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The Arrowverse has had several crossovers over the years, with Crisis on Infinite Earths finally bringing all the shows together on Earth Prime. The 2015 crossover, Heroes Join Forces, is often forgotten and poorly regarded due to its connection with the unpopular series Legends of Tomorrow. Crisis on Earth-x is considered the best Arrowverse crossover, with its epic battle against Nazi doppelgangers and significant character developments.

The Arrowverse had several crossovers over the course of the years, providing a wide range of stories for its audience. The CW's shared superhero universe officially kicked off when The Flash joined the flagship series, Arrow, in 2014. The next series, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, gave a new home to the Arrowverse's many outcast heroes and villains while opening up time travel. In 2016, Supergirl jumped from CBS and joined the Arrowverse timeline and, in 2019, Batwoman became the latest series in the pantheon as Arrow season 8 ended...

With Wonder Woman 3 no longer proceeding as planned after DC Studios decided to go in a different direction and a Man of Steel sequel seeming less likely following Henry Cavill’s return in Black Adam, fans are wondering when they'll likely see these powerful superheroes again. Based on Gunn's initial tweets, it looks like the two are trying to lay the groundwork for the "next ten years," working out which superheroes they should flesh out first, what stories they can adapt, and how they could eventually expand their roster.

Given its extensive history in the comics, The Justice League would be a great place to start since it has some fascinating and powerful members. Some are practically gods like Wonder Woman, fellow aliens like Superman, or simply mystical figures (which is a side of the Dcu that has yet to be explored in depth). With the Dcu also...

The Hard Problem, a new play by Arcadia playwright Tom Stoppard to be staged by his The Coast of Utophia director Jack O’Brien, will premiere next fall as a Lincoln Center Theater production.

The Stoppard play is one of two new Lincoln Center Theater productions announced today for the fall season. Also coming: Miranda Rose Hall’s Plot Points in Our Sexual Development, to be directed by Margot Bordelon.

Stoppard’s The Hard Problem begins previews Thursday, October 25 with an official opening on Monday, November 19 at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Hall’s Plot Points, a Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 production, begins performances Saturday, October 6, opens Monday, October 22, and runs through Sunday, November 18 at the Claire Tow Theater.

The Hard Problem will feature Eshan Bay, Adelaide Clemens, Nina Grollman, Katie Beth Hall, Chris O’Shea, Tara Summers, and Karoline Xu, with additional casting to be announced. The...

Just as my ComicMix cohort, the Legend of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Denny O’Neil, I have jumped gently back into the TV fracas again with DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Denny was quick to note in the macro that the show harkens to a very base pulp root – that of myth of the voyage. But my gaze is far more acutely focused on but a single moment from the first episode of the CW’s titular team up.

Shortly after The Doctor – um, I mean Rip Hunter – has pitched woo to each of his would-be Legends, we’re treated to the monotony of joining each member as they pack up their lives to go adventuring. With seemingly everyone on board, we assume smooth sailing… until we reach the immaculate home of Professor Martin Stein. There, amidst his country bumpkin bric-a-brac, Stein and his young ward (Jax Jackson, because all...

The time is now for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

The CW’s timey-wimey Arrow/Flash offshoot debuts this Thursday at 8/7c, as Rip Hunter recruits Sara Lance/White Canary, Ray Palmer/The Atom, Captain Cold and Heat Wave, Firestorm’s Professor Stein and Jax Jackson, and Hawkgirl and Hawkman to find and stop the immortal Vandal Savage from conquering Earth.

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The series is an undertaking as sizable as its cast, endeavoring to bring Avengers-style team-ups to the small screen. To buckle...

When DC's Legends of Tomorrow airs its series premiere on The CW Thursday, January 19, fans will be introduced to plenty of familiar faces from Arrow and The Flash, along with a slew of new characters from the DC Comics. We already got our first look at some of these fresh faces like Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee), Jax Jackson (Franz Drameh) and Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) in the Arrow & Flash crossover from last month, but fans will also be introduced to another iconic comic book figure later this season: Jonah Hex. Here's what executive producer Marc Guggenheim had to say about bringing on Jonah Hex, in a statement to Variety.

"Ever since we decided that Legends would involve time travel, we were eager to do a story set in the Old West. But if you're going to do a story set in the DC Universe version of the Old West, you simply...

