Maybe we should begin to call it a curse. After years of failed attempts to bring DC Comics’ Wonder Woman to the movies – including one by Buffy‘s Joss Whedon, who was then snapped up by competitors Marvel to helm their flagship movie The Avengers – the character’s latest bid for TV greatness seems to have fallen at the first hurdle: No …
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Green Lantern Trailer Hits, And Is – Okay, Maybe?
The first trailer for DC Entertainment’s much-anticipated Green Lantern is out, and it’s… Well, I’m not entirely sure what it is, to be honest. For a movie with so much riding on it – Merely the hopes and dreams of both DC and DC fanboys, for whom nothing short of “Better than Iron Man” will be good enough – this is a curiously …
Superman, Wonder Woman Writer Straczynski Leaving Six Months Early
Hidden in a non-announcement about a sequel to DC Comics’ successful Superman: Earth One graphic novel (It was announced as a series initially, so a sequel was pretty much promised from day one) is some genuinely surprising news: Writer J. Michael Straczynski will be leaving both the monthly Superman and Wonder Woman series less than a …
DC Comics Launches New Digital Storefront
It’s Wednesday, which means New Comics Day in both the real and virtual worlds. But for DC Comics, their big release isn’t the final physical issue of Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne or even the digital release of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Although, come on, that’s pretty great), but instead the launch of the company’s new …
Batman on Broadway? Dark Knight Heads to the Stage
He’s conquered comic books, movies, televisions and even short-lived fad dance crazes, but can the Dark Knight really handle life on the stage? DC Entertainment, Warner Bros and Water Lane Productions have officially announced Batman Live, a touring live production that brings Batman face-to-face with, in the words of the press release, …
Green Lantern’s Movie Homebase Revealed
Warner Bros has released concept art from next year’s Green Lantern movie, letting fans and those of us more prepared to be critical get out first chance to see what Green Lantern Corps home planet Oa will look like on the big screen. And the answer is apparently… rocky?
Don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t look bad, exactly. It’s …
Neil Gaiman: Death Movie Is Dead Because Of DC Entertainment
The long saga of the movie version of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman spin-off, Death: The High Cost of Living, seems to have come to the latest in a line of endings with Gaiman’s proclaiming the project a victim of Warner Bros’ recent renewed focus on DC Comics properties. In a new interview with Vulture, he said,
We just set it up again at a
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Are Lost Producers Bringing Vertigo’s Fables To TV?
I can’t quite tell if this means that the current Fairy Tale fad (Disney’s Alice In Wonderland, as well as upcoming movies based on Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel and others) has jumped the shark or not, but Entertainment Weekly is reporting that former Lost executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz have re-teamed with …
DC Movie Round-Up: No Justice League, GL And Flash Scripts By Christmas
If Geoff Johns is promising “at least” one DC superhero movie a year following the release of next year’s Green Lantern, what movies will fulfill that demand? We know that Warners/DC Entertainment is already working on a third Chris Nolan-directed Batman movie, and that Zack Snyder will be directing a new Superman movie, and now rumor …
Zack Snyder Confirmed As Superman Director, Zod Rumored As Villain
It’s official: Zack Snyder will direct the next Superman movie for Warner Bros/DC Entertainment, and he’s already talking about it:
It’s early yet, but I can tell you that what David [Goyer, scriptwriter] and Chris [Nolan, producer] have done with the story so far definitely has given me a great insight into a way to make him feel
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Daily Dose
Monday, October 4, 2010 –
Quote To Live By:
“Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness.” – Dumbledore from Harry Potter and The Order of the Pheonix
Up Front:
More Shake-Ups Inside DC Entertainment [Deadline]
Gadgets:
AirPrint not coming to second …
Wonder Woman Poised To Save TV?
She’s been through triumph and tragedy on the comics page, multiple reboots for different generations and a surprisingly successful redesign that only goes to prove how many people really wanted to see her in leggings, but can DC Comics’ Wonder Woman survive David E. Kelley? The Hollywood Reporter has the news that DC Entertainment and …