Black Adam, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman Panels FanDome!

The Black Adam panel featured some production artwork from Jim Lee and Boss Logic.  It takes place in the fictional Khandaq, 5,000 years later, Black Adam is freed.  Dwayne Johnson says, “We are going beyond your wildest expectations.”  A fan question is about Black Adam’s power, Johnson said, “You can take away all of his powers, he does not practice restraint.”  He gets a video from Noah Centino who plays Atom Smasher.  Centino impressed Johnson “training on the tarmac.”  He mentions that his hero grows to the height “of the Eiffel Tower.”  The Justice Society, Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Cyclone, and Atom Smasher, looks like they are taking on Black Adam. Johnson gives a message to the Justice League, “the hierarchy is about to change”, then he gives a wink.   

The Aquaman panel has director, James Wan, and Patrick Wilson on the Aquaman film.  Wan asked Wilson when he heard about the project and it was on the set of The Conjuring 2.  Wilson asked Wan about the harnesses, “Nothing in the underwater world was easy.”  Wan said about the sequel that it “would be more serious and relevant today.”  He promised new worlds.  Wilson joked if he will handcuffed like at the end of the film.  Patty Jenkins noted the 80th anniversary of Wonder Woman next year.  She brought on Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter.  Gadot noted how long it took to get a movie made.  Carter replied the reason why was “Find the right one.”  She introduced the Wonder Woman 80th logo, it has the WW with the profile of Wonder Woman’s head. 

 The later panel had the cast of Wonder Woman 1984 playing Werewolf, with Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, and stuntwoman, Jessie Graff, it is a guessing game.  The game has a villain, three civilians, a detective, and a superhero.  Pascal is captured by villains.  Jenkins immediately guessed that the random villain is Chris Pine.  Kristen is suspicious about Jenkins.  The group voted out Pine who was the villain.  The next person captured is Gadot.  Nielsen picks up the static from contestant Ravi. The remaining eight work out the villain and vote for Ravi who says he was a civilian.  Jenkins is the next person captured by the villains.  

Wright noted that an interview had Wiig admitted she’s a “terrible liar.”  There is more suspicion the next round.  Nielsen is voted out and she was a civilian.  Wiig is the next prisoner. Jonathan is the next chosen, though he is a civilian, Robin Wright and Kelvin were the villains.  The villains won!   DC FanDome had a fair amount of special surprises and guests, the hosts were okay, but it was Batman heavy.  Every other segment was on Batman.  Where was Superman?  They have an upcoming Superman and Lois series.  Of course this was to promote DC projects, but they and the fans did skirt around the controversy of all of the recent creatives fired from the company.  I did like the few cosplays and fan artwork, but it did not feel interactive.  

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