Looks a bit clunky for flow, and his character model isn't nearly as square-jawed and bulky as most modern incarnations of Superman have been portrayed, but still looking good. A more fully formed description of the skills, including a plethora of unseen passive skills, is listed below.
We're finally getting a steady stream of new game info at a decent rate now, so I'm really hoping the game will be released soon, and shortly after to the rest of us in the western markets- unless they do a global launch right off the bat.
It looks like DC fans will finally have a mobile game good enough to compete with Marvel's truly amazing Future Fight. I truly hope that publisher 4:33 Creative Labs and developer Thumb Ageis can make this the mobile DC Comics game we've been clamoring for years to get.
Since Korean publisher FourThirtyThree, Inc (4:33 Creative Lab), along with DC and Warner Bros., announced the upcoming mobile game DC Unchained I've been quite excited to see what looks to be the equivalent of Netmarble's absolutely amazing Marvel Future Fight. Unfortunately, early last month the company broke the news that they would be undergoing some drastic changes and the game would be delayed into 2018. Then just a couple days ago 4:33 gave us the first official trailer for the closed beta test.
DC Unchained is shaping up to be a tremendous 3rd person action-RPG letting players take the roles of an initial 30 heroes and villains across multiple modes including story, PvP, and real-time co-op.
The closed beta test will run for one week in January (Wed. the 10th through Wed. the 17th), and sadly it is limited not only to Android devices, but also to players located in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Testers have the chance to obtain Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman, along with numerous other goodies such as gold, gems, and skins to aid them in their quests once the game has its grand launch at a later date. So if you are lucky enough to live in one of those areas head over to the pre-registration site to get signed up!
While many of us have been eagerly awaiting DC Comics' mobile game version of Marvel's Future Fight, DC Unchained, we received the news that its western release would be pushed back into 2018 from the game's Korean developer FourThirtyThree, Inc (4:33 Creative Labs). Coincidentally, DC Comics has also licensed and soft-launched an extremely similar game to the Chinese market through Longtu games called Justice League: Superheroes in earlier this year in April.
The game features a current total of 20 heroes obtained through either a "gacha" system or slowly collecting pieces to unlock a hero. Each individual hero falls into a paper-rock-scissors type set of classification- Assassin, Support, Warrior, or Mage- breaking down into the traditional roles of tank, rogue, healer, and so on.
As of now, there's roughly 10 different game modes to keep players occupied and grinding away including a traditional story mode, world boss mode, bounty quests, and PvP modes.
While Justice League Superheroes does not have the promise of a western release, there's always a small possibility that it could happen, though the chances might be slimmer due to DC Unchained coming here and creating the problem of the two games competing between each other.
After it was revealed at Comic Con Seoul, the upcoming mobile action-RPG game DC Unchained has been oddly missing from the news. In late October however, the developers released some potential bad news for the title.
Due to some financial woes, DC Unchained developer FourThirtyThree, Inc (4:33 Creative Labs), a one time top South Korean developer, has reported massive net losses since 2014 with great competition from mobile game giants like Nexon and NetMarble (who make the Marvel comics equivalent game called Marvel Future Fight). Since the announcement 4:33 has had to make huge alterations to their business model after having no break out titles in years. They had an emergency board meeting to discuss and plan a new business strategy, which includes a move away from creating 3rd party and move towards more self-developed IPs and titles, as well as reductions in manpower in marketing and publishing roles. While 4:33 have said there's been no restructuring, they have offered employees the opportunity to retire from the company.
The company has stated that any games that already have 3rd party deals will remain unaffected. With that, they've got Blade 2, Boxing Star, and DC Unchained on the way to hopefully alleviated the financial troubles. Part of the announcement mentioned the fact that DC Unchained will not hit the expected release of late 2017 in time for the release of the Justice League film, but rather the game will be released in 2018- and it has been confirmed to be coming to western markets for certain.
It looks like Korean publisher 4:33 Creative Labs announced at a recent Comic Con that their development studio Thumb Ageis has been officially working on a DC Universe based mobile game, called DC Unchained, and it looks like worthy competition for Netmarble's massively popular Marvel Future Fight.
