In the time before time, many generations ago, before the elders told the great tales, we didn’t have jack-shit to watch on TV when Summer came around. All of our favorite shows went on hiatus for the summer and didn’t return until the Fall. NO LONGER! Those dark days are behind us now. Now some of my favorite shows on TV and Streaming, are premiering throughout the Summer. Some of these fantastic series have dropped new trailers, to tantalize us as we wait for their premieres in the weeks and months to come. Takes a look at the trailers below!:
The Boys: Season 4 (Premieres 6/13 on PrimeVideo)
My Adventures with Superman: Season 2 (Premieres 2/25 on Adult Swim)
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths (Part III) 4K, Blu-Ray, & Streaming (Release Date TBD)
The Acolyte (Premieres 6/4 on Disney+)
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UPDATED: The first trailer for Joker 2 or JOKER: Folie A Deux has dropped and it’s intriguing to say the least. You can check it out below. We also have the poster for the film, as well as mood setting piece of dialogue from Lady Gaga, as Harley Quinn, on TikTok, which you can check out below.
We’ll have more coverage to come, breaking down and analyzing the trailer, here on the website.
JOKER: Folie A Deux opens 0n 10/4/24
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Ben Affleck may have been my favorite on screen incarnation of The Dark Knight, but 2022’s The Batman directed by Matt Reeves, was definitely my favorite live-action Batman movie. It finally showcased one of the Top 3 most fundamental aspects of the character, that had yet to be the focus of any of his other live-action, big screen counterparts: He’s The World’s Greatest Detective! Maybe he hadn’t quite reached the “World’s Greatest” part yet by the end of The Batman, but Bat-tinson was well on his way, he’s still new at the job! Regardless, we finally had a Batman movie that was a detective story. You know, where Batman’s an actual fucking detective! It’s kind of an important part of the character. Batman should be Sherlock in a cape and cowl. But I digress…
One of the highlights of the film was Colin Farrell, who was fantastic in his supporting role as Oswald Cobblepot, a.k.a. Oz, a.k.a.The Penguin. At the end of 2022’s The Batman, crimeboss Carmine Falcone‘s death, along with several other players in his organization, had left a vacuum in the Gotham underworld. Nature abhors a vacuum, especially in Gotham City. As we wait for The Batman Part II, this fall HBO is premiering The Penguin, a new miniseries focusing on Oz’s rise to power as Kingpin of Gotham, after the events of the first film.
With Robert Pattionson confirmed to make an appearance on the show, the miniseries will directly tie into Matt Reeves’ upcoming The Batman Part II. So you think of The Penguin as almost like The Batman 1.5, if you will. It’ll be interesting to see who else from The Batman mythos will pop up in the series.
Unfortunately, because of The 2023 Actor and Writer strikes, everything has been pushed back, including the series, which should have come out last year. In the wake of the strike, even The Batman Part II doesn’t have a concrete releases date yet. While the film is definitely still happening, it’s much more likely to expect it in the second half of 2025 or Spring/Summer 2026.
Fan made posters for The Batman Part II
In the meantime, it looks like we have a great new series, further fleshing out the world of this Gotham City. I know I’m psyched. Take a look at the trailer below:
The Penguin premieres this Fall on HBO Max
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I make no bones about it, I’m a Zack Snyder fan. I know he’s a polarizing filmmaker, but win or lose, he really swings for the fences. I love his DC trilogy of Man of Steel, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition), and Zack Snyder’s Justice League. It feels like Snyder’s personal, self contained DC Universe, that tells it’s own cool (if incomplete) story across the three films.
After playing around with Superheroes for nearly a decade, Zack Snyder has moved on to a new genre, creating his own sci-fi epic space opera, with Rebel Moon. As part of Snyder’s ongoing partnership with Netflix, Rebel Moon will be released exclusively on the streaming giant. Check out the full trailer right here:
Say what you want about Zack Snyder, but you gotta admit this looks absolutely gorgeous. His films have an incredible visual flair, that never fails to impress. I know some moviegoers think he’s all style and no substance or that this is basically Zack Snyder‘s Star Wars, and I totally understand those criticisms. Zack Snyder isn’t for everyone.
Personally, while I acknowledge his flaws as a filmmaker, I really like his movies. Some, I even flat out love. So I’m extremely excited for Rebel Moon. I dug the hell out of this trailer. I just love movies like this, it’s right up my alley and I think it looks like a blast.
