Ahead of the start of principal photography on DC Studios’ Clayface, Liverpool, England is being transformed into the DCU’s Gotham, giving fans their first look at Batman’s home turf…and the villains that are active within its limits.
Based on a photo of the in-universe Gotham Herald and another publication, small-time Batman crook Jimmy “Red” McCoy will play a role in the film, though insider @ApocHorseman believes another crime boss will be the film’s big bad.
A disfigured person has been spotted on a newspaper from set of ‘CLAYFACE’.
And thanks to additional photos of the Liverpool set, we have some hints about who that big bad might be. While there’s a reference to “The Jokers”, there’s also some graffiti with a letter blacked out that reads “armine.” Simple deductive logic suggests that the missing letter is a “C” and that would mean Carmine Falcone could be referenced here. Given the importance of the character in Matt Reeves‘ The Batman, it seems unlikely he’d be the big bad in a DCU film; however, the graffiti could be intended to show the mob boss has been scrubbed out in this universe’s Gotham, leaving the underworld open for business.
More set photos from ‘CLAYFACE,’ including a nod to ‘The Jokers.’
Filming starts tomorrow outside Liverpool Crown Courts.
There’s also plenty of speculation that the Gotham Herald provides the first look at Tom Rhys Harries‘ Matt Hagen, aka Clayface, though the low-quality picture makes it hard to tell. Whatever the case, these set photos provide the first look at Gotham as it will be portrayed in the all-new, all-different DCU…and now we wait for the DCU’s Dark Knight.
Principal photography on Avengers: Doomsday recently took place at Windsor Great Park in the UK where a set referred to as the “Luke Cage House” was constructed in a secluded area. Rumors indicated that the home belonged to Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter and was located in the alternate timeline created when Rogers used the Time-Space GPS to travel time to live with the love of his life.
Despite all that, fans are convinced that the pair of stars are in the film and a report that they recently shot scenes alongside Tom Hiddlestonhas supported a rumor that Rogers’ decision created the first Multiversal incursion, kick-starting the end of everything. Now, as filming in Windsor Great Park wraps, a new behind the scenes photo confirms a mid-20th century setting for the recent scenes.
Photographer UnBoxPHD, who has been delivering photos from UK sets of Marvel Studios films over the past couple of years, shared a shot of a car carrier transporting a pair of classic cars: a Plymouth Special Deluxe and a Chrysler New Yorker, both from the early 1940s.
Given that Rogers travelers back to 1949 to have his dance and begin his life with Carter, the cars support the recent set report; however, until Atwell and Evans are seen on set or officially announced as part of the cast, their inclusion in the film will remain a subject of debate.
After skipping the summer convention circuit, Marvel Television will make some noise at New York Comic Con on October 11th as part of a panel promised to include “special guests for a look behind the scenes at Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ shows from Marvel Television and Marvel Animation.” Fans were already eagerly anticipating the event as it would be a great opportunity to showcase the first footage from Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again, which was shot in and around New York City…and now it looks as though they may have even more to look forward to.
A tweet sent out from the official New York Comic Con account confirmed that stars Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll and Krysten Ritter will all be in attendance on both October 11th and 12th but they’re not the only members of the old Defenders-verse crew who will be there as Luke Cage star Mike Colter will join them.
Hell’s Kitchen just got a whole lot busier 🗡️ Join Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Mike Colter, Krysten Ritter, & Vincent D’Onofrio at NYCC on Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12. Buy Sunday tickets before prices increase on September 9: https://t.co/YPjEHjTUHipic.twitter.com/XO6oV6GhGS
Could the tweet have spoiled Colter’s return and Cage’s MCU debut in the upcoming season of Daredevil: Born Again? The first trailer for Season 1 of Daredevil: Born Againcontained a reference to Harlem’s Paradise, the club owned by Cage, and given where Power Man’s story left off at the end of Luke Cage Season 2 and the state of affairs in New York City in Born Again, an appearance by the character make a ton of sense… certainly more than one by Danny Rand.