Much like the Marvel Future Fight, players will choose a team of 3 characters- such as Batman, Superman, or Wonder Woman- out of an initial 30 heroes and villains, for a variety of modes including story, PvP, and even real-time co-op. There's been hints that there are still a couple modes yet to be revealed, and there's always the potential for the DC roster to expand greatly after the initial launch.
Not much else is known at this point. It looks a little choppy at points, but overall it could easily become the best DC Universe game available once it launches as titles like DC Legends or the mobile versions of Injustice, the 3rd person RPG fun just hasn't been matched nearly as well as Future Fight nailed Marvel's characters.
I'm seriously looking forward to this and will be updating here as more information and news comes in.
DC Unchained is expected to hit Western shores in 4Q 2017.
After ignoring what fans have been bitching about for years, the box office numbers of Fox's Deadpool film, and last weekend's Logan raking in huge numbers, have made some studios rethink the ratings on their own films. Deadpool had over $130 million just for the opening weekend.
The Wrap reports that an Insider at Warner Bros.' DC Films recently said that, "With the right character(s)" they would definitely make an R-rated film. A "100% yes," they would consider making a more adult oriented movie.
Granted there have been previous R-rated superhero films such as Blade, Kickass, and Watchmen, but I worry that the studio goal is to simply make money, without putting in the effort to understand why Deadpool and Logan are doing so damn well at the box office.
DC Comics in film has generally been handled very poorly. Zack Snyder doesn't seem to grasp what makes these iconic characters important and lasting, and the result can be clearly seen in the vast difference between the abominable Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Christopher Nolan's tremendous Batman: The Dark Knight. Would making BvS: Dawn of Justice an R-rated film give it the boost it needed? Not really, as the extended version showed. It was a better version than the theatrical cut, but it still fell short of what is should've been. They need to learn character insight before a rating will make a difference. Deadpool nailed the character, and Logan got it almost 100% right- it made a giant leap forward and I think the first 2/3 is amazing and then it falters a bit. What is important with Logan is they learned that they need to make a good film first, then add the R, as I'd been complaining about for years. It's why X-Men: Apocalypse was garbage, they didn't make a good story.
Not every comic book movie needs the grittier reboot. The rating doesn't matter if the writers and directors don't "get it." Look at how shitty the first two Wolverine films were. As the Insider mentions, with the right character an R rating could do very well. Ben Affleck's Batman in the right hands could be an R rated masterpiece. Think of Casino or Goodfellas with the Batman- a hardcore crime story filled with the mob focused villains, and maybe a very serious take on the Riddler. It could be absolutely astounding, but I doubt it would work with Snyder a the helm. He lacks the fundamental knowledge of the underlying significance of these characters. We need a Scorsese leading the project, something handled by people that understand more than a simple good looking shot. They have to know what makes the stories and characters matter, and in the end it needs to come down to substance over spectacle.
Just in time we for this Easter weekend, we got an Easter Basket. What I mean about that is the fact that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice isn't really a movie with a few Easter Eggs, but rather it's a series of Easter Eggs strung together in an attempt to be 2 and a half hour commercial for DC Comics' future films. I'm not even kidding, the whole film was predicated on setting other films up when it should've rightfully been it's own damn story.
SPOILER ALERT for past the break (This is also a long-winded rant warning.)
[ EDIT: I forgot to post this Friday night before I left for the Holiday weekend. ]
The final trailer for the highly anticipated Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has dropped, conveniently timed to coincide with the release of so many other films, notably Deadpool. Regardless, the hype for this is getting pretty high. Even I am super excited for this, although I still have plenty of reservations.
The trailer definitely looks to be building us up for one hell of a final battle. We'll probably get a Batman v Superman v Wonder Woman v Dungeon Troll Doomsday v ... and so on. I mean we still haven't gotten footage of Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, or Green Lantern. Though, to be fair, they'll probably be minor cameos at best- maybe even a just a small post credits sequence.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this turns out to be much more well written than Man of Steel, which was good despite it's flaws. It already looks better, but trailers aren't always indicative of substance- take Snyder's Sucker Punch. It was a brilliant trailer and a downright horrendous film. He tends to put style over substance. Though, in this case David Goyer is helping with the writing...
