Wonder Woman is heading back to the screen but instead of flying to movie theatres, the Amazon princess is returning to television.
Warner Bros. Television is developing a modern-day reboot of the classic DC comic book heroine and is lassoing an unlikely talent to potentially write and produce the superhero project: David E. Kelley, the showrunner behind legal dramas such as “Ally McBeal,” "Boston Legal" and "The Practice."
The development comes after nearly a decade of attempts by Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver to launch a big-screen version. Actresses ranging from Angelina Jolie to Beyonce Knowles to Megan Fox have thrown their hat in the ring for the starring role at one time or another.
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The Flash Movie Will Be Tonally Somewhere Between The Dark Knight And Green Lantern
The Flash movie will tonally exist “somewhere between The Dark Knight and Green Lantern,” scriptwriter Greg Berlanti tells MTV’s Splash Page. We presume he means that this will be quite a “serious” affair. That could be quite some task, considering that the super speedy superhero’s powers are, let’s be honest, inherently silly.
Berlanti goes on to explain:
“You’re dealing with somebody who is already a crimefighter in a world of those kinds of criminals and that kind of murder and homicide. I find you talk a lot about different films when you’re working on a film, and we spend a lot more time talking about Se7en or The Silence of the Lambs as we construct that part of Barry’s world, then I thought when we got into it. It helps balance a guy in a red suit who runs really fast.”
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DC: We're Not Marvel
Is the home of the JLA connecting film properties ala Avengers? Not so much.
If you're a mainstream comics fan, it's all about DC and Marvel. And, of course, that rivalry between the two labels carries over into the film and TV worlds as well.
But that doesn't mean that both companies are following the same business plan or strategy. IGN just spoke with Diane Nelson, President of DC Entertainment, and we asked her how DC's movie plans will work vis-a-vis Marvel's.
"People make an assumption that we're going to mirror Marvel's strategy, for example with Avengers," Nelson told us. "We do have a very different attitude about how you build a content slate. And it isn't necessarily about connecting those properties together to build into a single thing.
We think we've got great stories and characters that will lend themselves to great standalone experiences, and that's the way we're focusing on it."
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Karl Urban Talks Dredd
With the Karl Urban only ten weeks from donning that iconic helmet to play Dredd, the perps of Mega City One will already be quaking in their boots. Rest assured this will be nothing whatever like the Sylvester Stallone version.
"I think somewhere along the line Stallone's film was a missed opportunity," says Urban. "As soon as he took his helmet off the enigma was blown. Our film is going to be darker in tone, and we've got the benefit of modern filmmaking and technology to help us."
When it comes to 2000 AD, dark is good. Technology - Dredd is being shot in 3D - will help too, not least in creating the immense, gritty metropolis and nuked landscape beyond.
While Urban is reluctant to define exactly how far the movie will plunge into satirical, belly-wheeling aspects of the John Wagner universe, he bubbles with enthusiasm for the story. "Alex Garland has done a fantastic job of writing a script that's faithful to the world Wagner created, yet completely fresh in its execution."
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Seven Movie Stars' Favourite Comic-Books
Megan Fox, Rosario Dawson, Nicolas Cage, Jerry Seinfeld, Kristen Bell, Bill Hader, and Joss Whedon share what comic books they geek out over
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Interview With Thunderbolts Writer Jeff Parker The critically acclaimed comic book writer talks to me about his run on the Thunderbolts, his desire to write a Doctor Strange horror book, the chances of an Agent of Atlas adaptation, which characters he'd like to see on the big screen and a lot more.
Based on the Marvel Comics character from World War II. A brave, yet mild-mannered young soldier named Steve Rogers volunteers to undergo a series of experiments for a US army Super Soldier program. The military succeeds in transforming him into a human weapon, but quickly decide that their Super Soldier is far too expensive a creation to risk in combat.
So, they decide to put him to use as an army celebrity and parade him across Europe to boost morale by performing in USO shows for American troops. He is even given a costume that bear the colors of Old Glory for the stage
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The Avengers
From CBM: The Avengers is a team of fictional superhero characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Originally created using preexisting Marvel characters, variously created by writer-editor Stan Lee, artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby and others, the team first appeared in The Avengers #1 (Sept. 1963).
Labelled "Earth's Mightiest Heroes", the Avengers originally consisted of Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, Iron Man, and the Hulk. Almost from inception, however, the roster has been fluid - the Hulk departed and Captain America joined the team . . . . . more on The Avengers.
