Marvel Studios (left), DC Entertainment (right)
Just when you thought superhero movies were taking it easy after Thanksgiving, Warner Bros. decides to drop a casting bomb or six for its 2016 movie that doesn’t feature Ben Affleck, and Marvel quietly plans an extension to its much-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron. What tryptophan hangover were you talking about? Here are the highlights of this week’s superhero movie news.
SUPER IDEA: Warner Bros. Making a Suicide Pact With Will Smith, Tom Hardy, and Jared Leto
Ending weeks of speculation, Warner Bros. announced on Tuesday that, yes, almost everyone you’d heard connected with a Suicide Squad role would actually be in the movie. That means that we’ll see Will Smith as Deadshot, Tom Hardy as Rick Flagg, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Cara Delevingne as the Enchantress, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, and Jared Leto as the Joker. You have to admit, that’s a kind of crazy cast list.
Why this is super: Didn’t we just say that was a crazy cast list? It’s hard to imagine what the eventual movie will turn out like with all of those actors on the screen together, but we’re looking forward to finding out. Oh, and that’s not the only Suicide Squad piece of news this week…
SUPER IDEA: Oprah Winfrey Could Be DC’s Nick Fury
Also hidden in Variety’s write-up of the Suicide Squad casting news was this gem: “The studio’s shortlist of actresses being eyed for the role [of Amanda Waller, the major doom behind the Squad itself] includes Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Oprah Winfrey, whom sources say would be WB’s first choice for the part.” Yes, you read that right: Warner Bros. might want Oprah Winfrey to play Amanda Waller.
Why this is super: Let’s be real here: This is a piece of genius casting. We’ve all heard rumors that Winfrey, behind the scenes, is more of a badass than her televisual persona would suggest, and here would be a role in which she could take charge and make grown men cry on a regular basis. Not to put Viola Davis or Octavia Spencer down in the slightest—who would? Spencer in particular would make an amazing Waller—but the very idea of Winfrey taking on the role is more exciting than all of the casting announcements of Marvel’s last four movies put together. How can we make this happen?
SUPER IDEA: Guillermo del Toro Making His Supernatural DC Superhero Movie
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Guillermo del Toro’s Dark Universe, which brings together supernatural characters from the DC Comics stable including the Demon, Zatanna, and Swamp Thing. When it wasn’t mentioned during Warners’ big DC presentation in October, many assumed the project was dead, but the Pacific Rim director told Forbes that wasn’t the case, and that the script is with the studio even as you read these words. He later confirmed to Collider that the project is intended to be part of Warners’ “shared universe” of DC properties.
Why this is super: If you’ve seen any of his movies, it’s self-evident why del Toro developing a project using DC’s supernatural characters is a good thing. Just imagine how great it could look, if nothing else.
MEH IDEA: Blogger Doom Modeling His Look After a Videogame Character
So, we already know next year’s Fantastic Four movie will remake Doctor Doom from a melodramatic dictator of a small Eastern European country into a “very anti-social programmer” called Victor Domashev, and now it turns out that sources from the movie are describing his look as “Halo’s Master Chief with a Doctor Doom mask and that hooded cape.”
Why this is villainy: Look, we’re not claiming the original design was anything more than a suit of armor with a bright green tunic over it, but still: He’s a programmer with a grudge who looks like a videogame character? It’s like you’re not even trying anymore, everyone involved with the Fantastic Four movie. Come on, people.
SUPER IDEA: Avengers 2 Is Maybe Still Filming
There’s just six months until Avengers: Age of Ultron hits theaters, and we’ve already seen the first trailer, but apparently Marvel isn’t done with the movie just yet. A report from the Daily Mail newspaper claims that the cast will return for another two weeks of shooting next month, ahead of production beginning on the third and fourth Avengers movies at the end of 2015.
Why this is super: Last-minute reshoots are becoming a Marvel Studios tradition, but it’s hard to argue with the quality of the result, with Captain America: The Winter Soldier leading the argument for staying open to the idea. If Joss Whedon and company think that they missed something important after watching a rough assembly (no pun intended, etc.) of the footage to date, who are we to argue? Well, until the movie’s released, of course. Then everyone will argue, because that’s what we do.
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