...then again, while Goyer did write the Nolan Batman Dark Knight films, he also did Man of Steel and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and we all know how that last one turned out.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice hits theaters March 25th.
Hot on the heels of DC Comics' amazing new Suicide Squad "Worst Heroes Ever" trailer, the CW had Kevin Smith on to talk about the upcoming Wonder Woman film yesterday and we get to see some of the film in action. As Gadot (Diana "Wonder Woman" Prince herself) says, "We're going to see her coming of age, an entire history."
So it sounds and looks like we'll be seeing yetanother origin story movie. Similar to Marvel's Captain America, this one seems set to Nazi crushing World War 2 era and some flashbacks to a much older time.
I think it looks pretty damn good. Zack Snyder's influence on the dark and muted colors appears to be a little heavy handed, but what footage there is, is decent. I'll remain cautiously optimistic in the mean time. I was hoping for a much bulkier Amazonian warrior, someone that looks like they are right out of the WW2 era like, and apologies for the 2nd Marvel reference in this post, but something more like Agent Carter- a woman with some meat.
That might sound crude, but I've written about it time and time again. I think Gadot still looks far too slim for the role, and while she might be super strong and an Amazonian fighter, she also should look like the part. The physique should reflect the activity and lifestyle. No one would believe a super scrawny 150 pound Superman, because sometimes image does matter, so why do we still have a stick-figure thin Wonder Woman?
Despite the qualms, Wonder Woman looks good enough to give me hope for more female led super hero films.
Wonder Woman is set to hit theaters on June 23rd, 2017.
After Monday's little teaser we receive the entire 2nd trailer for Batman v Superman. It is shaping up to be much better than I'd hoped. Eisenberg is still seeming a bit odd as Luthor, and is that Doomsday looking a lot like a cave troll straight out of Lord of the Rings? And if it is, is it Luthor or Zod that has become the beast? Well, it could be something from Wonder Woman's realm, but by the looks of it, it'll probably be Doomsday.
Still no sign of the rest of the Justice League, but I have a feeling they'll only be in the film for about 5 minutes total at the end.
Warner Bros. have officially released the teaser for the next Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer tonight as a special bonus for watchers of Gotham. The full trailer will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wed. December 2nd.
There's an unmasking, an angry Superman, and a whole lot of intensity. Superman is looking extremely unhappy, like he's under some kind of control, especially with the soldiers bowing to him. Perhaps this is taken from the Frank Miller Dark Knight Returns run, where Superman is essentially a government lackey- though here, he might be doing it out of debt for all the destruction his Kryptonian slug-fest caused in Man of Steel.
Regardless, each trailer is giving us a little more good material and helping relieve our fears that this'll end up as less than spectacular. My hopes remain strong that this will still be good. Probably not Nolan level quality (story wise), but it'll still be the Snyder special- cinematically amazing shots and action.
Well, after the poor footage leak of the Suicide Squad trailer Warner Bros. has officially posted the real deal. And it is looking much better than I was expecting.
The trailer was released with this note attached on Facebook:
"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."
-Sue Kroll, President Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures
I genuinely wonder how many will make it through the film alive...
The new trailer has dropped and we get a little Alfred, Lex Luthor, and Wonder Woman as well as a whole LOT of destruction. I also appreciate the Joker nod with the newspaper clipping as well.
It appears we now know why Batman has decided Superman must be stopped- fallout from the Zod fight ruining the lives of innocents. The intriguing notion that Lex might be using Zod's body to create a weapon against the Man of Steel is quite ingenious.
My only qualms are really with the spectacle of substance. There are a lot of ridiculous action shots and only a little bit of story. Granted, I'll have to wait to see the finished version, but since it is Zack Snyder, the likelihood of it running in the same superficial vein as all his other films is very high. Every film he's made has the appearance of great depth, but after watching them the realization is that they focus on action over meaning. I hope (insert the "It's Not and 'S'" joke here) that this film changes the pattern.
