SDCC News...on MCU, DCEU, and others
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shadowkatSan Diago Comic Con or SDCC did not disappoint this year:
The Trailers & Announcements from the Comic Con for Marvel Universe did not disappoint
They announced all their films and television series up to and including 2025. It's a huge slate. What's also interesting about it - is the heroes are mainly women and people of color. It's not the all white guy slate that was in the past. That's kind of huge.
* Ironheart (Riri Williams takes over the mantle from Downy Jr as Iron Man.) A Black Woman takes over Iron Man's Mantle.
* Echo - a spin-off from Hawkeye
* Agatha: Coven of Chaos - Spinoff from WandaVision
* She Hulk Attorney at Law
* Quantumania - Ant Man and the Wasp - features Cassie Lang, and focuses on the women more.
* DareDevil - Born Again
* Wakanda Forever - Namor is the new villain, and female heroes take center stage with Riri Williams making an appearance, and a new female Black Panther
* The Marvels
* Secret Invasion - starring Samuel L Jackson
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 - is the last of this series (introduces Adam Warlock)
* Loki S2
*Blade - Marshala Ali stars
* Captain America - New World Order
* Thunderbolts
* Fantastic 4 - Fall 2024
* Avengers - the Kang Dynasty - May 2025
* Avengers - Secret Wars - Fall2025
[This concludes the Multiverse Saga]
The interesting thing about the list..is 90% of the films/television series feature female or person of colors as the leads. I think only four or five out of the twenty some films/series feature white men. If you don't know how big a deal that is - then you've clearly not been watching action/super hero films for as long as I have. You wouldn't have seen that roster in 2008.
Trailers & Announcements from the Comic Con for DC Verse or Warner Brothers was a bit on the scant side
DC is struggling here, partly because they have not done what Marvel did, and invested in top-liner white male characters for too long, and not lesser know characters. Also their big Flash film is having all sorts of on-going casting and production issues. The latest? The actor portraying the lead has been accused of rape or sexual assault, and recently. So that film - which would have been the headliner - was yanked from the line up. Leaving them with just Shazam 2 and Black Adam, neither considered headliner films. And they are focusing more on villains and the Justice Society, because their headliner Justice League films haven't done that well.
List of trailers:
* Black Panther 2 trailer shows what’s next for Wakanda - BEST of the superhero trailers.
Shazam 2 trailer shows off the villains and introduces Rachel Zegler
Netflix’s The Sandman TV series has a trailer worth dreaming about - BEST of all of the Trailers.
New trailer for Rings of Power brings big battles and one familiar flaming enemy
First trailer for Tales of the Walking Dead reveals new sides of the zombie-filled world
Groot lets one rip in first trailer for I Am Groot short series
Dungeons & Dragons movie brings owlbears, gelatinous cubes, and mimics to life in first trailer
Feast your eyes on the first teaser for Teen Wolf: The Movie
Harvey Keitel’s returning to the National Treasure franchise
The Dragon Prince returns to Netflix with a time skip this winter
Gotham Knights’ Batgirl trailer shows Barbara Gordon stepping in to fill the Batman void
Star Trek: Lower Decks sets its parody sights on Deep Space 9 in new trailer
Keanu Reeves and Donnie Yen square off in a sword and gun fight in the John Wick 4 trailer
She-Hulk is joined by Daredevil in new trailer from San Diego Comic Con 2022
The metaverse comes for Mythic Quest in first season 3 teaser
New Black Adam trailer shows off the Justice Society, more antihero antics
Marvel’s Ironheart makes her MCU debut in the Black Panther 2 trailer
Interview with a Vampire gives fans first bite of the new series with a trailer
List of Announcements:
Here’s the official slate for Marvel’s Phase 5 and 6
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars will close out Marvel’s Phase 6
The new animated Avatar movie will star Aang and the Gaang as adults
Black Adam revealed its secret villain to San Diego Comic-Con fans only
The biggest news and announcements from Warner Bros.’ SDCC 2022 panel
Sarah Michelle Gellar joins the Teen Wolf universe
The Pokémon Squishmallows are exceptionally cute
Amazon has already ordered a third season of The Wheel of Time
Here’s everything Crunchyroll showed off at its 2022 Comic-Con industry panel
MultiVersus is adding LeBron James, Rick and Morty to roster
Marvel’s What If...? season 2 is coming early 2023 with more Captain Carter, Neil Gaiman’s 1602
X-Men ’97 reveals Magneto as new leader, plus season 2 on tap
The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes movie is now a romantic Walking Dead TV show
The Walking Dead’s last eight episodes come to AMC in October
Batman and Spawn will reunite in new story from Todd McFarlane
Daredevil returns with new Disney Plus series Daredevil: Born Again
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks crews will meet in a crossover event
Nick Fury and Marvel’s Secret Invasion are coming to Disney Plus in 2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will put a new spin on an old villain
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor toys show off Cal Kestis’ new look
Magic’s Unfinity set will include stickers so players can make their own cards
Marvel announces a Fantastic Four movie release date
**
Other big news coming out of the con..
