DC announcing their entire slate of film up to 2020

Hey guys,

in a conference call this morning Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara announced a bunch of DC movies which will be released between 2016 and 2020 and also a bunch of actors who will star in those movies.
Here's what it was announced:

March 2016, Batman v Superman starring Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman

2016 Suicide Squad directed by David Ayer. It was also announced that WB is in talks with big actors to star in the movie. This could potentially be the second villain centered movie in 2016 if the Sinister Six manage to hit their release date




2017 Wonder Woman Gal Gadot will get her own standalone movie before joining forces with the Justice League.






2017 Justice League part I directed by Zach Snyder. Justice League will see the official assemble of the team who according to recent rumors will fight Braniac

2018 Aquaman with Jason Momoa starring as the king of the Seven Seas. Jason Momoa was confirmed as Aquaman and he will probably be introduced in Batman v Superman and Justice League before getting his own solo film

2018 The Flash will hit theaters starring Ezra Miller This was certainly the most shocking announcement. Ezra Miller will be the Flash and will get his own solo movie. This wipes away every possibility of seeing Grant Gustin and Stephen Amell in the cinematic Universe. It is still unclear whether Ezra will play Barry Allen, Wally West or Jay Garrick.  I am not particularly happy with this decision, I don't see him as being as a good fit to play any superhero.

2019 Shazam We already know that the Rock will play Black Adam, no words were said as to the actors who will play Billy Batson and Shazam

2019 Justice League Part II Zach Snyder will be back to direct also the second instalment of the Justice League

2020 Cyborg. It will start Ray Fisher as Victor Stone and this is probably the least expected of the entire slate announced

2020 Green Lantern. It will be a reboot. This is all we know so far, so sorry to those who wanted Ryan Reynolds back and yay for those who hated him.

As you saw, no Batman and no Superman solo films were announced. However we have to keep in mind that between 2016 and 2019 we'll get to see them three times in Batman v Superman, Justice League Part I & II so we don't have a lot to complain about. Also I always contended that once Batman joined the Justice League he should not have gotten anymore solo films because let's face it he's the weakest of them all and therefore you cannot have him face a crazy villain who threatens to blow up the city and not have some of his friends save the day.

Anyway, what do you think of this announcement? Are you excited? Do you think that with all these superhero movie announced we will get to an oversaturation of the genre?


-theheroblogger

Shocking news about Captain America 3

Hey guys,

according to Variety we are in for a treat come 2016. Not only we are getting one of the most anticipated movies in history Batman v Superman but apparently we are also getting an adaptation of the storyline Civil War when Iron Man will pop up in the next instalment of the Captain America franchise.

No need to tell you that we would be all excited if this report turns out to be true, although those of you who are familiar with this storyline know that it is all based on the premace that the world does not know the true identity of their beloved heroes. However we know that the whole world knows the identity of the Avengers, with Tony Stark himself even announcing it to the world.

Nevertheless this is a great piece of news with implications which could be huge for the whole cinematic universe and could impact even the third Avengers film, postponing once again the Thanos storyline maybe to a fourth Avengers.
It is still unclear whether Robert Downey Junior will resign a new contract with Marvel, all signs seem to point towards that direction given recent comments made by the actor on the Letterman and Ellen shows while promoting his latest film the Judge.
Rumors will start to run wild, and every piece of news from now on will have to be taken with a grain of salt.

Stay tuned and let us know if you would be excited for a Civil War movie

-theheroblogger

The Flash 1x02 Fastest Man Alive review

Hey guys,
apparently we have to get used to the fact, from now onwards, that our week will start off really bad on Mondays with Gotham but then it will get awesome on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with The Flash and Arrow.

The second episode of The Flash tv show which aired a few hours ago was spectacular to say the least. At the beginning of the episode we see Barry saving people, with the help of what could now be considered the team Flash.
This episodes addresses two key elements of the character of the Flash. The first one that was very interesting to me is that, as one would imagine, he needs a lot of calories (sugars) to run that fast. His metabolism burns a lot of calories therefore he has to eat a lot if he wants to keep running that fast. This, at least for now, will kind of keep him grounded or rather confined to his city limits.

