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Doom Patrol gets new season, and will stream simultaneously on HBO Max and DC Universe

2019-07-21T09:57:23-04:00

At San Diego Comic-Con last night, DC Universe made a slew of programming announcements for its slate of original content, including that it was renewing its live-action TV series Doom Patrol in a partnership with WarnerMedia's forthcoming streaming service HBO Max.

WarnerMedia largely skipped San Diego Comic-Con this year, opting not to bring news or previews for some of its big projects, like Wonder Woman 1984 or Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune. Instead, DC Universe revealed that Doom Patrol's second season will debut simultaneously on DC Universe and HBO Max sometime next year, and that HBO Max will carry the show's first season wh …

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DC Universe has canceled Swamp Thing

2019-06-07T09:39:18-04:00

DC Universe has announced that it has canceled its latest live-action TV series Swamp Thing, just after the show's first episode premiered last week. It's the first of DC Universe's slate of shows to get the axe.

Launched last year, DC Universe is designed as a one-stop shop for all things from DC, providing subscribers with a massive library of existing comic books, films, and TV shows, along with a whole bunch of live-action and animated original dramas. The first live-action series, Titans, premiered in October and was quickly renewed for a second season, while the second, Doom Patrol (which has not received a second season order), hit i …

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This weekend, stream the TV and film versions of DC Comics’ Swamp Thing

2019-05-31T10:53:43-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to watch

Swamp Thing, Wes Craven's 1982 movie about DC's Swamp Thing, a comic book character created in 1971 by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson. The film stars Ray Wise as Alec Holland, a scientist whose covert, government-funded work on the u …

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DC Universe’s Swamp Thing will premiere on May 31st

2019-03-30T15:01:15-04:00

At WonderCon in Anaheim, California, DC Comics announced that Swamp Thing, its third live-action series its streaming service DC Universe, will premiere on May 31st. The company also provided a first look at its fourth upcoming series, Stargirl, and says that the company's entire digital comics library will be added to the service for users in April.

The streaming service is a one-stop-shop for almost all of DC's content, and includes access to existing DC film and TV adaptations, comic books, and original live action and animated shows. The first such offering was a gritty version of the Teen Titans, Titans, which premiered in October, whi …

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The new Young Justice has grown up alongside its heroes

2019-01-03T12:01:45-05:00

Warning: A significant spoiler for Young Justice season 2 and minor spoilers for the new season 3 follow.

Superhero entertainment has changed significantly since Young Justice premiered in 2010 on the Cartoon Network. At the time, the show was unique for its relatively dark and mature portrayal of teenage superheroes trying to make names for themselves and escape the baggage of their mentors, families, and checkered pasts. But the show didn't sell enough toys, so Cartoon Network canceled it after two seasons, replacing it with the much zanier Teen Titans Go!.

Now, DC is concerned less with toy sales than it is with wooing streaming subscri …

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DC Universe’s Doom Patrol arrives on February 15th

2018-12-21T11:39:40-05:00

With DC Universe's Titans ending its first season today, DC has announced that its next live-action television show Doom Patrol will hit its streaming service on February 15th. The announcement came with a brief trailer that introduced the show's main characters.

The series is another live-action take on a classic superhero group, which was introduced midway through Titans earlier this fall. The cast of misfit characters includes Elasti-Woman (April Bowlby), Crazy Jane (Diane Guerrero), Cyborg (Jovian Wade), Robotman (Brendan Fraser and Riley Shanahan), Mr. Nobody (Alan Tudyk), Negative Man (Matt Bomer and Matthew Zuk), and The Chief (Timot …

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In DC Universe’s Titans, the humor is the big surprise

2018-10-10T11:22:17-04:00

Batman and Superman have had such a pervasive presence in American popular culture that plenty of people who've never read a comic book know their pertinent biographical details: the murdered parents, the exploding planet, the Batmobile, Kryptonite, and so on. The DC Comics super-team sometimes known as "the Titans," on the other hand, have starred in multiple animated series, a few straight-to-video movies, and one feature-length theatrical cartoon released just this past summer. And yet only devoted comics fans are likely to know much about their history and mythology as a group.

That's why it matters that Titans is going to be the first …

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DC has renewed its original show Titans for a second season

2018-10-04T09:30:39-04:00

DC Universe premiered the first two episodes of its original show Titans last night at New York Comic Con, and while the show won't officially launch on the streaming platform until October 12th, the company announced that it has already renewed the show for a second season.

Titans is the first of several live-action TV shows that DC will launch on its new streaming service. A darker take on the classic Teen Titans superhero team, it follows Dick Greyson and Raven as they team up with Starfire and Beast Boy to foil a plot that threatens the world. The show is a big part of the recently launched streaming service, which pulls together a larg …

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DC’s streaming video service will launch on September 15th

2018-08-29T20:33:24-04:00

On the evening of August 29th, DC Universe introduced its upcoming video service to viewers in a live stream hosted by Kevin Smith, who brought a host of announcements about the streaming platform. The service is scheduled to launch on September 15th, while the first original show, Titans, will premiere at New York Comic Con on October 3rd, and will come to the service on the streaming service on October 12th.

The streaming service is designed as a one-stop-shop for all things DC, and it'll allow members to draw from a huge library of TV, film, and comics. Warner Bros. announced the platform last year, saying it would come with a slate of o …

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DC will launch a daily show on its streaming service to keep fans apprised of all things DC

2018-08-22T18:09:43-04:00

This month, the DC Universe digital subscription service will open a beta for its streaming branch, and next week, it'll launch with a show called DC Daily, a news program about all things DC. The DC Universe platform is designed to be an all-encompassing home for the media company's vast content library. When it launches this fall, it will be available on a variety of platforms, from iOS to Android, as well as home devices such as Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV.

In addition to a slate of original live-action and animated shows, DC Universe will also house classic DC films and television shows, as well as remastered comics, design …

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