From the CW camp a trailer dropped for Legends of Tomorrow. The project will be a Justice League style team-up between various characters from The Flash and Arrow. Besides the title characters the team will include a version of Firestorm (Prof. Stein is still around but someone besides Ronnie will be the other half of the hero), Captain Cold, Heatwave, Black Canary, White Canary, and the Atom played by Brandon Routh with newcomers Hawkgirl and the time traveling Rip Hunter. A shot of the team from the trailer can be seen in the season finale of The Flash when Barry is running through the time-stream. In other CW news, Arrow actor, Stephen Amell announced that he'll never be called Arrow again and that "Arrow is over." One would think this means the show is cancelled, but with season 4 still planned for this fall it's more likely that the character is finally adopting his true moniker from the comics "Green Arrow."
As most fans have heard, season two of Netflix's Daredevil will include classic Marvel anti-hero Frank Castle, the Punisher. Jon Bernthal, formerly of The Walking Dead will portray the gun-toting vigilante. Interesting casting since he played Shane who was often grim-faced and gun-happy on TWD. I predict the Punisher will prove a fitting foil for the title character, as Matt Murdock has frequently referenced his unwillingness to kill to achieve his goals, preferring to bring his adversaries to justice in the eyes of the law whereas the Punisher kills those he thinks deserve it, bypassing the entire system. Set for release next spring, just before Captain America: Civil War is set to debut, it would make sense for major tie-ins between the two stories. If Civil War is anything like the comics, a law called "The Superhero Registration Act" will divide the heroes into opposing camps. Punisher is just the type of guy that such a law is meant to rein in, and Daredevil, being a defense lawyer in his day job may be sought out by heroes who refuse to register.
Marvel recently announced its casting of its prodigal son, Spider-man. Young British actor, Tom Holland will play the Webslinger, set to cameo in the previously mentioned Captain America: Civil War. I'd comment more on the casting itself but I haven't actually seen anything with Holland in it. For more details on the deal between Marvel and Sony over Spider-Man's movie rights, click here. Personally I thought Sony would never share the character. Now, I can't wait to see what Marvel Studios does with such a popular character as they have a history of making lesser loved characters shine.