The second thing they addressed was that in order to become a superhero one doesn't simply need a superpower. That power not only needs to be mastered but Barry also needs to learn how to fight and how to defend himself.

The speed factor is also very important, in oder to travel through time Barry will have to match the speed of light, but it is good to see that he cannot do that yet. I love the fact that they show that his powers are evolving and I also love the way they show him moving at high speed. Considering the budget they are given, the CW is really doing a fantastic job.

The episode was very entertaining and it never felt boring, the characters and their interactions are very well presented and I even feel that I wouldn't mind seeing less of Barry and more of these characters.
Rick Cosnett who plays Eddie Thawne aka Professor Zoom ( we don't know yet) is a very interesting character, we are not aware whether he has powers or not or if he knows about Barry's powers. He does talk about keeping a secret but probably the pun was intended to leave us fans wondering.

The final scene was shocking, and we now know that Professor Harrison Wells knows a lot about the flash. However we still don't know if he's one of the good guys or one of the bad ones. All we know is that after only two episodes is that Barry Allen has already been called The Flash.

Here's next week promo!

-theheroblogger

Gotham 1x04 Arkham

Hey guys,

we are already at the fourth episode of Gotham and the show is starting to show its true colors. Though having introduced plenty of Batman villains, it is clear now that these will only be side characters, except for the Penguin. This episode revolves around a hit man and his victims who are councilmen who had to take important decisions in regards to the Arkham Asylum.
Frankly when I thought of the idea of a Batman prequel, I was actually afraid it would have gone this way. The episode is quite boring, and the pace is very slow. The episode tries to show the corruption of the city of Gotham and how easily the mob can take out or bribe anyone


The link between the Falcones and the Marones, however is quite interesting in order to have a perspective of what the situation is in Gotham and I like the actors who play key roles, however the character development is very poorly executed. Most scenes with Gordon and Bullock are boring and we hardly emphatize with them.

The show is very poorly handwritten, although some characters make me want to stick with the show at least for a couple more episodes.

Honestly, my opinion on this show is that it is not worth watching just for a few good moments in each episode and for that final moment when we'll see Bruce become Batman.
Here's a sneek peek of next week's episode

-theheroblogger

Speculations and hopes for Gotham

Hey guys,

if you've read my reviews of the first two episodes of Gotham you know where I stand on the start of the series, but today in this brand new post I wanted to share you some of the things I hope will happen in the upcoming episodes. 

First of all I would like the series to have a more concrete storyline, the episodic thing they are feeding us is fine once in a while but not at the start of a brand new series. I believe most of us are watching this series, for that one moment where we'll see Bruce Wayne put on the cape of the Batman, we wanna see his training, his discovery of the Batcave and the whole path which will take him to become the Dark Knight but in the meantime we don't wanna see this time filled with garbage. We don't want the show to be cancelled before they make it that far. I feel that if the show had revolved around the relationship between the Waynes ( if the hadn't been killed) and the Falcones it would have been much more interesting. ( at least it could have been a good starting point for the first season) 

The Penguin and the Riddler are two very important villains of the Batman universe, there's a lot of depth to their characters which is worth developping on the screen. We don't wanna just see Edward Nigma talking in code or Poison Ivy having a lot of plants we wanna know what drives them, what are their motivations for what they do and how they end up as Batman Villains. I feel like the show is heading in the wrong direction, because obviosuly Jim Gordon is the link to all these characters but having him fight a new bad guy every single week is not as interesting as it would be if we had him get deeper into the Falcone- Penguin- Moony situation and in general into more interesting cases.

