When you think of DC animated movies, the first few that probably come to mind are Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox or Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. However, it’s Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker that surges through my mind when it comes to DC animated films. 

To start things off, Return of the Joker is the film adaptation to the Batman Beyond TV show. It’s where Batman is long retired, and mentors a kid named Terry McGinnis taking over the mantle of the Dark Knight. So since it takes place in the future (2039 to be exact), he has new villains and new challenges to handle. 

Although in this movie, an old “friend” seemingly comes back, and that’s none other than the Clown Prince of Crime. What makes this movie so intriguing is the mystery behind it. The Joker is supposed to be dead, and even if he wasn’t, he would be at least as old as Bruce. However here, he’s young, spry, and ready to cause havoc again. 

That scene right above expresses just how amazing the drama and suspense this film has to offer. Return of the Joker has top-notch writing all around, with a stellar voice cast to go along with it. Also, when it calls for it, the film can be pretty funny as well. It captures all the good parts of the Batman Beyond TV show and expands on it in a cinematic way. 

Now compared to other DC animated movies, it’s safe to say it’s easily one of the best out there. Without a doubt, it’s in the top three. Heck, it’s arguably sitting comfortably at the throne for the number one spot. Which says a lot, since this came out all the way back in 2000. 

Overall, if you haven’t seen this yet, find a time to do it. Return of the Joker is an action-packed mystery with everything you loved about the Batman Beyond series. Mark Hamill gives some of his best work as The Joker here, along with Kevin Conroy and Will Friedle (Terry). Let’s just hope Batman Beyond makes its return in some shape or form in the future. 

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The organisers of the year’s San Diego Comic-Con have released the Friday, July 24th schedule for the virtual Comic-Con@Home, and it’s definitely shaping up to be a pretty eventful day. 

There’s plenty for fans of The Walking Dead to look forward to, while Star Wars is also set to have a presence (just not in terms of film and television projects beyond a look at the gadgets from The Mandalorian). HBO Max will also be highlighting its animated projects, while a Charlize Theron panel is probably the first Hollywood big star to be confirmed for the event. 

What’s really intriguing, however, is the fact that Joss Whedon will be addressing fans via Zoom. While all these panels are pre-recorded, it will be interesting seeing whether he has anything to say about his work on The Avengers franchise or, more controversially, Justice League. 

You can find links to each panel by clicking here, and the full schedule below:

10am – 11am

The Mandalorian and His Many Gadgets
Cosplay – the Spice of Life!!!
Last Gasp: 50 Years of Publishing the Underground Part I The comics, moderated by Jon Cooke and mainly focused on the period 1970-1995
Howard Cruse: The Godfather of Queer Comics
Pixel Stories – Reimagining Video Game Narrative
Lights, Camera, LGBTQI-dentity! Never Alone
“Crazy” Talk: Mental Health, Pop Culture, and the Pandemic
Reclaiming Indigenous History and Culture Through Comics
HBO Max: The Cartoon Network Studios Collection
DC@Home Day One
The 2020 Black Panel
Charlize Theron: Evolution of a Badass – An Action Hero Career Retrospective

11am – 12pm

Decoding the Kirby/Lee Dynamic
TragiComics
Star Wars Audiobooks: Doctor Aphra
Blade Runner Comic Panel
Make Your Own Felted Friends!
Vikings: Celebrating 6 Seasons of The Series
Entertainment is Female: a Conversation with Hollywood Executives
Marvel Comics: Next Big Thing
Think Big!
Raina and Robin in Conversation
HBO Max and Cartoon Network Studios: Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Hot Wheels: Designing Fans’ Exclusives

12pm – 1pm

TOKYOPOP: Manga for Everyone
History Goes Graphic
Lucasfilm Publishing: Stories From a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes with Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Art of Jack Kirby: Architect
Zombies and Coronavirus: Planning for the Next BIg Outbreak
HBO Max and Cartoon Network Studios: Infinity Train
AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead
Collider: Quibi’s Don’t Look Deeper Panel

1pm – 2pm

From Idea to Hired: Books, TV, Film, and Comics
IDW: Draw a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!
Harryhausen100: Into the Ray Harryhausen Archive
Make Mine Marvel: Bringing Back Marvel Classics for Today’s Readers
Water, Earth, Fire, Air: Continuing the Avatar Legacy
[adult swim] YOLO: Crystal Fantasy
LMGI – Hollywood Location Scouts
Mattel Creations: Designing Pop Culture
AMC’s The Walking Dead
Spotlight on Darcie Little Badger

2pm – 3pm

[adult swim] 12oz Mouse
GirlsDrawinGirls: Industry Professional Women Artists in Quarantine: Balancing work, art, homeschooling, and life
I Am Not Okay with This – From the Page to the Screen!
The Psychology of Star Trek vs. Star Wars
Your Secret Weapon: How Friendship Saves the Day
Real Weird Science Alive and At Home!
UnMasked: Rhapsody PR’s Behind-the-Music panel
Entertainment Weekly: Brave Warriors
AMC’s The Walking Dead: World Beyond

