DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)

[JD]

I like the Teen Titans so I'm up for movie.
One minor nit pick of the article, it talks about how Teen Titans Go! turned them into a multimedia franchise, but they'd already done the first animated series, and according to Wikipedia they also had their own segment in the Superman/Aquman Hour of Adventure in the '60s.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I like the Teen Titans so I'm up for movie.
One minor nit pick of the article, it talks about how Teen Titans Go! turned them into a multimedia franchise, but they'd already done the first animated series, and according to Wikipedia they also had their own segment in the Superman/Aquman Hour of Adventure in the '60s.

I assume they're counting the Titans series on HBO/Max

 

[Commander Troi]

They should. I really liked that show.

 

[Ovation]

As long as they get Starfire looking right.

She looked wonderfully fine in Titans. There’s no NEED for “orange skin”.

They should. I really liked that show.

So did I. Too bad they ended it.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Gold. She has gold skin.

 

[Christopher]

Gold. She has gold skin.

Yes. Textually, Starfire's skin is a brownish-gold shade that can pass for a Mediterranean complexion or a great suntan, and she was often explicitly called gold in dialogue. It just looked orangish because of the limitations of 1980s-90s comic-book coloring. (DC used a very similar shade for Mr. Sulu's complexion in early volume 2 of their Star Trek comic, though that was a weird experiment when they were still getting used to a more expansive palette.)

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

A Teen Titans film would only interest me if it leaned in on the lore established in the original comic's late 60s / early 70s run (where the characters had matured) and the best of the Wolfman/Perez run (peaking in '84). Both periods had only a few connections with the adult counterparts, which is--of course--part of the Titans' appeal.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Craig Gillespie is to direct Woman of Tomorrow. I thought they’d go with a female director, TBH. The only one of his films I’ve seen is Cruella, which I thought was surprisingly good. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/supergirl-movie-finds-director-1235810542/#

 

[The Realist]

I thought they’d go with a female director, TBH.

This was my first thought on hearing the news, as well, but no reason it has to be, I suppose.

Per Deadline, shooting is expected to begin later this year:

The plan is for DC to shoot the movie for Q4 after they’ve completed James Gunn’s Superman, which is shooting in Georgia for a July 11, 2025 theatrical release. DC bosses Gunn and Peter Safran are producing. DC EVP Chantal Nong is executive producing, we hear.

https://deadline.com/2024/04/supergirl-craig-gillespie-1235875238/

Curiously, the Deadline report also refers to Supergirl as the "Angel of the Sky," like that's a thing, even though it's a moniker I've never heard applied to the character before.

By any name, however, this is very exciting news, albeit not entirely unexpected. With a script already completed and its star cast, all indications were that Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow would be going before the cameras sooner rather than later.

It appears likely the DCU's first two feature films will both headline Supers. Which is only as it should be.

 

[The Realist]

Huh. Someone pointed out that Deadline's report also suggests that the film may now be simply titled Supergirl. It's referred to that way throughout, and at one point the report even says, "Supergirl is based on Tom King’s 2022 comic book series Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow," as though specifically distinguishing the two titles. So maybe it's following the lead of Gunn's Superman in dropping the subtitle?

I hope not, in this case. I liked losing the subtitle for Superman, but I would prefer that this film follow the beautiful and brilliant graphic novel as closely as possible. I hope the title change, if it's actually the case, isn't a first step toward distancing the movie from its source material.

 

[Ovation]

Wasn’t one incarnation of Supergirl in the 90s capable of generating fiery wings of some sort, with ‘angel’ as a nickname or descriptor? Or have I taken too many cold meds today?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Wasn’t one incarnation of Supergirl in the 90s capable of generating fiery wings of some sort, with ‘angel’ as a nickname or descriptor? Or have I taken too many cold meds today?

Yeah, that was Peter David's "Earth Angel" version. Hated it.

 

[The Realist]

The Peter David run was really good and very interesting, IMO, but it wasn't Kara Zor-El. This was during the early post-Crisis period when DC editorial had decreed that Superman was the one and only survivor of Krypton, so the original Supergirl character and concept were verboten. So John Byrne (as one does) introduced a shape-shifting artificial entity created by the Lex Luthor of a pocket universe, and that entity assumed the appearance of a "Supergirl."

Comics, amirite?

Then, in David's run, that non-Kryptonian version of Supergirl merged with a dying human girl who was into devil worship, saving her life and setting her on a path to redemption that somehow culminated in her gaining actual celestial powers as an "earth angel," complete with the manifestation of fiery wings.

Comics, amirite?

This is all from off-the-cuff memory, so I may have flubbed a detail or two, but it's basically the deal.

BTW, the Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow graphic novel includes a rather overt nod to the Peter David "earth angel" version of the character. It was a delightful homage for this fan.

 

[Set Harth]

Yeah, that was Peter David's "Earth Angel" version. Hated it.

did they use the song?

 

[Tosk]

did they use the song?

It was in Superman III, if that helps?

 

[Mudd]

I liked the New 52 version of Supergirl.

 

[The Realist]

I liked the New 52 version as well, especially under its original creative team.

But then, I like most versions of Supergirl.

 

[JD]

Craig Gillespie is to direct Woman of Tomorrow. I thought they’d go with a female director, TBH. The only one of his films I’ve seen is Cruella, which I thought was surprisingly good. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/supergirl-movie-finds-director-1235810542/#

Yeah, I'm surprised too, but I really like Cruella, so GIllespie has proven that he can handle movies focused women.

 

[Nerys Myk]

hen, in David's run, that non-Kryptonian version of Supergirl merged with a dying human girl who was into devil worship, saving her life and setting her on a path to redemption that somehow culminated in her gaining actual celestial powers as an "earth angel," complete with the manifestation of fiery wings.

My problem was it felt like an idea Peter David had for a character that he grafted on to the Matrix Supergirl.

 

[The Realist]

That's fair, but I thought Linda was considerably more interesting than the original Matrix version of the character, in whom I had no great investment. So I was fine with David repurposing her to do his own (better) thing.