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Almost every DC Comics movie released in the last five or six years has done so with baggage attached that can’t help but talked about. In many cases, said baggage helps inform why the film is what it is, but in other cases, it gets in the way of what makes an individual film rise or fall despite a game effort from all involved in production. Spoilers of the Week: July 29thSo it goes with Aquaman: released December 21, 2018, this was the first movie to follow the 2017 version of Justice League, and starting from that…

You’ve read the stories. You’ve debated the casting announcements. You’ve watched a handful of artists try to do justice to a legacy of iconic characters that’s now just short of a century old. Maybe you even demanded that Warners release the Snyder Cut. (If so: Um, thanks?) By now, we don’t need to recount to you the long, storied history of the D.C.E.U., or remind you that because of a number of corporate decisions, scandals, disappointments, accusations, and outright WTF head-scratchers, some new management is about…

Image: Altered InnocenceLast year the Toronto International Film Festival played host to The People’s Joker, a queer, comedic re-imagining of Batman’s legendary foil in a Gotham City where crime was outlawed. Warner Bros, naturally, immediately did not care for this, and the film looked like it was destined for a life of limited showings at festivals, if even that. But in 2024 it will find new life.Altered Innocence has announced that it has secured the distribution rights for Vera Drew’s dark comedy—in which she also…

Image: Dan Mora/DC ComicsDC Comics sure likes releasing goofy alternate takes on the Justice League. Last year, they were mech pilots, and not long before that, they were anthropomorphic dinosaurs. Next up on the gimmick list? Why apes, of course!La Borinqueña’s Collab With DC Comics on Hurricane Relief | io9 InterviewEarlier in the week, the publisher announced Jungle League, which isn’t some spiritual sequel to JLApe: Gorilla Warfare, but an all-ape team consisting of DC’s primate heroes. In this case, our roster…

Image: Warner Bros. Discovery Consumer ProductsThe big day is drawing near and so are those shipping cut-offs for getting everyone on your list a special fandom holiday gift. Don’t worry, io9's latest gift guide inspired by the worlds of DC and the WB has some shopping tips at places that offer in-store pickup, including BoxLunch and Target.Here are the latest collections to look at featuring WB100's BlackMilk drop, Elf’s 20th anniversary, the Puma x Gremlins capsule, Barbie at Stoney Clover Lane, The Wizard of Oz at…

In the streaming world, the most important superpower is luring eyeballs to your platform—though adding actual superheroes to your line-up certainly can’t hurt. Thanks to a new deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, Tubi is now offering (or will soon offer) a wide range of DC Universe movies and TV series.'Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police' | AI UnlockedVariety broke the news, with a Tubi press release confirming even more details about the new content coming to the ad-supported VOD service, which is owned by Fox…

Image: Studio WitThere is a lot going on in our latest look at Suicide Squad Isekai, the DC Comics anime that, well, is a Suicide Squad isekai—the popular portal fantasy subgenre about taking people out of their own time and place and dumping them in another world. But I am not going to scrub seeing an anime riff on Peacemaker’s DC movie design from my mind any time soon.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedDirected by Jujutsu Kaisen’s Eri Osada and featuring new and familiar riffs on classic DC designs…

Image: Loungefly, BoxLunch, Hedley and Bennett, Heroes & Villains, DIFF, CrocsThe season of giving is upon us, and fandom friends, here’s a list of deals and festive inspired geeky gifts and gear ideas.An array of fandom forward sites and retailers like BoxLunch, Heroes & Villains, Blackmilk are more are ready. Here’s a selection of essentials from across the gamut of pop culture—Star Wars, One Piece, Marvel, DC to name a few. Plus some tech deal ideas for the cinephiles and pop culture parents in your life.Check…

Captain Marvel was dead, to begin with. More than one Captain Marvel, if we want to be perfectly accurate about it. By 2012, the Marvel Comics hero that bore the company name had been relaunched in no fewer than six different series, and seen a total of three separate characters take on the name. More than three decades in, it seemed increasingly that Captain Marvel was the flagship character who just couldn’t manage to hoist a flag—and the Marvel powers that be were determined to change things once and for all.What…

After something as monumental as July's ‘Barbenheimer' event, any impending films in the year are bound to appear less enticing. However the month of August isn't without its highlights, with Bollywood serving two highly-anticipated sequels — OMG 2 and Gadar 2. The former sees Akshay Kumar returning as a godlike figure - this time as Lord Shiva - to partake in an amusing courtroom drama at the request of an unhappy civilian. OMG 2 is out August 11 in theatres. On the same day, Sunny Deol's Tara Singh once again embarks on…