Off-brand superheroes thread.

A friend once challenged me to come up with the lamest possible superpower.

My suggestion: the ability to telepathically control the growth of coral.

I would have gone with the power to control the growth of pubic hair.

Can they speed it up? Maintain it out of water?

If so, coral armour and coral entrapment of bad guys. Plus they could, y'know, save a major at-risk part of the ecosystem, which is a pretty damn good deed.

Wasn't the cheese-manipulation one from Misfits (OK, lactose-manipulation)? He took out several members of the group and permanently brain-damaged the immortal guy by clogging his cerebral cortex with cheese, before they undid that timeline. As the show pointed out, only lactose-intolerant people have NO dairy in their system and if your morning milk/yoghurt suddenly starts trying to lodge itself in your trachea....

"Lacto-kinesis," actually, but otherwise correct. Great episode. You start out thinking the guy's a total pussy and by the end, you're scared of dairy products.

Valiant is doing web series of Ninjak and X-O Manowar.

"Officer Downe", trailer.

Looks like a porno.

The Ninjak series is being done by Batinthesun, who you may know from their Batman fanfilms of the 00's.
So, they're so good, they're going legit.
Here's the trailer.

Apropos of this thread, we have confirmation that the 2016 Doctor Who Xmas Special will have the Doctor facing off with a superhero in "The Return of Doctor Mysterio":

First pic, no name yet (that's a G on his chest logo):

Hellboy 3 is dead.

Everyone but Ron Perlman knew it.

"Sidekick".
Check it out.

Avengelyne is getting a movie from Paramount.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/3...lyne-sets-up-at-paramount-with-akiva-goldsman

"The Pro", is getting a movie!!

http://www.superherohype.com/news/393539-the-pro-movie

Oh, you thought "Deadpool", was a satiric take on superheroes? Just you wait!

The comic was great, and really funny.

I demand Kaley Cuoco in the lead role.

Seth Rogen & Even Goldberg are going to direct an "Invincible", movie!!

http://www.superherohype.com/news/3...o-write-and-direct-robert-kirkmans-invincible

An off-brand superhero movie that snuck under my radar until it just came out.
"Sleight".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4573516/

David Harbour was rumored to be up for Cable, now it turns out he's Hellboy.
Yep, they blocked Del Toro's Hellboy 3 at every single turn until it died, now they pull this reboot right out of their asses.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/3...-direct-hellboy-reboot-starring-david-harbour

Can't see any studio taking another chance with Hellboy. First one topped out at $59 million back in 2004, second one did better with $75 million in 2008. Didn't exactly set the box office on fire.

If it ain't Ron Perlman, it ain't Hellboy.

Judge Dredd is going to be a TV show.
Seems like they haven't picked a network yet.

http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/10/judge-dredd-tv-show/

When will we get the Megaton Man movie we deserve?

Sin City is gonna be a show.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/3...n-the-works-with-glen-mazzara-and-len-wiseman

"Umbrella Academy", is going to be a Netflix show.
The comic is created by Gerard Way from the band My Chemical Romance.

The story is...tricky, here's the Wikipedia summary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Umbrella_Academy#Main_story

Valiant just nabbed Dave Boutista to be Eternal Warrior, and they're looking to snag Jared Leto for Bloodshot.

Mark Millar's MillarWorld has been acquired by Netflix.
This includes Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl, Nemesis, and..others.
http://www.superherohype.com/news/402609-mark-millar-comic-company-millarworld-acquired-by-netflix

Synopsis for Glass.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/shyamalans-glass-gets-a-synopsis/

David Harbour Hellboy.

Not bad. Not Ron Perlman, but not bad.

Strictly for the LULZ: