Arrow - Season 4 Trailer

The CW debuted the season 4 trailer for Arrow at Dragon Con and it has a few surprises.

Yes, that is Constantine at the 43 second mark. Looking forward to that crossover. Now if another network could just pick up the series where it left off.

Also noteworthy, Diggle debuts his new crimefighting costume this season.

Magneto?

It's about time he donned a mask. Diggle looks a bit like a modern version of The Guardian, an obscure hero from the pages of DC Comics.

The trailer also showed off Neal McDonough as Damien Darkh, Alexander Calvert as Anarky, Echo Kellum as Mr. Terrific, and the return of Caity Lotz as Sarah Lance. Season 4 is going to be interesting to say the least.

The new season of Arrow will premiere on Wednesday, October 7th at 8pm/7c on The CW.

Constantine - Full Comic-Con Trailer

Warner Bros. released the full Comic-Con trailer for NBC's new supernatural series Constantine!

Yes, that is Doctor Fate's helmet in the trailer. Does that mean we could see the character show up on the program?

Doctor Fate for the uninitiated.

Here's hoping we get to see a few of DC Comics' occult characters showing up the same way we get superheroes like the Flash and Ray Palmer/The Atom on Arrow. I'm rooting for appearances by Deadman and Etrigan the Demon.

Constantine premieres on Friday, October 24th at 10/9c on NBC.

Constantine - NBC Official Trailer

NBC released the first trailer for Constantine, a new TV series based on Hellblazer, a DC Comics property.

Yes, this is the same character that Keanu Reeves once portrayed in a feature film. I never read the original comic books, though this iteration looks a bit more faithful to the source material in terms of visual design.

The lead in the TV series, Matt Ryan, looks a lot more like the original Constantine.

Unfortunately, as interesting as the premise sounds for a TV program, the trailer did nothing to excite me. Matt Ryan definitely looks like Constantine, but his acting came off a bit stiff in the trailer.

Furthermore, while the special effects look pretty good, nothing looked scary and the story did not grab me. I hope this is because they are only showing stuff from very early on in the season. It felt like material from the first and maybe second episodes, which would serve to set up a template of what to expect from the show. If that is the case, the trailer might have been benefited from a little brevity. Hopefully, a story with more substance will develop from what was shown.

Constantine will begin airing Fridays this Fall on NBC.