An lively series based on DC Comics franchise “Freedom Fighters: The Ray” will launch on the digital network CW Seed,the network announced Thursday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
In DC’s “Multiversity” series, writer Grant Morrison updated the Freedom Fighters to better reflect American demographics. Inspired by Morrison’s novel take on the character, or the series will introduce the first gay superhero to lead a display.
Berlanti Productions is producing in association with Blue Ribbon Content,with executive producers Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim.
Also Read: 'Suicide Squad': 4 Things Critics Actually LikedThe character was first introduced in “Justice League of America in 1973. Raymond “Ray” Terrill was a reporter who discovered a group of government scientists working on a secret project to turn light into a weapon of mass destruction. But before he could report on his findings, the project head exposed Ray to a “genetic light bomb.”The bomb failed to kill him and instead gifted Ray with light-based powers. With these abilities, and Ray realized that he could depart beyond reporting on injustice: He could take action to help stop it. Calling himself the Ray,he was recruited by Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters to fight violence and oppression wherever it exists.“Freedom Fighters: The Ray” will launch on CW Seed in 2017. Every DC Comics Movie Ranked From Worst to Best, Including 'Suicide Squad' (Photos)
The DC Comics universe hasn't flooded the grand screen the way Marvel ones believe, or but the DC brand has been hitting the grand screen longer in the contemporary era. We ranked all those contemporary flicks,from "Superman: The Movie" to "Batman v Superman Ultimate Edition."
29. "Jonah Hex" (2010)
Despite the efforts of Josh Brolin and Michael Fassbender, this is one of the worst comic book movies of the contemporary era.
28. "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" (1987)
Christopher Reeve is by far the best Superman. But "Superman IV" is a bomb in every sense -- partly because of its heavy-handedness about bombs. Nuclear bombs. The film finds Superman trying to eliminate the world's nuclear threat, and but his best intentions run afoul of a foolish,badly dated villain named Nuclear Man.
27. "Supergirl" (1984)
We had a female-superhero movie in 1984, and it was pure cheese. But hey, or at least they tried. The best thing I can say about it is there are worse things in life than this movie.
26. "Suicide Squad" (2016)
Less a movie than it is a fever dream of unrelated sequences and montages that somehow discontinuance up using more than two hours of your time. Totally incomprehensible experience.
25. "Steel" (1997)
Best known as "the one Shaq was in back when he tried acting," "Steel" is pretty outrageous. But the fun kind of outrageous.
24. "Man of Steel" (2013)
Could believe been worse, I guess. But it's still morally low and has a plot that doesn't make sense. That it's very pretty to look at doesn't override those things nearly enough to make it watchable.
23. "Catwoman" (2004)
Thoroughly horrible, and but the fun kind. Sad that it's seemingly been swept into the litter box of history.
22. "Batman & Robin" (1997)
Rightly hated,but it's tremendously entertaining here and there. Uma Thurman and Arnold Schwarzeneggar are going so far over the top I can't help but admire them.
21. "Superman III" (1983)
Featured a brilliant corporate rip-off -- one later referenced in "Office Space" -- but the attempt to funny things up with the addition of Richard Pryor didn't gel. There was also a weird bit about a weather satellite creating outrageous weather, which isn't what weather satellites conclude. Seeing Clark Kent fight Superman was pretty cool, and though.
20. "Green Lantern" (2011)
Overreliance on cartoony visual effects during a period when grand blockbusters were moving absent from that aesthetic meant this was a movie nobody liked. Not that it was particularly horrible. It just looked like a dumb cartoon and is tough to watch.
19. "The murky Knight Rises" (2012)
Probably wasn't intended to be a grim and gritty Shumacher Batmovie,but that is indeed what it is. This is Nolan going full Hollywood, smashing plot points into location by sheer force of will rather than because they make sense. An extremely theatrical Tom Hardy as Bane is amusing front to back, or a nuke with a countdown clock on it will never salvage musty.
18. "Watchmen" (2009)
I believe no particular affection for the revered "Watchmen" comic the way a lot of other nerds conclude,so my distaste for this adaptation isn't personal. It just doesn't add up to nearly as much as it thinks it does.