Cameras have been rolling on Avengers: Doomsday for just over five months and Marvel Studios has gone to great lengths to try to keep details about the 2026 film in house. With most of the movie being filmed either on a soundstage or in locations that are very secluded and/or secure, the studio has managed to limit the major leaks that have plagued almost every project it has produced in the past five years…until now, perhaps.
A recent rumor indicated that Chris Evans –who has not been officially announced as part of the cast of the film–would be reprising tlhis role as Steve Rogers and that his story would pick up where itedt off in Avengers: Endgame. Now, a pair of social media reports have combined to shed an even brighter light on the role and reveal the first truly major spoiler from the project. Proceed with caution…
The rumor mill began rolling when photographer UnBoxPHD shared the news that Tom Hiddleston was on the set of Avengers: Doomsday to film. That information could in no way be considered spoilery given that Hiddleston was among those announced as part of the cast in March; however, a follow-up report by a trusted Marvel insider may have connected a series of dots and revealed a major plot point.
According to longtime social media scooper Daniel Richtman, Hiddleston filmed his scenes along with Evans and Haley Atwell, presumably at the “Luke Cage house.”
Tom Hiddleston has filmed a scene in Steve and Peggy’s home where he’s having a [conversation] with them.
-Daniel Richtman
If accurate, it means that the God of Stories will have left his throne at the Citadel at the End of Time from where he protects the Multiverse. And it would take something incredibly important to cause him to make that choice…
Though it’s far from confirmed, such a scene could very well lend support to rumblings recently making the rounds that suggest Steve Rogers’ decision to live a life “in the past” with Peggy caused the first incursion and has made him the target of Doctor Doom’s ire. Aside from the rich possibilities of Rogers and Loki meeting again on screen (remember, this is the Time Heist Variant of Loki, which means he has a past with Rogers but has evolved over the course of an incredible journey), having Avengers: Doomsday tie directly into the epilogue of Avengers: Endgame would be a smart move for the studio. It also presents an intriguing dynamic in which Rogers–The Man Out of Time who led Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to victory over Thanos–inadvertently started the destruction of the Multiverse while Loki–the God of Lies whose attempt to conquer Earth assembled the Avengers–must now try to save it…again.
As cameras roll on the first day of principal photography of Star Wars: Starfighter, Lucasfilm has released the film’s main cast via a press release on StarWars.com.
Young actor Flynn Gray (Wednesday), Lanterns and Rebel Ridge star Aaron Pierre, British comedian Simon Bird, West End Hamilton star Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings (The Gentlemen) and Amy Adams wereball officially announced as part of the cast of director Shawn Levy‘s film.
I feel a profound sense of excitement and honor as we begin production on Star Wars: Starfighter. From the day Kathy Kennedy called me up, inviting me to develop an original adventure in this incredible Star Wars galaxy, this experience has been a dream come true, creatively and personally. Star Wars shaped my sense of what story can do, how characters and cinematic moments can live with us forever. To join this storytelling galaxy with such brilliant collaborators onscreen and off, is the thrill of a lifetime.
Though not many were convinced they could pull it off, Marvel Studios once planned to roll out a pair of Avengers films in six months. During the studio’s Hall H panel at SDCC ’22, Kevin Feige revealed that 2025 would feature the studio’s first Avengers films since 2019, with Avengers: The Kang Dynasty arriving in May and Avengers: Secret Wars in November. It was an ambitious plan but one that would certainly have ended up with Marvel all but printing its own money.
The Phase 6 double dip wasn’t in the cards for the studio. A pair of strikes, some box office duds and a pivot to a new villain later, May 2025 has come and gone without an Avengers movie and it will now be December 2026 before Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters. As part of Disney’s new strategy, Doomsday will be the only Disney-owned Marvel film in theaters in 2026 and 2027 isn’t looking much better, with an untitled film on the books for July and Avengers: Secret Wars in theaters in December. For a studio struggling to hit big at the box office, less needs to be more…which means that July 2027 film needs to hit and hit big.
