There was a ton of new footage and information discussed at DC’s Fandome event earlier today. We’re going to do our best to get to every announcement/tease, so let’s tackle this section by section:
Milestone Media:
– Reggie Hudlin and Denys Cowan were on hand to talk Milestone and announced a new “Blood Syndicate” title for 2022. They also announced “Milestone Compendium One,” due out February 1, which collects “Blood Syndicate” #1-12, “Hardware” #1-12, “Icon” #1-10, “Static” #1-8, “Xombi” #1-8, and “Shadow Cabinet” #0.
– Cowan and Hudlin also confirmed a live-action Static movie, produced by Michael B. Jordan, is being written by Randy McKinnon (Safety, the upcoming The Lost Boys), and announced an animated Milestone movie featuring multiple characters is being written by Brandon Thomas (“Aquaman: The Becoming,” “Batman: Urban Legends”).
– Milestone, DC, Warner Bros, and Ally announced a new partnership called “The Milestone Initiative” which will ‘aim to identify, support and elevate emerging diverse writers and artists within the comic book industry.’
DC Comics:
– DC’s recently created Monkey Prince character will star in a new 12-issue series, debuting on the Lunar New Year. The series, written by Gene Luen Yang and illustrated by Bernard Chang, already has a prologue chapter up for free on DCComics.com.
– Jim Lee announced a tweaking of Superman’s motto, from “Truth, Justice, and the American Way” to “Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow.” I am sure that no one online will have any problem with that. Now, let me take a sip of this coffee and check Twitter…
– There will be a large Wonder Woman-centered crossover event at DC in 2022 called ‘Trial of the Amazons.’ Writers Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Vita Ayala, Stephanie Williams, Joëlle Jones. and Jordie Bellaire will begin seeding this story beginning in “Nubia and the Amazons” #1, which hits stores on Tuesday.
DC Kids FanDome:
– There were brief teases/mentions of shows like Batwheels and My Adventures With Superman, but very little real news was revealed, aside from the news that Batwheels will drop next year, and My Adventures With Superman in 2023 and a few small teases/designs (Batwheels, My Adventures With Superman).
– A teaser for League of Super-Pets was shown, with a trailer promised for November. The film will get a theatrical release on May 20, 2022.
– There was also a video-game tie-in announced, coming in the spring.
– Teen Titans Go! debuted new footage from crossovers with both DC Super Hero Girls and the animated version of Doom Patrol, both of which are no strangers to TTG. There was also an episode of Teen Titans Go! teased that focused on Wonder Woman’s 80th birthday.
Warner Bros. Games:
– New trailers were released for both Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Gotham Knights. Debra Wilson’s Amanda Waller was debuted in the former, and the latter was narrated by Elias Toufexis’s Penguin. There was also a behind-the-scenes featurette with Jim Lee, Scott Snyder, and Greg Capullo about adapting the ‘Court of Owls’ storyline into a game.
Warner Bros. Audio:
– Gina Rodriguez will be playing Barbara Gordon in the Spotify podcast Batman: Unburied. Also joining the cast, revealed by a video at Fandome, are Sam Witwer (The Mist, Supergirl) as the cannibalistic serial killer called The Harvester; Emmy Raver-Lampman (The Umbrella Academy, Central Park) as Kell, a medical student helping Bruce Wayne; Jessica Marie Garcia (On My Block, Diary of a Future President) as Barbara Gordon’s partner Renee Montoya, and Jim Pirri (Penguins of Madagascar, Batman: The Long Halloween) as Arnold Flass.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment:
– Four new animated features were announced today. Catwoman: Hunted is first up, dropping on February 8. That film also saw a trailer drop during Fandome.
– In the summer, Green Lantern: Beware My Power will debut, with the autumn bringing the first fully computer generation DC Universe Animated film, Battle of the Super Sons. Finally, there will be an R-rated cut of Batman: The Long Halloween, which will combine both halves into a ‘Deluxe Edition.
Continued below– There will be a new Constantine short, starring Matt Ryan, debuting early in 2022, potentially released with Catwoman: Hunted.
Warner Bros. Animation:
– While no release date has been announced, there was a teaser for season three of HBO Max’s Harley Quinn, featuring King Shark and Starro.
– There was a behind the scenes featurette released for Batman: Caped Crusader, the new animated series from producers J.J. Abrams (Alias, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited), and Matt Reeves (The Batman, Let Me In). The series draws obvious comparisons to Batman: The Animated Series, though the differences are discussed in the video. The series is set to debut on HBO Max in 2023.
– In what can only be described as a surprise, the first two episodes of Young Justice: Phantoms (season 4) are now live, with new episodes debuting each Thursday on HBO Max.
HBO Max
– New season pickups were announced for Titans, Doom Patrol, and Pennyworth, which both moves from Epix to HBO Max and also will feature a five-year time jump.
– DMZ exec producers Ava DuVernay and Roberto Patino shared the first photos from the four-part miniseries, while outlining all the characters.
– We got the first look at some concept art for the currently in-production Blue Beetle film via director Angel Manuel Soto and actor Xolo Maridueña.
– A teaser and virtual roundtable for Peacemaker were the centerpieces of this section of Fandome. The teaser introduces a number of new additions to the Suicide Squad corner of the DCEU, including Robert Patrick as Peacemaker’s father and Freddie Stroma as Vigilante.
Warner Bros. Television:
– We got the first look at the Ava DuVernay-produced Naomi series for the CW, featuring a sort-of Superman cameo. The series will debut at some point in 2022.
– The first image of Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer in Netflix’s The Sandman was unveiled.
– There was a teaser for Stargirl‘s next episode, and a tour of the Kent house from the folks behind Superman & Lois, and a look back at Supergirl.
– There was a twentieth anniversary celebration for Smallville, featuring a reunion of the show’s stars Tom Welling (Clark Kent) and Michael Rossenbaum (Lex Luthor). This, more than anything else today, made me (Brian) feel one million years old.
– Season 8 of The Flash will give him gold boots. Finally.
Warner Bros. Pictures:
– The first footage and behind the scenes video from Black Adam debuted in a video ‘hosted’ by the film’s star Dwayne Johnson. Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Shahi, Aldis Hodge, Quintessa Swindell, and Noah Centineo were all featured in the featurette. The film drops next summer.
– There was also a behind-the-scenes presentation for Shazam! Fury of the Gods, showing off new cast members Lucy Liu, Helen Mirren, and Rachel Zegler.
– The first footage from The Flash was revealed, with Ezra Miller playing multiple versions of the titular character, Sasha Calle as Supergirl, as well as voice-over and a silhouette of Michael Keaton’s Batman.
– Batgirl directors Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah confirmed Leslie Grace will have red hair in the movie, and showed a piece of concept art of Barbara on a gargoyle.
– A behind-the-scenes featurette following Jason Momoa on the first day of filming for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was also shown.
– However, the real star of the event was The Batman, which got a new trailer, which has excited the fanbase for its March debut.