* Sarah Michelle Gellar as a role in the new Wolf Pack series, as an arson investigator.
* Picard is bringing back the original cast of Star Trek Next Generation for S3 of Picard, also the final season of the series.
* And there's a lot of new fantasy shows dropping soon on streaming and in theaters...
[I found all of this cheering.]
The Trailers & Announcements from the Comic Con for Marvel Universe did not disappoint
They announced all their films and television series up to and including 2025. It's a huge slate. What's also interesting about it - is the heroes are mainly women and people of color. It's not the all white guy slate that was in the past. That's kind of huge.
* Ironheart (Riri Williams takes over the mantle from Downy Jr as Iron Man.) A Black Woman takes over Iron Man's Mantle.
* Echo - a spin-off from Hawkeye
* Agatha: Coven of Chaos - Spinoff from WandaVision
* She Hulk Attorney at Law
* Quantumania - Ant Man and the Wasp - features Cassie Lang, and focuses on the women more.
* DareDevil - Born Again
* Wakanda Forever - Namor is the new villain, and female heroes take center stage with Riri Williams making an appearance, and a new female Black Panther
* The Marvels
* Secret Invasion - starring Samuel L Jackson
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 - is the last of this series (introduces Adam Warlock)
* Loki S2
*Blade - Marshala Ali stars
* Captain America - New World Order
* Thunderbolts
* Fantastic 4 - Fall 2024
* Avengers - the Kang Dynasty - May 2025
* Avengers - Secret Wars - Fall2025
[This concludes the Multiverse Saga]
The interesting thing about the list..is 90% of the films/television series feature female or person of colors as the leads. I think only four or five out of the twenty some films/series feature white men. If you don't know how big a deal that is - then you've clearly not been watching action/super hero films for as long as I have. You wouldn't have seen that roster in 2008.
Trailers & Announcements from the Comic Con for DC Verse or Warner Brothers was a bit on the scant side
DC is struggling here, partly because they have not done what Marvel did, and invested in top-liner white male characters for too long, and not lesser know characters. Also their big Flash film is having all sorts of on-going casting and production issues. The latest? The actor portraying the lead has been accused of rape or sexual assault, and recently. So that film - which would have been the headliner - was yanked from the line up. Leaving them with just Shazam 2 and Black Adam, neither considered headliner films. And they are focusing more on villains and the Justice Society, because their headliner Justice League films haven't done that well.
List of trailers:
* Black Panther 2 trailer shows what’s next for Wakanda - BEST of the superhero trailers.
Shazam 2 trailer shows off the villains and introduces Rachel Zegler
Netflix’s The Sandman TV series has a trailer worth dreaming about - BEST of all of the Trailers.
New trailer for Rings of Power brings big battles and one familiar flaming enemy
First trailer for Tales of the Walking Dead reveals new sides of the zombie-filled world
Groot lets one rip in first trailer for I Am Groot short series
Dungeons & Dragons movie brings owlbears, gelatinous cubes, and mimics to life in first trailer
Feast your eyes on the first teaser for Teen Wolf: The Movie
Harvey Keitel’s returning to the National Treasure franchise
The Dragon Prince returns to Netflix with a time skip this winter
Gotham Knights’ Batgirl trailer shows Barbara Gordon stepping in to fill the Batman void
Star Trek: Lower Decks sets its parody sights on Deep Space 9 in new trailer
Keanu Reeves and Donnie Yen square off in a sword and gun fight in the John Wick 4 trailer
She-Hulk is joined by Daredevil in new trailer from San Diego Comic Con 2022
The metaverse comes for Mythic Quest in first season 3 teaser
New Black Adam trailer shows off the Justice Society, more antihero antics
Marvel’s Ironheart makes her MCU debut in the Black Panther 2 trailer
Interview with a Vampire gives fans first bite of the new series with a trailer
List of Announcements:
Here’s the official slate for Marvel’s Phase 5 and 6
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars will close out Marvel’s Phase 6
The new animated Avatar movie will star Aang and the Gaang as adults
Black Adam revealed its secret villain to San Diego Comic-Con fans only
The biggest news and announcements from Warner Bros.’ SDCC 2022 panel
Sarah Michelle Gellar joins the Teen Wolf universe
The Pokémon Squishmallows are exceptionally cute
Amazon has already ordered a third season of The Wheel of Time
Here’s everything Crunchyroll showed off at its 2022 Comic-Con industry panel
MultiVersus is adding LeBron James, Rick and Morty to roster
Marvel’s What If...? season 2 is coming early 2023 with more Captain Carter, Neil Gaiman’s 1602
X-Men ’97 reveals Magneto as new leader, plus season 2 on tap
The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes movie is now a romantic Walking Dead TV show
The Walking Dead’s last eight episodes come to AMC in October
Batman and Spawn will reunite in new story from Todd McFarlane
Daredevil returns with new Disney Plus series Daredevil: Born Again
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks crews will meet in a crossover event
Nick Fury and Marvel’s Secret Invasion are coming to Disney Plus in 2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will put a new spin on an old villain
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor toys show off Cal Kestis’ new look
Magic’s Unfinity set will include stickers so players can make their own cards
Marvel announces a Fantastic Four movie release date
**
Other big news coming out of the con..