The CW's DC Comics universe is about to get much bigger with the debut of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, which unites heroes and villains from both Arrow and The Flash with several new characters. As we get closer and closer to the Thursday, January 21 premiere date, USA Today has released a new trailer, which shows this unique group of future Legends travelling back in time to the year 1975. If that wasn't enough, The CW has also released a new promo that showcases the new Firestorm, Jax Jackson (Franz Drameh) and Dr. Martin Stein (Victor Garber).

In DC's Legends of Tomorrow, when heroes alone are not enough, the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat - one in which not only the planet is at stake,...

Yesterday, new photos from The Flash set in Vancouver revealed that Robbie Amell is coming back as Ronnie Raymond, who was one half of Firestorm in the first season. Since he was spotted wearing his Firestorm costume, and Franz Drameh's Jax Jackson has taken over as the new half of Firestorm with Dr. Martin Stein (Victor Garber), many have assumed that Robbie Amell will be playing the Earth-2 version of Firestorm in the back half of The Flash Season 2. Today, executive producer Andrew Kreisberg confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that the actor will in fact be playing the Earth-2 version of Firestorm, entitled Deathstorm.

"We are beyond excited to have Robbie back on The Flash. You can't keep a good Firestorm down. Only this time, he's back with a twist, a deadly Earth-Two version of our beloved Ronnie in the form of Deathstorm."

Robbie Amell's return was teased last...

Earlier this season on The Flash, it was revealed that Jax Jackson (Franz Drameh) would be stepping in for Robbie Amell's Ronnie Raymond as the second half of Firestorm, with Victor Garber's Dr. Martin Stein. Last month, Robbie Amell sent out two cryptic photos that teased he was returning to The Flash, and now we have the first photo of the actor on the set, thanks to Canada Graphs. It isn't known what specific episode the actor will be returning in, but it's clear that he will appear as the Firestorm in Earth-2

We haven't seen Robbie Amell's Ronnie Raymond since The Flash Season 2 premiere, The Man Who Saved Central City, where it was revealed that Ronnie disappeared into the singularity known as the Speed Force. Ronnie made up one half of the iconic character Firestorm, along with Victor Garber's Dr. Martin Stein. In Ronnie's absence,...

There’s a point during the DC’s Legends of Tomorrow premiere (airing Thursday, Jan. 21 at 8/7c) where you may wish the sizzle reel from The CW’s May Upfronts had simply served as the set-up.

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As established in that quasi-trailer over the course of 90 efficient seconds but drawn out in the actual pilot across several scenes, Rip Hunter (Doctor Who‘s Arthur Darvill) — a member of the time-hopping Time Masters — travels back to January 2016 to assemble a team of oneday “legends,” in hopes of...

"We need to travel back in time to save the future." That's the mission time traveling superhero Rip Hunter gives his new crew in DC's Legends of Tomorrow. But instead of setting out to stop complete world destruction, White Canary suggests it might be better to go get weird in the 70s. The latest trailer has arrived for this CW series, which is a spinoff of its two biggest hits, Arrow and The Flash. We also get over 20 new photos from the Pilot.

These latest images are epic! And they feature the new Firestorm, Jax Jackson (Franz Drameh), Firestorm's other half, Dr. Martin Stein (Victor Garber), Atom (Brandon Routh), Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill), Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell), White Canary (Caity Lotz), Hawkman (Falk Hentschel) and Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee). Best of all, we get to see White Canary taking on a baldheaded bruiser in a bar. And...

The first episodic photos from DC’s Legends of Tomorrow have trickled out, and they capture at least one of the highlights from Arrow/Flash offshoot’s premiere.

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Debuting Thursday, Jan. 21 at 8/7c (where it will displace the Friday-bound Vampire Diaries and lead into The 100 Season 3), Legends opens with Time Master Rip Hunter (played by Doctor Who‘s Arthur Darvill) recruiting the titular team members, one by one, after which he gives them this charge: to stop the immortal Vandal Savage from wreaking catastrophe in...

DC's Legends of Tomorrow is shaping up to be the biggest superhero TV show of all time. And it's about to get a little bit bigger. A new report claims that Arrow star Matthew Nable is set to return, and will reprise his fan-favorite role as Ra's al Ghul. He'll show up in the as yet untitled Episode 9 when the series premieres early next year.

