DC Go Digital with New Titans Show & Young Justice: Outsiders

DC Go Digital with New Titans Show & Young Justice: Outsiders

New Streaming Service Incoming

By Alex Burns

Here's an interesting piece of news, according to The Hollywood Reporter, DC Entertainment are launching a new digital service in 2018 by teaming up with Warner Bros. Television.

With DC Comics properties already well represented on film and network television you may be wondering what heroes could feature on such a platform. The early answer appears to be sidekicks. The two shows set to launch the new service will be Titans and Young Justice: Outsiders, both projects focusing on teams of the more youthful heroes in DC's stable.

A new live-action series, Titans will be produced by Greg Berlanti, Akiva Goldsman, and overseen by DC Entertainment president and chief creative officer Geoff Johns. Focusing Batman's protege, Dick Grayson, the series will follow this young hero as he emerges from the shadows to become the leader of a fearless band of new heroes, including Starfire, Raven and many others. This has been a project long in-development as TNT originally looked set to move ahead with a series pick-up before pulling out around a year ago, with the success of The Flash, Supergirl and Arrow on the CW, there's always been rumours that DC Entertainment hadn't given up on the show, this new digital service looks to be the perfect launchpad for property.

Young Justice: Outsiders is a continuation of the Young Justice show that originally aired on Cartoon Network before being cancelled after two short, but very well received, seasons. Fan power really gave this third season the grenlight as continued streaming of the show on Netflix proved to DC that the audience was ready for more. For this new batch of episode the young heroes will face their greatest challenge yet in the form of a sinister meta-human trafficking organisation. This new threat spells serious trouble for a society now caught in the crossfire of a genetic arms race spanning not only the globe but the entire galaxy.

These new shows will air exclusively on DC's digital platform. The service is described as an "immersive experience designed just for DC fans."

There are sure to be more announcements on this exciting revelation so keep it locked at Cape and Cowl. What DC shows would you like to see on this digital service, is it even something you'd subscribe to? Let us know!

Dick Grayson is set to play a pivotal role in this new service and also his own solo film, check out our thoughts on how a Nightwing film should play out in the podcast below.



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TNT President reveals progress on DC Comic's Titans TV Show - Nightwing, Starfire, Raven All Set to Feature

TNT President reveals progress on DC Comic's Titans TV Show

Nightwing, Starfire, Raven All Set to Feature

By Alex Burns

 

TNT president Kevin Reilly has given an update on the Teen Titans live-action adaptation. Little has been revealed about the series since it was initially announced in September. We do know, however, that the show will follow a band of young superheroes lead by Nightwing/Dick Grayson, the former Robin. Akiva Goldsman (Batman & Robin, A Beautiful Mind, Fringe) is acting as executive producer and also wrote the pilot episode with Marc Haimes.

Starfire

There's an abundance of Superhero shows on television and Netflix right now, just yesterday CBS have released an Official Trailer for Supergirl, that will head up primetime alongside "The Flash", "Arrow" and "Gotham" to name a few. So it's becoming a pretty crowded and competitive market, in the wake of The Avengers' success at the box office, networks are keen to get a slice of that market. Rilley explained how he wants to make sure Titans differentiates itself successfully from the rest of these superhero shows.

Raven

“I sat down with Akiva and said — and he ultimately agreed — that the [TV] landscape right now is well-serviced on the superhero front. So what space is this going to inhabit?” Reilly told TVLine, adding what Goldsman really "wants to do is be very true” to the source material.

Reilly mentioned that Titans “was a groundbreaking property when it first started,” and so there is a good chance it can find its own place, saying, “There were consequences to things that happened; it wasn’t somebody died and they moved on. There was the first superhero to be an addict [in Roy Harper’s Speedy]. It’s a coming-of-age story for Robin, who feels like Batman has betrayed him."

Nightwing will be estranged from his mentor, Batman, in the series

Titans will begin with Grayson suiting up as Robin as he patrols the streets of Boston before his expected transition into Nightwing. The rest of the team has also been announced and includes Starfire, Barbara Gordon, Hawk/Hank Hall and Dove/Dawn Granger and Raven/Rachel Roth, we are still awaiting casting announcements on all these heroes. Beast Boy and Cyborg, who are founding members of the team in the comics and animated series, will not be featured in the Pilot, with the later set to appear in the upcoming Justice League film played by Ray Fisher.

