Irrelevant But Awesome

For those who remember the vast roundup post of everything that was missed during Comic-con weekend (see it here ) there was a post about Warner Bros. making an adaptation of The Killing Joke . We wondered at the time if Mark Hamill who had pretty much retired as The Joker might pull out the character one more time for perhaps his most famous story. Well it looks like we can say that it's actually going to happen According to collider.com, Mark Hamill will voice the Joker in the upcoming animated feature though no other cast has been mentioned. It should be noted that Warner Bros. has yet to make any official announcement but it can be a small grain, because Mark Hamill has tweeted interest in the project and you can bet that if he's interested Warner Bros. will be thrilled to have him back. The Killing Joke is scheduled to be released some time in 2016.

Very few movies hold a universal reverence across all walks of life like the original Space Jam does, starring Michael Jordan and all your favorite Looney Tunes cartoon characters and the world has long been asking for a sequel. The past couple years, the sequel rumors have been swirling around current NBA megastar, LeBron James. And today,  we're one step closer  to that rumor being true as LeBron and Warner Bros have announced a partnership and also comes on the heels of of Warner Bros filing just about all the Space Jam-related copyright claims you can imagine. James got quite a bit of praise for his role (as himself) in the recently-released Trainwreck so I'm sure Warner Bros are probably convinced to go ahead and give Space Jam 2 the greenlight. Now, I'm not gonna sit here and turn this into an argument over whether is LeBron is on the same level as Michael Jordan in the NBA but James has an incredible high mountain to climb to come close to living up to the ori...

Yesterday, Warner Bros. was "forced" to release the trailer for Suicide Squad even though they didn't want to, because footage of the trailer showing at Comic-con had leaked online. In a statement, Sue Kroll, WB's President of Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution said the following: “Warner Bros. Pictures and our anti-piracy team have worked tirelessly over the last 48 hours to contain the  Suicide Squad  footage that was pirated from Hall H on Saturday. We have been unable to achieve that goal. Today we will release the same footage that has been illegally circulating on the web, in the form it was created and high quality with which it was intended to be enjoyed. We regret this decision as it was our intention to keep the footage as a unique experience for the Comic Con crowd, but we cannot continue to allow the film to be represented by the poor quality of the pirated footage stolen from our presentation.” You know what? In a way I feel for the...

Below is a statement from Sue Kroll, President Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution for Warner Bros. Pictures "Warner Bros. Pictures and our anti-piracy team have worked tirelessly over the last 48 hours to contain the Suicide Squad footage that was pirated from Hall H on Saturday. We have been unable to achieve that goal. Today we will release the same footage that has been illegally circulating on the web, in the form it was created and high quality with which it was intended to be enjoyed. We regret this decision as it was our intention to keep the footage as a unique experience for the Comic Con crowd, but we cannot continue to allow the film to be represented by the poor quality of the pirated footage stolen from our presentation." In basic terms, they showed some footage in front of a bunch of journalists and bloggers in Hall H at Comic Con this weekend and asked none of them to record said footage, crossing their fingers that nobody would post it. ...

With Comic-Con 2015 feeling a good bit like Celebration Part II this year, lets not forget that there are still other announcements being made. WB's biggest ace up their sleeve this year is an extended trailer for their new Batman v Superman movie that comes out next year. Check it out below. I will say, as mixed emotions as I feel about this movie, That shot of Superman pulling apart the Batmobile and then Batman standing up to face him, that was a pretty cool moment. What I really want to know, is what exact timeline are we working with here. Ben Affleck is the oldest person to ever play Batman, and it doesn't look like the movie is trying to shy away from that, with the gray just starting to seep into his hair. So has he been Batman before in this universe? Is Superman arriving what gets him out of retirement? It kind of looks like that with him getting out the old batsuit and turning back on the signal. But then again, for all we know, at least according to the...

I feel as though you should have seen this one by now, since It played in front of Harry Potter and please tell me you have seen Harry Potter by now. But just in case, or if you want to watch it again, (and believe me, I did) the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises is now online. embedded below. Check back tomorrow for an overly detailed analysis of the trailer, but for now, just sit back and enjoy the magic of Nolan's final Batman story.

Not much more to say here other than...mmmmmm...Batman. (Click to enlarge)