TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

It's not mentioned in the article, but the sticking point just seems to be that the director and her wife hosted a small junket for voters, which is verbotten.

[celedhring]

So, the new attempt by Warner to make something with their DC characters has been announced. This time they have given the keys to Peter Gunn, though, so I'm going to pay attention.

Creature Commandos: A seven-episode animated series, written by Gunn, that is already in production. Originally a team of classic monsters assembled to fight Nazis, this is a modern take on the concept. The voice actors have yet to be cast, but the executives are looking to find people who can voice the animated characters and also portray the live-action versions when the antiheroes show up in movies and series.

Waller: In a spinoff of Gunn's own HBO Max hit series Peacemaker, Viola Davis will return as the ruthless and morally ambiguous head of a government task force. It is being written by Christal Henry (Watchmen) and Jeremy Carver, the creator of the Doom Patrol TV series.

Superman: Legacy: The movie featuring the Man of Steel that Gunn is writing and may direct, although no commitments on that end have been made. While the two previous titles are meant to be "aperitifs," in Safran's words, Superman is the true kick-off for the duo's DCU plans. "It's not an origin story," Safran said. "It focuses on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks that kindness is old-fashioned." A release date of July 11, 2025, has been penciled in.

Lanterns: Greg Berlanti's long-in-the-works Green Lanterns TV series has been scrapped (and Gunn and Safran have parted ways with the longtime DC series steward). In its place will be a new take on the space cops with power rings. "Our vision for this is very much in the vein of True Detective," Safran described. "It's terrestrial-based." It will feature prominent Lantern heroes Hal Jordan and John Stewart and is one of the most important shows they have in development. "This plays a really big role in leading into the main story we are telling across film and TV."

The Authority: A movie based on a team of superheroes with rather extreme methods of protecting the planet that first originated in the late 1990s under an influential imprint known as Wildstorm, run by artist and now head of DC publishing Jim Lee. "One of the things of the DCU is that it's not just a story of heroes and villains," said Gunn. "Not every film and TV show is going to be about good guy versus bad guy, giant things from the sky come and good guy wins. There are white hats, black hats and gray hats." Added Safran: "They are kinda like Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men. They know that you want them on the wall. Or at least they believe that."

Paradise Lost: The duo describe this HBO Max series as a Game of Thrones-style drama set on the all-female island that is Wonder Woman's birthplace, Themyscira, filled with political intrigue and scheming between power players. It takes place before the events of the Wonder Woman films. 

The Brave and the Bold: "This is the introduction of the DCU Batman," said Gunn, "of Bruce Wayne, and also introduces our favorite Robin, Damian Wayne, who is a little son of a bitch." The movie will take inspiration from the now-classic Batman run written by Grant Morrison that introduced Batman to a son he never knew existed: a murderous tween raised by assassins. "It's a very strange father-and-son story."

And, importantly, it will feature a Batman not played by Robert Pattinson. However, there is also ...

The Batman sequel: Pattinson will continue to portray the Dark Knight in at least one more crime saga movie directed by Matt Reeves. That movie, the executives revealed, will be released Oct. 3, 2025, and is being titled The Batman Part II.

"2025 is going to be a very big year for DC," crowed Safran. "Superman and Batman within the same year."

Booster Gold: An HBO Max series based on a unique, lesser-known hero created in 1986. Safran said of the series, "It's about a loser from the future who uses basic future technology to come back to today and pretend to be a superhero." Gunn described it as "imposter syndrome as superhero."

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow: Taking its cues from the recent Tom King-written miniseries, this movie promises a different take than what most think of when Superman's cousin comes to mind. "We will see the difference between Superman, who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he was an infant, versus Supergirl, raised on a rock, a chip off of Krypton, and who watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life and then come to Earth. She is much more hard-core and not the Supergirl we're used to."

Swamp Thing: A horror film that promises to close out the first part of the first chapter.

Creature Commandos sounds like a Troma-esque vehicle for Gunn silliness, so I'm in. I wonder how he'll approach Superman, can't see him being allowed to do it in his usual style... (Superman bores me to tears though, so I'm all for a different take).