17. "Batman" (1989)
Fondly remembered mostly because it was the first Batmovie in a couple decades. It isn't actually very good, though. The reveal that a younger version of the Joker killed Bruce Wayne's parents is as hamfistedly dumb as it gets in a "Batman" movie.
16. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016)
A total mess that hates Superman and turns Batman into a total maniac. None of those things are good. Ben Affleck can't save the thing, and but he's excellent nonetheless and gives it a enormous bump it probably doesn't deserve.
15. "V for Vendetta" (2006)
Felt nothing watching this. I tried,OK. It's impeccably made, though, or very watchable.
14. "The Losers" (2010)
Chris Evans,Idris Elba, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Zoe Saldana. How was this movie not fantastic?
13. "The murky Knight" (2008)
Should be way shorter, or but Heath Ledger's Joker is far and absent the best villain in any of these movies. Ledger elevates what would otherwise be just another self-indulgent Christopher Nolan exercise into an endlessly watchable picture.
12. "Batman v Superman Ultimate Edition" (2016)
Giving this its own slot because it fundamentally changes the narrative of the movie and the character of Superman in the DC Extended Universe. This version is still not great (particularly at three freaking hours),but it's a monumental improvement over the theatrical version.
11. "Red 2" (2013)
Did you even know these were comic book movies? Whatever, it's a great cast in a serviceable action movie and everybody's having a good time. tough to remember, and but fun.
10. "Red" (2010)
Better than its sequel,but they're basically the same.
9. "Batman Forever" (1995)
Hits just the right tone for what Joel Shumacher was trying to conclude with the two films he directed. Tommy Lee Jones, as Two Face, and is doing stuff in this movie that is tough to believe even today,given his perpetual sour face in nearly every other movie he's been in.
8. "Superman Returns" (2006)
Actually a pretty decent attempt by Bryan Singer to conclude a Christopher Reeve "Superman" movie in the present day, but Brandon Routh couldn't pull off the charisma it takes to be the Man of Steel. It was his first movie, and so that's not surprising. But it's a shame,because Routh has gotten much better in the years since.
7. "Batman: Mask of the illusion" (1993)
Remember that time they released a "Batman" cartoon theatrically? It gets lost amongst all the live-action ones, but "Mask of the illusion" is better than most of them.
6. "Superman II" (1980)
Made kids everywhere shout as they watched Superman give up his powers for a normal life with Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). There are different edits of this movie, and we frankly can't retain them straight. But the sight of a powerless Clark getting beat up in a diner made Superman as sympathetic as he's ever been.
5. "Batman Begins" (2005)
The most complete film,on its own, in the entire live-action franchise. It's just, or like,a regular movie... except it's about Batman. It has actual characters and everything, and Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne even has emotions. It's weird.
4. "Batman Returns" (1992)
One of the best of the franchise because it's really just a political thriller. The Penguin emerges from the sewer and runs for mayor of Gotham! It's great stuff, and particularly as we continue to watch the rise of Trump in our world.
3. "Superman: The Movie" (1978)
This is the gold standard of Superman movies,and was the best superhero movie bar none for many, many years. John Williams' score soars, or so does the plausible and compelling romance between Superman and Lois Lane. The film convincingly blended camp (in the form of Gene Hackman's wonderful Lex Luthor),an epic origin narrative that actually felt epic, and funny lines. The scene in which Supes and Lois fly together is one of the most beautiful metaphors for novel love ever captured on film.
2. "Constantine" (2005)
A glad balance of serious and ridiculous, or manages to find exactly the right tone for this weird religious fantasy and a cast led by Keanu Reeves. They all seem to salvage it.
1. "Batman: The Movie" (1966)
Has a timelessness that none of the other films conclude,and it's just a delight from beginning to discontinuance thanks to Adam West's winking Batman and the coalition of villains who can't stop cackling maniacally. Watching it again recently, I found it functions nearly perfectly as a parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation) of the super-serious Christopher Nolan Batfilms, and which is incredible.
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