If Marvel Studios is intent on putting a film in theaters in July 2027, they sure haven’t given any indication that it will be a property of which the public is not already aware. As of now, the hiring of new writers or directors has not been made public and no new production companies that aren’t already believed to be accounted for have been made. That would mean that the film would be something that’s been in development for a few years and that would, of course, bring to mind Blade.
Though a series of unfortunate events has befallen the film, most recently resulting in it being removed from the studio’s 2025 slate, a recent update from Kevin Feige made it sound as though Blade was headed in a positive direction and would eventually make it’s way to theaters. With a script that’s been in the works for years and at least a partial cast, Blade is precisely the type of project that the studio could pull together in a short amount of time, assuming they find a director willing to give it a run. It’s also the type of film they could produce on a relatively low-budget, allowing them to get a dub at the box office while spinning a yarn that won’t detract from but could add to the overarching Multiverse Saga plot–similar to Ant-Man and The Wasp and Captain Marvel, both of which released between Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame–while also telling a standalone tale.
An All-New, All-Different Avengers Film
And then there’s another option…Marvel Studios making good on its insane plan to roll out two Avengers films in a calendar year…
After rolling out an Avengers film every three years before dropping Infinity War and Endgame one year apart, the studio has used the first five years of the Multiverse Saga to spin a whole lot of disparate tales and introduce a whole lot of new characters…only to never follow up on very many of them. That’s left a bad taste in the collective maw of fandom as heroes such as Shang-Chi, Moon Knight and She-Hulk have been, to date, one-and-dones. And now, as the Multiverse Saga finds itself accelerating to its end, it becomes increasingly difficult to imagine incorporating them all into the cast alongside the stars announced as part of the cast of Avengers: Doomsday; however, releasing a third Avengers film in theaters in July 2027–between Doomsday and Secret Wars–might provide the narrative runway to make it possible.
Verily, Disney’s new approach has shorted Marvel…but a “secret” third Avengers film would ensure that the studio would own the box office for 12 months. Whether it’s Avengers: Time Runs Out, Avengers: Battleworld, Avengers: Everything Dies or Avengers: Illuminati (an Illuminati project was 100% in development at the studio at one point in time), a bridge spanning Doomsday and Secret Wars is a fascinating and cash-rich opportunity for Marvel.
Logistically, it’s a legitimate possibility that work has been being done on these films, even under different names, for at least three years. Ideas can be cut and pasted and altered under the purview of the new creative team. Typically, principal photography on a Marvel Studios film lasts 3-4 months… Doomsday is already in its fifth month. Secret Wars was originally set to film back-to-back before a year’s with of space was added..but who is to say that between now and September 2026, cameras aren’t continually rolling?
Given there’s no shortage of exciting potential storytelling opportunities including characters old (Steve Rogers) and new, the potential for a third Avengers film in the Multiverse Saga cannot be dismissed out of hand. The studio put a significant amount of time and resources into multiple projects that no longer have a place in the saga; however, that leaves them with a chunk of material from which to draw the skeleton of a third film which fits nicely into the continuity of the saga.
The first episode of the second season of Peacemaker received high praise after it debuted on HBO Max, allowing the DCU to continue gathering momentum as it gets rolling. But according to series creator and DC Studios’ co-chair James Gunn, fans–and even critics who were sent early screening packages for the show–have a lot to look forward to
In an interview with Screen Rant, Gunn explained that he was behind the decision to only let the press screen the first five episodes of the new season, claiming the remaining three simply held too many surprises to risk letting them into the wild.
“I am the one who’s keeping the three episodes away from everybody because there are too many surprises in those last three episodes,” explained Gunn. “Especially 6 and 8, they are just crazy, my favourite things I’ve ever done of anything.”
Gunn may have recently given away one of the surprises by all but confirming that Blue Beetle will appear in the sophomore season but the appearance of one hero would hardly be enough to keep three episodes from the screening package. What could have Gunn so excited? With him serving as the creative CEO of DC Studios and also as the creator of the four-film Superman Saga, it’s nearly impossible to say; however, given when Peacemaker filmed, it is potential appearances by David Corenswet or Milly Alcock should not be counted out.