I was a big fan of The Authority when it came out in the 1990s, but I feel the whole "superheroes going extreme" has been played out a bit.

Having two different actors playing Batman at the same time seems confusing.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Creature Commandos instead of Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew?

[viper37]

So, the new attempt by Warner to make something with their DC characters has been announced. This time they have given the keys to Peter Gunn, though, so I'm going to pay attention.

Wrong Gunn.  It's James. 

[viper37]

Saw an ad for The Ark.  Went and look further.  Looks bad, terribly bad.

In other news, it does not look good for the planned B5 reboot.

CW's former CEO, who was a friend of JMS and a fan of B5 has quit the company, following its acquisition by Nexstar.  And now, it's been announced that the network will focus on sports events (they have a deal for some 14hrs/week golf), news and reality tv shows, leaving room for only 3 scripted shows next year, including All American.

I don't think B5 is going to make the cut.   And at this point, I don't think it should make the cut on the CW.  That channel seems dead for scripted shows.  I'm not a huge fan of The Winchesters, compared to Supernatural, it is a bit boring.

[Tonitrus]

I dunno.  It is hard for me to see a B5 reboot as being anything other than a disaster.  Or even at least anywhere near matching the original.

[mongers]

Finished Narvik.  During WWII a young Norwegian wife and mother faces a difficult choice under German occupation.  Was OK.  Chick is not hott.

It was good, enjoyed the couple of cracks against Sweden, always good to see some of the British protrayed as devious/untrustworthy and it showed the French military in a positve light.

[Admiral Yi]

it showed the French military in a positve light.

Excellent mustaches.

[The Larch]

I started a German show on Netflix last night. "Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood". Don't laugh at the title. 

It is, of course, a gritty period show, set in turn of the century Munich, there are enough moustaches, waistcoats and pocket watches to make a Williamsburg hipster blush. An ambitious Nuremberg beer brewer moves into Munich with the aim of setting up the largest Oktoberfest tent ever at a time in which Oktoberfest was dominated by small independent tents run by the city's beer halls (rather than by the beer makers as it is today), and he'll get things his way by hook or crook. For this purpose he clashes with one of the tenants of one of the festival plots he needs to pull his plan, a crusty old traditionalist brewer (beer must come in barrels! What's this "glass bottle" nonsense?). Of course, the newcomer's daughter and the traditionalist's son hook up.

Anyone has watched this? It's a short mini series, so it's not going to be a huge time investment.

[Josquius]

That sounds like the ultimate in data driven script writing

[Josephus]

I started a German show on Netflix last night. "Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood". Don't laugh at the title. 

It is, of course, a gritty period show, set in turn of the century Munich, there are enough moustaches, waistcoats and pocket watches to make a Williamsburg hipster blush.

What about big busty cleavages? That's what I think about when I think about Oktoberfest. That and the Devil's Wheel.

[The Larch]

I started a German show on Netflix last night. "Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood". Don't laugh at the title. 

It is, of course, a gritty period show, set in turn of the century Munich, there are enough moustaches, waistcoats and pocket watches to make a Williamsburg hipster blush.

What about big busty cleavages? That's what I think about when I think about Oktoberfest. That and the Devil's Wheel.

I'm only two episodes in and Oktoberfest itself has not yet started, I guess it'll be the season's finale as it is all building towards it. I guess that Bavarian girls in drindls showing lots of cleavage will be a larger feature at that point. Until now there's only one character with a big busty cleavage, a brothel owner, and she's an older lady, so maybe not what you are expecting. There was female nudity in the first episode, but it was a relatively slight girl.

No idea about what you mean with the Devil's Wheel.

[The Larch]

This is the trailer for the show, in case anyone is curious and wants to check the tone.

It sounds a bit strange to me, very echoy, don't know why.

I guess that familiarity with the time period and German culture of that era is a plus, there's a scene in the 2nd episode in which a bunch of bohemian artists meets for a party in a tavern that I'm sure features lots of important figures, but that I know nothing about. The only one I could name check because her full name was given was Fanny zu Reventlow.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Reality shows blekth. These people are monsters.

[Josephus]

No idea about what you mean with the Devil's Wheel.

https://youtu.be/yVoijkYiZtg