Ben McKenzie (Southland, The O.C.) has been cast to play Detective James Gordon on the upcoming Fox series Gotham. McKenzie's Gordon will be, "an idealistic rookie detective for Gotham City Police Department’s Homicide Squad, a former college football star and a war hero."
Also joining Gotham is Robin Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin, Sean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers) as Alfred Pennyworth, and Donal Logue as Detective Harvey Bullock.
In more casting news for CW's Flash, Candice Patton has signed on to play Iris West. Also cast is Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow. While CW hasn't said anything on the matter, Snow's presence could mean Killer Frost may be a featured villain on the show at some point. Perhaps maybe even an appearance of Firestorm. Both possibilities are purely my own speculation however.
CW does say though that where Arrow has more of a crime angle to it, Flash will have more of a sci-fi angle, with more super powered characters and science fiction storylines.
One more piece of interesting casting news for Flash: John Wesley Shipp, star of the short lived 90's Flash tv series, has been tapped to join the show. Who he will play has yet to be revealed.
Syfy is going to develop a new series based on the DC/Vertigo comic DMZ. The comic is "set in the near future where another civil war has turned Manhattan into a demilitarized zone. Photo journalist intern Matty Roth is dropped into the carnage, and after an attack, gets trapped in the DMZ."
I mentioned the rumor a few weeks ago, but now it's confirmed that AMC will be developing a new show with the involvement of Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg based on the comic series Preacher. For those unfamiliar with Preacher (myself included) the series "follows Reverend Jesse Custer, a tough Texas preacher who has lost his faith, and has learned that God has left Heaven and abandoned his responsibilities. He finds himself the only person capable of tracking God down, demanding answers, and making him answer for his dereliction of duty. Accompanying Jesse on his journey is his former girlfriend and a friendly vampire who seems to prefer a pint in the pub to the blood of the innocent. On his tail is an immortal, unstoppable killing machine named the Saint of Killers – a western lone gunman archetype whose sole purpose is to hunt and kill Jesse."
It was already known that B.J. Novak (The Office, Inglourious Basterds) was going to be in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Who he's playing is now revealed to be Alistair Smythe.
While none of the principle cast is present, filming has begun on The Avengers: Age of Ultron in Johannesburg, South Africa.
In a recent investors meeting Bob Iger, Disney CEO and Chairman, said that Captain America: The Winter Soldier 'sets critical events in motion for The Avengers: Age of Ultron.' It was also said the parts of the film's plot will be reflected in Agents of SHIELD.
Marvel claims to have film plans al the way through to the year 2021, but nothing has been officially announced beyond July 17, 2015 with the planned release of Ant-Man. Marvel's already staked out the dates of May 6, 2016 and May 5, 2017 for future films. While unconfirmed, one of those dates may be reserved for a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy. What is confirmed, though, is that a Guardians cartoon will indeed be coming to Disney XD, likely in the fall of 2015.
This is just hearsay, but the first official trailer for Guardians may drop as soon as this coming Tuesday. I'll update here as soon as I see it.
I loved Thor: The Dark World, but still must share the
Honest Trailer for it.