AICN’s Moriarty (the only reviewer over there worth reading) has nothing but good things to say about David Hayter’s screenplay for Watchmen. Now there’s a film I’d like to see pulled off properly.
Category: DC
Watch out, Powerpuffs…
While WB continues to screw up Supes, the Teen Titans go animated. Robin and Cyborg were gimmes, but I’m surprised they went with Starfire, Raven, and Changeling over the better-known Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Aqualad, and Speedy. At any rate, given that the animation department appears to be the only division of WB that “gets it,” and that The New Teen Titans was my first favorite comic way back in third grade (particularly the “Judas Contract” and Trigon storylines), I’m definitely going to check it out.
Kung Fu?
I know I’ve been posting a lot about the Superman fiasco at WB of late, but this review of the JJ Abrams script has to be read to be believed. This script might just be the worst idea for Supes in a long, sordid history of bad ideas. Hasn’t anyone at WB ever watched the Dini animated series?
DC Down, Marvel Up.
While Superman continues to languish over at Warner Brothers, Sony gets Michael Chabon to punch up the script for The Amazing Spiderman. Since so much of Spidey’s appeal is his internal monologue, Chabon sounds like a great choice.
Hack Attack
In the ongoing Superman saga over at Warner Brothers, McG is out and Brett Ratner is in (with Anthony Hopkins as Jor-El). Can’t say that’s much of an upgrade.
Please don’t get Hasselhoff.
This can’t be true, can it? Apparently Tim Burton is planning a Batman musical for Broadway. Did he see Joel Schumacher’s Batman on Ice revue? Must the Caped Crusader face yet another such indignity? Tune in next week…
Superman lives?
With Superman v. Batman falling by the wayside, WB looks to move a Superman feature instead. The good news is they’re trying to replace McG with David Fincher, Michael Mann, or Steven Soderbergh. The bad news is the screenwriter (J.J. Abrams, of Alias) wants McG.
The Real World: Gotham City.
Green Lantern fights gay-bashing. I don’t find the gay sidekick storyline half as shocking as the fact that they actually gave that whiny cat Judd from the third season of Real World an A-line comic.
Paging Wonder Woman?
More trouble on the Supes/Bats film project…director Wolfgang Petersen is apparently doing another project first – he’ll be joining Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Baz Luhrmann, and Ridley Scott in developing yet another Gladiator-esque historical epic, Troy.
Hey Jude (Come back!)
Apparently, Jude Law has dropped out of Superman and Batman (He didn’t want to be forced into Joel Schumacher sequels), to be replaced by Josh Hartnett. Hmmm…not sure if I see it, but it might work.