Alan Scott for the upcoming Green Lantern series on HBO Max. Filming will begin later in the year.

Batwoman and Legends Of Tomorrow will air on Wednesdays when they return in the autumn. The Flash will kick off a five episode arc with other heroes while Superman And Lois will return for its second season in 2022.

The CW have picked up Naomi for a series but passed on Painkiller.

Freddie Stroma has replaced Chris Conrad for the role of Vigilante in Peacemaker. The show will finish filming in July for a January 2022 premiere on HBO Max.


Meanwhile on June 8th and tying in with Pride Month ðŸŒˆ , there's DCPride, an anthology featuring several LGBT characters such as Batwoman, Midnighter, Apollo, Extrano, The Flash of Earth 11, Aquawoman, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn. John Constantine, Extrano, Pied Piper, Aqualad, The Question, Alan Scott, Obsidian, Crush and Dreamer. There will also be interviews with Matt Ryan, Nicole Maines, Javicia Leslie, Matt Bomer and Nafessa Williams. 

That's it for this month and Happy Pride everyone!!!!🌈🌈🌈🌈

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