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Elseworlds is the Justice League Movie We Deserved

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When it comes to movies and television DC Comics has pretty much always lived in the shadow of Marvel Studios. That seems to be changing as the company kicked off its own streaming service with the fantastic Titans and continues its run of amazing television with the Arrowverse Elseworlds crossover event.

The three night event, which is becoming an annual tradition, was a bit of a game changer for everyone involved. Not only did it bring together all the CW DC properties (except Black Lightning, maybe next year) but served as a love letter to the decades of shows and movies that have come before it.

So much ground was covered it’s hard to say where to begin. From minute one fans got not just a look a truly great villain but closure on the underrated 1990 Flash series which apparently co-exists in the DC Arrowverse universe. John Wesley Shipp not only reprises his role as Barry Allen, in his original suit, but the small glimpse we had of his earth showed that the universe there had expanded quite a bit in the nearly 30 years since we last saw it. Though only a glimpse those with a close eye might have spotted what looked like a Green Arrow, Ray and a few others fighting alongside him.

From there the audience is whisked away to a rather lighthearted look at swapped identities when Barry Allen and Oliver Queen wake up in each other’s lives. The two end up putting a microscope on all the tropes that define each of the shows and the characters. It isn’t until we end up on Earth-38 with Supergirl that things really get moving.

Rather than just do a quick transition though the audience finds themselves back in Smallville. Not just any Smallville though, THE Smallville from a decade ago. Same farm, same truck complete with the opening theme song. The Supergirl timeline is really unclear on where the Smallville series seems to stand in its timeline so maybe the music just solidifies the retcon. Supergirl takes place in the Smallville universe but with different actors. It’s a weird sort of compromise.

Regardless, the chemistry between Superman and the finally on screen Lois Lane is fantastic. They really do deserve their own series. Elizabeth Tulloch feels like a much better, more modern version of Margot Kidder and I mean that in the best possible way. She’s smart, passionate, feisty and fully formed by the time the audience meets her. The love between her and Clark is definitive and they shine every time they are on screen.

All of this leads up to a big fight with the starter Big Bad which ends up just being an excuse to have everyone work together as a team.  That’s really all the excuse that’s needed. Watching The Flash, Green Arrow, Superman and Supergirl work as a team is a joy to watch. It’s like the Justice Leagues cartoons come to life.

With each successive episode DC managed to win over hearts and minds even more. It proved you could have a multiverse level event and still keep things relatively light. The DC Cinematic Universe could take a few lessons. Even that’s not totally fair. Titans is a dark, R-rated show about superheroes and it’s still one of the best shows on television right now. It’s the execution that seems to be the problem with most of the DC movies and the shows more than make up for that.

By the final episode everything comes to a head with an epic battle that brings everything together above and beyond expectations. The whole crossover is full of easter eggs ranging from big and obvious to really deep cuts. It’s a joy to watch from start to finish.

The crossover also served as an introduction to some new characters, each of which might get their own show in the near future. The Gotham they established in episode two is rife for exploration and Batwoman is an excellent, rarely used character that would be great to watch in the future. Lois and Clark are just asking for a series as well. My hat goes off to DC, they pulled off a high-concept plot expertly.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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