As for my crazy hopes for the show, I was thinking and sharing my thoughts with a friend of mine after this week's episode and I was thinking abut the possibility of a crossover with the CW's Arrow. They have been teasing us with the Q logo appearing in the second episode and with the same news broadcast channel WEBG tv,all considered the crossover could be possible. We have to keep in mind that Gotham takes place way before Arrow, perhaps 15 years before the current time on Arrow therefore they could have Oliver and Bruce meeting when their respective parents are discussing the possibility of a merger ( which we know is going to happen 10 years from now as we saw on that newspaper at the end of the Flash's pilot).It would be nice to have a couple of crossovers, nothing too convoluted but just something to have something to make us jump out of our seats and it would be even greater to have a crossover in one of Arrow's episodes by having a sort of a flashforward of Gotham. There are a lot of things they could do to keep us interested and it would also be a way to create a wider tv universe which could help both shows with a very small effort because they do not have to worry about stepping on each other's toes thanks to the different years the shows take place on.

what do you think of Gotham? Would you like for this crossover to happen?

let us know below

-theheroblogger

Arrow 3x01 The Calm Review

Hey guys,

Arrow premiered last night on the CW Network and boy it was a great episode. The episode picked up the storyline exactly 5 months after the terrorist attacks of Deathstroke and nowadays Oliver Queen finds himself broke the same situation Bruce Wayne found himself into in the Dark Knight Trilogy. Team Arrow, on the other hand, is doing better than ever, the crime rate is going down and The Arrow is even being officially recognized as a hero.

We finally get to see the long anticipated Oliver-Felicity kiss and how Oliver and Barry meet up on that roof top.

The cliffhanger at the end was shocking to say the least, which leaves us wondering who's gonna be the big bad of this season and most importantly who killed Sarah. The obvious question would be Ra's al Ghul but I think that it will be another villain perhaps someone who we considered a hero. In fact, Sarah didn't seem too afraid of the person she had in front of her but who knows at this point it could be anyone.

Roy is now a full time member of Team Arrow, with his own costume but I don't buy that in 5 months he picked up the skills ofa world class archer. That was something that bothered me a bit. I would have expected to miss him a few shots at least.

Another major character of this season will be Laurel, the death of Sarah is what will push Laurel to put on the mask, train and become the Black Canary. Who follows Katie Cassidy on social media knows that she's been training harder and harder in the gym so all signs point in the direction of her being the Canary.

The premiere also saw the introduction of Ray Palmer aka the Atom played by Brandon Routh and it was great to see him face to face with Oliver.

Something that I've always loved about this show is that the shorunners are not afraid to kill off major characters and to remind us that heroes face real risks when they go up against their enemies.

All signs point towards a great season! Stay Tuned!!

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-theheroblogger

Gotham 1x03 The BallonMan

Hey guys,

we've already come to the third episode of the brand new series entitled Gotham the alleged prequel of the Caped Crusader. Let me start by telling you that I've completely changed my opinion on the show. The premace was good, the casting choiced were good and even the trailer looked good but overall the storyline is boring. Though being a Batman prequel, the show is too mucb of a crime drama rather than a comic book show and therefore not appealing to someone like me who happens to dislike this type of shows. I realized, as mentioned in previous reviews, that had not they been comic book characters I wouldn't have cared for them.
I get what they are trying to do though. Every episode they wanna throw little clues to the future, and show us what made those characters become who they are. For instance in this episode we see Alfred questioning Bruce's intentions of finding out clues about the murder of his parents. The word detective gets thrown in there and then we also see Bruce understanding the importance of not killing other people no matter how many bad things they have done. The negative example of the actions of the Ballonman not only show the crime rate in Gotham but also show Bruce what's the wrong way of making things better.
These are few reasons why we should give this show a few more episodes before completely giving up on it. Though this show has many critics the ratings keep on going up week after week, perhaps witnessing the origin story of the Penguin is enough for most of them. He's certainly the show stealer but I think that in order to keep fan interested they have to step up their game.

On a side note, and just to keep speculation going, when we see the news report of the Ballonman actions on TV, that is the same news channel that we see on Arrow. Could this mean something or is it just a small tease that doesn't mean anything?   If you remember correctly last week's episode featured another Easter Egg of the Arrow Universe.
Anyway here's next week promo!!

-theheroblogger