DC and Warner Bros. FanDome: biggest announcements

DC Comics and Warner Bros. held their first FanDome event today, a virtual convention that brought new movie trailers, announcements, and exciting gameplay footage with it.

Fan Warner Bros. Games Montreal’s Gotham Knights unveiled (including nearly eight minutes of footage) to the first trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League and an update on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series on Netflix, a lot happened. Here are the biggest moments (and videos) from DC FanDome. If you miss it, there will be encore panels playing for the next several hours. Head over to the DC FanDome schedule for a full list of reruns.

Gotham Knights announcement: As mentioned above, one of the biggest announcements was one fans who have been waiting more than a year for – Gotham Knights is Warner Bros. Games Montreal’s new open world title. The developers brought in a four-minute movie trailer introducing the various playable characters (including Batgirl and Robin), in addition to gameplay footage.

Justice League by Zack Snyder trailer: Set to Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” the trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League finally arrived. The trailer includes a number of completely new scenes that were not included in the original version of the movie, which was released in 2017. There is no specific release date yet, but Snyder’s version of Justice League will hit in 2021. HBO Max. It will be aired in four, hour-long installations.

First look at Robert Pattinson in The Batman: Director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson unveiled the first official trailer The Batman to FanDome. The trailer sets up a Gotham City with crime (surprise, surprise), with Bruce Wayne trying to find his place in everything. There are appearances of Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman, Jeffrey Wright’s James Gordon, and more.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League reveal: Rocksteady Studios (the team behind Arkham City en Arkham Knight) finally unveiled his new game, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League with a long trailer. The title is a new action game featuring the infamous super scurvy team, and is a continuation of the Arkham universe, according to Rocksteady. How that actually plays out remains unclear at this time. The game will launch in 2022 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X.

Wonder Woman 1984 trailer introduces Cheetah: Yes, Gal Gadot is back as Diana Prince (aka Wonder Woman) and Chris Pine is back as Steve Trevor, but the coolest part about the new Wonder Woman 1984 trailer is Kristen Wiig’s Cheetah. Although Wiig’s Barbara was introduced in the first trailer, this marked the first time we’ve seen her transform into the villainous character. Earne, The cat director Tom Hooper flirts quietly.

The Suicide Squad roster of villains revealed: Although we did not get a full trailer for The Suicide Squad (Director James Gunn is in the editing room), we got a “roll call” teaser that revealed the lineup of villains. Plus, a pretty funny behind-the-scenes featurette gives us a glimpse into the director’s sequel.

The new costume of The Flash: A panel for Andy Muschietti’s The Flash was short and sweet, and although there is no teaser yet, we got our first look at Barry Allen’s new costume. Ezra Miller will reprise the role.

First look at Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam: Dwayne Johnson teamed up with Jim Lee and DC Comics artist BossLogic to create a cool concept video Black Adam. The video gives a glimpse of Johnson in the Black Adam costume. Johnson led the panel by answering fan questions about how powerful Black Adam is, what drew him to the role (“I love that he’s an antihero”), and the story he wants to explore. Johnson also advocated how certain characters from the Justice Society of America – Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Cyclone, and Atom Smasher – would be included in Black Adam.

Netflix’s Sandman series update: Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series is still happening on Netflix, but due to production issues caused by COVID-19 it is unclear when the series will debut. One interesting note from Gaiman: Netflix’s version of The Sandman will still “start in 1916, but the thing that happens in Sandman 1, the point where the story begins net 1988. It is now. This allows Gaiman and his team to think about what this will do “to the gender of characters, what will this do to the nature of characters?” Gaiman called it a nice “liberating” experience.