Marvel Announces New Doctor Strange Series

Not only did James Gunn and Peter Safran reveal a diverse slate of projects for the next few years of DC Studios, but he has now taken to social media to share a short, promotional video in which he expresses the pitch in his own word. Projects announced today include Superman: Legacy, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and Swamp Thing, all headed to theaters, along with Booster Gold, Creature Commandos, and a Wonder Woman prequel called Paradise Lost heading to TV. The projects will spin out of the events of The Flash, which will be a soft reboot for the DC Universe...but Aquaman and Blue Beetle, among others, will still be canon to the new timeline.

After a couple of false starts, it looks like Booster Gold is finally going to have a high-profile project all his own. Earlier today, DC Studios co-chief James Gunn announced that the character was getting a TV series, which he described as a "character study" that would break down the way that Booster seeks affection and adulation, and suffers from "superhero imposter syndrome." It's a very different take than we briefly saw in DC's Legends of Tomorrow, which was planning to embrace Booster's role as a Time Master in its eighth season.

It's a new era in the DC Universe. This past fall, Warner Bros. branded its superhero division under one specific umbrella, DC Studios, led by The Suicide Squad director James Gunn and Shazam! producer Peter Safran. While things remained relatively abstract in the subsequent months, it was clear that in order for the DC Universe to progress further, some of its past must be retired. That began with Henry Cavill's Superman, as the British actor confirmed that despite his cameo in Black Adam, he would not be part of the DC Universe going forward.

Not long after her network TV series wrapped in 2021, Supergirl is headed back to the screen. This time, though, she will headline a movie of her own for the first time since 1984, James Gunn and Peter Safran announced at the DC Studios film and TV slate unveiling. The twist? While the Arrowverse's Supergirl featured a character who was a literal paragon of hope and a bright, shining light in the universe, the DC Universe Supergirl movie will center on a version of the character who is tortured by the loss of her homeworld and everyone she loves.

A new live-action trailer for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has appeared online. Near the end of 2022, both PlayStation and Insomniac Games confirmed that the sequel to 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man would be launching on PlayStation 5 in fall 2023. Since that time, no new information on the game has come about, which has left fans feeling quite eager. Luckily, it seems like this silence could soon be coming to an end as Sony looks to be beginning the marketing push for the title.

Annie Wersching, who played the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard's second season, has died. She was 45 years old. Wersching's acting career began and ended in the Star Trek universe. Her first acting credit came from a guest role in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Oasis." Playing Picard's Borg Queen was her final performance. Outside of Star Trek, Wersching appeared as Renee Walker in 24 and had recurring roles on shows such as Bosch and Timeless. She also did some work in the video game industry, including performing the motion capture and voice for the character Tess in the Naughty Dog video game The Last of Us.

A sequel to 2005's Constantine is finally in development, with filmmaker Francis Lawrence set to direct Keanu Reeves in the role again. For Reeves, this is the end result of years of campaigning to return to the role -- first privately, within Warner Bros., and later publicly. Whenever asked, Reeves has said that he would love to revisit Constantine, including a famous interview clip with CBS's Stephen Colbert, in which Reeves has to convince a surprised Colbert that his name alone wasn't enough to get a sequel greenlit.

If there is one thing we know about the Sound Hashira, it is that the fighter is flamboyant. Tengen Uzui was not shy about his love for all things flashy when he showed up in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, after all. The manga and anime made sure to give the slayer all the limelight he could want after being introduced. And now, one cosplaying is channeling that spirit in a viral Instagram post.

The news has finally arrived regarding James Gunn and Peter Safran's upcoming slate for Warner Bros Discover when it comes to the DC Cinematic Universe. With the first movies and television series being a part of the initial outing with the title "Gods And Monsters", one of the most surprising announcements was that the film-making duo would be bringing the Authority to life for the first time in their own feature-length film. With the upcoming arrival of these blood-thirsty superheroes, a potential sequel could unite the Authority with the Man of Steel using a previous comic.

Times are changing in the DC Universe. Co-heads of DC Studios James Gunn and Peter Safran unveiled their plans for Chapter 1 of a semi-rebooted DC Universe today, one which will still release upcoming already-finished projects like Shazam! Fury of the Gods and Blue Beetle but will also include a number of new films and television programs that take the franchise in a fresh direction. Much of that will be thanks to The Flash, as Gunn confirmed that the events of that film "reset" the entire DC Universe. Superman: Legacy and beyond will be proper canon in the DC Universe going forward, while upcoming sequels like The Batman: Part II and Joker: Folie à Deux will exist in their own elseworlds pockets.