We're certainly excited at the prospect of seeing the Teen Titans in live-action, whether TNT can make the show as big a success as The CW have with "The Flash" and "Arrow" remains to be seen. We'll keep you covered with any updates, so keep it locked here at Cape and Cowl for everything Superhero.

Supergirl to Air Monday Nights Starting in November

Supergirl to Air Monday Nights Starting in November

Will Compete with Gotham

By Alex Burns

 

US Network CBS have announced their 2015-2016 Primetime Schedule and confirmed “Supergirl” will air Mondays at 8 P.M. EST starting in November. This places the superhero series in the same time slot as another DC-based series, “Gotham” on FOX. There's no confirmed Broadcast channel yet for the UK but it may accompany Arrow and The Flash on Sky 1.

Melissa Benoist leads a cast as the title hero along with Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen, Laura Benanti as Alura Zor-El, Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, Chyler Leigh as Alexandra “Alex” Danvers, Jeremy Jordan as Winslow “Winn” Schott, David Harewood as Hank Henshaw and, in mystery roles, Dean Cain and Helen Slater.

Melissa Benoist

Hailing from Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Productions (who also produce the hit DC Comics series “Arrow” and “The Flash” for The CW), “Supergirl” is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El, Superman’s (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.

Supergirl marks the latest entry of several new TV Series that will adapt a DC Comics' property. Flash, Arrow, Gotham and iZombie have all been greenlit for another season each and the recently announced Legends of Tomorrow looks set for a series order, Titans, featuring Batman's sidekick, Nightwing, is currently in pre-prodcution also.

Arrow star Stephen Amell has spoken out about a potential crossover with Supergirl and also voiced his support for the show. We're sure a trailer will hit soon as the current TV season comes to a close for the summer. We'll keep you covered that's for sure, keep it locked at Cape and Cowl for everything Superhero.

Stephen Amell Talks, Will There Be an Arrow/Constantine Crossover?

Stephen Amell Talks, Will There Be an Arrow/Constantine Crossover?

Cancelled NBC Show is Still Looking to Continue

By Alex Burns

 

Following the news that NBC have officially cancelled "Constatine" the Internet has gone into #saveconstantine overload in attempts to drum up support for the show to continue. Numerous Celebrities have pitched in with their thoughts and Stephen Amell has been a stand-out. The star of "Arrow" has a huge social media following and is pretty tight with a variety of producers across the DC Entertainment sector, he spoke out recently at the Wizard World Convention in Philadelphia about how he has been in talks to crossover with Matt's Ryan's Constantine character:

"There is an opportunity for interconnectivity with any DC television show that exists. Like, as an example, yesterday Constantine was cancelled. I know, it’s brutal… It’s a good show, and it should come back. And it may come back, like there are various platforms where it could come back. Constantine is an NBC show, I’m on the CW. I had discussions with DC Comics -- not NBC or the CW -- DC Entertainment about guest starring on Constantine when it was on the air. That was and is on the table."

"The reason that I was going to guest star on Constantine, at least the idea that we were throwing around, was [Constantine's] an expert when it comes to the Lazarus Pit, which is now something that is a part of, and will continue to be a part of, Arrow.”

Amell uses his fame in Arrow to support charities like F*ck Cancer

DC Entertainment is doing a great job with the majority of the Comic book properties on Television especially when it comes to crossovers between shows. There has been a limit to the crossover potential so far however, one constraint is that the shows have to be on the same network Arrow and The Flash are connecting all over the place at the moment so it helps to watch both shows concurrently. there's also another spin-off show adding to the mix, DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Constaintine currently has no network and the principal cast are all still under contract so that could make an appearance by Matt Ryan on a CW show more straight forward. DC also has CBS's Supergirl which has begun filming, and TNT's Titans,currently in pre-production, Amell also addressed the future crossover potential of these shows:

"We have Flash, we have Legends of Tomorrow, a new show which is directly connected to the Arrow universe, we have Supergirl, directed by my good friend Glen Winter. That pilot, I can’t wait to see it, I’m sure it’s going to be amazing. There’s Gotham obviously, and I’m missing something… Titans, there you go. So again, I wouldn’t worry too much about the movie universe, because we have no shortage of options for me and other characters to populate.”

If Constantine can't find a new home would you be up for the character continuing through appearances in the wider DC Universe on TV?