Year Three of slugfest Injustice: Gods Among Us has just finished and Year Four begins later today. What’s that going to be about, after we’ve escalated from Superman v Batman and regular superheroes in Year One, to Superman v intergalactic superheroes in Year Two to Superman v magical heroes in Year Three?
I also left you with the clue that it was going to be a Wonder Woman-centric Year. So, did you guess correctly, oh wise one, because Year Four of Injustice: Gods Among Us is going to be all about the Greek gods and how they’re taking Superman’s new regime. Let’s see who they bring into the war (there’s a clue there)…
Also out last week was the first of a three-part story in Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman, in which diplomat Wonder Woman tries to broker peace in Africa, something in which at least one god also has an interest.
And as it was Free Comics Book Day last week, we also got a preview of Justice League #41, which shows us hints of what’s to come this month in the Darkseid War. Turns out Wondy might have a very similar new enemy to fight, one with an odd taste in clothes – and that this might turn out to be one of the most important issues for Wonder Woman continuity since the nu52 began…
NBC, as usual, are pretty good with posting trailers for their new shows, as soon as they’re announced. Okay, the new shows are usually pretty poor and only last a season, but at least you can spot that sooner, rather than later.
So here’s a whole bunch of trailers for:
Blindspot
Jaimie Alexander (Sif in Thor) wakes up naked in New York covered in tattoos but without her memory. Ooh, can anyone say Jane Doe? Or for that matter Jessi XX (I’m not even joking)? Or even The Blacklist, given all those tattoos are clues to crimes and criminals. Also features Sullivan Stapleton from Strike Back
Heartbreaker
Based on the story of a real-life heart transplant surgeon (I imagine quite loosely…), this medical procedural stars that Melissa George (Hunted, The Slap). NBC is also going with Chicago Med this season, so I imagine this’ll be cancelled pretty soon. Which is a shame because if you look carefully, George’s fellow Aussie, the rather good Don Hany from Serangoon Road, is in the cast, although neither he nor she get to sound Australian. All the same, at least he’s got his foot in the door this time.
People Are Talking
NBC has another stab at diversity again, with this multi-cam comedy about two couples who are neighbours and best friends. On the plus side, it’s got Meaghan Rath from Being Human (US); on the minus side, it’s got Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Franklin and Bash), and Rath is in the running to star in another series whose pilot has also been picked up (Fox’s The Guide To Surviving Life) – given that NBC haven’t even put her bio up on the programme’s web site, I’m pretty sure she’s not going to be in it…
The Player
Wesley Snipes returns to the limelight after a spell in the nick (and The Expendables 3). Here he’s partnered with Sullivan Stapleton (see Blindspot above)’s current Strike Back co-star, Philip Winchester, in this Las Vegas-set thriller about a former military operative turned security expert. Stapleton gets to use his American accent again, which must be a relief, while Snipes just largely seems to glower as the mysterious boss who hires Stapleton, rather than joining in with the action. Still, always bet on black – you knew I was going to say that, didn’t you?
