Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Blackhawk Next From Spielberg?

 
In the world of comics, Blackhawk is a wartime adventure series focusing on the titular Blackhawk, who commanded a squadron of ace pilots also known as the Blackhawks or the Blackhawk Squadron. The squadron would battle the Axis powers, as well as more fantastic super-villains and war machines, such as the memorable shark planes, which could operate in water as well as in the air. While the team debuted in 1941 in the heart of comics' Golden Age, they’ve also been adapted to the modern era as a part of The New 52 and have spawned a well-known DC heroine, Lady Blackhawk, who joined the series in the late 1950s.

https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2018/04/17/breaking-news-spielberg-enters-the-world-of-dc-with-blackhawk

7 comments:

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...

I'll take this news with a pinch of salt. Spielberg has director a new film each year for the last four years, but Blackhawk would come after the West Side Story remake, the Edgardo Mortara biopic and Indiana Jones 5 which are all already in production, so it could be a while until we see this.

Speaking of Spielberg, I just saw "Ready Player One", have you seen it Kal?

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

Not yet. I don't know why I am resisting it so much. I jumped all over Rampage so what do I know anymore.

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...

Ready Player One is "okay" at its very best.

The story is by-the-numbers buoyed up by pop culture references that don't amount to much. The references are just there. Real blink and you'll miss it kind of stuff. The characters who cameo don't do anything other than just appear. The protagonists are original characters with unique looks who look amazing in the fully animated segments. I would have liked if they had development beyond their "Matrix" analogues.

Its fast action car chases and fight scenes are made for the big screen but all the little cameos make it more ideally suited for home viewing. If you haven't seen it yet, maybe best wait for the DVD when things are starting to dry up at the theaters in August.

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

I even think i have the screener here. Shows how little I cared.

DrGoat said...

Sorry to hear that. The book was one of the best I had read all year.
I'm a StarCastle guy myself.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Sounds like Blackhawk was DC's version of Captain America.

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

No superpowers. Just guys and planes and Nazis of course.