Warner Bros has parted ways with Mattel and halted production on an updated Masters of the Universe movie. Joel Silver had been developing the live-action reinvention of the He-Man franchise, but the producer has had a disagreement over the film's direction [...]
Read moreNetflix To Stream Digitally Re-Mastered Wizard of Oz Online ‘Free’
Netflix has announced that they will present a free and commercially uninterrupted online screening of the newly restored 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz, on Saturday, October 3, 2009. Check the press release and details after the jump. Netflix Invites America to [...]
Read more‘Akira’ Movie Brought Back To Life By ‘Iron Man’ Writers
We told you back in June that the Akira movie was reportedly dead and buried, but apparently it is now being resurrected. According to Collider and their “trusted source", the live action version of Katsuhiro Otomo’s popular anime has started showing [...]
Read moreWarner Bros. Revamping ‘DC Comics’ – Under New President
We told you all about Disney purchasing Marvel Entertainment last week, but Warner Bros. has had a plan in the works for months to revamp its DC Comics franchise into a new company, DC Entertainment. Paul Levitz has also stepped down [...]
Read moreGuy Ritchie Set To Direct DC Comics ‘Lobo’
Guy Ritchie has signed on to direct his first superhero movie, a big-screen translation of the DC Comics anti-hero "Lobo". Production on “Lobo” begins early next year. The character originated in 1983 in “Omega Men,” written by Roger Slifer and [...]
Read moreGuillermo del Toro Producing DC Comics ‘Dead Man’ Movie
Guillermo del Toro is developing and producing an adaptation of the DC Comics character Deadman. Warner Brothers has apparently set Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel (Island of Lost Souls) to direct. The film will follow a a circus tightrope walker who is murdered [...]
Read moreArkham Asylum Game Awarded A Guinness World Record
Official Press Release from Warner Bros.: Today the highly anticipated Batman: Arkham Asylum game has been awarded a Guinness World Record for the ‘Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever’. Batman: Arkham Asylum has been given top scores across the board from National [...]
Read moreMegan Fox NOT Playing ‘Catwoman’
That pillar of journalistic integrity from the UK, known as The Sun reported that MEGAN FOX has signed up to play Catwoman in the next Batman movie. According to People.com a studio representative said, "It's a rumour. It's not true, there is no [...]
Read moreIs Green Lantern’s Latest Foe The Australian Economy?
Ryan Reynolds is going to need a lot more than a power ring to combat his deadliest foe yet: the Australian economy. Production Weekly reports that production on "Green Lantern," the Reynolds-headlining superhero film from Warner Bros. and DC Comics, is [...]
Read moreNolan’s ‘Inception’ Web Site Goes Live
Check out the website HERE, or you could just look at the picture above, which is the same thing.. minus the movement. [...]
Read more‘Birch’ and ‘Johns’ To Write ‘Shazam!’ Movie
Actor-turned-writer Billy Birch has been tapped to reboot "Shazam!," Warners' adaptation of a DC Comics series featuring Captain Marvel. Geoff Johns, one of the three DC Comics heavyweights hired by the studio to act as consultants on DC projects, is also [...]
Read moreThe Rights To The Last Son Of Krypton Get A Bit Messy
Warner Bros. and DC Comics have lost a little more control over the Man of Steel. In an ongoing Federal court battle over Superman, Judge Stephen Larson ruled Wednesday that the family of the superhero's co-creator, Jerry Siegel, has "successfully recaptured" [...]
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