{"id":151497,"date":"2020-08-29T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T04:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=151497"},"modified":"2024-04-16T23:29:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T03:29:57","slug":"whats-the-buzz-dc-fandome-the-haunting-of-bly-manor-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2020\/08\/29\/whats-the-buzz-dc-fandome-the-haunting-of-bly-manor-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Fandome, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Welcome to What\u2019s the Buzz<\/strong>, where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. This week,Steve Wandling<\/a> reports on the DC Fandome<\/strong>, Katie Bienvenue<\/a> is excited about The Haunting of Bly Manor<\/strong>, and Simon McDermott<\/a> has been watching the trailer for The Batman<\/strong> on repeat.<\/em><\/p>\n Steve<\/strong>: 2020 has seen the abrupt cancellation of the movie convention circuit. Before COVID-19, it was unthinkable that events like San Diego Comic-Con would either be nonexistent or have to go entirely virtual. These once niche fan-driven festivals have become the de facto event weekends for the announcement of exciting new genre material from the biggest movie, TV, comics, and gaming fandoms in the world. Now suddenly thrust into a troubled uncertain time in the grip of a global pandemic, the movie convention itself had to reinvent, and fast. Where most of these new virtual conventions failed, including Comic-Con\u00a0itself, Warner Brothers\u2019\u00a0 DC Fandome scored in a big way by delivering nothing but 8 hours of exclusive sneak peaks, trailers, and panels of some truly exciting new DC projects coming your way.<\/p>\n One thing was made explicitly clear,\u00a0 it\u2019s an amazing time to be a DC fan. The convention kept the panels star-heavy and short, instead emphasizing on showcasing as much new footage and as many big project reveals as they possibly could. It ended up being the stuff that fanboy dreams are made of. There wasn\u2019t one single major project covered at DC Fandome that didn\u2019t produce a level of excitement that in recent years has seemed reserved specifically for the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe).<\/p>\n Warner Brothers and DC Films seem to be building on the success of projects like last year\u2019s Academy Award-winning box office smash\u00a0Joker\u00a0<\/em>by staying true to their mission statement of being an auteur-driven genre studio that will serve as a much needed counterpoint to the factory-like output of Kevin Feige\u2019s MCU hit machine. DC can\u2019t beat Disney\/Marvel at their own game, and there\u2019s no reason for them to even try. The diverse output of upcoming blockbusters on display at DC Fandome shows that either inside or outside of any overarching continuity, it\u2019s hard to imagine any of these films losing both critically or commercially.<\/p>\n Of course, a well run convention can only go so far. DC Fandome truly delivered the goods for upcoming content in an exciting way that built throughout the day, finally reaching its crescendo with the first trailer for Matt Reeves\u2019 (War for the Planet of the Apes)\u00a0<\/em>much-anticipated\u00a0The Batman<\/em>. The trailer showed the first footage of new Bruce Wayne\/Batman actor Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse<\/em>) in what promises to be a noir-driven detective story with the cinematic influence of Roman Polanski\u2019s\u00a0Chinatown\u00a0<\/em>(1974). James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em>,\u00a0Slither<\/em>) wowed viewers with a lengthy behind-the-scenes video of his upcoming R-rated\u00a0The Suicide Squad<\/em>, which is being billed as a gritty war film infused with Gunn\u2019s trademark off-kilter sense of humor.<\/p>\n DCEU fans everywhere rejoiced at the trailer for the truly mythic\u00a0Zack Snyder\u2019s Justice League<\/em>, debuting next year on HBO Max. Scoring the trailer to Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u201cHallelujah\u201d was the perfect touch for all the supporters and true believers in a film that was once laughed off as a pipe dream that didn\u2019t actually even exist. Patty Jenkins’ (Monster<\/em>,\u00a0Wonder Woman<\/em>) Wonder Woman 1984\u00a0<\/em>kicked the hype heavy DC Fandome off earlier that day with a new trailer showcasing Saturday Night Live\u00a0<\/em>alum Kristen Wiig\u2019s much-anticipated turn as super villain Cheetah. There was also talk of several new HBO television prestige dramas set in the DC world that will have a lot to live up to after last year\u2019s triumphant Emmy-nominated\u00a0Watchmen<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>and the debut of new video game\u00a0Gotham Knights<\/em>.<\/p>\n DC Fandome should be the blueprint moving forward for any and all virtual stay-at-home conventions. The event lasted the length of an average work day, but somehow managed to feel like an all killer no filler affair. Fans walked away happy at the end of the day because they were treated to a bevy of anticipation in a time when the world needs great escapism, and DC Fandome more than delivered.<\/p>\n
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