Category: TV

Where To Watch Comic Book TV in Australia for 2015/2016

DC Comics TV Australia

Watching genre TV in Australia has been a painful process over the last few years. If you want to stay above the line of the law, it’s involved a patchwork quilt of cable subscription, VPN streaming, US iTunes and recently launched streaming services like Netflix, Stan and Presto. The 2015/2016 season brings with it some …

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TV trailers for ‘Arrow: Season 4’ and ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 3’ sizzle

Arrow: Season 4

The US Fall season is almost upon us, and after many hints and costume reveals, the CW and ABC have respectively introduced sizzle trailers for ARROW: Season 4 and AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 3, picking up on some dangling threads and taking both shows deep into comic book territory. We swear we’re not becoming a Green …

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Matt Ryan to guest as Constantine in ‘Arrow’ Season 4, Jay Garrick debuts in ‘The Flash’ Season 2 poster

Constantine, Arrow and The Flash

“The rumours are true,” announced Constantine star Matt Ryan via Twitter. “John is coming to Star City. I’ll see you this Fall.” To the squeeing delight of fans of Constantine, which was not renewed by NBC for a second season this year, the character will be making a cameo this year in the fourth season …

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Élodie Yung cast as Elektra in Marvel’s ‘Daredevil: Season 2’

Elodie Yung (Elektra)

Marvel has officially announced that Élodie Yung has been cast as Elektra in the second season of Marvel’s DAREDEVIL, set to debut on Netflix in 2016. The French TV and film actress, best known outside Europe for for G.I. Joe: Retaliation and District 13: Ultimatum, will play the mysterious figure from Matt Murdock’s past, “whose …

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Review: iZombie – Season 1

iZombie - Liv

Caution: This review may contain minor spoilers for the first season of iZOMBIE. The CW network has seen a string of hits off the back of DC Comics properties, but to date has stuck to some of the more recognisable characters: Superman (Smallville), Green Arrow (Arrow) and The Flash. So it was surprising when iZOMBIE was …

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Jon Bernthal joins ‘Marvel’s Daredevil’ Season 2 as Frank Castle/The Punisher

Daredevil: Season 2 - Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher

Marvel.com has officially announced that The Walking Dead and The Wolf of Wall Street star Jon Bernthal will be joining the cast of Marvel’s DAREDEVIL for the 2016 season. He will be playing Frank Castle (aka The Punisher), putting to bed years of rumours of what the studio would be doing with the character since the …

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Behind The Panels Issue 143 – Arrow: Season 3/The Flash: Season 1

Behind The Panels Issue 143 – Arrow: Season 3/The Flash: Season 1

Welcome to BEHIND THE PANELS Issue 143, the comic book show that must be someone else, that must be…something else. In this issue, it’s an All-New All-Different Marvel coming soon. Again. ALSO The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman is in the writing room for the next Transformers film. They’ll spend three films looking for Optimus, and …

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Behind The Panels Issue 142 – Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Season 2

Behind The Panels Issue 142 – Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Season 2

Welcome to BEHIND THE PANELS Issue 142, the comic book show that’s been hiding inside S.H.I.E.L.D. since the 1940s. In this issue, Archie exposes himself…to criticism. Archie and Veronica blushed. ALSO really long first look trailers get dropped for Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Lucifer. We talk about them in a section we appropriately call Talking …

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The CW’s ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ trailer and featurette unveiled

Legends of Tomorrow (CW) teaser banner

Last week, it was given a title. Now that Arrow has finished up for the year, and The Flash finale is only days away, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW has dropped its first timey wimey trailer. It is a thing of beauty the likes of which mere mortals dare only dream of. In the new series, Time-traveling rogue Rip …

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CBS unveils extended trailer for ‘Supergirl’

  CBS has released the first extended 7-minute trailer for their upcoming SUPERGIRL series, set to kick off with star Melissa Benoist in the titular role. It’s not a bird. It’s not a plane. It’s not a man. It’s Supergirl. In the new drama from the world of DC Comics, Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El, embraces …

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The (r)evolution of Harley Quinn: from jester to sex symbol

The (r)evolution of Harley Quinn: from jester to sex symbol

Following the release this week of a photo of Harley Quinn and some other guys from the forthcoming Suicide Squad film, two things were incredibly evident. Firstly, in just over two decades, Harley Quinn has gone from a fan favourite character to one of the more recognisable figures in the DC Universe. More importantly, that popularity …

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