Thor
Marvel Studios expands its film universe with a new type of superhero: THOR. This epic adventure spans the Marvel Universe; from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard.
At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth . . . . . more on Thor.
Ghost Rider 2/Spirit of Vengeance
Nicolas Cage’s hot-headed sequel to comic book adap Ghost Rider has been given a cinema release date of 17 February 2012. For fans of the first movie, that date comes exactly five years and one day after Ghost Rider hit screens in the US (16 February 2007).
This new adventure for the flame-skulled superhero is being scribbled by Crank creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who are said to be rebooting the franchise (Hulk-style) with a massive series re-think
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Spider-Man 4
Spiderman 4, as some call it, Spiderman Reboot, will be directed by Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt (The Losers, Zodiac, Basic, Darkness Falls), and produced by Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin.
The project will begin production in December and will be released in theaters nationwide in 3D on July 3, 2012. Portraying the web-slinger this time around is newcomer Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), and Emma Stone (Superbad, Zombieland) has been cast as Gwen Stacy
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X-Men First Class
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN . . . . . more on X-Men First Class.
Batman 3
Christopher Nolan will be back to direct Batman 3 according to Nolan himself. "It’s becoming inevitable, I’ll put it that way," says Nolan. "I feel myself falling into it, I guess. And getting it all figured out and I’m pretty excited about what we’re doing so… If I haven’t announced it, I think that people probably all know at this point that I’m doing it."
Despite no official title, script, plot details, or production schedule, the studio has announced a summer 2012 release for the follow up to The Dark Knight. Besides Christian Bale, whether other cast members will return is yet to be confirmed
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The Green Lantern
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers.
But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan . . . . . more on The Green Lantern.
Christopher Nolan's Superman
Christopher Nolan, speaking about the Superman project for the first time, is pleased with the excitement stirred but, like the magicians in his 2006 film “The Prestige,” sees no value in revealing all of his tricks before the curtain goes up. Still, he wanted to answer some of the early questions about his plans for Superman
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Clark Gregg Talks Marvel Film Universe
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A first look at art from the new film Voltron: Defenders of the Universe
It appears that Atlas Entertainment has taken the reins on the VOLTRON project and is gearing up a pretty impressive pitch. Apparently, they've hired the currently hot screenwriting tag-team of Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer. The names may not sound familiar to you, but they might soon. The duo wrote the upcoming CONAN flick, and are currently scribing the DR. STRANGE and UNCHARTED: DRAKE'S FORTUNE adaptations. The highlight of the pitch comes in the form of a handful of wicked (and carnage-heavy) concept art. Check out the JoBlo.com exclusive images of Voltron and Robeast tearing our planet to shreds
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Deadpool
Release Date: 2011
Writers:
Creators - Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza
Screenplay - Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
This movie is about the origins of Deadpool (Wade Wilson) and how he became known as "the merc with a mouth". The story is based on his comic series as it deals with his origins and how he became Weapon XI.
He is one of the comical superheroes and is the only one known to "break the fourth wall" which means talking to the audience directly i.e looking at the camera while speak as if you were talking to the audience.
The movie will go deep into examining his origins as well as the reason why he wears a mask and is occasionally seen talking to himself. It will also go in depth to show his powers and abilities as well as the apparent reason for his "immortality".
This movie will also introduce is to some of his allies and foes including the likes of Cable, Blind Al, Weasel and even the X-Men and X-Force
Note: This is not the actual script of the movie since there isn't one available yet and the producer of the movie, Lauren Shuler Donner mentioning that this deadpool will be very different from the character portrayed in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Ryan Reynolds ... Wade Wilson / Deadpool
Deadpool Update from Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds hopes to be the face of two competing superhero franchises with “Green Lantern” and “Deadpool” but, after reading the gleefully subversive script for the latter, he isn’t too concerned about moviegoers getting the characters confused. “It goes in such a different direction than a superhero movie usually goes,” Reynolds said over lunch recently at 101 Coffee Shop.
“It’s a nasty piece of work. It’s just based in so much emotional filth, completely. It’s like ‘Barfly‘ if it were a superhero movie. It sort of treads into the world of an emotionally damaged person. I always say that Deadpool is a guy in a highly militarized shame spiral…. It’s so different than the superhero movies to date, it departs so far from that.” “Deadpool,” meanwhile, with a script by the ”Zombieland” writing tandem Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, is far less ennobled and much more unsettling, judging by Reynolds’ description
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