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 moreNew ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ Trailer Shows Off Bat Gadgets
Check out this new trailer for the Batman: Arkham Asylum game, which shows off some of the gadgets the Dark Knight (You) get to use during the game. [...]
Read more‘Batman’ And ‘Doc Savage’ Crossover On The Horizon
Writer Brian Azzarello has revealed details on DC's upcoming crossover featuring Batman and classic comic book character Doc Savage. Announced back in May, the special issue will lead into a six-part miniseries in 2010, featuring the two heroes alongside fellow non-super [...]
Read more‘Super Max’ Still In Development And Getting A New Writer
It's been almost a full year since we last heard anything about David Goyer's supervillain prison film, "Super Max." Initially conceived as a story that puts DC hero Green Arrow on the wrong side of prison bars and needing to [...]
Read moreDC Sues Over Unauthorized ‘Batman’ Figurines
DC Comics has filed a lawsuit against an independent retailer over the sale of "unauthorized" Batman figurines. John Stacks, founder of the website johnnyresin.com, has been distributing resin models of characters from the 1960s Batman television series, including the Joker, Catwoman [...]
Read moreExclusive: Mastodon To Rock ‘Jonah Hex’
After being invited to do a walk on role as a postal delivery dude in the upcoming DC Comic Book, turned live action film 'Jonah Hex' - Lead singer Brent Hinds of the band Mastodon got to work on the [...]
Read more‘God Of War’ Novels And Comics On The Way
Del Rey Books announced that they will be publishing two novels based on the God of War series. If you'd rather rather see decapitations than read about them, you can pick up the comic books instead. Sony and DC/Wildstorm will collaborate [...]
Read moreCatch Up With DC Universe At Comic-Con ‘09
Catch up with the DC Universe with DC's own Senior Story Editor, Ian Sattler: The dead shall rise in "Blackest Night", the new Batman since Batman is lost in time, a new Wednesday newsprint comic, and JSA Comic. G4 [...]
Read more‘Green Lantern’ Video Game in the Works
Warner Bros has reportedly signed up Double Helix to develop a video game based on the Green Lantern comic book character. According to Venture Beat, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game will be released to coincide with the planned Green [...]
Read moreReynolds Can Play ‘Deadpool’ & ‘Green Lantern’
Ryan Reynolds might not be the first actor to play both DC and Marvel Comics characters in theaters by the time he finishes work on "Green Lantern," but he might be the most tightly scheduled, depending on how the film's [...]
Read more‘Lobo’ Movie To Be Rated PG-13
Producer Joel Silver's expectations for his Guy Ritchie-directed "Sgt. Rock" movie might be on the back burner, but that doesn't mean the Hollywood power-player behind "Sherlock Holmes" and "The Matrix" isn't looking at other comics right now for material. In [...]
Read moreExclusive Set Pics From ‘Jonah Hex’
Sure, you can find pics of Megan Fox in her dance hall garb anywhere, and you can see the poster at Comic-Con (or right here on SciFi Mafia) but who else can give you exclusive pics of the bad ass [...]
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