The film’s lead, Sofia Boutella playing the hero in Rebel Moon
Here’s the movie’s official synopsis:
From Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, comes REBEL MOON, an epic science-fantasy event decades in the making. When a peaceful colony on the edge of a galaxy finds itself threatened by the armies of a tyrannical ruling force, Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger living among the villagers, becomes their best hope for survival. Tasked with finding trained fighters who will unite with her in making an impossible stand against the Mother World, Kora assembles a small band of warriors – outsiders, insurgents, peasants and orphans of war from different worlds who share a common need for redemption and revenge. As the shadow of an entire Realm bears down on the unlikeliest of moons, a battle over the fate of a galaxy is waged, and in the process, a new army of heroes is formed.
I’m always happy to see Charlie Hunnam pop up in a movie or series
I really dig the casting as well. There are a few faces you probably recognize, but they’re certainly aren’t any “big names”. However, there are some fan favorites in there. Here’s a look at most of the main cast…
The cast of Rebel Moon: Djimon Hounsou, Bae Doona, Michiel Huisman, Charlie Hunnam, E. Duffy, Sofia Boutella, Clay Enos, Ray Fisher, and Staz Nair
Rebel Moon is this month’s cover story for my personal favorite movie periodical, Empire Magazine.
The Sci-fi epic will be released on Netflix in two parts:
Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire premiering 12/22/2023
Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver premiering 4/19/2024
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Disney+ and Lucasfilm have dropped a brand new trailer for the upcoming Star Wars series, Ahsoka. The 8 episode first season is debuting with a 2-episode premiere, on Disney+, August 23rd. The series takes place in the same time period as The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Ahsoka follows Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, the former padawan of Anakin Skywalker, as she deals with reemergence of a deadly former adversary, Grand Admiral Thrawn. Check out the trailer right here:
I’m particularly excited for this new series for a number of reasons. Ahsoka is one of my favorite Star Wars characters, I’ve followed her journey from when she was introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars to her surprise return in Star Wars Rebels to her live action debut in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Which brings me to another reason this series is such a big deal for me, it’s basically a live-action sequel series to Star Wars Rebels. Rebels is easily among my most beloved pieces of Star Wars canon. As you can see in the trailer, the show features the live-action appearances of almost all of the Rebels cast…
General Hera Syndulla, captain of The Ghost, my favorite starship this side of The Millennium Falcon…
Mandalorian warrior and artist, Sabine Wren, the onetime wielder of The Darksaber…
Chopper, the best droid in all of Star Wars not called R2-D2…
…and exiled Jedi Knight, Ezra Bridger.
Additional characters like Captain Rex and others are returning as well.
However, the biggest draw has to be “The Big Bad” of the series, fan favorite villain, Grand Admiral Thrawn. Thrawn first appeared in The Heir to The Empire trilogy of books written by Timothy Zahn in the 90’s. As part of Star Wars Legends, the books chronicled the events following Return of The Jedi. Thrawn was one of The Empire’s highest ranking officer’s and The Emperor’s right hand, second only to Darth Vader. Though he wasn’t a Force user, his brilliant mind, working like an evil Sherlock Holmes, made him just as dangerous (if not more so) than Vader or Palpetine. He was such a cunning tactician, that he very nearly succeeded in rebuilding The Empire and crippling the nascent New Republic. When Disney bought Lucasfilm the novels were no longer considered canon. However, the character was restored to canon when he appeared in Star Wars Rebels as the main antagonist of the final few seasons. Lars Mikelsen who voiced the character in Star Wars Rebels is also returning to play Thrawn in Ahsoka, which is really cool.
The last few Star Wars miniseries from Disney+ have left me a little cold, so hopefully this show will be a return to form for a galaxy far, far away.
Ahsoka premiers on Disney+ August 23rd.
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“Who do you trust?” The first episode of Marvel’s latest Disney+ series, Secret Invasion, has arrived and after watching the first episode, I can definitely say that the latest MCU adventure is off to a great start.
Right off the bat, I wanted to keep this one pretty SPOILER-FREE. So if you haven’t seen it yet, you should be good reading this review. Anyway, when Marvel began producing big budget, movie quality MCU shows on Disney+, they launched with three flagship series: WandaVision, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and Loki. All three both fantastic and unique. Each series was in it’s own genre and showed us completely different parts of The MCU. If I had to pick, I’d say Loki was definitely my favorite. The subsequent Disney+/MCU shows we’re all interesting or cool in their own way, but so far, none of them have quite reached the heights of WandaVision, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and Loki. However, after watching the first episode of Secret Invasion, there’s definitely the potential here for another first rate Marvel show.
Secret Invasion is based on the comic book miniseries of they same name, written by Brian Michael Bendis. Whenever Marvel has adapted a specific storyline from the comic books, like Civil War for example, it’s usually a loose adaptation that changes elements of the original story to better fit what works within The MCU. They’re more like reimaginings that share certain elements. So far that’s been a great formula. I don’t necessarily want to see 1-for-1 adaptations of these stories. Comics are very different from films or television, so each medium plays to it’s strengths when telling stories like this.
