Doom Patrol returns to HBO Max for its third season and promises to get even weirder with characters like Dead Boy Detective, Monsieur Mallah and more joining the fun.
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The HBO Max original streaming series will follow John Cena’s Peacemaker in the aftermath of The Suicide Squad. Developed by James Gunn, Peacemaker may be loosely inspired by the Janus Directive, a late-80’s DC comics crossover event, and introduce some new characters from Charlton Comics into the DCEU.
The series will pick up directly following the events of The Suicide Squad, with
Peacemaker being saved from the ruins of Jotunheim, now paired with John Economos and Emilia Harcourt, on a new mission to save the world.
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One of DC’s newest heroes is already making her way to the small screen via the CW. Naomi McDuffie was created by Brian Michael Bendis, David F. Walker and Jamal Campbell in 2019 and the CW series was ordered just over 2 years later. Kaci Walfall will play Naomi, a multiversal metahuman who ends up on Earth-0.
Naomi McDuffie was born on an alternate earth but sent to the main universe to
protect her from Zumbado, the man who conquered her earth and killed those with powers.
Naomi works to uncover her origins and where she really came from, all while developing her
newfound abilities that allow her to manipulate energy
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Note: This article was originally published by Charles Murphy at That Hashtag Show on November 8, 2018.
Production on DC Universe’s Swamp Thing is set to begin in just a couple of weeks and the cast of the streaming series has rapidly begun to fall into place. With casting for Alec Holland, Avery Sunderland and more having been revealed, it now seems they may have found someone to portray one of his greatest foes. Kevin Durand is in negotiations for the role of Jason Woodrue, aka The Floronic Man.
Durand, who would join the series in a recurring role, is also a TV vet having starred as Vasiliy Fet on FX’s The Strain. A smart, slick and cunning scientist, Woodrue was an inter-dimensional being in the comics has long tormented the Swamp Thing in his search to control The Green and take over the world.
Note: This article was originally published by Charles Murphy at That Hashtag Show on September 13, 2018
We know that the upcoming 7th season of Arrow, set to premiere this fall, will see Oliver Queen behind bars, leaving Team Arrow to pick up the pace. While Oliver is sure to have his hand full in prison with former enemies and some less than friendly guards, we now know the big bad that the rest of the team will be dealing with in addition to the Longbow Hunters. DC Comics villain Javelin is coming to town!
DC Comics have typically portrayed Javelin as a German Olympic athlete and a thorn in the side of Hal Jordan. He’s been given a bit of an update here, but interestingly enough his Olympic origins may still come into play as a link to Team Arrow member Curtis Holt.
Described as smart and ruthless, Leonard Gibbons, aka Javelin, is a French chemical weapons trader. In the midst of a huge ongoing deal, he does business with an undercover Curtis Holt/Mr. Terrific, bringing Team Arrow squarely into the mix. The studio is currently on the lookout for a French-speaking male in his 30s to take on what was described as a “large principle role.”
Certainly a character like Javelin, with his assortment of tricky spear-based weapons and high level of athletic skill fits in just fine in the Arrowverse. We know that Holt was himself an Olympic athlete, having won a bronze in the 2008 decathlon, so it’ll be interesting to see what shared history, if any, the two men have.
Season 7 of Arrow is set to hit the CW on October 15th!
