The Daily Planet - Superman News and Speculation Thread (🚨TAG SPOILERS🚨)

[flickchick85]

Whatever happened to that guy who pitched David Bautista as Vandal Savage running what is essentially The Illuminati.

I may have missed that one.

 

[Lily Adler]

I may have missed that one.

I want to see Vandal Savage as the main villain!! The Justice League vs. The Illuminati; that would capture my imaginations like no other. They could call it "The Light" as they do in Young Justice, but I personally think "Illuminati" is way more bad ass and scary.

I feel like that's as realistic as you can get with a JL movie. In a world where there's a single cabal of individuals who have been controlling the events of human history (Savage being the leader), it makes sense for a band of superheroes to join forces to stop him. There's something about the Justice League that just lends itself to conspiracy theories - I hope conspiracies become a big part of this film series.

I say save the alien invasion for the final film.

I saw someone one reddit a few weeks ago suggest Batista as Vandal Savage and I totally dig it. It's not a character I would immediately think of but now I kind of want to see it.

Ah it was two posters.

 

[Sawyer]

Brainiac ain't a JL villain, though. He's a Supes villain. There are plenty of other villains to use for the JL. Just pick a threat from Morrison's JLA run, honestly. None of that's been done before. I believe that's one of Gunn's favorites, too. Let Supes (and Kara) handle Brainiac, please. He's hardly too "big" for them to handle on their own. They usually do.

I was thinking of a story like Panic in the Sky, but it turns out that was in the Superman books anyway.

 

[Lily Adler]

I was thinking of a story like Panic in the Sky, but it turns out that was in the Superman books anyway.

Girlfriend is still experiencing the trauma from Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League.

 

[Sawyer]

Really would love to see the same sort of camaraderie with this cast that was present with GOTG.

 

[flickchick85]

Girlfriend is still experiencing the trauma from Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League.

That would require me to have paid any mind to that game in the first place, which so far I blissfully have managed to avoid.

 

[Lily Adler]

That would require me to have paid any mind to that game in the first place, which so far I blissfully have managed to avoid.

You see they took a plot to a Static Shock episode and turned it into a game.

 

[Venom 1988]

Ah it was two posters.

Hey all I said was Batista would be cool as the unfrozen caveman lawyer. Don't lump me into whatever that other guy said lol.

 

[Lily Adler]

Hey all I said was Batista would be cool as the unfrozen caveman lawyer. Don't lump me into whatever that other guy said lol.

 

[Web-Head]

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Rachel just shared this via her Instagram stories.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Why did they erase Otis

 

[flickchick85]

I'm gonna give that artist the benefit of the doubt since they left out Safran too, and just assume they didn't know who that guy was and thought he was crew/not cast.

But also, why is Lois looking so...Rudolph?

 

[GreenKToo]

This really could go in any direction and get all kinds of crazy for the DCU moving forward ( in a good way ).

Brainiac notices that superman is on Earth
( maybe because of Lex? )

Darkseid then hears about kryptonians being on Earth and makes them the A #1 target.
endless possibilities moving forward, and it would all be because of Lex.

 

[Herolee10]

But also, why is Lois looking so...Rudolph?

Looks like some of the other characters were given the Rudolph look as well.

 

[Sawyer]

But also, why is Lois looking so...Rudolph?

Coke problem.

Gotta throw the Snyder fans a bone somewhere.

 

[GreenKToo]

Have a coke, and a smile.

 

[Boom]

Rachel just shared this via her Instagram stories.

They look like the cast of a Kleenex commercial.

 

[flickchick85]

Just remembered something. This is the \S/ from a lot of the BTS materials on Superman & Lois:





That is very clearly NOT the same \S/ from Tyler’s suit or the logo of the show. For comparison:




Like I said, I’m not at all against the Kingdom Come shield being used, but we shouldn’t rule out this whole thing being a misdirect either. Like, there’s no way those actresses weren’t told what they could share from that table read. Them taking it down a day later actually makes me sus that it was a bit of deliberate trolling, since Gunn gets bugged about the suit online pretty much every minute of every day. He knew just that logo would cause a stir. I’m not convinced one way or the other. Firmly in “wait and see” mode here.

 

[Kane52630]

Yeah, I'm 80% sure that logo is a big misdirect.

 

[Sawyer]

Yeah, I'm 80% sure that logo is a big misdirect.

But I don’t want it to be!

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Dr.]

Just remembered something. This is the \S/ from a lot of the BTS materials on Superman & Lois:

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That is very clearly NOT the same \S/ from Tyler’s suit or the logo of the show. For comparison:
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Like I said, I’m not at all against the Kingdom Come shield being used, but we shouldn’t rule out this whole thing being a misdirect either. Like, there’s no way those actresses weren’t told what they could share from that table read. Them taking it down a day later actually makes me sus that it was a bit of deliberate trolling, since Gunn gets bugged about the suit online pretty much every minute of every day. He knew just that logo would cause a stir. I’m not convinced one way or the other. Firmly in “wait and see” mode here.

For that matter, the symbol in the promo materials for Superman The Movie proved to be (slightly) different than the one used in the actual film(s). In the former, quite apart from the “steel” and “3D” motifs, the lines were smoother, the font was thicker and the terminal serif was bulbous. In the latter, the font was thinner and — for some reason — coarser looking. IMO, the “steel” version was the better one. Moral of the story: early designs are not necessarily final designs.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

These are very reassuring points

 

[Boom]

I just consider the fact that on Day 1 Gunn used a Kingdom Come image. Now we have the Kingdom Come logo on name cards. And just a few days prior a leaker indicated the KC emblem was on the suit concept art.

In the grand scheme these could all mean absolutely nothing and we get the traditional S design.