* Sarah Michelle Gellar as a role in the new Wolf Pack series, as an arson investigator.
* Picard is bringing back the original cast of Star Trek Next Generation for S3 of Picard, also the final season of the series.
* And there's a lot of new fantasy shows dropping soon on streaming and in theaters...
[I found all of this cheering.]
Re: Re: SDCC Reactions
Date: 2022-07-26 01:00 am (UTC)2. Who is the new Black Panther? Nakia? Shuri? How about Okoye? M'Baku? Does Killmonger come out of Atlantean deep freeze and make another play for the title?
According to the Trailer and SDCC - the new black panther is played by Lupita Nyong, or is Nakia.
(It's not a man. Lupita is wearing the custom, and this is actually in keeping with the comics. They flirted with Shuri, but ran into issues with the actress (who refused to be vaccinated or wear a mask).
So, it's really not a mystery.
Who is the new ruler? Is Ramonda the ruling monarch now, instead of Queen Mother? Or is Princess Shuri running things? (Does Wakanda even WANT a monarchy anymore?)
My guess is Nakia - who most likely married T'Challa, and is taking over for him.
They made the choice not to bring back Killmonger, and to not recast T'Challa, instead they followed the comics - which also killed off T'Challa for a bit, and had his sister, and then his wife play the role and rule.
It also fits with a trend in the MCU Phase 4 which is tilting towards People of Color and Women in the lead roles.
4. They have chosen to go the "Epic" or "Good Omens" route with Sandman and not the anthology route which was in the comics. Neil Gaiman breaks down the trailer and explains in detail the choices they made, and why. The Cover artist of the Sandman comics is doing the credits sequence. (Gaiman is fantastic at credits sequences - the Good Omens credit sequence is among the best I've ever seen). They apparently chose to focus more on one villain, and on Dream's Journey back after being caged for so long, to reclaim control over his realm.
I'm looking forward to it. I don't know how well it'll do - although Sandman has a huge fan base. I'm not part of the fan base. I barely read all of Preludes and Nocturns, I jump in and out of the comics, because they are more anthology than serial based, and Gaiman...is more into world-building than character/plot building. He's a gardner not a plotter - he likes to wander off and plant some wild vine, when he should be tending to the roses. Kind of the comic book version of GRR Martin.
Although with fantasy - it's almost better if you are like that. Fantasy fans prefer gardners to plotters, because in fantasy its all about the world building and details.
4. Amber Heard is being edited out of Aquaman? WHY?! She hasn't killed or assaulted anyone, or tortured puppies. So she was in a toxic relationship with an asshole, there was a big trial, and a few idiots on the internet didn't like her. So? Is that a reason to spend untold millions slicing up a potential tent pole superhero movie? I thought the bean counters at Warners wanted to MAKE money....
Sigh. It's complicated. Ugly. And headache-inducing. Plus from the court case - it's really not clear who the abuser was in this. As far as I can tell from a very safe distance, Depp won the case. Heard is appealing. And WB is well...skittish.
[Also this not helped by the fact that Heard is...a bit of a right-winger? And has said some things that were ahem anti-LGBTA. So politically correct - she's not.]
It's not really clear if they've replaced her or cut her. Rumor is that she has, she denies it. If they plan to recast or cut her - they need to move fast - the film is due for release in March 2023.
But, it has issues - people, particularly women, really dislike her.
Heard Denies Being Cut from Aguaman.
You might care. I don't. I don't care about Aquaman. I didn't like the first film all that much - I found it cringe inducing in places. Let's hope Marvel does a better job with Namor.
5. DC's problem is the showrunners. Geoff Johns from all reports was a bit of a tool. They stole Whedon from Marvel hoping to get a bit of Marvel's magic, not realizing that Marvel had dumped Whedon prior to the steal. Marvel was taking out the trash. DC kept picking it up.
Jim Lee used to be with Marvel too - back in the 1990s. And he's by no means stellar.
Also DC's other problem is they built their verse around the Dark Knight. Marvel kind of did that too with Iron Man, but Iron Man is a tongue in cheek take on Batman, and doesn't take himself quite so seriously - also Marvel went with charismatic actor and brought him front and center, as opposed to pulling the villains front and center, and putting Batman in the shadows, and highlighting an auteur director. You don't want auteur directors on superhero flicks - you want directors who can get the job done and make the actors happy. The audience of a superhero flick doesn't generally speaking pay all that much attention to the director, they care who stars in it - and how close it is to the source material.
They need to go back to the lighter touch of Richard Donner's Superman, and pull away from Snyder and Nolan and Burton's darker influences. Also, I'd back away a bit from Batman, and focus more on lesser known characters like say Nova, Nightwing, Black Canary, Green Arrow, etc. Also get away from the villains.