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DC Universe TV Show Thread

EoinMcLovin

Creating this thread for any casting news for Future DC Universe Shows.
Current Shows in development

Swamp Thing
Stargirl
Doom Patrol

Stargirl

Plot

Stargirl follows high school sophomore Courtney Whitmore (aka Stargirl), who inspires an unlikely group of young heroes — the Justice Society of America — to stop the villains of the past.

Current cast that has been announced so far

Brec Bassinger as Courtney Whitmore (Stargirl)
Joel Mchale as Sylvester Pemberton (Starman)
Lou Ferrigno Jr as Rex Tyler (Hourman)
Brian Stapf as Ted Grant (Wildcat)
Anjelika Washington , Yvette Monreal and Christopher James Baker (undisclosed)

Swamp Thing

Plot

Swamp Thing centers on CDC researcher Abby Arcane, who returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus. While there, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that the swamp holds mystical secrets, both horrifying and wondrous — and the potential love of her life may not be dead after all.

Current cast that has been announced so far

Crystal Reed as Abby Arcane,
Jennifer Beals as Sheriff Lucilia Cable
Andy Bean as Alec Holland
Derek Mears’ as Swamp Thing (in costume)
Will Patton as Avery Sunderland
Virginia Madsen Maria Sunderland
Kevin Durand as Jason Woodrue (Floronic Man)
Jeryl Prescott as Madame Xanadu
Ian Ziering as Daniel Cassidy (Blue Devil)

Doom Patrol

Plot

The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find. Part support group, part Super Hero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of super-powered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them. Picking up after the events of Titans, Doom Patrol will find these reluctant heroes in a place they never expected to be, called to action by none other than Cyborg, who comes to them with a mission hard to refuse, but with a warning that is hard to ignore: their lives will never, ever be the same.

Current cast that has been announced so far

Matt Bomer as Larry Trainor in flashbacks/Voiceover for Negative Man
Matthew Zuk as Negative Man (in costume)
Brendan Fraser as Cliff Steele in flashbacks /voice of Robotoman
Riley Shanahan as Robotman(in costume)
Joivan Wade as Victor Stone (Cyborg)
Timothy Dalton is Niles Caulder (The Chief)
April Bowlby as Elasti-Woman
Diane Guerrero as Crazy Jane
Alan Tudyk as Mr. Nobody.

Once a trailer and release date has been announced for any of the above shows, then a separate thread can be created.

If any other shows on DC Universe are announced, use this thread

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Agent Coulson

Pretty impressive casting going on in these shows I have to say.

DC finally learning.

EoinMcLovin

Stargirl Casting news
Henry Thomas has been cast as Dr. Charles McNider, also known as Dr. Mid-Nite.

EoinMcLovin

More Stargirl casting, this time three mebers of the Injustice Society

Joy Omanski cast as Paula Brooks (Tigress)
Neil Hopkins cast as Lawrence "Crusher" Crock (Sportsmaster)
Nelson Lee cast as Dragon King

EoinMcLovin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54UMwcbbiU4

Doom Patrol premieres February 15th 2019

CastorTroy

I see Young Justice is back and the first 3 episodes are out

Agent Coulson

‘Stargirl’: Luke Wilson Joins Cast Of DC Universe Series

https://deadline.com/2019/01/stargirl-luke-wilson-dc-comics-geoff-johns-1202531355/

EoinMcLovin

Westworld’s Leonardo Nam Joins ‘Swamp Thing’

https://deadline.com/2019/01/westworld-leonardo-nam-swamp-thing-goliath-cast-illeana-douglas-1202528580/

Agent Coulson

Doom Patrol teaser

Johnmb

Well, one good thing about this is that Cyborg is in it. That's two DCEU characters that they have allowed to have a TV show with different actors/characterisations. So there's still hope of a Tyler Hoechlin Superman series

Agent Coulson

EoinMcLovin

RStargirl Casting news
https://tvline.com/2019/02/22/stargirl-cast-amy-smart-mother-neil-jackson-dc-character/

Amy Smart has been cast as Barbara Whitmore, who — now that teenage Courtney (played by Brec Bassinger) is older — is jumping back into the workforce and striving to be the best mother and provider she can be to her daughter, her new husband (Legally Blonde‘s Luke Wilson), and her new stepson (Trae Romano).
Other new Stargirl castings include English actor Neil Jackson (Absentia, Sleepy Hollow) and newcomer Hunter Sansone, each playing an “undisclosed DC character.”

EoinMcLovin

First look at Stargirl
STARGIRL-DCUO-watermarked.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=450&dpr=1.5

Also Swamp Thing premieres on May 31st

Slydice

That costume reminds me of another costume

Doctor DooM

Oh cool is that S.T.R.I.P.E in the background?

EoinMcLovin

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Oh cool is that S.T.R.I.P.E in the background?

Yep, looks like he is going to be huge.

pixelburp

That's definitely a superhero costume!

EoinMcLovin

pixelburp wrote: »

That's definitely a superhero costume!

