What about Supermax? Isn't David Goyer developing that? Geoff Johns is co-writing Shazam. He's been consulting on The Flash.
Warner Bros restructures DC Comics
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What kind of bugs me is that DC so far has been releasing movies based on lesser known, almost cult-ish characters and yet their "big names" are glaringly absent. I think what DCE needs to do is work BIG TIME on getting the big names out on the silver screen.
Wonder Woman
Flash
Green Lantern - yes in development I know but still - make it GOOD
Superman - a GOOD Superman movie
JLA/JSA
Wonder Woman
Flash
Green Lantern - yes in development I know but still - make it GOOD
Superman - a GOOD Superman movie
JLA/JSA
Actually, Timby, you're making Out of My Vulcan Mind's point. You don't need character recognition, but rather good popular actors, a good script and a good director and you have a good potential.
While not based on a comic book, Indiana Jones was unheard of, and it succeeded, same with Star Wars. Same with non genre films.
Audience aren't going to the movies to see adaptations, they are going to see movies they are excited about seeing.
Yeah, there have been a lot of positive moves lately. Grant Morrison and Marv Wolfman were also signed, along with Geoff Johns, as consultants to work with producers and screenwriters in developing DC projects. Hopefully all of this will bear fruit within the next few years.
Yeah, that's true.
MTV weighs in with their wish list for future movies: SUPERMAN, WONDER WOMAN, THE FLASH, GREEN ARROW and JUSTICE LEAGUE.
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/09/10/five-properties-dc-entertainment-should-focus-on/
Regarding Green Arrow:
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/09/10/five-properties-dc-entertainment-should-focus-on/
Regarding Green Arrow:
Green Arrow is a popular character, but I think Hawkman would be a better choice. Hawkman has a richer mythology that stretches across space and time.
Hawkman would take longer to develop, though, whereas Green Arrow could be made soon. I'd also like to see Warners make some DC superhero films that are more moderately budgeted, perhaps with Spring release dates, so that the DC superhero development pipeline can flow more freely without every greenlight being a momentous decision. Green Arrow could be a good first step in that direction.
I'd rather see a Green Arrow film than a Hawkman film, but I've never been much into Hawkman.
Ooo! They could call it Green Arrow: Arkham Asylum!
One of the projects I'd like to see Warners/DC develop and move fast on is an Atom film. Marvel has the right idea that a film about a superhero with shrinking powers played as a rollicking adventure rather than as an outright comedy is a good cinematic concept, so Warners should try to beat them to the punch with The Atom (which is a much cooler name for a shrinking superhero than Ant-Man).
Would Green Arrow fans be satisfied with a TV series? I'm talking about a serious do-over for TV that ignores the pretty-boy version seen on Smallville.
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The article perpetuates a common misconception when it says:
DC/Warner didn't lose any rights. They just have to share the rights to certain things with the Siegel estate. They still own Superman and everything about him, and have a perfect right to do whatever they want with the character -- they just have to pay Siegel's estate a cut when they use certain concepts. Which might be an incentive for DC/Warner to avoid using those concepts so they don't have to share the profits, but it's not at all the same thing as losing the rights.
The article is also incorrect in claiming that Shuster's estate would be owed anything. I don't think Shuster has any heirs, at least none who've participated in the recent suits.
I saw this earlier today and was pressed for time to bring it over to the boards. Knew someone would.
This move is for sure tied to the Marvel/Disney or vice versa. Not sure which is the chicken or egg in this case. Its like trying to argue who was first in concept Man-Thing or Swamp Thing not which made news first. Or DS9 vs Babylon 5.
At any rate I hope we finally get some of the DC big guns out there. I noticed in the article that while mentioning Catwoman and Watchmen they left out modest or break even films like League of Extrodianary Gents, Constantine and V for Vendetta. I can only assume the writer didn't have notes on those and not left out due to space seeing as how long the piece was.
Does this make Jonah Hex(which I'm curious to see) the last film produced under the old structure then? It indicates Green Lantern is being reevalutated. Most likely they'll include it in their upfront that is said to be coming first of 2010 following this restructure. GL could become the new DC films division of Iron Man if things go well.
This move is for sure tied to the Marvel/Disney or vice versa. Not sure which is the chicken or egg in this case. Its like trying to argue who was first in concept Man-Thing or Swamp Thing not which made news first. Or DS9 vs Babylon 5.
At any rate I hope we finally get some of the DC big guns out there. I noticed in the article that while mentioning Catwoman and Watchmen they left out modest or break even films like League of Extrodianary Gents, Constantine and V for Vendetta. I can only assume the writer didn't have notes on those and not left out due to space seeing as how long the piece was.
Does this make Jonah Hex(which I'm curious to see) the last film produced under the old structure then? It indicates Green Lantern is being reevalutated. Most likely they'll include it in their upfront that is said to be coming first of 2010 following this restructure. GL could become the new DC films division of Iron Man if things go well.
I don't think so. There's not nearly enough time for this to have been worked out after the Disney deal was announced, and I don't see why the WB reorganizing a property it already owned would (assuming they somehow knew about it) prompt Disney to buy Marvel.
Good news. Having Wonder Woman for ten years and not getting anywhere is outright embarassing. Likewise, the prolonged indecision over Superman. These are not difficult characters, people.
A movie or a TV series would be fine with me.
The reports have made it clear that this reorganization has been in the works for a couple of years now. If anything was influenced by Disney/Marvel, it was the timing of the announcement.
That train has already left the station.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125253588934097423.html
From the Wall Street Journal article:
Warner Bros. doesn't compete with Marvel? Like hell they don't.
From the Wall Street Journal article:
Warner Bros. doesn't compete with Marvel? Like hell they don't.
I can dream can't I?
Seriously, Stewart could become a key character in the Green Lantern franchise--maybe even as important as James Rhodes of the Iron Man films. The character of John Stewart has been around since 1971, and he is still in the monthly title Justice League of America. He's not going away anytime soon.