The best thing about Secret Invasion is that this is Nick Fury’s story. Nick Fury is such an interesting character and Samuel L. Jackson is (as usual) fantastic. I’m happy Marvel went with a miniseries instead of a solo movie for their Nick Fury-centric project. If Marvel decided to give Nick Fury a solo film, it would probably have looked a lot like Black Widow. Fury deserves something grander than that. The threat of a shape shifting alien race, The Skrull, infiltrating our world at the highest levels, with the goal of making Earth their new home, certainly fits the bill. The Skrull made their first appearance in The MCU in 2019’s Captain Marvel.The Skrull need a new home world and they’ve got their sights set on Earth. How do you combat an existential threat like this? Who do you trust? Have they infiltrated The White House? The Avengers? Is the person you think you’ve known for years, not who they appear to be? This why Secret Invasion is the perfect way to tell a great NIck Fury story. Shadowy threats lurking in the darkness. Secrets and double crosses. Subterfuge and spy craft. This is Nick Fury’s world. Fury isn’t just a spy, as Tony Stark once said, “He’s THE Spy. His secrets have secrets”. But has Fury lost a step? Is he still THE Nick Fury? That’s the question the series asks, at least in the first episode.
What we end up with is a sci-fi, spy thriller and it works great. The cast is fantastic with Ben Mendelssohn returning as Talos, a “good” Skrull and an old friend of Fury’s, Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clark plays Talos’ estranged daughter, as well as Don Cheadle as James “Rhodey” Rhodes, Martin Freeman as Everett Ross, and Colbie Smulders as Maria Hill.
Don’t come into the show expecting a non-stop action extravaganza like The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. This is a spy thrillers, so it’s a little slower and builds tension. Which works perfect here, it’s exactly what this show needs to be, it’s what makes it compelling. The show does a great job showing the audience what’s at stake. You catch on pretty quickly to why this would be such a dangerous situation, and it has some interesting real world parallels.
With Nick Fury at the center, a chilling threat, and a great cast, this was an excellent start to Secret Invasion. There’s huge potential here and I hope the rest of the series lives up to the promise shown in its first episode.
Secret Invasion will be a 6-part miniseries with new episodes premiering each Wednesday on Disney+.
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This article is probably a little late to the game, but I wanted to put my two cents in anyway, so I appreciate your indulgence. Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.3, is the latest installment in Phase 5 of The Marvel Cinematic Universe. Director James Gunn has always said that the 3rd film would the swan song for this iteration of the team. The final film telling the story of a group of broken people, coming together to form an unlikely family. Helping each other heal from the traumas of their past, to become something better. Of course, other great characters like Mantis, Nebula, Yondu, Kraglin, and Cosmo have joined the family of the course of the films, but the core team has always been Peter Quill, Drax, Gamora, Groot, and Rocket. The original team that we fell in love with almost ten years ago.
Vol.3 is with out a doubt, Rocket’s movie. While all of the characters are expertly handled, and each have their moments to shine, this is Rocket’s story through and through. Vol.3 brings the character’s arc, across the Guardians and Avengers films, to a beautiful and satisfying conclusion.
To be clear, just because this is the conclusion to this iteration of the Guardians of The Galaxy, that doesn’t mean that we’ll never see these characters again or they’ll never be another Guardians project. James Gunn is concluding the story he began telling with Guardians of The Galaxy in 2014. It’s just like how TheMCU’s The Infinity Saga concluded with Avengers: Endgame, but The MCU continued on. The new status quo that we have by the end of the movie, offers up some intriguing possibilities for future projects in this corner of The Marvel Cinematic Universe. Anyway, you can check out both episodes of our two-part Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.3 podcast below. FULL SPOILERS for all of The Guardians of The Galaxy films, as well as Infinity War and Endgame. As always, thanks for listening and enjoy!
Check out both installments of out 2-Part Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.3 podcast below…
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Marvel just dropped the first trailer for The Marvels, the upcoming sequel to Captain Marvel. The film will be more of a team-up movie than it’s predecessor, with Carol Danvers teaming up with Kamala Khan from Ms Marvel and Monica Rambeau from WandaVision. Of course let’s not forget none other than Nick Fury himself is along for the ride. I think this looks like a blast! Check out the trailer right here:
Our heroes will be facing off against a Kree revolutionary called Dar-Benn (Man, those Kree are just a bunch of assholes). Interestingly she’s seen wielding the cosmic hammer of a Kree Accuser, like the one used by Ronan The Accuser in Guardians of The Galaxy and Captain Marvel.
The film’s villain, Dar-Benn. A dangerous Kree warrior.
Here’s the official synopsis: “In Marvel Studios’ The Marvels, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up to learn to work in concert to save the universe as ‘The Marvels.”
