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‘Lanterns’ Is Looking Like the True Detective of Comic Book Shows. Here’s Everything We Know

‘Lanterns’ Is Looking Like the True Detective of Comic Book Shows. Here’s Everything We Know

Published by Jenni Sidey

With all the superhero slop that has hit streamers over the past half-decade, it’s been a long time since we were excited for a comic-book show. But Lanterns, the next TV series to launch from James Gunn and Peter Safran’s rebooted DC Universe, is looking increasingly like a strong antidote to our small-screen superhero antipathy. It has a stacked creative team, led by Lost and Watchmen maestro Damon Lindelof—and a vibe that has drawn comparisons to the first season of True Detective. Early trailers have looked pretty damn good. Hitting HBO Max in mid-August, Lanterns will take DC’s fan-favorite Green Lanterns—the cops of the cosmos, essentially, whose super-charged super-rings give them the power to conjure green-tinted shields, weapons, and anything they can really imagine, out of nothingness—and bring them to Earth, for a grounded, gritty detective mystery that seems tonally in line with the aforementioned prestige masterwork. It’s another bold genre swing amid Gunn and Safran’s quest to revitalize DC Studios across media: with Superman, they won acclaim for revitalizing classic Golden Age comic-book style, …

‘The Batman: Part II’ Cast Picks Up Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Brian Tyree Henry and More

‘The Batman: Part II’ Cast Picks Up Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Brian Tyree Henry and More

Published by Jenni Sidey

We’re still a ways away from seeing The Batman: Part II. Director Matt Reeves’ hotly-anticipated sequel to The Batman—an icon-rebooting three-hour epic featuring a noir sensibility, a lot of Nirvana music, and a bold, brooding performance by Robert Pattinson as an emo-hardcore incarnation of the Caped Crusader—isn’t set to bow until October 1, 2027. But as production ramps up, Reeves took to Twitter to run back his casting gimmick from 2019, where he slowly debuted each cast member in the form of a GIF. It’s like the Avengers: Doomsday chairs livestream, only less arduous. Outside of the new and returning cast, details on Part II are still pretty thin. We know from some camera tests and from the end of the first film that the sequel will be set during a Gotham winter. Otherwise, Reeves is keeping the plot more secure than the Joker at Arkham. (Perhaps that’s a poor analogy considering how routinely the Joker seems to escape, but you get the point.) One key cast member from The Batman who wasn’t mentioned in …

How Wonder Woman Lifted Primetime TV 50 Years Ago

How Wonder Woman Lifted Primetime TV 50 Years Ago

Published by Daniella Wilson

Lynda Carter lassoed TV viewers half a century ago with her star-making turn on Wonder Woman. Following the success of its Adam West-led Batman in the 1960s, ABC set its sights on fellow DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman, aka Diana Prince, an Amazon princess aided by her Lasso of Truth, bulletproof bracelets and invisible plane. After a pilot in 1974 that starred Cathy Lee Crosby did not move forward, the network tried again, this time with Stanley Ralph Ross’ script for The New Original Wonder Woman. Future Charlie’s Angels stars Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith were considered for the lead until Carter, who won Miss World USA in 1972 and had only a few small roles to her name, nabbed the part. Co-starring Lyle Waggoner as pilot Steve Trevor, the project was set amid World War II as Wonder Woman fought to keep America safe. After the pilot film debuted to strong ratings, ABC added two one-hour specials, the first of which aired April 21, 1976. While the first season remained popular, ABC balked at …

DC’s Absolute Batman Makes Superstars Out of Artists

DC’s Absolute Batman Makes Superstars Out of Artists

Published by Daniella Wilson

At the end of January, comic artists Nick Dragotta and Daniel Warren Johnson sat at two separate tables in a small conference room at a Marriott Hotel in Monterey Park, Calif. From morning to deep into the night, they signed comic book after comic book, while workers carefully took the issues and placed them into holders to be graded and slabbed for preservation.  Fueled on coffee and with breaks for lunch and dinner, the two men signed more than 15,000, maybe even upwards of 20,000 comics, in a span of four days under the watchful eyes of reps for a signing and grading company charged with handling the comics. Despite being bleary-eyed, it was a relatively quiet affair for the duo, who have been friends since the 2010s. The days were peppered with light conversation under the whirring of miniature fans that dried the ink on the comics’ covers. Dragotta , who is the regular monthly artist for DC’s Absolute Batman title, and Johnson, the indie creator who last year wrote and drew the Absolute Batman annual, have emerged …