{"id":4779,"date":"2017-01-11T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=4779"},"modified":"2017-01-10T18:01:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T02:01:57","slug":"dc-movie-extravaganza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/dc-movie-extravaganza\/","title":{"rendered":"DC movie extravaganza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernjournal\/files\/2017\/01\/wonder-woman-colorimdb.com_-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"wonder-woman-colorimdb-com\" width=\"485\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4817\" \/><\/p>\n<pre>By: Kinsey Bushart\r\nStaff Writer<\/pre>\n<p>DC\u2019s Cinematic Universe has ramped up production and, in the next few years, is planning on releasing more superhero movies.<\/p>\n<p>One of these is Ben Affleck\u2019s \u201cThe Batman.\u201d Affleck is starring, directing and writing in his newest DC exertion. Back in August, Affleck released the name of the film\u2019s villain: Deathstroke. This information was released on his Twitter when Affleck posted a short video of the villain.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this latest Batman movie is not without its own problems. Critics, including Bret Easton Ellis, have been quoted talking about the major issues in the script that have yet to be ironed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Flash\u201d has also been in the limelight, the film has lost two directors since it\u2019s introduction and is looking for its third. The Flash had a cameo in \u201cSuicide Squad\u201d, and \u201cThe Flash\u201d solo film is set to release March 16, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>DC is also planning on the expansion of the Aquaman enterprise. Willem Dafoe will be making his debut in 2017 in \u201cJustice League,\u201d and is set to appear in the solo \u201cAquaman\u201d film. Dafoe will be reprising his role as Nuidis Vulko in the solo film, which is projected to be released July 21, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Wonder Woman trailer was also released recently. This movie comes long before \u201cDawn of Justice.\u201d At the beginning of the trailer Diana sits at a desk in modern times and recounts her story.<\/p>\n<p>Set during World War I, Diana, a Amazonian princess leaves her island home to explore the world as well as protect it. She\u2019s introduced to the war efforts after she rescues a soldier after he crashes his plane. The two are then connected during the rest of the war, and Diana finally seems to come into her Wonder Woman status. Wonder Woman is set to come to theaters June 2, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>kbushart16@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Kinsey Bushart Staff Writer DC\u2019s Cinematic Universe has ramped up production and, in the next few years, is planning on releasing more superhero movies. One of these is Ben Affleck\u2019s \u201cThe Batman.\u201d Affleck is starring, directing and writing in his newest DC exertion. Back in August, Affleck released the name of the film\u2019s villain: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":937,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/937"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}