Oct 01 2015
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 …
Sep 05 2015
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 …
Aug 12 2015
“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 …
Jul 08 2015
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 …
Jun 11 2015
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 …
Jun 10 2015
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 …
May 26 2015
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 …
May 19 2015
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 …
May 15 2015
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 …
May 14 2015
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 …
May 09 2015
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 …
