Marvel Vs DC - Suicide Squad Success, Fall TV, Doctor Strange

A few things going on in the world of movies and television related to that ever lasting war between Marvel and DC.


Suicide Squad - a Win for DC - Suicide Squad had a fair amount of panning by critics despite it being the best DC superhero film since Batman: The Dark Knight Rises.  The film for the most part got the characters right and had a fun story to boot.  I felt the movie was trying to hard to be good.  At times the moments you see on screen look like they would be extremely funny or full of great action but instead they seemed to fall a bit flat.  The intros to each character were forced and while I did enjoy most of them, none of them blew me out of the water.  Even Margot Robbie, who I expected to steal the show, was pretty good but not fantastic.  Will Smith and Jared Leto were also pretty good.  The fact that DC has created a movie with pretty good characters is a step in the right direction.  Apart from choppy storytelling and odd pacing the movie did not make any major mistakes like with Superman in his two films.

Suicide Squad raked in the bucks, over taking some heavy hitting Marvel films including Captain America: Winter Soldier.  So I would expect DC to follow suit with films that are more like Suicide Squad and hopefully they will fix some of the writing issues.

Marvel Vs DC - Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, The Flash, The Defenders and more

The imaginary war between Marvel and DC has just raised the bar with all that has come out of this year's San Diego Comic Con.  In addition to a slew of clips and trailers, some of which have not made it to the internet yet, there was plenty of news.


If you didn't make it to comic con then you can look at some of the panels here -




http://superheronews.com/watch-all-the-big-marvel-comic-con-panels-and-announcements/

http://superheronews.com/watch-all-the-big-dc-films-panels-and-announcements-from-comic-con/

Below we have much of the news and trailers in one location for your convenience.


Doctor Strange Trailer - Nice!!

Marvel News - Cumberbatch Confirmed As Dr Strange and Jessica Jones News

Marvel Entertainment finally confirmed one of the worst kept secrets of 2014 of Benedict Cumberbatch being cast as Doctor Strange.  The film will be out November 2016 and will be part of Marvels Phase 3.  Doctor Strange will be directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Jon Spaihts.

Marvel has also decided on how will be Jessica Jones and Luke Cage for their proposed Netflix series which is suppose to follow the Daredevil series on Netflix.  They have decided on Krysten Ritter to play Jessica Jones.  Now the rumor to play Luke Cage in the Jessica Jones series is Mike Colter.  He was at the audition for Krysten Ritter so it appears he might be the one to be the super strong hero.
Jessica Jones is one of many 13 episode Netflix series with Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and The Defenders all coming soon.  Guess it is time to get a Netflix subscription if you don't already have one.

Marvel Vs. DC - Does DC have a chance to compete?

This is an updated post from a few weeks ago with some more titles and dates confirmed.  Included are the names of all the Marvel films into 2019.  We have DC, Marvel and the Marvel products released by Fox and Sony.


I always see this as a war between DC and Marvel and some of the release dates will have them battling for the Box Office.  It is interesting to note that these heavy hitters will be competing for biggest box office for the year not only against one another but against Star Wars, Terminator, Jurassic World, Independence Day 2, and a bunch of Avatar films. The superhero film will not be alone at the top of the box office and one will see if that genre can continue to perform strongly over the years.

Here is a schedule and some thoughts after.

Marvel Casts Benedict Cumberbatch As Doctor Strange

It appears that Marvel has finally cast Doctor Strange and it is none other than Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch.  Once talks with Joaquin Phoenix have fell through the search was on for a new Doctor Strange. Cumberbatch was one of three on a shortlist to replace him as Sherlock beat out Keanu Reeves and Colin Farrell.  Doctor Strange will be part of Phase 3 and will be out July 8th 2016.

Source: CBR
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=56641

Doctor Strange Movie Has A Director Possibly

 

Variety and The Hollywood Reporter have both reported that Scott Derrickson will be directing the Doctor Strange movie.  Marvel has not officially announced it yet but it apparently is a done deal by the tweet sent out by Derrickson.  Scott Derrickson is known for directing The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Day the Earth Stood Still and the July release Deliver Us From Evil.

My next movie will be STRANGE: pic.twitter.com/5pdbO6Op6j

— Scott Derrickson (@scottderrickson) June 3, 2014

Is Johnny Depp In Line To Play Doctor Strange????

Den of Geek among other sites like CBR and Newsarama have been reporting that it is rumored that Johnny Depp has met with Marvel Comics to discuss playing Doctor Strange for Phase Three of their movie franchise.  Doctor Strange is one of the more mildly popular characters who is getting a resurgence of popularity as he is know a member of the Avengers in the different comic books based on the team.  There won't be an announcement right away as Marvel has claimed that any wave three announcements won't happen until the summer probably at San Diego Comic Con in July.

I hope the rumor is true as Johnny Depp can bring that type of odd ballness to the character that is kind of odd in a mystical way.