This week, we’re planning out our Comic-Con@home panels, Batman gets a Gotham spinoff…again, new trailers for The Umbrella Academy and The Boys, and more!
Quaranstream: Man of Steel, Palm Springs, Warrior Nun
News
Comic-Con@Home
- No Marvel Studios or Warner Bros. (DC) panels this year
- More individual ‘cons’ this year
- Thursday highlights:
- The Boys, Superstore, lots of Comic Books
- Friday points:
- Mandalorian, Star Wars publishing, Joss Whedon, Walking Dead shows
The Boys
- Season 2 trailer dropped
- September 4 on Amazon Prime
The Umbrella Academy
- Season 2 trailer release
- July 31 on Netflix
The Sandman (Audible)
- First teaser of audio series from Book 4 of Preludes and Nocturnes released
- July 15 for first part
Star Wars
- The Empire Strikes Back returned to #1 at box office for the first time in 23 years (since re-release)
X-Men
- Days of Future Past is not edited for Disney+
- Full F bomb and butts intact
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS5)
Batwoman
- Javicia Leslie taking over as Batwoman for season 2
- Playing new character Ryan Wilder who inherits the cape/cowl
Stargirl
- Renewed for second season, moving to the CW exclusively
- Was shared with DCUniverse service
Gotham PD
- A spinoff show from The Batman universe to serve as Prequel to film
- Show gotham’s descent into criminals and corruption
- HBO Max series
- “Intent to launch a new Batman Universe across multiple platforms.”
- Non-DCEU Batman?
Constantine
- J.J. Abrams reportedly developing new live action movie for WB
- Same feel as Justice League Dark HBO Max show and Zatanna movie
- Keanu Reeves to celebrate 15th anniversary during Comic-Con@Home
Justice League: Rebirth
- WB planning a JL movie that soft reboots the Justice League as we know it
- Include characters from that film (Aquaman, Wonder Woman) but incorporate new ones (Shazam, new Batman)
- Should it be a Crisis movie instead?
Tron 3
- Film back on track at Disney with Jared Leto involved
Power Rangers
- New movie reboot could be set in TV show continuity
- Involve time-travel/crossovers
Monster Hunter
- The film pushed to 2021
- Moved from September 4 to April 23, 2021
Ready Player Two
- Novel sequel to come out this November
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