Monday, August 30, 2021

DCEU News: Black Canary Flies Solo, Blue Beetle Cast And The Latest CW Crossover Event Revealed

It's been a busy month with a lot of news items being revealed. Some genuinely exciting stuff coming on the horizon for DC fans.

Jurnee Smollett will reprising her role as Dinah Lance in a solo Black Canary movie for HBO Max. Misha Green will be penning the script. 

Pre-production for the Batgirl HBO Max film has begun. There are rumours that Michael Keaton's Batman might be appearing in the movie.

Black Adam and Shazam!: Fury Of The Gods are nearing completion with several cast members from both films having finished up.

Xolo MaridueƱa has been cast as Blue Beetle for the HBO Max movie. Filming will begin later in the year.

Elizabeth Gilles will be voicing the title role in upcoming animated movie, Catwoman: Hunted, due for an early 2022 release. The Injustice animated movie will be released in October.

Ben Affleck will finally film his scenes for The Flash in September. Set pics have revealed that characters such as David Singh, Patty Spivot, Gary, Ed Wade and Albert Desmond will appear in the movie.

Speaking of The Flash, the CW's five episode event will be titled Armageddon and has cast Tony Curran as Despero. Other cast members due to appear are Cress Williams, Chyler Leigh, Brandon Routh, Katherine McNamara, Osiric Chau, Neal McDonough  and Tom Cavanagh.

Filming has begun for the first season of Naomi while the second season of Superman And Lois will begin filming from September 27th.

Netflix have renewed Sweet Tooth for a second season while filming for The Sandman has wrapped.

Y: The Last Man, starring Ben Schnetzer in the title role will premiere on FX on Hulu from September 13th. UK viewers will get it on Disney+

The sixth and final season of Lucifer will be released on Netflix from September 10th. It will consist of ten episodes.

Bridget Regan has been cast as Poison Ivy for the third season of Batwoman. The upcoming season will also feature Mr Freeze, Nora Fries and Killer Croc.

DCFanDome panels will be able to be seen on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Twitch this year. The event will happen on October 16th.

Exciting stuff ahead, huh?

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