Reporting on the Planet Daily FREE Volume 7 | Issue 3 dailyplanetdc.com August 23, 2020 WARNERMEDIAENTERTAINMENT GIANT SET TO INVESTIGATE JUSTICE LEAGUE RESHOOTS’ TOXIC WORK CLIMATE By Zack Benz Daily Planet Justice League actor, Ray cally untrue that we enabled Fisher, revealed in a tweet a n y u n p r o f e s s i o n a l Thursday that WarnerMedia behavior.” will be launching a third- “I remember [Fisher] be- party investigation after al- ing upset that we wanted legations regarding the tox- him to say ‘Booyaa,’ which is ic and abusive work envi- a well known saying of Cy- ronment created by Geoff borg in the [Teen Titans] an- Johns, Joss Whedon, Jon imated series,” said Berg. Berg and others surfaced The animated series Berg last month. was referring to was the Whedon, the director of popular Cartoon Network Marvel Studios’ blockbuster children’s show, “Teen Ti- superhero movies “ The tans” from the early 2000s Avengers” and “Avengers: where Cyborg’s main catch- Age of Ultron,” took over di- phrase was “Booyaa.” recting duties for Zack Sny- Fisher played the super- der on DC Comics Justice hero Cyborg alongside Gal League. Gadot’s Wonder Woman, Fisher also stated that Ben Affleck’s Batman, Henry former Warner Bros. co- Cavill’s Superman, Jason president of production Jon Momoa’s Aquaman, and Berg, and former DC Enter- Ezra Miller’s the Flash. tainment president and Fisher commented on chief creative officer Geoff Wheadon’s on set treatment Johns both “enabled” Whe- of cast and crew members don. of Justice League in early As of now, only Berg has July stating the director was commented on the accusa- “gross, abusive, unprofes- tions. In a Variety article sional, and completely un- Ray Fisher as Cyborg spoke about his comments regarding Director Joss Whedon during a Justice Con panel on July 25, standing by Berg said that it’s “categori- acceptable.” his accusations. Photo courtesy WarnerMedia Stargirl: Rebirth of the Justice Society of America By Brendan Rooney to grow and adheres to the Daily Planet conflict residing in her. It’s clear to see her arc is one The thing I’m starting to about the stages of accep- realize about the hit series tance and redemption. “Stargirl” is how intelligent M o v i n g o n t o B e t h and creative the show is. Chapel, also known as Doc- The tightly woven foun- tor Midnite in this universe. dation which is a rein- Beth is riddled with self- forcement of stability be- worth and has no drive to hind the property is built leave the nest and mature from the same fabric of a as a person. She undergoes Netflix show but still re- a major turnaround when mains grounded and craft- she receives the original ed with the flair of a stan- Doctor Midnite’s goggles. dard network television She finds a friend and a series. mentor — someone that The hit series is inten- understands. tionally serialized but, at Then we reach Rick the same time, it is split Tyler, the son of the first into mini-arcs. For exam- Photo courtesy The CW Hourman. This discovery ple, the first five episodes makes him boil with anger were predicated on intro- because of his parent’s more you invest in the se- watch and finish the re- was a step in the right di- Remember when we death still hanging and ducing the cast, showing ries, the more you learn cruitment and world-build- rection because we got to were shown a glimpse into us their struggles as peo- looming around him at all about the dark secrets that ing stage of episodes one see what the Totem (Mac- her backstory and how times. I know your thinking ple, the conflict each en- the quaint town of Blue through five, that’s the ex- Guffin) meant to each of everything she held dear dures and conveyed empa- that all these supporting Valley harbors. Remember act feeling you receive. the recruits. Diving into was taken away just be- characters just feel remi- thy to the viewer. the time when you first dip Whereas in episode six, spoiler territory, the first cause of an accident? Well, The first five episodes niscent of CW storylines. your foot into a pool and the arc changes once recruit was Yolanda, aka when she puts on the That's because “Stargirl” also toed the line between get the sensation of wanti- again as the team is put Wildcat, back in episode Wildcat suit she feels a comics and reality. The ng to jump in? When you into action by Courtney. It four. sense of confidence start Continued on page 3 dailyplanetdc.com @DailyPlanetDC | 1 Funnies August 23, 2020 Continued in next weeks online edition. Uncovering the truth in Minnesota By Sarah Knieff & Izabel John- Sarah is currently a senior son at the University of Min- nesota Duluth and will The Daily Planet is excited graduate in December 2020 to announce our new col- with a bachelor’s in journal- laboration with investiga- ism and a minor in profes- tive podcast, “Uncovering sional writing. the Truth in Minnesota” The inspiration for the “Uncovering the Truth in podcast comes from Sarah Minnesota” is an investiga- and Izabel’s love for writing. tive podcast based out of They wanted to be able to the state of Minnesota. 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The DC logo is a trademark of DC Comics. dailyplanetdc.com @DailyPlanetDC | 2 News August 23, 2020 Brec Bassinger as Courtney Whitmore in ‘Stargirl’ season 1 episode 8 (Photo: Annette Brown © 2020 The CW Network, LLC) Stargirl continued from movie split into two sepa- page 1 rate chapters. Seven is built upon the commentary of i s d i r e c t e d t o w a r d s a the past exposure of Cindy younger demographic, but Burman, who is the bully of stands out due to the con- Courtney during his adven- stituency and removal of tures in high school. comic tropes like “plot ar- At the same time we mor” and real human emo- learn more about her family tion. and how her place in the Needless to say, the new JSA is revealed. The story is recruits stumbled with tak- refreshing, yet fulfilling, and ing on the mantle and re- left me wanting more from sponsibility that the cos- the episode. Not too much tumes and totems bear. was planted but certain There was a great scene characters were fleshed out where the camera pans on more and the narrative was the faces of the kids with picking up all around. horror painted on them. It’s C o u r t n e y h a s b e e n from the point of seeing the growing as a person. Ene- Phil Bova and his wife, Denise with their son Clark. Photo courtesy Phil Bova result of death for the first mies were emerging and time and the realization of relationships were being the world they just entered. created over choices. Then The Clark chronicles — Chapter one Courtney throughout the episode ends and we episode six had a chip on are left begging for the lat- her shoulder because she ter part of the series. By Clark Bova eve r s e e n , i m p a c t i n g blow of this pandemic and their benefit, than to my was in the mindset of es- A week passes as con- everyone and immune to the local shops I once pas- own. tablishing herself as leader sumers and fans digest and When you are born into any social demographics. I sionately visited closed, I was merely a couple of the new Justice Society ponder about the direction this world, no one is ever was born into a world on and remained that way for months old, and this of America (JSA) just be- of the series and the like- fully prepared for the fire, and it didn’t impact fear of having contact with worldwide pandemic had cause she was in the pos- ness of how it may start to magnitude of the sur- my mom and dad until the someone who had this outbreaks everywhere.