Saturday, August 22, 2020

The Flash and Suicide Squad FanDome!

The Flash movie, long delayed, brought on the filmmakers; Ezra Miller, the director, Andy Muschietti, Christina Hodson, and producer, Barbara Muschietti.  Muschietti directed It Chapter Two (2019).  Hodson wrote Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.  Miller gave some Flash Facts, very funny.  Barbara Muschietti asked about the movie replied, “it’s Andy’s signature.”  Muschietti added, “It’s a time travel story.”  Hodson said, “He (Andy Muschietti) has done some doodles (of the Speed Force.”  Hodson noted reading Flashpoint.  Muschietti mentions a sneak peek.  Then, there is concept art of the new suit, it has circular patterns on the body.  Miller says he wants Flash to meet Nicholas Cage.  Strangely, the short clips and hosts reminds me of DC Universe.  This is DC Universe Extended with an international flavor, still they need to identify all of the hosts, some of them may not be easily recognizable. 


The Suicide Squad panel has the host mentioning that James Gunn said that filming had wrapped on the film.  Gunn had a fan question on when he started reading the comic he said, “I read John Ostrander’s original run.”  Jake from State Farm?, a commercial figure, asked about the number of explosions in the movie.  Gunn talked to Ostrander and said, “This is a sequel to your comics.”  He admitted his favorite villain was Bat-Mite!  A question was asked about Flura Borg and Nathan Fillion’s characters.  Gunn said it would be revealed in a minute.  Then, he introduced the characters; Viola Davis is back as Amanda Waller, Joel Kinnamen returns as Rick Flag, Michael Rooker plays Savant, there was a vigilante introduced in Birds of Prey #56 (2003), Flura Borg is Javelin, a villain who debuted in Green Lantern #173 (1984), and Margot Robbie returns to play Harley Quinn.  Polka Dot Man played by David Dastmalchian, a strange supervillain who first appeared in Detective Comics #300 (1962), his polka dots on his costume are used as various devices, 

Another returning Squad member is Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, T.D.K. is played by Nathan Fillion, a mystery character?, Daniela Melchio is Ratcatcher 2, this is the second version of the Bat villain who controlled rats, Idris Elba stars as Bloodsport, he is a Superman villain who used Kryptonite bullets in Superman #4 (1987), King Shark, a CG creation with an actor stand-in, he is voiced by Steve Agee, Mayling Ng as Mongal, an alien warlord, she first appeared in Showcase `95 #8 (1995), Peter Capaldi plays The Thinker, he was in the Flash Rogue’s Gallery, Alice Braga plays Solsaria, possibly a new character?, Peter Davidson is Blackguard, he first appeared in Booster Gold #1 (1986), Sean Gunn is Weasel, first appearing in Fury of Firestorm #35 (1985), and John Cena is Peacemaker, he was a helmeted hero that was at Charlton Comics, but entered the DC universe in his mini-series, Peacemaker #1-4 (1988).  Many of the characters have appeared on the CW shows; King Shark in The Flash, The Thinker was also in The Flash, Bloodsport was in Supergirl, and Dastmalchian played Abra Kadabra in the 2017 episodes of The Flash.  



There are so many characters that I think that there is an initial squad, but they fail at the mission so the second squad comes in to complete the mission.  Gunn had the actors divided into two groups with team captains, Viola Davis and Joel Kinnamen.  Davis answered the question about the two characters with their own comic, the answer was Harley Quinn and Peacemaker.  Margot Robbie answered that Pete Davidson had more tatoos than Harley Quinn.  She also held up the answer that the government’s name was Task Force X.  Asked about the appearance of a Squad character in Superboy #9, Flura Borg asked Gunn, “Does this mean fully exposed?”  Storm Reid, Tyla, the daughter of Idris Elba, asked who shot Superman?  Both answered Bloodsport.  It appears that Elba plays a replacement for Will Smith's Deadshot.  Gunn said about the movie, “It’s the greatest cast I’ve ever worked with”, sorry Guardians of the Galaxy.  Capaldi noted that he liked the experience and the atmosphere of the set.  Gunn showed a new behind-the-scenes clip that featured most of the characters.  Elba said, “It’s like a massive graphic novel brought to life.”


#TheFlash, #EzraMiller, #AndyMuschietti, #SuicideSquad, #JameGunn

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