After seeming stuck in a CGI rut with movies like The Polar Express, Beowulf and A Christmas Carol, director Robert Zemeckis is returning to live-action movies with his next project – and it’s also a return to a genre that’s been very good to him: time travel. Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Zemeckis will direct Timeless, a movie …
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Warners Puts More Moves On Superman Lawyer
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 …
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 …
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 …
It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Superman Rethought For Today?
No sooner has the most recent retelling of Superman’s origin been completed – Superman: Secret Origin completed its six issue run last week – than DC Comics unveils the first preview of Superman: Earth One, the even more brand new version of the earliest days of the Man of Steel. DC’s The Source blog today posted pages from the upcoming …
The Comic Book Club: “Superman: Secret Origin” and “Namor: The First Mutant”
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse, Mike Williams and Graeme McMillan discuss Superman: Secret Origin #6 and Namor: The First Mutant #1.
DOUGLAS: I like the team of Geoff Johns and Gary Frank a lot; I think they bring out a …
New DCUO Trailer Throws a Helicopter at the Justice League
Look, we’re all nerds here, right? And at some point, you, me and everyone who reads Techland has tried draw or write up their own superhero ideas.
Don’t deny it.
Thing is, unless your name is Geoff Johns, you’d never be able to pit your metahumans against characters like Batman or Lex Luthor. This is where the appeal of DC …
With The New Smallville Trailer, So Comes Superman (Almost)
The tenth (and final) season of The CW’s Smallville debuts in late September, and with the first trailer comes our first visual affirmation that Clark Kent is finally connecting those superhero dots. When the network announced it would bring Smallville’s run to an end, so came the out pour of speculation that Clark would assume his …
The Comic Book Club: X-Men, Superman and Parker
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse, Mike Williams, Graeme McMillan and Lev Grossman discuss the second issue of X-Men: Second Coming, Superman #701 and Darwyn Cooke’s one-shot The Man with the Getaway Face.
DOUGLAS: I came …
It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s A… BuyMore Employee?
More rumors are leaking out about 2012’s Superman movie, and this time it’s not just a new (and somewhat unlikely) name being added to the list of possible directors. This time around, it’s a surprising choice for potential Man of Steel himself: Chuck star Zachary Levi.
The Geek Tyrant website is claiming that Christopher Nolan’s …
Is Chris Columbus The Right Man To Rediscover Superman?
Rumors are flying that Chris Columbus – the man who brought both Harry Potter and Home Alone to the big screen – may be the director of the Christopher Nolan-produced, David Goyer-written Superman movie reboot. An unnamed source told fansite Superman Homepage that an offer has already been made to Columbus to helm the 3D revamp for the …
The Comic Book Club: Superman #700 and Bart Simpson #54
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Mike Williams, Evan Narcisse and Graeme McMillan discuss Superman #700 and Bart Simpson #54, spoilerishly.
DOUGLAS: Superman #700: not a good comic. The James Robinson/Bernard Chang story is eight pages …