3pm – 4pm

Zoom into Xadia: The Dragon Prince
Get It On the Table: Designing Your Tabletop Game
The Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel
The Vortex opens AGAIN- Vortex 2.0 launches Storm King Comics
Observational Drawing by Controlling Angles
Reimagining Mandrake The Magician with Erica Schultz
Galaxy Grrls, or the Female and Non-Binary Authors who Bridge the new Frontier of Space Fiction
Hermes Press and Gothic Comics in America
Latin American Horror Cinema 2: Sometimes They Come Back
First Look at Hulu’s Helstrom
HBO MAX: Adult Animation Panel
Peacock Original Series: The Capture

4pm – 5pm

Fantasy & Sci-Fi Authors
How to Make a Comic From Start to Finish
Remote Real-Time: The Age of Virtual Production
The Nacelle Company: Pop-Culture Under Quarantine
Vampirella 50th Anniversary Finale
Sinless, Fearless, Ruthless – A look at science and social science in a YA sci-fi book
Comic-Con: Robert Kirkman at Home
Crossing Swords
Legendary Spawn Creator Todd McFarlane Talks Toys, Comics, and More!
Bob’s Burgers
VIZ: A Haunting Conversation with Junji Ito

5pm – 6pm

Unboxing Pandora: Season Two On The CW This Fall
Read Manga and Learn Classics Literature!
The Living Dead: Celebrating the Legacy of George Romero
No Strange Bedfellows: The Relationship Between Pro Wrestling and Comics
Archer @Home
A Zoom with Joss Whedon
IDW: The Mueller Report in 10-minutes
Deep Blue Sea 3: The Panel!

6pm – 7pm

Travel Through Time with Comics
TV Guide Magazine Fan Favorites
Klingon Lifestyles the Home Alone Year
The Wonderful, Horrible World of E.C. Comics
The Famous Monsters Podcast
Hip-Hop And Comics: Cultures Combining
Building Your Own Themyscira: Connecting With Other Geeky Bosses
SYFY: TZGZ’s Adult Animated Originals

7pm – onwards

32nd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

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If you’re a fan of X-Men action figures, then Hasbro definitely has you covered with a new Sentinel which promises to make a huge dent in your bank balance…and take up a lot of room on your shelf!

The first item to be offered through Hasbro’s “HasLab” programme, at least 6000 orders will need to be placed before they give it the green light for production. It’s basically the company’s own version of Kickstarter, and ensures that a pricey item like this will actually be wanted by fans before Hasbro actually goes about producing it. Orders are already stacking up, so chances are it is going to be released. 

Measuring over 26 inches (making it the biggest Sentinel figure to date), it’s in scale with the six-inch Marvel Legends figures, and comes bundled with a Bastion figure that includes an alternate Omega Sentinel head. It boasts 72 points of articulation, and comes with an 18 inch tentacle accessory. 

The downside, however, is that you can expect to pay $350 if and when it’s released next fall. 

Still, for many fans, that will be worth every penny, and this should help them easily recreate key moments from the X-Men comic books (that Days of Future Past cover, for example). 

Check out some photos below:
 

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Earlier this week, it was confirmed that The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is ending on Netflix after four seasons. While the show took a slight dip in quality after a stellar first season, the news was still met with a great deal of disappointment from fans, but there is now some good news. 

Writer, director, and producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa recently took to Twitter to comment on the cancellation news, and revealed that the plan for “Part 4” was to adapt the “Witch War” storyline from the comic books. As you can see in the teaser image, Sabrina is pictured alongside Harvey Kinkle, Nicolas Scratch, Theo Putnam and Roz Walker, while Riverdale characters Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Betty Cooper, and Cheryl Blossom can all be seen above.

Before you start getting too upset about what we missed out on, though, Aguirre-Sacasa went on to promise that the story is “[t]o be continued in the pages of [Chilling Adventures of Sabrina] comic book.” In other words, it sounds like the plan isn’t for the series to find a new home, but continue in the form of a comic book series (similar to what happened with Buffy the Vampire Slayer). 

However, it’s also possible that he’s referring to the original Chilling Adventures of Sabrina series which lasted for only eight issues and ended in 2017. 

We’ll have to wait and see, but you can check out Aguirre-Sacasa’s comments below:
 

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Say what you will about Zack Snyder, but when it comes to casting, he never disappoints. That was particularly the case with his choice for Commissioner Jim Gordon in Justice League, and while J.K. Simmons wasn’t given a lot of time to shine, it was clear the filmmaker had chosen well. 

Now, the Spider-Man: Far From Home actor has confirmed that if Snyder needs him to return in order to help complete his vision for Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO Max, he’s happy to do so.

“Well, the Snyder Cut is happening now at long last, as DC fans know. I’m excited that I’m a part of it,” he told Screen Rant. “I’m excited that I’m a part of it. As far as I know, I’ve already done everything I have to do to be a part of Zack’s cut, which is to tell Zack, ‘Yes, I want to be a part of your cut.’ If there’s additional dialogue recording or additional shooting or whatever, I’d be happy to do it.”

It’s been reported that there are no plans for reshoots to take place, but ADR may be required, and that could be when Snyder requires Simmons. Either way, it will definitely be interesting finding out how many of the Commissioner’s scenes Joss Whedon reshot, and whether the Dark Knight’s closest ally originally dropped any hints about what was to come in The Batman. 

While his time in the DCEU is over, Simmons is expected to continue playing TheDailyBugle.net’s J. Jonah Jameson in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Sony Pictures’ Universe of Marvel Characters. Still, it’s a shame we never got to see more of his take on Gordon…

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