Tom Hardy bulks up for Bane

I doubt that this is actually from the set of The Dark Knight Rises since it isn't scheduled to shoot until May, but he is certainly getting towards the menacing size required for Bane!

Source: Exploring Tom Hardy

Batman Year One

Cast info has come through for Autumn's Batman Year One. It looks like Selina Kyle's role might be beefed up a little by the inclusion of genre favourite Eliza Dushku.
The screens look great and I have yet to be disappointed by a DC Animated Feature.

This is what Newsarama had to say:

Thanks to The Hollywood Reporter, we’ve got a ton of more details on the upcoming Batman: Year One direct-to-DVD animated feature. Along with the screenshot above, the bulk of the voice cast was announced, with The O.C. alum/current Southland actor Ben McKenzie starring as the young Bruce Wayne/Batman. And from one critically acclaimed show to another, Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston (also known as Malcolm in the Middle’s dad) is James Gordon, and genre faves Katee Sachkoff (Battlestar Galactica‘s Starbuck, duh) and Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse, Buffy the Vampire Slayer voice Detective Sarah Essen and Catwoman, respectively. Mobster Carmine Falcone is played by no less of an authority than Alex Rocco, who portrayed The Godfather‘s Moe Greene.
DC Animation regulars Lauren Montgomery and Sam Liu co-direct, and Tab Murphy, who wrote last year’s Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, penned the screenplay. 1987′s Batman: Year One, written by Frank Miller and illustrated by David Mazzucchelli, is one of the most revered stories published by DC Comics, telling the early days of Batman’s crimefighting career in Gotham. The story has influenced several film and TV versions of the character, but this is the first straight adaptation — though several others have been in development in one stage or another over the years.
Batman: Year One is slated for release in the fall, with a premiere screening slated for this July’s Comic-Con International: San Diego.

The Dark Knight Rises Casting News

You can now add
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake, cop under Gordon with special assignment and
Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate, Wayne Enterprises employee.

The vocal minority has already thrown it's toys out of the pram because Cotillard hasn't been cast as Talia Al Ghul (daughter of Ra's Al Ghul). Who says that she hasn't? I'm sure that John Blake won't be all that he seems either. What would a Nolan movie be without a few twists?

To those who spout negativity over this news, I simply say:

Calm down and enjoy having some bloody surprises in a movie!

War of the Green Lanterns spoiler part 3

What has happened to Kyle? I suppose it it safe to say that he is the one who won't be a Green Lantern by the end of it all.

Source: DC The Source

War of the Green Lanterns Spoiler part 2!

John Stewart will put on an Indigo ring.

Check out the colour and symbol of the captions and the monologue mentions fighting in Iraq - John was a military man.

I just realised how silly this might sound to someone with no GL knowledge. Sorry, but you'll just have to trust me that it's cool.

Source: DC The Source

War of the Green Lanterns spoiler!

I expected this, but it still looks cool! I think that the other Human GLs are going to put on the other corps' rings that Hal collected in the prologue. Guy will surely be Red. Kyle probably Blue (foreshadowing of hope last GLC). What about John?

Source: DC The Source

Apologies

Apologies for the lack of posts over the past two weeks, but I've been snorkelling through a heavy work load this half-term. Unfortunately there are times when the day job must come first.
Normal news updates and opinions shall resume asap.
It has been nice to see that the daily post views haven't dropped whilst I have been otherwise occupied, so I need to say a very big thank you to everyone who visits the site, whether you are followers or guests.

Cheers guys and stay posted.

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters Gameplay Trailer

Green Lantern looks bright

WonderCon has featured Green Lantern heavily and yesterday's Green lantern movie panel showed off four (nearly complete) clips from the movie. Apparently fan reaction is good. One of the new posters is shown above. Personally, I think that the costume looks fantastic. Look at the way the energy is pulsing around his chest, even peeling away in some places. An entirely CG costume was a very brave decision that, I think, has hit the nail on the head.

I think that this is shaping up to be a great comic book movie, especially if everything that Geoff Johns (DC's Chief Creative Officer) has been saying on twitter is true. Very excited for June - think that I'll make a trip to Bradford to watch it at the IMAX!

Update:

The first clip begins with the title "Sector 2018" and we see Abin Sur using some fancy light-based controls on his ship and communicating with Mark Strong's Sinestro, who is telling him about a planet that's been destroyed by Parallax, but before getting too far into the conversation, Abin Sur is attacked by Parallax--we can't see it too clearly but it looks like a large yellow head with sharp teeth--and he gets seriously injured before flying away in his glass cylindrical spaceship.
The second clip has Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan finding Abin Sur's spaceship in the water and he runs out to try to save the being he sees in there. He wades out and pulls Abin Sur out of the ship and carries him to the beach, making a joke about having to get him to a hospital where they have purple blood. After giving Hal his ring and telling him to use it with the lantern in his spaceship, Abin Sur dies and his body transforms into some sort of grey substance.

The third clip has Hal with the lantern and ring back at his place. He places the lantern on a table and then slips on the ring, following the instructions to insert his hand and recite the oath, but the only oath he remembers is the Pledge of Allegiance, so he tries a variation on that, but the lantern rejects it, pushing him away with a green blast. Suddenly, Hal knows the oath that's required and he recites it as the ring glows and he's transported into the sky with a green hue surrounding him, out into space away from earth and the Milky Way and towards the planet OA. When he lands, he's in his full Green Lantern suit and mask and he tries to act cool like he belongs there by strutting around. He's called over by Tomar-Re, voiced by Geoffrey Rush, who is basically the OA welcome wagon, and Hal is surprised that he can understand the creature in front of him, and Tomar Re explains that the ring is translating and that it can also create a mask or not depending on whether Hal's identity needs to be kept secret.

The last clip has Sinestro addressing the massive Green Lantern Corps collected to warn them about Parallax having killed four of their members. This is a giant open space filled with Green Lanterns with a giant Green Lantern symbol behind Sinestro, and this is probably the scene that's going to have the biggest fanboys soiling their trousers because there are so many of the great Green Lanterns we've seen in the comics over the years and probably more than a few easter eggs. We don't know enough of their names by heart to expound at length about who we saw, but we did see a very familiar robotic GL and possibly even an Alpha Lantern in there.

Source: DailyBlam

Marvel and DC announce Submariner/Aquaman crossover

Apparently the new ongoing series will feature the Kings of Atlantis sitting side by side on twin thrones to rule the seas.
New writer May Dupp says that the pair will begin as reluctant partners, but the tension might lead to some interesting developments, hinting at the possibility of a relationship.
"All dead characters will be brought back to life by the time we get to the inevitable marriage" she says.
The series begins May 2132.

Source: AprilFools