At this time, it isn't known if Ra's has somehow survived his apparent death at the end of Arrow Season 3. His appearance may also be the result of time travel. DC's Legends of Tomorrow is bringing together quite a few characters from both The CW's Arrow and The Flash, so it should come as no surprise that they would attempt to resurrect one of the more popular faces to have appeared in recent years.

DC's Legends of Tomorrow cast of characters include Firestorm, Jax Jackson (Franz Drameh), Firestorm's other half,...

The CW Network's two biggest hits, Arrow and The Flash, are both based on beloved DC Comics characters, with each show bringing in a number of iconic heroes and villains. The network's DC Comics presence is about to get even bigger, with DC's Legends of Tomorrow, which will premiere Thursday, January 21 at 8 Pm Et. While we get ready for the DC Legends of Tomorrow premiere in just over one month, The CW has released nine new posters featuring all of the show's main characters.

These posters feature the new Firestorm, Jax Jackson (Franz Drameh), Firestorm's other half, Dr. Martin Stein (Victor Garber), Atom (Brandon Routh), Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill), Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell), White Canary (Caity Lotz), Hawkman (Falk Hentschel) and Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee). In DC's Legends of Tomorrow, when heroes alone are not enough, the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will...

"Legends of Tomorrow" debuts in a little over a month, and today The CW released these gorgeous new character posters for the show. The CW's design team has previously done amazing work on poster art for "Arrow" and "The Flash" -- and they applied the same stunning artistry in these new posters.  There are nine posters in all, featuring White Canary (Caity Lotz), The Atom (Brandon Routh), Firestorm Duo Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jax Jackson (Franz Drameh), Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell), Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Hawkman (Falk Hentschel), Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee), and Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill). Each poster features the character, their superhero logo, and their superhero name. Each poster was released by various news outlet today, including Entertainment Weekly, Variety, Et, Access Hollywood, IGN, TVLine, TV Insider and ComicBook.com.  Check out the newest trailer for "Legends of Tomorrow" and the stunning new character posters below: "Legends of Tomorrow...

With the series premiere of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow now just five (long) weeks away, it’s time to get a closer look at the heroes and antiheroes at the heart of The CW’s Flash/Arrow offshoot — including partners in Firestorm-ing, Dr. Martin Stein and Jefferson “Jax” Jackson.

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Premiering Thursday, Jan. 21 at 8/7, Legends finds time traveler Rip Hunter (played by Doctor Who alum Arthur Darvill) rounding up a mash-up of heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat orchestrated by the immortal Vandal Savage (#Flarrow crossover guest star Casper Crump...

The CW's hit series The Flash is currently on its holiday hiatus, with the show set to return with its currently-untitled midseason premiere on Tuesday, January 19. Just a few days later, the network will unveil its new DC Comics series DC's Legends of Tomorrow. It seems that one of these superhero shows may feature the return of a familiar face in the near future, Robbie Amell, who posted two cryptic photos on his Instagram account earlier this week.

We haven't seen Robbie Amell's Ronnie Raymond since The Flash Season 2 premiere, The Man Who Saved Central City, where it was revealed that Ronnie disappeared into the singularity known as the Speed Force. Ronnie made up one half of the iconic character Firestorm, along with Victor Garber's Dr. Martin Stein. In Ronnie's absence, we learned in the fourth episode, The Fury of Firestorm, that Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) and his...

After a brief hiatus, The CW Network's hit superhero series The Flash returns with one of its biggest episodes of the season, Legends of Today, airing Tuesday, December 1 at 8 Pm Et. This will be the first part of a two-night crossover event with Arrow, which continues tomorrow night with Legends of Yesterday. While fans get ready for tonight's episode, The CW has released two new clips, and two previews featuring new footage and interviews with the cast and crew.

The first clip features Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) and Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) teaming up to take down Hawkman (Falk Hentschel), where Barry shows Oliver his new lightning skills for the first time. The second clip features a chained-up Hawkman, trying to explain to Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee) that she isn't really Kendra Saunders, but a warrior priestess who has been working with Hawkman for 4,000 years. We also have two featurettes...

Fans would normally be enjoying a new episode of The Flash tonight, and Arrow tomorrow, but due to the Thanksgiving holiday, both shows are on a short hiatus. However, your favorite heroes from Central City and Star City will be coming together once again, with a two-night crossover event, starting with The Flash episode Legends of Today on Tuesday, December 1 and the Arrow episode Legends of Yesterday on Wednesday, December 1. Following the extended trailer that debuted last week, The CW unveiled new photos from both episodes that you can check out below.

