Sunday, February 28, 2021

DCEU News: Snyder Cut Approaches, A Kryptonian Reboot And More

It has been an extremely busy month for DC fans with the imminent arrival of a certain movie, discussion on upcoming streaming shows and certain movies that are entering production. Shall we?

Zack Snyder's Justice League will be streaming on HBO Max as well as getting international releases from March 18th and the movie will clock in at four hours and two minutes with some timed chapters to allow people for breaks. At this rate, you've seen all the trailers, read various interviews with Snyder himself and probably have guessed the cliff hanger ending, so there's not much else left to discuss until the movie's release.

Meanwhile The Flash still scheduled for November 4th 2022 for now has finally added another cast member to the list. The Young And The Restless star Sasha Calle will be taking on the role of Supergirl for the Multiverse themed movie. Other cast members are Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton and Billy Crudup but with filming scheduled for the end of April, expect more casting news pretty soon.

Arguably the biggest news reveal and  one that's proving to be a mixed bag with fans so far was the announcement of the inevitable Superman reboot, which will not see Henry Cavill return in the title role but instead cast a black actor, possibly taking on the Val Zod or Calvin Ellis version of the character. This reboot will be produced by JJ Abrams and written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has previously written for Marvel titles such as Black Panther and Captain America.


Black Adam might still be looking for a new release date at the moment but it does at least have another cast member with Jafar himself, Marwan Kenzari added in an undisclosed role (though it was rumoured he would be playing the villain, Sabbac a few months ago). Casting has yet to be announced for Doctor Fate, Red Tornado and Osiris and filming is slated to start in April.

Meanwhile Shazam!: Fury Of The Gods has cast West Side Story actor Rachel Zegler in an undisclosed role and while other details have yet to be revealed about the sequel for the 2019 movie, we do know that filming is meant to be starting in May and that the movie is slated for a June 2nd 2023 release.

Another future movie we can add to the pile for the DCEU will be Blue Beetle, which will focus on the Jaime Reyes version of the character and will be directed by Angel Manuel Soto from a script by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer with Zev Foreman as an executive producer. Filming is slated for Autumn 2021 but no release has been given yet, though casting for the title role should be coming soon.

On the HBO Max streaming front, writer Guy Bolton will be bringing John Constantine to the platform in a series that will be produced by JJ Abrams, will cast a 20 something BIPOC actor in the title and focus more on the horror aspect than religious ones. Elsewhere casting for the Green Lantern series is on the way as filming is set to happen in April, there's a really hideous first look still for the upcoming Aquaman: King Of Atlantis series and Peacemaker will debut from January 2022 and has added  Nhut Le as Judomaster to the cast.

That's a lot of news this month. What are you looking forward most or least, DC wise?

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