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"Supermax," David Goyer's in-the-works Green Arrow film will feature cameos by a variety of DC Comics villains, Latino Review reports.

Baddies including the Joker, Lex Luthor, the Riddler, Blockbuster, the Calculator(!) and more are among the inmates of the titular prison, where Green Arrow/Oliver Queen ends up being incarcerated.

According to Goyer:

“[Queen is] Green Arrow for the first 10 minutes of the movie, and then he’s arrested and his secret identity is revealed. They shave his goatee and they take his costume and send him to prison for life, and he has to escape. It’s like ‘Alcatraz,’ and he has to team up with, in some cases, some of the very same villains he is responsible for incarcerating in order to get out and clear his name. Of course, tons of people try to kill him while he’s in there. We’ve populated the prison with all sorts of B and C villains from the DC Universe. For the fans, there will be all sorts of characters the hardcore comic book junkies will know, but they’re all going to be there under their human names and no one is wearing a costume, but there will be a lot of characters with powers and things like that.”

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A reunion for UK ska group The Specials is a go, says Billboard.

At present, the band only intends to play a series of theatre-sized venues in the U.K. "That's the kind of venue where we started," explains [singer Terry] Hall. "I don't like arena dates, at all. They're just soulless. The very nature of this band, we shouldn't go and play sit-down theatres. It would just be weird. I think we should carry on where we left off."

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Screenwriter Steven Moffat will succeed Russell T Davies as lead writer and executive producer of "Doctor Who" for the series' fifth season, the BBC reports.

Jane Tranter, Controller, BBC Fiction, says: "Scripts and writers are at the heart of what BBC Drama is all about, and especially at the heart of Doctor Who. The past four series have been brilliantly helmed by the spectacularly talented Russell T Davies.

"As Lead Writer and Executive Producer, he has overseen the creative direction and detail of the 21st century relaunch of Doctor Who and we are delighted to have his continued presence on the specials over the next 18 months.

"But the challenge and excitement of the fifth series is now being handed to Steven Moffat. The Tardis couldn't be in safer hands. Steven's talents on both Doctor Who and beyond are well known. He is a writer of glittering brilliance, comedy and depth, with an extraordinary imagination and a unique voice.

"Steven has a wonderful mix of being a committed Doctor Who fan and a true artist, and his plans for the next series are totally thrilling."

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