Sounds like a hell of a lot of fun to me! The Marvels hits theaters November 10th.
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We had three exciting new trailers for upcoming projects drop this week. They’re all exciting in their own way, so let’s dive right in and check them out!
SECRET INVASION
I love Nick Fury! So it’s really cool to see him headlining his own MCU project, especially with Ben Mendelsohn, who is such a fantastic actor. I love Don Cheadle’s line from the trailer when Rhodey says to Fury “You’re the most wanted man on the planet.”. That is the exact type of situation Nick Fury should be in, in a Nick Fury movie or story. I really dug up this trailer! It looked very cinematic, had I not known it was a television miniseries. I would’ve thought it was a movie that would be released in theaters.
Here’s the official synopsis: “Fury and Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) try to stop the Skrulls who have infiltrated the highest spheres of the Marvel Universe.”
In addition, to returning characters, like Talos, we have a few new faces in this project. Emelia Clarke is playing G’iah, daughter of Ben Mendelsohn’s Talos. We first met her character as a little girl in 2019’s Captain Marvel.
Secret Invasion Premieres on Disney+ June 21st!
BLUE BEETLE
Blue beetle was originally intended to be released directly on to the HBO max streaming platform. But the studio and other people within the industry, who would given their insight, works also impressed by the film that they decided to release theatrically. I can see why they would make that choice, because this looks like a lot of fun. Take a look at the movie’s official synopsis:
Mexican-American teenager Jaime Reyes gains super powers when a mysterious scarab binds to his spine and provides him with a powerful suit of blue alien armour.
Jaime Reyes AKA The Blue Beetle
Jaime isn’t the first Blue Bettle, that honor goes to a man named Ted Kord. Kord was a brilliant science and the head of Kord Industries. Like Batman, Ted didnt have superpowers, instead relying his intelligence, physical skill, and the advanced tech. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Ted Coord, but at the bottom is at the end of the day he was really just a poor man’s Batman. Interestingly, enough the character night owl from Alan Moore’s seminal, classic Watchmen was loosely based on, and inspired by Blue Bettle.
Ted Kord
The Original Blue Beetle
It’s not clear if Ted Kord has any role in this movie. However, there is a brief glimpse in the trailer of the characters riding in “The Bug”, Blue Beetle’s very cool hover ship. This is another great example of how Nite Owl from Watchmen was inspired by The Blue Beetle, including Archie, Nite Owl’s ship in Watchmen. “The Bug” it is one of my favorite superhero vehicles in all of comics, so it’s really exciting to see it brought to life on screen. But it still doesn’t answer whether or not the original Blue Beetle will be making an appearance. We’ll have to wait and see.
The Bug hovercraft from the trailerThe Bug as seen in the comics
Blue Beetle hits theaters on August 18th
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSSTHE SPIDERVERSE
Here’s the official synopsis: Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is arguably the best Spider-Man film to date and is certainly in the conversation for one of the best superhero movies of all time. Initially, I was hoping that the sequel would focus more on Miles and his journey as Spider-Man and his developing relationship with Gwen Stacy’s Spider Woman. I wasn’t that enthusiastic about another big Multiversal adventure. However, after seeing the new trailer, I have to say I’m really intrigued by where they’re going with this new movie. It seems like a really interesting direction and has me very excited.
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Opens June 2nd
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The first Captain Marvel film may have had its detractors, but personally I really enjoyed the first one. I honestly believe that a lot of the hate thrown at this movie is fueled by the misogyny of a relatively small population of the audience. I really liked Brie Larson in the role of Carol Danvers and the sequel, titled The Marvels, will see the inclusion of some interesting characters like Monica Rambeau from WandaVision and Kamala Khan from Ms. Marvel. All three of these characters are connected in very different, but very important way. While I’m sure Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel will be the main focus of the film, it makes a lot of sense to bring these characters together for something closer to an ensemble than a straight up Captain Marvel 2. So I’m definitely looking forward to the next film when it hits theaters later this year.
Kamala Khan AKA Ms. MarvelMonica Rambeau
The Marvels was originally supposed to premiere in late July, but was recently pushed back to November 10. This seems to be an effort on the part of Marvel Studios to spread their films out a bit more. I think they realized that, over the past couple of years, they’ve oversaturated the market a little. So we’re going to start seeing less MCU Disney+ shows premiering as well as a longer amount of time between new film releases. Which I think is a really good idea. In fact, it’s probably one of the best moves Marvel Studios could make right now. As the old saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. In the meantime, Marvel has debuted a very cool, new teaser poster for The Marvels. I like the inclusion of the three main characters and how it evokes the very cool teaser poster for the first Captain Marvel movie. Check it out…
So what are your thoughts on this upcoming MCU project? Are you a fan of the original Captain Marvel film? Let us know in the comments below!
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