Empire Magazine is releasing this month’s magazine with covers depicting the cast of the upcoming SUICIDE CAST and include images of Jared Leto’s Joker, Harley Quinn, Dead Shot, and Enchantress… Click on the thumbnails for more covers.
Oct 302015
Oct 122015
OK, it is not official, but at least they are willing to consider the idea of a movie based on the graphic novel…that is a tremendous first step.
Now the thing will be to see if Mr. Tucker can follow up and get a good script and accomplish the task. We are in a Comic-book based movie boom and I would not see why one of the most iconic Joker stories of all times can’t be translated into the big screen, but it is a matter of timing and scripting magic.
About the rating…I don’t thing that a movie with such the violent content derived from the graphic novel could get a more audience friendly rating. I think R is a good rating, but maybe they can manage to barely make a PG-13. One word of caution…if an adaptation of this graphic novel is to be made, please be respectful to the original story and don’t “chop the plot” just to get a rating.
Get the substance of what made THE KILLING JOKE a great and classic story and then work on what you need to do to translate that to the big screen.
(Please read all about it in the full report here in BATMAN-NEWS HERE)
Aug 302015
Well, truth be told.
The first season of GOTHAM was kind of slow, and unusual. First I’d say unusual because you see a world you know…GOTHAM CITY…without a Batman (at least yet) and the introduction of all this characters, from a total new and vast DC Universe (Gothamverse) that is taking its time, with snippets of origin stories here and there that seemed to take forever. It also did not help that midseason seemed disjointed when there was that hiatus while they added more episodes.
But…
At the same time, it was interesting. Yes, this storytelling does not have the appeal of THE FLASH or ARROW, but it was successful enough to grab my attention for the whole season. I personally wanted to see more Nigma becoming the ruthless criminal he is, Zsasz crumbling under his own manic obsession with self-mutilation, and what is on with Gordon’s first love Barbara…? Is that the background that will explain why his [future] sob is so perturbed in the comics? And a surprise newcomer was Fish, which I hope returns for next season, but in the meantime it is time to add some more chaos to Gotham and that is what Season 2 is bringing forth , just look at the preview and tell me you are interested…especially of seeing A LOT MORE JOKER????
Here you have it…ENJOY!!
Aug 132015
And it was about FRIGGIN’ time DC!!!
Yes, it was a nice day in 2004 when I saw the announcement in my PREVIEWS catalog of a new Jim Lee/ Lee Bermejo/ Camuncoli project involving Joker…and then it got cancelled.
I had attended comic book conventions (SDCC and NYCC as well as Orlando MEGACON) and try to inquire about the project…nobody knew what I was talking about or those that knew said it was in indefinite hiatus…so I waited. And waited. And waited.
And today I was ecstatic when I read on COMIC BOOK RESOURCES that FINALLY the series is going to see print. YES! The First issue of the series is scheduled to be released on NOVEMBER 2015 and will include (as of today) alternate covers by Jim Lee (1:100 sketch Cover), and Lee Bermejo. The original layouts of the series are done by Giuseppe Camumcoli and top comic book artists will work in each of the 4 issues of the miniseries. The first issue is made by JIM LEE! Here is the premise:
The impossible has happened and Batman is on the verge of being taken down by an enemy he cannot defeat: a virus for which there is no cure! And the only hope for his salvation is The Joker! Who infected Batman, what does the Clown Prince of Crime know, and how will the Dark Knight get that information? Together, the enemies crisscross Europe, desperate to find answers before time runs out.
And here are the covers:
(Original art from DC Comics. Original report by COMIC BOOK RESOURCES HERE)
Jul 182015
“Gotham” creator Bruno Heller and stars Ben McKenzie and Robin Lord Taylor discussed season two, the Joker and more in an interview with IGN. The Joker has long been teased for the show and, following Cameron Monaghan’s latest Instagram clue, Heller weighed in on how the Joker will impact the second season.
“There’s definitely some curve balls; life is all about curve balls, and this show is about that,” Heller explained. “Cameron is coming back. He’s playing Jerome. The story we’re telling is absolutely the story of how the Joker came to be. More than that, I can’t tell you, because I’ve not yet formulated a clever J.J. Abrams type of way of telling you the truth but avoiding the spoiler.”
“Without getting into any of that, what I think it does — given that we’ve now read the first four scripts [of season two] and Jerome is definitely featured — I think for fans of Joker… are going to be very happy,” McKenzie added.
“It’s a storyline that plays out over the whole season. By the end of the season, all Joker fans will go, ‘Ahhh! What a brilliant, brilliant idea!'”Heller joked.
(Original report by Meagan Damore, for CBR. Watch video report HERE)
Jul 152015
I know, I’m a few days late, but I have been busy and to tell you the truth, though I don’t want to run an early judgement with just a few seconds of footage, it’s hard for me not to get disappointed in the direction SUICIDE SQUAD is taking Joker and Harley Quinn. I’m a big fan of the Clown, but Suicide Squad’s Joker seems like a bad idea from the beginning at least for me (and I don’t know who to blame). My only hope is that Mr. Leto’s talent would be able to salvage this incarnation of the CLOWN PRINCE OF CRIME and make it memorable. I shall wait patiently for more footage to make a more educated opinion on the subject.
Please don’t take my opinion as the word of God on the subject. I’m supplying the popular trailer from SDCC so you can make your own opinion on the subject.
Jul 152015
For those of you that could not make it to SDCC this year, the Gotham Panel, based on the popular TV show that depicts the origin of the Gotham characters in a very realistic way, updated fans on the future of the series, with input from the entire cast and staff of the show. A surprise was to see Cameron Monaghan, “AKA Jerome Valeska and possible future Joker in the series crashing into the auditiorium at the end of the presentation and when “escorted” out of the auditorium by security Monaghan uttered in a menacing voice: “How high is your pain tolerance”
Here is a recording of the panel thanks to YouTube and Flicks and the City
Jul 122015
Sacha Goldberger is a talented French photographer with a keen eye for the unusual and great talent for composition One of the collections that caught my eye was the reimagining of superheroes if they would have lived in the 17th century, reinventing their attire and attributes to suit the times. Of course, the main thing to me was the fact that he included a version of the Joker which I include here but if you want to see the rest of his superhero collection as well as a great collection of his work (which I really recommend you do, is very good) you can visit his site HERE
Jul 092015
It has been teased all along since his first appearance and later when the first season ended that Jerome, a young man that seems to be the young version of who would become the Joker later on, will be further explored as he goes through his slow transformation into who is going to be Batman’s greatest nemesis. So apparently this character is the one destined to become the Clown Prince of Crime (at least for the series), I personally had my doubts are the beginning, but it seems the information is coming from the horse’s mouth…. just LOOK AT CAMERON MONAGHAN’s (Jerome) instagram picture…
(Picture and report source INSTAGRAM and FOOD WORLD NEWS)
“This is very much the beginning of the Joker saga,” the series’ showrunner Bruno Heller told People Magazine last February, when asked about Cameron Monaghan’s Joker. “People will have to watch in the long run to see where this character goes and whether he is the Joker or not, but the whole show is about origin stories, and origins can be very complex and convoluted things. I will not confirm that it’s the character himself – he may be – and I’m not trying to trick the audience, but we have a very precise and engaging story to tell.”
For those who did not have a chance to see Cameron’s previous performance in GOTHAM season 1, please click on the link below:
(Video courtesy of Jo D’Mango at YOUTUBE)
Jul 092015
SPOILER!
Enjoy this little preview of the Harley Quinn Gameplay from Arkham Knight but be warned, skip this video if you want to play the story line first..