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20 on David F. Sandberg confirms Shazam! 2 scheduled to film in 2020Shazam! 2 is set to be filmed this year, but if that is actually going to happen is a question mark for now thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. There have been many questions about when Shazam! 2 would film, mainly because of concerns over how fast children age. As recently as Feb., it looked as…
Funko recently sent Batman News a rather huge box of goodies, and I've been having a blast photographing everything. Two of said goodies are Dark Nights: Metal POP!s for Red Death and Devastator. These are their stories. Red Death If the comments in our Comics section and around the web are any indication, Red Death has been…
Andrew Jack, a celebrated dialect coach in the film industry, has passed away at the age of 76 due to COVID-19. According to Jack's agent, Jill McCullough, the dialect coach and actor passed away on Tuesday in Britain's Surry Hospital. McCullough told the Evening Standard, “Andrew lived on one of the oldest working houseboats on the…
We're still quite a ways off from the premiere of Stargirl, but new photos have been released by The CW along with a new promotional poster. With television program production shut down, networks are in an odd spot for promoting the programs they have coming up. Complicate things even further by having a new series…
The Elseworlds spawned a lot of interesting and/or crazy ideas. And even though the imprint is no longer a thing, the central concept of dropping DC's heroes into hypothetical, non-canonical scenarios lives on, in books like Batman: White Knight and others. Two of the most memorable Elseworlds tales are Red Rain, and Superman: Red Son, and Funko's got your…
If you've been looking for fresh episodes of the various CW shows, never fear, new episodes are on the way. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, The CW had to shut down production on all of its shows. With production stopped, the network has opted to slow airing of the completed episodes to ration them. The…
A great big box of Funko goodness recently came to my door, and I'm working my way through it. Two of the choicest cuts in the box are the 1989 and 1997 Batman POP!s. For those of you ignorant of the cinematic history of the greatest fictional character on Earth, those years refer to Tim…
Oftentimes when a show makes huge changes to the status quo, the writers will often try to backpedal. You can't, for example, get rid of one of the show's iconic villains in a massive building implosion and then act like there was no fallout from that. Harley Quinn knows that. Harley Quinn throws the idea of normal…
Jensen Ackles has not been the least bit shy about his love of Jason Todd AKA the Red Hood. He's played the character in animation, but has also dressed as him for Halloween. (And he also has dressed as an awesome Batman) Now, as Ackles remains locked down for the coronavirus pandemic, it seems he…
While production on The Batman is shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, that doesn't mean we can't hear from the actors. Despite actors self-isolating around the world, there are still projects to be promoted. With that in mind, John Turturro spoke a tiny bit about his role as Carmine Falcone in The Batman, and…
Prime1 Studio is back with a new Batman Batcave version set of statues as well as a new bust of the caped crusader. If you've been thinking you really need a 35-inch tall Batman statue in your house, today is your lucky day. Prime1 Studio has announced the Batman Batcave Version status in both a…
Who washes the Washmen? The case of HBO's Watchmen is here to answer this question for you while demonstrating proper handwashing technique for you. While the coronavirus pandemic may not immediately lend itself to comedy, the cast of Watchmen does a pretty good job of lightening the mood with this new tutorial video. All of…
Bandai has been teasing a Batman 1989 figure for its S.H. Figuarts line for ages, and now it has finally been unveiled. The new 6-inch figure will come with interchangeable face parts, multiple hands, a grapnel gun, a Batarang, two throwing stars, rope shooter, and cape extensions. Currently, in Japan, the figure will be a…
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep movies and television show production shut down, The CW is in the process of shifting some plans. The majority of the Arrowverse shows are now going to go into a rerun cycle to conserve the new episodes that they have finished. The plan, currently, is to have the…
It seems that the delay in shooting on The Batman may be far from over. While Matt Reeves offered a small update on Wednesday, Variety has shared news that actors and reps are being told across the industry to not expect filming to resume until mid-May at the earliest. When production shut down on The…
Does it ever feel like your TV shows are crossing over? While Batwoman leaves Alice locked up in Arkham quoting Alice in Wonderland, Supergirl's episode this week is titled 'Alex in Wonderland.' And while this episode deals with being trapped in a simulation, the second episode of Westworld's third season is all about one of its main characters being trapped…
McFarlane Toys has shared new product pages for two upcoming DC Multiverse figures. We now have more details on the upcoming Batman and Joker figures from Arkham Asylum. We saw these figures on display at Toy Fair 2020, and now we have more details on the accessories they will come with. Each figure will retail…
Production on The Batman is still shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, and that has now been confirmed by Matt Reeves. As the coronavirus pandemic was spreading across the world, movie and television productions quickly shutdown. The Batman joined those ranks on March 14 as it was preparing to shoot in Liverpool, England. Since…
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, a lot of us are finding ourselves at home. Parents may be running out of ways to entertain their kids, but never fear, DC is here to help. DC has announced that it is launching DC Kids Camp on Wednesday starting at 10am Pacific. The activities will include activity sheets,…
It seems like many of my merchandise reviews begin the same way: me yakking about how excited I was when I saw something at Toy Fair. Nevertheless, at the risk of sounding repetitive... I was so excited when I saw Funko's POP! Town at Toy Fair... ...especially the Wayne Manor and Hall of Justice sets.…
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