Also in fanboy news (there’ll be a lot this week, what with Comicon,) AICN obtains a description of the Batman Begins teaser. Hope it looks as good as it reads.
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Wayneing in the Wings.
From the spider to the bat, the official Batman Begins website puts up first looks at Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, and Liam Neeson. All pretty solid, but I’m still angling to see the Scarecrow.
Pocket full of Kryptonite.
Ugh. Michael Bay replaces MG at the helm of Superman. Hoo boy, this’ll be a stinker.
McGone.
McG drops Superman. Good news, but this project still needs a complete overhaul, beginning with a completely new script, one without alien Lex Luthors or evil Kryptonian uncles. If you’re not going to do it right, don’t even bother. We already have Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
Horse of a Different Color.
Fanboys, fangirls, and toy collectors: Just when you think you’ve seen it all, here come the DeMatteis and Maguire-era Justice League My Little Ponies. Shouldn’t everyone have a Martian Ponyhunter lying around? (By way of Do You Feel Loved?)
Hell boy.
Also new today is the first teaser for Constantine. Everything about this trailer looks pretty solid, except, alas, for the title character. I’m not a Keanu-hater by any means, but he’s not playing John Constantine here, not even close. Constantine is a hard-drinking, chain-smoking, trenchcoat-wearing Brit. Keanu is, well, Keanu. The differences are palpable.
Man-Bat Stalks Gotham.
The official Batman Begins site and Entertainment Weekly give us our first look at the new Dark Knight. Hmm…this seems ok. I’d prefer longer ears and less of a hockey-pad feel to his shoulders and knees, but it’s hard to say anything more until we see Bats move around.
Requiem for Rorschach.
Darren Aronofsky on The Watchmen?! Ooh, that’s a great directing pick. One would think Aronofsky would give Alan Moore’s magnum opus a much more faithful treatment than Hollywood delivered with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or even From Hell. But, given Aronofsky’s track record on Ronin, Batman: Year One, and The Fountain, I’m not going to start holding my breath quite yet.
(Bat)Man about Town.
Ok, it’s just Christian Bale in a suit. Still, if you suspend belief, you’ve got the first look at Batman Begins Bruce Wayne here. In related news, the official site, in an attempt to keep the fanboy buzz happy, put up a few shots of the new Batmobile online last week. Hmm…it looks like a cross between a monster truck and the troop transport in Aliens.
In the Batroom.
Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins gets even more star-laden with the additions of Tom Wilkinson and Rutger Hauer to Gotham City. Apparently, Wilkinson’s a crime lord, while Hauer’s scheduled to attempt a hostile takeover of Wayne Enterprises. Are we going to have enough screen time for all these folks?