10 New Things We Learned About Joss Whedon's Justice League

The Green Lantern Corps are back, for starters.

by Ewan Paterson
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One of the best things about this year's comic con was, undeniably, DC's presence in Hall H. Fans would have been forgiven for being trepidatious about the DC Extended Universe last year, but - after the revitalising release of Wonder Woman - no such worries appear to have persisted. Just look at the reaction to Justice League's latest trailer to allay such calls to the contrary.

It certainly looks impressive, packing all the spectacle and bombast that's so often typified DC's approach to moviemaking along with a renewed commitment to explore what makes their characters tick. Indeed, if there's any lesson that Wonder Woman has managed to impart, it would be that character driven narratives work; the perennial gloom of the DCU need not apply to live action.

Justice League's latest trailer certainly packed a punch. Between giving audiences their first look at Steppenwolf (Darkseid's madder, badder uncle), and newcomers Aquaman and Flash, it also illustrated WB's determination to build the DCEU from the top down. We've got the Justice League, yes, but we're now faced with the question of what come before? It's a question that fans can expect to see answered in some way or another, but the hints for said answers are actually in our grasp all ready.

Well, if Saturday's trailer is anything to go by at least.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.