Hell, DC Comics might actually have a shot at competing with the Marvel films' box office domination.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice hits theaters March 25th, 2016.
Deadline has reported at the San Diego Comic-Con that Ben Affleck may be set to co-write and direct a stand-alone Batman film. This new Bat-film would follow both the Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League films in terms of where the character would be.
As for timing, the movie would be coming after Affleck has finished work on his adaptation of Dennis Lehane's Live By Night, and appear after the release date of the Justice League's big screen film debut on November 17, 2017. Rumor has it the script itself should be finished by the end of this summer.
Honestly, this could be a great thing. DC Comics have had a hit-or-miss slew of films, and finally getting a heavy hitter to take the wheel could do well for them. Geoff Johns, as co-writer, has written a majority of the characters already in runs for Aquaman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Justice League, Flash, and the Man of Steel himself, Superman. Johns has a grasp on these characters few other can claim, and Affleck himself has a tremendous track record for writing and directing- with Gone Baby Gone, Argo, and The Town. He knows how to handle the grit and realism of a good crime and detective film, and hopefully with that, the know-how to handle Batman.
DC Comics may soon have a true successor to Christopher Nolan helming this future film with the collaborative efforts of Johns and Affleck. Maybe even something to compete with the box office juggernaut Marvel has been.
It's been a few days since the full trailer hit the internet and I wanted to really digest it before coming on here to comment about it. It's much better than my original, restrained optimism had hoped for and really builds the light and dark sides of the two icons up, creating a great divide. That is exactly how it should be. This trailer is, in my opinion, already far better than Man of Steel.
On the light side you've got the hope of salvation through Superman. An alien that wants only to help people, but in his path we get the realists that see the destruction and cost he has wrought on the world in that effort. People like the scientists talking about his controversial position, and Lex Luthor using the fact that he might be a devil from above, killing not out of want, but out of accident. Lex is using that fear of the unknown- a strange man from space doing impossible feats- to great effect. He's probably going to use it as a lever to cause a mass public revolt against the "False God." He's turning peoples reverential worship to outright hate. He's essentially saying Superman is becoming a threat to human safety, not the extraterrestrial messiah some believe him to be.
“That’s how it starts. The fever. The rage. The feeling of powerlessness that turns good men… cruel.” -Alfred Pennyworth
Opposite of this we have the dark of Batman. In the trailer it shows clips of Superman looking down from above people, and in one of the cases, it's overwhelmingly bright which contrasts nicely with all the dark shots of Batman. Residing in shadows he seems to exude the same initial thought of Lex- Superman may have started a hero, but with the soldiers surrounding him, he's become something worse. If you note the soldiers, they all have his "S" insignia on their shoulders and are bowing to him. Hope, at least in his Kryptonian symbology, has been weaponized.
To me this looks like Batman has taken it upon himself as the man needed to bring Superman down- to essentiall ground him back to the Earth and remind him what he stands for. Of course, I must also add that the end of the trailer is straight out of Frank Miller's tremendous The Dark Knight Returns run. Because I've judged Zack Snyder's direction quite harshly in the past (flashy looks over substance) I must say, he's done that scene perfect justice. And the eerie Batman voice... absolutely amazing.
"Tell Me, do you bleed? You will."
"Maybe he's just a guy tying to do the right things..." "But we know better now, don't we?"
Those quotes could pertain to either hero, but used in this trailer they form a hell of a statement cutting both ways, and Snyder has done everything a great trailer should. It teases and gives us a little of what we want, and then leaves us wanting so much more. It has set up the ultimate light versus dark dichotomy between the two most well-known superheroes in history, and I must applaud this trailer's effort, for it is exemplary.
Zack Snyder dropped a damn good looking 20 second teaser before the full trailer hits on the 20th in IMAX theaters. What an interesting tease. It looks great even though it really doesn't show anything, and the sounds are amazing as well. Soon we will have the full trailer to feed our hunger to see what this huge crossover might have in store for us.
