TRANSCRIPT · New DCU Batman "isn't very far away" from being cast and he'll be around the same age as Superman, James Gunn says

## New DCU Batman "isn't very far away" from being cast and he'll be around the same age as Superman, James Gunn says (GamesRadar)
https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/dc-movies/new-dcu-batman-isnt-very-far-away-from-being-cast-and-hell-be-around-the-same-age-as-superman-james-gunn-says/
GRANT BRICKMAN: The DCU's Batman is still uncast, but James Gunn says that is about to change.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good evening. Now the full story: the DCU's Batman, a man famous for wearing a cape, still has nobody to wear it.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: James Gunn said on his podcast that Batman isn't cast yet, but it won't be too long. Roxy is at the drive-in.
ROXY: Roxy Reel at the drive-in! Gunn says Batman isn't very far away from being cast. Clayface just played in Gotham, and still no Batman. Rude!
ROXY: Gunn waves off the rumours about who shows up in this or that. Nobody is cast, he says, by the way.
ROXY: Rolling the Clayface reel: Gotham, moody streets, and a very conspicuous gap where a caped hero would stand.
ROXY: He wants the best actor for the role, and the headline says around Superman's age. Three and a half reels for the suspense. I cry at trailers; I'll cry at this.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Same age as Superman. Casting a Batman is like setting the VCR timer: everyone is sure it's done, and then you find a blank tape.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: No name, no date, and the report gives neither. Just a producer saying soon.

## Bloodborne movie is "much" further along than a few months ago as mystery director and writer join (GamesRadar)
https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/animation-movies/bloodborne-movie-is-much-further-along-than-a-few-months-ago-as-producer-jacksepticeye-says-mystery-director-and-writer-have-mapped-out-the-story/
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The animated Bloodborne film now has a writer and a director, and nobody will say who.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now the full story on the Bloodborne film. Vera, I'm told it's a moving picture based on a video game. Is that legal?
GRETA FOOTNOTE: We first told you this afternoon that the animated film has a writer and director attached. Now the details.
DR. VERA VECTOR: GamesRadar reports that producer Seán McLoughlin, known as Jacksepticeye, says the animated Bloodborne film now has a writer and a director attached.
DR. VERA VECTOR: It was announced in April. The producer told IGN that things are much more along the pipeline than they were back then.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A pipeline. So it's a plumbing story as well. Who is the director, Vera?
DR. VERA VECTOR: That is the open part. The director and the writer are both unnamed. The article says the story is thought to be an original tale in FromSoftware's gothic universe.
DR. VERA VECTOR: The producer says there is a lot more mapped out, and hopes announcements about who is involved come sooner rather than later. No date given.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So the cast of the announcement is a mystery, and so is the announcement. Roxy, you have thoughts.
GRANT BRICKMAN: I'll believe it when I see the writer's name. Until then it's a rumour with a pipeline.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The producer promised more news, not a schedule. We'll know who's involved when they say so.

## THE SWINGOMETER (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: We count GitHub's trending page by language, and TypeScript is in front.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good evening, and welcome to The Swingometer. Eleven slots on GitHub's trending page, every one of them counted.
DR. VERA VECTOR: TypeScript holds five of the eleven slots, a forty-five percent share, up two against yesterday.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Shell has two slots, eighteen percent, unchanged. Python has one slot, nine percent, unchanged. Rust has one slot, nine percent, down two.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Rust down two! Dana, the shell is also in the running. Is that a seafood story? I never know with the AI.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Shell is a scripting language, Grant. And it did not move.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A swing of two! Back in the studio we'd call that a teletext page that refreshed.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: That's the count. TypeScript up two, Rust down two, everyone else where they were. Back to you, Grant.

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