At least it's better than the ones from Smallville and more recently, Legends of Tomorrow

pixelburp

Oh god, she looks so miserable in that right-hand shot; like her partner persuaded her to dress up for Halloween, and got snapped at the party

I know Titans wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but so far the DC Universe material has stayed very true to their comics origins - though a pet quibble is the insistence on those 'floating' eye masks. The CW do it a lot too and it always irritates me more than it rationally should. What's keeping the masks on their faces!

Doctor DooM

Star Girl kinda HAS to look corny though. She is the new Star Spangled Kid, after all. Star Girl is a later thing (when Jack Knight gives her the cosmic rod. I suppose there's no chance of seeing him in the series, instant mark out from me if so, but James Robinson has his IP under lock so not likely).

Cool chance to deep dive into the JSA if they wanted to there.

the baby bull elephant

pixelburp wrote: »

Oh god, she looks so miserable in that right-hand shot; like her partner persuaded her to dress up for Halloween, and got snapped at the party

I know Titans wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but so far the DC Universe material has stayed very true to their comics origins - though a pet quibble is the insistence on those 'floating' eye masks. The CW do it a lot too and it always irritates me more than it rationally should. What's keeping the masks on their faces!

In universe for the Arrowverse at least doesn't Barry create some special adhesive for Oliver when he first meets him?

Slydice

Just finished Titans!

Have you finished Titans?

Why are you reading this post?!?!

GO FINISH TITANS!

TITANS!

The White Wolf

https://deadline.com/2019/04/batman-game-of-thrones-star-will-portray-bruce-wayne-on-titans-dc-universe-1202593583/

Damn, that's going to be fascinating. Wasn't move too badly for an oul lad in Titans season 1. :pac:

Agent Coulson

Production on ‘Swamp Thing’ Abruptly Halted as Future of DC Universe Cast into Doubt

The DC Universe series have been chugging along with shows like Titans and Doom Patrol, but production upheaval on the set of Swamp Thing may mean some major changes for the streaming service. A local outlet in North Carolina [via The Playlist], where the show is filming, reports that production was suddenly halted after only 10 episodes. The plan is now to re-write the final episode to provide a satisfying conclusion instead of sticking to the original plan to carry the story across thirteen episodes.

As the streaming wars heat up, it’s becoming clear that not every streaming service is going to make it. Yes, DC Universe has a large backlog of animated series and select movies, but among its original titles, you really only had Titans and Doom Patrol, and while those shows had their fans, that’s not enough to keep plugging away at original content in the hopes of building a subscriber base that’s being asked to make some tough decisions about subscriptions. DC Universe had to make the case that it was worth $8/month or $75/year (depending on your subscription option), and it looks like it’s struggling to make the argument. If Swamp Thing can’t even make it to its first full season order, what does that mean for other shows in the pipeline?

It’s possible that this could just be isolated to Swamp Thing and that higher-ups are unhappy with what they’ve seen so far and they’re cutting their losses. Either way, it’s certainly a bummer for fans of Swamp Thing, since an abbreviated first season means a second season is highly unlikely unless the show becomes a surprise sensation.

If DC Universe does fade, it will be interesting to see what Warner Bros. does with it. Will they try to fold it into a subscription with the DC Comics subscription? Will the shows end up on WB’s upcoming streaming service? The studio certainly has options, and perhaps an isolated genre channel meant just for their superhero properties was a bit of overreach.

http://collider.com/swamp-thing-dc-universe-problems/#images

Slydice

Swamp Thing!

Agent Coulson

It will be a petty if the end this Universe as I've been really enjoying it.

Doom Patrol is fantastically bonkers

pixelburp

Had to have always been a realistic outcome, if indeed the news relating to Swamp Thing is an indicator. A service dedicated to just DC material was only ever going to be niche, at best, and the market is too saturated to justify the outlay DC expected. Wonder how much Netflix paid for the international rights to the properties.

Somebody had to be the next Yahoo, you gotta hit the market with more than 3, 4 shows (yes they had animated stuff but let's be honest it was the live action that had the best chance for mass appeal)

Agent Coulson

DC might be better going into a longterm partnership with Netflix now that would benefit both of them long term.

The White Wolf

News circulating now that the halt to Swamp Thing is not indicative of the future of the streaming service. Looks like they're still ploughing on.

To be honest I'd be surprised if it gets canned so soon given it's a joint venture between WB and DC. Reducing the episodes of Swamp Thing from 13 to 10 might just be a creative decision similar to how they ended Titans Season 1 an episode early.

https://screenrant.com/dc-universe-future-swamp-thing-shutdown/

Sonics2k

So, uh. Titan's is pretty god damn good.

I went into it fairly sceptical, Robin is a pretty-boy and the usual saviour plot.

But, god damn this show is good. I really like the plot line for Dick Grayson and the trauma he would have gone through growing up, even after Bruce adopted him.

Doctor DooM

Sonics2k wrote: »

So, uh. Titan's is pretty god damn good.

I went into it fairly sceptical, Robin is a pretty-boy and the usual saviour plot.

But, god damn this show is good. I really like the plot line for Dick Grayson and the trauma he would have gone through growing up, even after Bruce adopted him.

My only problem with Titans is it is unrelentingly dark. The main storyline is Dick is a total edgelord now but it's not enough so they have Jason show up as an even grimdarker edgelord

But I watched it straight through basically, really enjoyed it.