Nearly a month has passed since the new year arrived, and 2023 is shaping up to be an interesting one for anime. Between recent delays and upcoming premieres, there is a lot keeping the industry afloat. Of course, the year is also keeping IPs on their toes thanks to the Year of the Rabbit. Plenty of series are celebrating the zodiac, and Dragon Ball is joining in with its own Bulma tribute.

While Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman is not present in the TV and film slate unveiled today by DC STudios, the island of Themyscira did make an appearance. Among the TV projects currently in develoment is a series called Paradise Lost. Based on Themyscira (colloquially called "Paradise Island"), the project is taking an approach to DC mythology that may sound familiar to fans of Syfy's short-lived Krypton series: a high fantasy-inspired examination of the generations that came before Wonder Woman was born. Described as a Game of Thrones-style series, Paradise Lost will track the politics and adventures of the Amazons in the years before Wonder Woman came along and changed everything.

On Tuesday, DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Pater Safran introduced the first projects in their rebooted shared cinematic universe, but does Micahel Keaton's Batman have a place in it? Keaton had been expected to reprise his role as the Caped Crusader (which he first played in 1989's Batman and its sequel, Batman Returns) in The Flash, Batgirl, and possibly beyond. But with The Flash expected to relaunch the entire DC cinematic universe, and Batgirl shelved, his future is now unclear. As far as Keaton's possible return, Safran teased to the press, "There's always possibilities." Gunn expanded on that, noting that "We are a multiverse still."

The DC Multiverse still exists, according to DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran. Together with James Gunn, they announced the next 10 years of the DC Universe, connected through various movie and television projects like Superman: Legacy, The Brave and The Bold, Booster Gold, Swamp Thing, and The Authority. Projects like Matt Reeves' The Batman – Part II and Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie à Deux take place outside of the main DCU, with Gunn using the popular term Elseworlds to describe them. So where does that leave ongoing animated projects like Teen Titans Go!? Safran confirmed they will still continue to exist as they lean heavily into the multiverse.

Creed 3 just released a new image featuring a confrontation between Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors. Total Film posted the shot as Adonis Creed and Damian Anderson get ready to do battle in the ring. As the trailers have hinted, the two have a shared past. Audiences love Jordan and Majors has become the biggest profile actor in the MCU this year with his introduction as Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. However, unlike Scott Lang, Creed will be throwing some haymakers of his own at the Marvel heartthrob. Things are going to get heated during the threequel. Check out the new image from Total Film down below and read what Majors did to prepare for the role.

Paramount+ is getting ready to release the next season of Star Trek: Picard and it'll be eventful to say the least. From what we've seen in the first trailer for the new season, we'll see plenty of fan favorites returning with showrunner Terry Matalas revealing that he wants it to be a continuation of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Matalas also commented on the possibility of a spin-off series revealing that there actually aren't any plans at this time. Now the executive producer is revealing something else. During a new conversation on Twitter, Matalas revealed to a fan that the series will feature a major change.

Lionsgate has released new images from John Wick: Chapter 4. The images come via Total Film as part of the magazine's cover story on the upcoming movie. The new images include shots of returning stars Keanu Reeves as John Wick, Ian McShane as the Continental manager Winston, and Laurence Fishburne as the Bowery King. There's also a new look at Donnie Yen, playing blind assassin Caine, one of Wick's old allies and a member of the High Table. That likely means that he'll be making trouble for Wick in the sequel after Wick went against the High Table in the previous films.

Prior to its launch in just a few short weeks, a new trailer for Like a Dragon: Ishin has today been unveiled by Sega. In a general sense, Sega and developer RGG Studio have already announced that three new games in the Like a Dragon (formerly Yakuza) franchise are now in the works. And while details on two of these titles are still quite sparse, Sega is now beginning to show off a lot more of Ishin prior to its arrival.

Chainsaw Man is back after a short break, and the manga did not play with its return. After all, today marks the release of chapter 119, and it finds Denji on yet another date. However, things get out of hand when Asa visits his home, and the whole thing wraps with the manga's best kiss yet.

A new Adventure Book game based on The Lord of the Rings is coming next month. Ravensburger has announced The Lord of the Rings Adventure Book game, a new cooperative board game that plays out the entire Lord of the Rings movie trilogy over a series of eight chapters. Each chapter will have different objectives and rules, with a board made up of two pages from the eponymous adventure book included in the game, with players trying to make their way through iconic scenes from the movies. Seven miniatures will be included in the game – the four Hobbits, Aragon, Gimli, and Legolas.