In The Flash's second major crossover event with Arrow, Vandal Savage (guest star Casper Crump) arrives in Central City and sets his sights on Kendra Saunders (guest star Ciara Renee). After Vandal attacks Kendra and Cisco, they turn to Barry for help. Realizing how dangerous Vandal is, Barry takes Kendra to Star City and asks...

Fans of The CW's Arrow and The Flash will be without their beloved shows for the next two weeks, but the wait will certainly be worth it since they both come back with an epic crossover event, airing Tuesday, December 1 and Wednesday, December 2. To help fans cope with this excruciating anticipation, The CW has released a new trailer for The Flash portion of this two-night event, Legends of Today, which gives us new insight into the villainous Vandal Savage (Casper Crump). This latest footage shows that the immortal Vandal Savage is tracking down Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renee), a.k.a. Hawkgirl, a "reincarnated warrior priestess."

As it turns out, though, Kendra doesn't remember any of her warrior priestess past, claiming she grew up in Wisconsin. But Carter Hall, a.k.a Hawkman (Falk Hentschel) reveals that her memories will eventually come back to her. Unfortunately, we don't know much...

Sneak Peek more new footage from the next episode of "The Flash", titled "The Fury Of Firestorm", written by Kai Yu Wu, Joe Peracchio and directed by Stefan Pleszczynski, airing October 27, 2015 on The CW:

"...'Barry' (Grant Gustin) and the team look for another 'Firestorm' match for 'Dr. Stein' (Victor Garber). When the team meets 'Jax Jackson' (Franz Drameh), 'Caitlin' (Danielle Panabaker) has her reservations about whether Jax is the right match for Dr. Stein. Meanwhile 'Iris' (Candice Patton) surprises 'Joe' (Jesse L. Martin) while Barry and 'Patty' (Shantel VanSanten) grow closer..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Flash: The Fury Of Firestorm"...

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The Flash seems to be spending a lot of time prepping spin-off Legends Of Tomorrow and coasting on last year's good will in season two...

This review contains spoilers.

2.4 The Fury Of The Firestorm

Ronnie’s apparently dead and, along with a new love interest for Caitlin, we knew we were due a replacement Firestorm buddy for Stein. Enter Jax Jackson, who I’m told is a character invented solely for the TV show, and who made a pretty great impression during this week’s episode.

It’s not that Ronnie wasn’t okay as season one’s Firestorm, it’s just that he never really meshed well with the group dynamic. Jax, however, is a younger and just generally more interesting presence in Star Labs. On paper, he’s set completely apart from Barry and the rest of the team and, more importantly, he’s the polar opposite of Stein.

Sneak Peek promo footage from the next episode of "The Flash", titled "The Fury Of Firestorm", written by Kai Yu Wu, Joe Peracchio and directed by Stefan Pleszczynski, airing October 27, 2015 on The CW:

"...'Barry' (Grant Gustin) and the team look for another 'Firestorm' match for 'Dr. Stein' (Victor Garber). When the team meets 'Jax Jackson' (Franz Drameh), 'Caitlin' (Danielle Panabaker) has her reservations about whether Jax is the right match for Dr. Stein. Meanwhile 'Iris' (Candice Patton) surprises 'Joe' (Jesse L. Martin) while Barry and 'Patty' (Shantel VanSanten) grow closer..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Flash: The Fury Of Firestorm"...

Back in September, just before Season 2 of The Flash debuted, The CW Network released a trailer that teased a new Firestorm. This sneak peek showed Jefferson "Jax" Jackson (Franz Drameh) wearing the Firestorm suit, hinting that he will emerge on the show before starring in the midseason series DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Today, the network has released another trailer and poster for next week's episode, The Fury of Firestorm, which shows why the new Firestorm pair was created.

We first saw Firestorm last season, a character formed by the merging of two completely different people, Robbie Amell's Ronnie Raymond and Victor Garber's Dr. Martin Stein. After the events of the season finale in May, fans may not be seeing much of Ronnie any more, after it was confirmed in the Season 2 premiere that he actually died in the first season finale. This trailer shows that Martin Stein's health is deteriorating,...

Renewals

Two lesser known shows scored pick-ups today. First up, Hulu has ordered a second season of its original dramedy series "Casual" which premiered two weeks ago on the streaming service. The Jason Reitman-produced show stars Frances Conroy, Michaela Watkins and Tommy Dewey and follows a newly divorced single mother living with her brother and daughter.

