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More details on ‘The Flash’: red suits and ‘Arrow’ debut

The Flash

Yesterday, geeks had cause for rejoicing when the CW announced that The Flash would be coming to television on the back of Green Arrow adaptation Arrow. Now THR follows up that news with some more details from series creators Greg Berlanti and Andre Kreisberg. Berlanti,  Kreisberg and Geoff Johns will write the introduction of the …

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TV News: ‘The Flash’ live-action coming to CW, ‘Amazon’ put on hold

The Flash by Alex Ross

Deadline brings the exciting news that in the wake of the success of Arrow, a live action series based on The Flash will be fast-tracked (pun intended?) to the CW network in the next year. It will come from the Arrow creative team of team of co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg and the pilot is expected to be directed …

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SDCC 2013: Watch first sizzle reel footage from ‘Arrow’ Season 2 online

Arrow: Season 2 (Stephen Amell)

The CW has posted the first look at Arrow Season 2 online, with a sizzle reel that unveils new footage that includes appearances from Isabel Rochev (Summer Glau) and Black Canary (Caity Lotz). It has also been revealed that Bronze Tiger and Sebastian Blood, played by Michael Jai White and Kevin Alejandro respectively. In this teaser, which …

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Video: Guardians of the Galaxy join ‘Ultimate Spider-man’ on Disney XD

Ultimate Spider-man - Guardians of the Galaxy

Marvel has sent over a clip from the Ultimate Spider-man episode set to debut this Sunday on Disney XD, featuring the incomparable Guardians of the Galaxy – or at least Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Racoon and Drax the Destroyer – team up with Spider-man and Nova. We can’t help but notice that Rocket Raccoon doesn’t have …

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SDCC 2013: Cobie Smulders to appear in ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’

Cobie Smulders is Maria Hill

Entertainment Weekly has confirmed what we long suspected: Agent Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) will appear in the forthcoming television series, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. She is set to appear in the pilot, with plans for other cameos as well, but it will not be an ongoing role as yet. Joss Whedon commented on the inclusion …

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Caity Lotz is Black Canary in CW’s ‘Arrow’ in Season 2

Caity Lotz on a bike (Black Canary)

The Wrap reports that Black Canary will be joining Arrow in the second season of the popular CW television show. However, it won’t be Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) according to the source. Instead, producers have cast The Pact’s Caity Lotz as Dinah Drake, opting for a Golden Age variation on the character. In comics lore, Green …

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Marvel’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ video introduces Fitz and Simmons

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge)

With Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. set to debut a whole lot more information at the San Diego Comic-Con International in the next few days, ABC/Disney have released a new video showcasing characters Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker), a brilliant engineer and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), genius bio-chemist. Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) returns to …

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Robert Kirkman details ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 4

The Walking Dead - Season 4 banner

Series creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman has laid out some of the plans for the fourth season of AMC’s The Walking Dead for THR this weekend. Be warned, as this post contains some spoilers for the third season. With incoming showrunner Scott Gimple, the show’s third in as many years, Kirkman speaks of a …

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Watch the first clip from ‘Beware the Batman’ online

Beware the Batman

DC Entertainment (via their DC Comics YouTube channel) has released the first clip from their new DC Nation series Beware the Batman, premiering this weekend and to play Saturday mornings at 10/9c only on Cartoon Network in the US. While we will find out soon enough whether this animated series is any good, the stylised animation …

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‘Arrow’ Season 2 begins production, Summer Glau joins cast

Summer Glau - Terminator/Arrow

It’s July, which means that the second season of Arrow has begun production. Star Stephen Amell announced the start of shooting when he tweeted the image below. Producer Marc Guggenheim also shared a production meeting photo this week. Arrow returns to The CW on 9 October 2013. THR also reports that actress Summer Glau has …

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‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ gets put pilot order from Fox

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Kevin O'Neill

For reasons that can only be described as extraordinary, an adaptation of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is coming to television via Fox. THR reports that Fox has agreed to a put pilot, which is a pilot that the network has agreed to air. This almost guarantees that we will …

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