As DC Entertainment nears finalizing plans for Superman’s cinematic rebirth – Natalie Portman as Lois Lane? Really? – it’s looking like Warner Bros lawyers are taking the threat of losing the rights to the Man of Steel ever more seriously. The Hollywood Reporter’s THR Esq. blog is reporting that no less than five separate motions have …
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Reading the Tea Leaves: Bob Harras Named Editor-In-Chief of DC
Yesterday, DC Entertainment announced that its comics division’s new editor-in-chief was Bob Harras. A couple of things immediately seemed curious about that appointment. One was that DC hadn’t actually had an editor-in-chief since Jenette Kahn (who held the position for 22 years) left in 2002. The other is that Harras has already been …
DCUO Trailer Director’s Cut Explains Why You Must Become a Superhero
Two months ago, the “Who Do You Trust?” cinematic trailer for DC Universe Online hit the interwebs explaining why the world of the game would need an influx of new metahumans. The violent mini-movie was produced by Blur Studio, the CGI house that also did the kick-ass Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer that debuted at this year’s …
Almost A Third Of DC Comics Staff To Be Affected By West Coast Move
Although DC Entertainment’s official line is that no-one can talk specifics about the number of employees affected by the decision to move all but the company’s print publishing division to the West Coast – with the LA Times’ figure of 20% layoffs challenged by DC spokespeople – until all DC employees have gone through one-on-one …
Who Will Direct The Man Of Steel?
It’s been a big week for DC Entertainment; not only is everything other than print publishing moving to the West Coast over the next year, but if rumors are to be believed, the cross-media arm of DC Comics is gearing up to announce a full slate of upcoming movie, TV and other projects, filling in suspected blanks and making fanboys …
Four Relaunches And A Funeral: What DC’s Wildstorm Line Has Been Through
Possibly the most depressing thing about the closure of DC’s WildStorm imprint, announced yesterday, was that it didn’t really come as a big surprise. Purchased by DC in 1999, the imprint has found itself casting about for an identity since then, with multiple relaunches, makeovers and false starts along the way. Here’s a quick guide to …
Reading the Tea Leaves: DC Sorta Moves West, Shutters WildStorm
This morning, DC Comics announced its long-rumored move to the West Coast–or, rather, that that move wasn’t quite as drastic as it had been rumored to be. DC Entertainment’s digital and other non-print media operations are moving out to Burbank, to be closer to the Warner Bros. mothership; the comics publishing division is hunkering …
Breaking: DC Splits Apart, Heads West
Here’s the official word from DC.
(September 21, 2010 – New York) DC Entertainment, as part of its ongoing strategy to integrate the DC Comics business, brand and characters into Warner Bros. Entertainment’s content and distribution operations, will relocate its business functions related to and supporting multi-media and
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Marvel Releases Masterplan For Next Few Years – Kind Of
Wondering what to expect from Marvel Comics over the next few years? You should probably buy a copy of Avengers #5 this Wednesday, in that case, and get with the sleuthing. As part of the series’ current time-travel storyline, the Avengers have met a future version of Tony Stark, who’s helpfully mapped out the major events of the Marvel …
All Star Superman To Become Movie, With TV Star Cast
Warner Bros. has announced that next Spring will see the release of an animated movie based on Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s All Star Superman, with Desperate Housewives‘ James Denton in the title role, Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks as Lois Lane and, almost as excitingly, Ed Asner as Perry White. Being an almost-unreasonably large …
5 More Songs For DC Comics’ 75th Birthday Celebration
As part of its 75th birthday celebrations, DC Comics announced today that they’re releasing an album called The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection, collecting 31 pieces of music from various movie and TV adaptations of DC properties for your listening, uh, “pleasure.” Described as “all the essential sounds and songs” from …
New Brightest Day Image Defies Gravity, Teases Cosmic Events
DC Comics has released a new promotional image for their Brightest Day event, one that links together already-released alternate covers with previously unseen material for a round-robin tease that cries out for decryption.
What seems obvious: It’s all the Brightest Day returnees from beyond the grave, sitting …