Meanwhile, ABC Family has ordered a fifth season of one of its highest-rated original series "Switched at Birth." The show's current fourth season is scheduled to wrap up this coming week. [Source: The Live Feed]

In Time

Fox has given a put pilot commitment to the time-travel comedy series "In Time" which comes from "Last Man On Earth" executive producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Julius Sharpe ("Family Guy") pens the show about three friends who try to balance the adventure of time travel with the mundane concerns of their present day lives.

Lord and Miller, best...

Introducing Firestorm — Barry (Grant Gustin) and the team look for another Firestorm match for Dr. Stein (Victor Garber). When the team meets Jefferson “Jax” Jackson (guest star Franz Drameh), Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) has her reservations about whether Jax is the right match for Dr. Stein. Iris (Candice Patton) surprises Joe (Jesse L. Martin) while Barry and Patty (guest star Shantel VanSanten) grow closer. Stefan Pleszczynski directed the episode written by Kai Yu Wu & Joe Peracchio. Well, we all saw this coming thanks to that promo! Jax Jackson (not "Jay" as previously reported) will indeed be the new half of Firestorm, and where this leaves Ronnie - who I would guess is stuck on Earth-2 - and Jason Rusch remains to be seen. There's nothing else too revealing here other than the fact that Barry and Patty will grow closer, but be sure to let us know your thoughts below.

Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together

Written and directed by Wendy Jo Carlton

USA, 2011

It’s long been said that men and women can’t be ‘just friends’. In many Hollywood films (When Harry Met Sally, Friends With Benefits, Friends With Kids, ad infinitum) this axiom becomes a pursuant theme, which they always, and invariably, succumb to.

But what about the gay community? Surely, the same rules must apply. If platonic, heterosexual relationships are undone by corporeal attraction, then so to must homosexual relationships. In her romantic comedy about love between best friends, Wendy Jo Carlton spins into familiar territory with a queer twist, but instead of being a reductive, banal mimicry of her hetero-centric contemporary’s, Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together has enough heart and ingenuity to stand on its own.

Initially, Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together does feel a lot like When Harry Met Sally. Set in Chicago,...

Fortunately or unfortunately, most of us have fallen hard for a friend. Sometimes it works out but many times it fails to spark because the other party was oblivious to your attraction, the timing was off or they just weren’t that into you. Suffice it to say, when writer/director Wendy Jo Carlton set out to make a new movie, she found her inspiration at (where else?) a Chicago Dyke March when she noticed the extreme closeness of friends Jacqui Jackson and Jessica London-Shields. The two actresses were closer than close and were often assumed to be romantically coupled but, in reality, they were nothing more than good friends. Take that story, cast your inspirations as the title characters, put a musical spin on it and you have the indie film Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together.

While traveling around the country to the various Lgbt film festivals – most...

A musical romantic comedy that defies genre conventions and expectations left and right, Jamie and Jessie are Not Together is one of the funniest, most original lesbian films of the year. With an attractive, likeable cast of characters, snappy, believable dialogue and two phenomenal leads, it’s a summery blast of fresh air.

Jessie (Jessica London-Shields) and Jamie (Jacqui Jackson), both queer, are roommates and best friends. We first meet them biking along the road to their Chicago apartment, and then witness an awkward conversation – Jamie is moving to New York for an acting gig (on Broadway, mind you) in two weeks.

At first, it seems like our carefree leads are in a relationship, as they spend plenty of time together skinny dipping on the beach and snuggling on their couch, the picture of domestic bliss. However, it quickly becomes apparent that they are not actually together – Jamie is dating...

This week finds early awards season contenders lining up alongside a queer cinema double bill, a troupe of unorthodox vampires and a horror movie franchise that's become torturous in more ways than one.

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"Amelia"

Awards season takes flight with celebrated director Mira Nair's biopic charting the early life and rise to prominence of pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart. Hilary Swank produced and stars as the elusive Kansas-born pilot as she perilously navigates the skies, the trappings of fame and her romances with publisher George Putnam (Richard Gere) and Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor). Christopher Eccleston, Cherry Jones and Mia Wasikowska join the heavyweight cast in this pic whose Oscar-friendly subject matter may allow it to fly under the Academy's expanded Best Picture tent.

Opens in limited release.

"Antichrist"

Controversial from the word go, Danish...