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DC Comics Workplace Comedy Lands At NBC With Pilot Production Commitment

The primetime DC Comics universe is expanding in a comedy direction. In a competitive situation, Powerless, a half-hour single-camera comedy from A To Z creator Ben Queen and Warner Bros. TV, has landed at NBC with a pilot production commitment.

The project evokes NBC’s signature comedy series The Office, but with superheroes. Based on characters from DC Comics, Powerless is a workplace comedy set at one of the worst insurance companies in America — with the twist being that it also takes place in the universe of DC Comics. The show is about the reality of working life for a normal, powerless person in a world of superheroes and villains.

It hasn’t been determined yet exactly which DC characters will appear on the show, but I hear the list is not expected to include the biggest DC brands like Batman and Superman. The focus of the series is on the ordinary, “power-less” folk working at the insurance company who often envy the men and women outside their window who make headlines with their supernatural powers. Queen, who is under an overall deal at WBTV, is the writer/executive producer.

Comedy is a natural extension for the DC brand as there is not much room left for expansion on the drama side, with five DC Universe series on the broadcast networks (Gotham on Fox; Supergirl on CBS; Arrow, The Flash and Legends Of Tomorrow on the CW) and a sixth in the works in cable (Titans on TNT).

Powerless reunites Queen with NBC where he created and executive produced comedy A To Z, also from WBTV. Previously, he created and executive produced the 2007 Fox/20th TV drama series Drive, which starred Emma Stone and Nathan Fillion. On the feature side, he wrote Cars 2 for Pixar and previously wrote Slanted & Enchanted for Warner Bros. Queen is repped by UTA and attorney David Webber.

NBC is making a push in comedy for next season. The network yesterday announced a straight-to-series order to a project from Mike Schur and a pilot order to a comedy produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.
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RFX45 said:
DC Office tv show

DC Comics Workplace Comedy Lands At NBC With Pilot Production Commitment

The primetime DC Comics universe is expanding in a comedy direction. In a competitive situation, Powerless, a half-hour single-camera comedy from A To Z creator Ben Queen and Warner Bros. TV, has landed at NBC with a pilot production commitment.

The project evokes NBC’s signature comedy series The Office, but with superheroes. Based on characters from DC Comics, Powerless is a workplace comedy set at one of the worst insurance companies in America — with the twist being that it also takes place in the universe of DC Comics. The show is about the reality of working life for a normal, powerless person in a world of superheroes and villains.

It hasn’t been determined yet exactly which DC characters will appear on the show, but I hear the list is not expected to include the biggest DC brands like Batman and Superman. The focus of the series is on the ordinary, “power-less” folk working at the insurance company who often envy the men and women outside their window who make headlines with their supernatural powers. Queen, who is under an overall deal at WBTV, is the writer/executive producer.

Comedy is a natural extension for the DC brand as there is not much room left for expansion on the drama side, with five DC Universe series on the broadcast networks (Gotham on Fox; Supergirl on CBS; Arrow, The Flash and Legends Of Tomorrow on the CW) and a sixth in the works in cable (Titans on TNT).

Powerless reunites Queen with NBC where he created and executive produced comedy A To Z, also from WBTV. Previously, he created and executive produced the 2007 Fox/20th TV drama series Drive, which starred Emma Stone and Nathan Fillion. On the feature side, he wrote Cars 2 for Pixar and previously wrote Slanted & Enchanted for Warner Bros. Queen is repped by UTA and attorney David Webber.

NBC is making a push in comedy for next season. The network yesterday announced a straight-to-series order to a project from Mike Schur and a pilot order to a comedy produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.
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Sounds like we've got ourselves a winner here. Can't wait to watch this.







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So the Joker = Jason Todd rumor gaining more traction again after someone pointed out the bullet wounds on the Robin cost in that look like the same bullet wounds on joker.

Ugh. Fan boys need to stop
 
lol im still surprised in this day and age they going with the word suicide in the title

movie needs to be rated r to keep away controversy
 
I'm glad they kept the name, would be weird to call it anything else. Changing it would've been a little too pc and sensitive. People being sent on suicide missions get mentioned all the time in movies and tv shows without being censored. Let's not forget the hot women on suicide girls are still flourishing.
 
Well it makes sense since it's WB/DC making all these dark and gritty comic book movies.

They aint gonna shy away from what suicide invokes in some ppl, controversy or not.
 
Was there any controversy in the group name for the comics? Glad dc and their movies will have a little bit of edge.
 
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Nope. At least not that I'm aware of. Probably made fans flock to it more back then.

It's not like the group is about ppl teaming up to commit suicide together. The whole pitch is these villains joining this group under these conditions is tantamount to suicide. A whole lot more murder happens anyway.
 
Not issue with the movie or comics but in the cartoons, there some concerns like Deathstroke is always called Slade in Teen Titans because they didn't want the word "death" used... or maybe it's the word "stroke"?
 
It's also rumored that Lex
isn't the real Lex. The real Lex impregnates Hawkgirl and puts the fetus in an accelerated cloning chamber but then is killed by Doomsday. The child is aged to adulthood as EisenLex. Eisenlex will sprout hawk wings in the final battle
 
KingdomFlatbush said:
It's also rumored that Lex
isn't the real Lex. The real Lex impregnates Hawkgirl and puts the fetus in an accelerated cloning chamber but then is killed by Doomsday. The child is aged to adulthood as EisenLex. Eisenlex will sprout hawk wings in the final battle
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Sounds legit.
 
KingdomFlatbush said:
It's also rumored that Lex
isn't the real Lex. The real Lex impregnates Hawkgirl and puts the fetus in an accelerated cloning chamber but then is killed by Doomsday. The child is aged to adulthood as EisenLex. Eisenlex will sprout hawk wings in the final battle
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Half of this sounds like some of the plot from Smallville in the last 3 seasons after OG Lex "died" and clones and Tess Mercer were introduced :lol:

The Hawkgirl angle is hilarious though but I dunno if it has basis in the comics.
 
RFX45 said:
Not issue with the movie or comics but in the cartoons, there some concerns like Deathstroke is always called Slade in Teen Titans because they didn't want the word "death" used... or maybe it's the word "stroke"?
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The name Deathstroke was considered inappropriate for children.
 
TheRealRell said:
RFX45 said:
Not issue with the movie or comics but in the cartoons, there some concerns like Deathstroke is always called Slade in Teen Titans because they didn't want the word "death" used... or maybe it's the word "stroke"?
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The name Deathstroke was considered inappropriate for children.
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It is a weirdly inappropriate name :lol:

The stroke part just throws me off.

The others aren't as in your face cuz they don't make sense Deadpool, Deathlok. The -pool and -lok stuff makes no sense :lol: Stroke though, that's ****** up.
 
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I'm glad they kept the name, would be weird to call it anything else. Changing it would've been a little too pc and sensitive. People being sent on suicide missions get mentioned all the time in movies and tv shows without being censored. Let's not forget the hot women on suicide girls are still flourishing.
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The animated movie was called Assault on Arkham and that was pretty edgy. I'm surprised they went with Suicide Squad but I'm glad they did.
 
Still cant get over the fact that Will Smith is doing a movie with a big ensemble cast of C-list actors. Dude was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Now he hasn't made a good movie in years and seems desperate to get young moviegoers to care about him again. Hate to say it but he just might be washed.
 
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