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– “The War of Jokes and Riddles” is coming. Joke. Riddle. Joke. Riddle. Joke Riddle. That’s my best Tom King impression. King teased on Twitter several times yesterday, featuring Mikel Janin’ art for the upcoming storyline set to take place after Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s “Zero Year” arc. The story will pit the Riddler against the Joker and tease the past, present, and future of the DCU. The arc begins in June with the anniversary “Batman” #25 and will run a hole 8 issues (including a 2 issue Kite Man interlude).
– Tim Seeley posted this teaser image on Twitter yesterday which seems to confirm the long-speculated live-action adaption of the recently concluded “Revival” from Seeley and artist Mike Norton. The series ran for 47 issues at Image before concluding in February of this year. More information will be released at the C2E2 “Revival” panel on April 22 at 2:45 pm.
– Adventure Time is returning! A new 8-part miniseries centering on Jake the Dog and Finn the Human called Elemants is set to premiere the week of Monday April 24 and end Thursday April 28. The next episode of Adventure Time called “The Orb” is set to premiere April 21.
– Jessica Jones season 2 started filming! While no release date has been announced (for this or The Defenders or The Punisher), we know the series was renewed for a second season… and that’s about all we know. It has been rumored that Typhoid Mary will be the villain. More details as they come.
– A new teaser for the upcoming second season of Preacher premiered today. The teaser depicts Tuilips, Jesse, and Cassidy on a road trip with “Come on Ilene” playing in the background. The second season premieres on June 19.
– The voice cast for the upcoming Batman and Harley Quinn animated feature was revealed today including Melissa Rauch, best known as Bernadette on The Big Bang Theory, as the voice of Harley Quinn. Kevin Conroy will return as the voice of Batman and Bruce Timm will direct. No release date has been announced but the next DCAU movie Teen Titans: The Judas Contract will be released on April 18.