Aside from the fact this was a great movie done in by mismarketing, among other things, it remains a favorite of mine since it arrived in theaters. John Carter should've been marketed with the "of Mars" attached and touted as the "Story that started it all!" because in reality, it did. It heavily influenced all big science fiction stories after it through the last whole century. From Flash Gordon and Superman to Star Wars- they are all progeny to Edgar Rice Burrough's Princess of Mars series, and that fact might've helped sell it to movie going audiences, because many that didn't know the story really precedes all the the ones people think it copied is kind of important for people to know.
Anyways, director Andrew Stanton posted a couple neat logo teases had the movie done well. Perhaps it was done to generate some cult appeal and late sales of the film, either way it's more advertising for the film I adore.
Sadly, for all of us fans that loved the movie, since Disney has acquired John Carter's progeny, Star Wars, any new hope for the Martian Saga sequels remains far, far away.
Here's another John Carter post I did professing my enjoyment of the film: [ John Carter (of Mars) ]
Traveller's Tales Games have released their newest Lego game trailer with the 3rd in the DC Comics Batman series, which should rightly be called DC Heroes now. True to form, it's got the story and graphics with a bit of humor. Hopefully they've fixed some of the control issues that have plagued Lego games in the past.
Here's the official description:
The best-selling LEGO Batman videogame franchise returns in an out-of-this-world, action-packed adventure! In LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, the Caped Crusader joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics universe and blasts off to outer space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth. Using the power of the Lantern Rings, Brainiac shrinks worlds to add to his twisted collection of miniature cities from across the universe. Now the greatest super heroes and the most cunning villains must unite and journey to different Lantern Worlds to collect the Lantern Rings and stop Brainiac before it's too late.
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham will be available this fall for the PS4, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, 3DS, and PC.
We've got 2 more casting choices from Zack Snyder's Man of Steel 2. And honestly, these are a doozey. Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, and Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth.
Irons as Pennyworth? I can buy that. He seems a bit too aggressive for a role like this, but he is a tremendous actor despite his recent statements in interviews.
As for Eisenberg... Ooof. This one is a tough call. Luthor is always played as a highly intelligent, but still slightly physically dangerous individual. When you see Lex Luthor, you should think that this guy could not only know of a way to kill you, but have the will power to do so instantly. A wolf among men. Eisenberg just doesn't have that "look." He needs to have a presence of intimidation. All that patent Eisenberg passive-aggressiveness would wear the heroes down over time.
Snyder said:
“Lex Luthor is often considered the most notorious of Superman’s rivals, his unsavory reputation preceding him since 1940. What’s great about Lex is that he exists beyond the confines of the stereotypical nefarious villain. He’s a complicated and sophisticated character whose intellect, wealth and prominence position him as one of the few mortals able to challenge the incredible might of Superman. Having Jesse in the role allows us to explore that interesting dynamic, and also take the character in some new and unexpected directions."
It appears that he is going for a super nerd version, and I am kind of worried for this film. There's a piece of me that believes this movie will end up like Sucker Punch. Will Snyder make Luthor a man to rely on what he expects of others to do rather than his own intellectual superiority?
I suppose it's still a better choice than Michael Cera.
Barely.
Granted, if he pulls this off it could be amazing. And after Now You See Me I actually do think he might be able to do this. We'll have to just wait and see. Perhaps he'll nail the xeno-hatred of an alien (from Krypton) destroying his beloved city.
EDIT: I thought about this a bit more and I really do think Eisenberg could do this well if he plays Lex as the super-rich, super-genius mastermind. No up and coming rich kid crap. Lex is someone that is capable of manipulating the entire population into thinking he's a hero, while secretly battling Superman. He is also someone that is able to go toe-to-toe with Batman (Bruce Wayne) in the business world. The easiest comparison would be an evil Tony Stark (Iron Man). He needs to exude unflinching confidence in his power as a tactician in both battle and business. And I think he can actually do it.