What I can say is, it’s just inherently interesting and complex material. The core idea of what X-Men is involves complexity.
-X-Men director Jake Schreier
In an interview with Empire, director Jake Schreier confirmed that he he is now on the clock for Marvel Studios X-Men.
“I can’t say anything about it, but we’ve started work on X-Men, and that’s obviously very, very exciting,” said Schreier, who directed the very well-received Thunderbolts* which debuts on D+ August 27th.
“There are so many things that I didn’t know about before I started [Thunderbolts*],” he explained. “The biggest learning curve for me was the proportion of the action to the more emotional, character-driven scenes, and how, even though it’s more shooting days than I’ve ever had, they get eaten up quite quickly by the action stuff. By the time we got to the end of it, it felt like, ‘Oh, now I feel like we get how to do this a little bit better.’”
After officially taking the reigns of the film in May, Schreier teased the studio’s complex take on the team of mutant heroes in a July interview with The Playlist. “It’s an incredible opportunity with super interesting characters and [much] internal conflict,” he said of helming the first MCU-set X-Men film. “These characters are wrestling with their identity and place in the world—that’s inherently interesting and complex material.”
Recently, DC Studios co-chair and Peacemaker creator James Gunn has drawn parallels between how John Cena‘s Christopher Smith was able to move from an “in-between universe” into the DCU and his plans for Blue Beetle, who made his big-screen debut in 2023.
“Peacemaker was always in a weird place. People say he was part of the DCEU but he wasn’t really,” said Gunn in an interview with Rotten Tomatoes.”He was part of this “in-between Universe” of DC when there was nobody really making sure that everything was connected and at a time when they were going to rewrite everything with The Flash.We were kind of able to do whatever we wanted and we had that brash ending, which I loved, it was one of my favorite things from the whole season, but it just didn’t fit in with the DCU. And Peacemaker, there’s hardly anything else that you need to change for him, he can slide very easily into the DCU, same with Blue Beetle. They just kind of fit in very nicely, we just have to retcon a couple of things,” the DC boss explained. And it seems as though heat have had Blue Beetle on his mind for a reason.
In an additional portion of the Rotten Tomatoes interview, Gunn seems to all but confirm that Blue Beetle will appear in an upcoming episode of Peacemaker Season 2.
After the interviewer shares his love for the character with Gunn and expresses his desire to see Blue Beetle appear in Peacemaker, a grinning Gunn “Well, you know, I won’t say you’re not in luck.”
Given Season 2’s use of the Multiverse as a primary plot device, a number of options are in play, including following up on the disappearance of Ted Kord, the original Blue Beetle, that was mentioned in the 2023 film. Whatever the path, it’s certain that the film’s star Xolo Maridueña, who has been teasing his character’s DCU future, will play some role.
New episodes of the second season of Peacemaker debut weekly on Thursdays on HBO Max.
David Denman came to fame playing Roy Anderson over 31 episodes of The Office. It took him one episode of the second season of Peacemaker to make his presence known.
Playing an alternate dimension version of Peacemaker’s brother, Keith, Denman was a standout in “The Ties That Grind.” The episode teased John Cena‘s Christopher Smith with a what if…? scenario in which the dynamics of his family were completely flipped from the violence he had known in his own dimension, where he killed his brother and father. Instead, Smith stumbles into a world where his father, Auggie, and his brother work with him to fight crime as the Top Trio; however, while Chris is Peacemaker and Auggie looks to still be the White Dragon, Keith’s alter ego was kept secret…until now.
In an interview with Comic Book, Denman revealed that his character goes by the name Captain Triumph, a Crack Comics character created in 1943 who later came under the purview of DC Comics.
Though it’s highly unlikely Denman’s version of the character will share much with his comic book counterpart, it’s a fun nod to a character with a very interesting publication history.
Source: Comic Book
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