Feb 16 2015
While a perfect Hellblazer adaptation may never be fully realised on network television, the first season of CONSTANTINE remains the most interesting debut of the season. Without mainstream appeal of Gotham, or the sheer fun of The Flash, it could be argued that NBC’s dip into the comic book world was still an entirely successful one in …
Jan 26 2015
Welcome to Behind The Panels Issue 126, the comic book show that comes from a land down under, where women glow and men ponder…why the women are glowing. In this issue, Marvel announces they are ending all their universes. It seems like a pretty extreme way to get rid of Spider Island, but who are …
Jun 10 2014
Powers has been announced as a new PlayStation exclusive series from December, while the new trailer for NBC’s Constantine reveals characters from the wider DC universe. At a special presentation during Sony’s E3 presentation in Los Angeles, writer Brian Michael Bendis took to the stage to announce that an adaptation of his Powers series will arrive …
May 12 2014
Following a slew of announcements about pick-ups, renewals and pilot debuts, the first full trailer for NBC’s Constantine has arrived. Surprising us all, it actually looks pretty good. Indeed, much of the tone of the original comics has been kept, and about the only thing missing at this early stage is watching John Constantine (played …
Mar 14 2014
While the net has been overrun with ‘leaked’ pictures from the set of NBC’s forthcoming Constantine, the network has now released their first official look at the lead , based on the DC/Vertigo character of the same name. Welsh actor Matt Ryan very much conjures up the spectre of the character, with the trenchcoat, shirt …
Oct 01 2013
In this issue, we tell you what we think about Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Spoilers: most of it will be drooling. THEN Constantine gets the go ahead for a network TV series: Alan Moore must be rolling in his grave. All this, PLUS our Kick-ass Pick of the Week, Winter City by our special guests in the studio, …
Sep 27 2013
Following the announcement earlier this week that Gotham, a series based on the Batman universe, would be coming to Fox, The Hollywood Reporter has announced that NBC has a pilot for Constantine in the works. David S. Goyer and The Mentalist executive producer Daniel Cerone will write the script for the first episode that will appear on the network. …
