When it comes to major announcements to be made about movies and TV shows, studios mostly tend to wait until during the work week to drop that stuff unless, say, it's San Diego Comic-Con weekend or something comparable. But this past Saturday, I guess Emily Bett Rickards and company couldn't wait until Monday morning to reveal that she'll indeed be leaving Arrow - and she's not even waiting until the final season to say "adios."
Even though Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice's theatrical run is three years behind us, it remains one of the more divisive superhero movies in recent memory. It seems like people either loved it or hated it, and social media debates regarding the matter still result in bloodbaths shortly after beginning. Hey, those Zack Snyder fanboys don't mess around.
Now that Gotham is coming to a close, it looks as though the realm of television isn't finished exploring what happened before Batman donned the cape and cowl. In fact, Epix will soon venture even further back on the timeline with the 10-episode series known as Pennyworth.
Now that the cat is out of the bag and Barry Allen knows full well that his daughter, Nora West-Allen, has been in collusion with Eobard Thawne this entire time, the final handful of episodes making up The Flash's current season should prove to be markedly different viewing experiences from the rest.
Even though it hasn't done the greatest job of expressly stating as such, Gotham's fifth and final season has already experienced its share of incremental time jumps. If you'll recall, the premiere teased Jim Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Penguin and Riddler uniting in order to combat a full-scale invasion, before returning to earlier on the timeline. Of course, "The Trial of Jim Gordon" plainly let us know that its concluding moments jumped forward by a month.
Aside from Oliver Queen himself, one could argue that if any recurring character on Arrow has endured the most personal growth in recent memory, it's that of Earth-2's Laurel Lance. Since coming over from the universe next door a few seasons back, she fought at the side of Ricardo Diaz before turning on him and beginning her own path to redemption. As Star City's District Attorney, she was instrumental in getting Ollie freed from prison.
Though you may not know it, 2011's Green Lantern was actually intended to be the jumping point for the DC Extended Universe. But when it failed to resonate with critics and general moviegoers, the honor was passed on to Man of Steel. As such, Hollywood has been decidedly light on ringslingers in the time since.
When we got our first look at Gal Gadot as the titular heroine in Wonder Woman 1984, I admit that I felt simultaneously excited and underwhelmed. Don't get me wrong, the Amazon Warrior looks fantastic as ever, but I had been hoping to see her wearing an all-new costume. To date, her threads donned in Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman and Justice League were all essentially the same as what we're seeing in her solo sequel. Aside from brightening the colors, the wheel hasn't been reinvented.
After Venom raked in some serious dough at the worldwide box office, it seemed as though Sony Pictures developed an insatiable appetite for Spider-Man villains appearing in movies entirely independent from the wallcrawler. In fact, not only is Tom Hardy expected to headline a Venom sequel, but production on Morbius is now also underway.
Even though it hit a few speedbumps not long ago, we can take solace in knowing that Bond 25 is indeed on its way. Set to serve as Daniel Craig's fifth and final appearance in the long-running espionage franchise, one can only assume that it'll pull out all the stops and leave audiences breathless.
