Category: Comic-Con

DCTV Casting Scoop: Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

There has been an incredible amount of casting news announced for our favorite DC/CW superhero shows. The following is a round up of all the important casting news that has been announced recently.

    Arrow

Manu Bennett (Slade Wilson) will recur during Season 6. “I can report that Manu Bennett is back to being a part of the show and I think we will see him multiple times this year, which is awesome,” star Stephen Amell announced during Heroes & Villains FanFest.

Michael Emerson is joining Season 6 in the recurring role of… Well that isn’t known quite yet. But Stephen Amell is totally on board with this announcement.

Arrow premieres October 12.

    The Flash

Britne Oldford will reprise her Season 1 role as villainous metahuman Peek-a-Boo in the season 4 premiere of The Flash. Details on what brings Peek-a-Boo back are being kept under wraps.

Neil Sandilands will play the villainous metahuman known as Clifford Devoe aka “The Thinker”. Devoe is “a megamind who embarks on a season-long battle” with the Scarlet Speedster, per the official description. He is “a true genius” who has “devised an intricate plan to fix all that he deems wrong with humanity.”

Kim Engelbrecht will play Devoe’s partner-in-crime, the DC Comics character The Mechanic. A true believer and a highly intelligent engineer who designs devices for The Thinker to help him implement his plan.

Danny Trejo has been cast as Earth-19 bounty hunter, Gypsy’s imposing father, Breacher.

The Flash premieres October 10.

    Supergirl

Odette Annable is joining as a series regular. She will play the new Big Bad “Worldkiller” Reign.

Supergirl premieres October 9.

    DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

Tala Ashe has joined the cast as Zari Adrianna Tomaz, a Muslim-American computer nerd with a wry, combative attitude who hails from the year 2030.

Billy Zane will play politician and showman P.T. Barnum, who founded Barnum & Bailey Circus (aka “The Greatest Show on Earth”).

Tracy Ifeachor will play Season 3 Big Bad Kuasa. Kuasa is the sister of Mari McCabe, a.k.a. Megalyn E.K.’s version of Vixen. So that means Kuasa is also the granddaughter of Maisie Richardson Sellers’ version of Vixen, Amaya.

Showrunner Marc Guggenheim announced during Comic-Con that the show has had “really good conversations” with Matt Ryan to reprise his role as Constantine on Legends, but for now, the actor is busy with other projects.

Legends of Tomorrow premieres October 10.

Tom Felton is Not Set to Return to ‘The Flash’

Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that actor Tom Felton will not be returning to The Flash season 4 as series regular.

Barry Allen’s CSI supervisor was notably absent from the trailer released at this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con. Tom Felton did not attend the con either.

Felton is not set to make an appearance of any kind in the upcoming season, but this could change if his schedule clears up and the storyline needs him.

Watch Henry Leave Storybrooke and Meet Cinderella in New ‘Once Upon a Time’ Sneak Peek

Remember when we told you about fans at Comic-Con getting to watch the first two scenes of Once Upon a Time season 7?

Well, that footage has been released.

The clip shows young Henry saying goodbye to Regina as he leaves home, and then adult Henry crashing into Cinderella’s carriage,

Check it out:

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Marvel’s ‘Inhumans’ Confirmed to Have an ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Connection

During SDCC, the upcoming Marvel’s Inhumans released a second trailer, but also screened some scenes from the season premiere for the fans present at the con.

According to Comic Book Movie, one if these scenes features the royal family acknowledging the events of season 2 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. by discussing the spread of Terrigen in Earth’s water supply.

Marvel’s Inhumans is set to show its first two episodes on IMAX theatres on September 1, and later premiere on ABC on September 29.

DC’s ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ Season 3 Trailer Released + More Details Coming Out of SDCC

Like we said before, Comic-Con has dropped all the trailers, now it’s time you watch the one for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

But first, we have a bunch of new information coming out of the show’s panel.

Wentworth Miller and Neal McDonough will both reprise their roles as Captain Cold and Damien Darhk for the upcoming season, with Miller returning in a recurring capacity and McDonough as a regular. However, he will be embodying a new version of the character.

However, Miller will be embodying a new version of the character. Executive producer Phil Klemmer said, “Mick Rory needs his pal, but unfortunately he’s not going to get the version of his pal that he remembers.”

Damien Darhk will experience some dangerous changes as well. “We’ll be meeting a new version of Damien Darhk, a little less silly, a little more formidable.” Arthur Darvill will also be back as Rip Hunter, but in a recurring role, and it sounds like he’ll be coming into conflict with his former teammates.

Arthur Darvill is also returning as Rip Hunter in a recurring role. It was teased that we’ll see some rivalry between him and his former teammates.

Check out the trailer for the new season below:

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Season 3 of Legends of Tomorrow is set to premiere on October 10.

Source: Comic Book Movie.

SDCC: ‘Supergirl’ Season 3 Trailer Released, Calista Flockhart Will Return

The CW has confirmed that Calista Flockhart will return for season 3 of Supergirl. She now has a recurring status and is set to appear during the season premiere.

Adrian Pasdar, Carl Lumbly, Yael Grobglas, and Emma Tremblay have all joined the cast for the upcoming season as Morgan Edge, a ruthless real estate developer who will find himself at odds with Lena Luthor, J’onn’s father M’yrnn J’onzz, a pacifist religious leader on Mars, Psi, a psychic villain who uses people’s minds against them, and Ruby, a smart kid who’s fascination with Supergirl lands her in serious trouble, respectively.

The CW also released the first season 3 trailer, check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaI6dcoRRQQ

Supergirl is set to premiere on October 9.

SDCC: First Official Trailer for ‘The Flash’ Season 4 Has Dropped

Yesterday at Comic-Con, the DC TV panel dropped ALL the trailers (seriously), and The Flash was certainly not left out.

The trailer features narration by Iris West as she remembers her fiancé a.k.a. the fastest man alive, but she won’t “curl up in a ball and cry all day.”

The trailer also features new villains and the fight to bring the Flash back.

Check it out:

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The Flash is set to premiere October 10.

New Comic-Con Trailer for ‘Arrow’ Season 6 Looks Brutal

The full cast of Arrow was present at their panel yesterday, but they were not so present in this new trailer.

In the trailer, we find out that Slade made it off Lian Yu before Prometheus‘ trap could blast him to smithereens, but can we say the same about the rest of our Team Arrow?

Check out the trailer:

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Season 6 of Arrow premieres October 12.

‘Captain Marvel’ Will Take Place in the 90s

It was already revealed that Samuel L. Jackson was going to be part of the cast for the upcoming Captain Marvel, but now we know that the movie will feature both of Nick Fury’s eyes!

You read that right, but no, he won’t be getting a transplant or anything like that.

It was revealed at Marvel’s panel during SDCC that Marvel’s first female-led superhero movie will be set in the 90s.

We also learned that the Skrulls (a race of aliens shapeshifters, basically) will be the villains of the movie.

Fans at the con got some exclusive looks at concept art for the movie and at Captain Marvel’s costume.

The movie is set to come out March 8, 2019.

 

Check Out the New Poster + Cast Photos from ‘Black Panther’

We already saw a beautiful poster coming from D23 last week, but now Comic-Con brought us a brand-new poster for Marvel’s Black Panther.

The poster debuted at the con, but was later released in full resolution by the movie’s official Twitter page.

The poster features T’Challa in his Black Panther armor overlooking Wakanda.

Check it out:

In addition to this poster, Entertainment Weekly posted 9 characters portraits and descriptions featuring the upcoming movie’s main characters.

Image: Kwaku Alston.
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The movie is set to come out February 16.