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Earlier today, it was announced that The Conjuring director James Wan had officially signed on for the horror film's sequel, which was recently delayed and is now slated for release in 2016. However, buried in that news story was a little hint pointing toward another project on Wan's slate: A DC Comics film.
Until last season, Arrow had remained completely superpower free, residing instead in a completely grounded and far more realistic comic book world. That all changed when a Mirakuru drug began granting Deathstroke and his army superhuman powers, followed by the introduction of Barry Allen, The Flash's Fastest Man Alive.
David Ayer might currently be doing the press rounds for his new film Fury, but now that he's been confirmed to helm Warner Brothers' Suicide Squad movie, he's not going to be able to escape the questions about how he'll bring the iconic DC Comics supervillain team to the big screen.
Jason Momoa has been dodging questions regarding his role in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice for months now, but can finally open up about it now that he's been confirmed to play Aquaman. He'll make his big screen debut as the Atlantean hero in BVS, get his own solo film in 2018, and is likely to show up in both of Zack Snyder's Justice League movies.
Marvel's Ant-Man has had quite the troubled year, thanks to the controversial exit of director Edgar Wright, who - after a lengthy search - was replaced by Bring It On and Down with Love helmer Peyton Reed. As it stands now, Ant-Man is the odd man out in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and how (or if) it ties into the rest of the Phase Three slate remains unclear.
Bryan Fuller has some exciting things planned for Hannibal's hotly-anticipated third season, which includes some intriguing new characters from Thomas Harris' books. While the series has deviated greatly from the source material thus far, Fuller has taken it upon himself to draw inspiration and story beats from books like Hannibal and The Silence of the Lambs at will, and is tackling the prequel novel Hannibal Rising next.
Last week, Warner Brothers announced their plans for a massive 10-film slate of DC Comics movies, and their plans to squeeze new Superman and Batman solo films in before 2020. While that new slate includes films like The Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, two Justice League movies, Cyborg, and even a Green Lantern reboot, one upcoming DC property was noticeably absent was the live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Sandman.
There's been yet another shift in the seemingly never-ending casting race for Marvel's Doctor Strange. Just a few days ago, we learned that Marvel's new shortlist included Matthew McConaughey, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ewan McGregor, Oscar Isaac, Jared Leto and Ethan Hawke. Then, on Friday we heard that Ryan Gosling had actually taken a meeting with the studio for the titular role of Sorcerer Supreme.