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Warner Bros Finally Gets Serious About DC Comics

Written on August 16th, 2008 by Niall Browne 
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Warner Bros Finally Gets Serious About DC Comics

It has been a long time in coming, but it now appears that Warner Bros. has finally decided to make use of their stable of DC Comics characters.

Following the financial and critical success of The Dark Knight Warner Bros. has realized that they are sitting on a gold mine - not only from box office receipts, but also from DVD, television, video games and other sources of revenue.

Last month the company held a strategy meeting in an attempt to figure out what was needed in order for them to match Marvel Comics in the comic book movie stakes, and it would appear that they have finally come up with a plan.


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Wonder Woman Movie DOA For Now

Written on October 30th, 2007 by Vic Holtreman 
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Wonder Woman Movie DOA For Now

Don’t look for a stand-alone version of Wonder Woman on the big screen any time soon. According to Joel Silver, who was in charge of production on the film, it’s now on indefinite hold due to Justice League as well as The Flash and Green Lantern movies.

Although the character is supposed to have a major role in the JL movie, development on a Wonder Woman movie has suffered the same sort of false starts and stops that plagued Iron Man for years. At one point Joss Whedon was attached to write and direct, and honestly I can’t think of a better choice for a movie with a female superhero as the lead. Whedon’s stock in trade is the female hero and he knows how to infuse the right amounts of femininity, vulnerability and strength into his characters. Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the female characters in Firefly and Serenity.

Source: SciFiWire

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Katie Holmes Is NOT Wonder Woman (Duh)

Written on August 16th, 2007 by Vic Holtreman 
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Katie Holmes Is NOT Wonder Woman (Duh)

Earlier today word was all over the place regarding the possibility that Katie Holmes might be up for the role of the in-production-hell movie Wonder Woman. I didn’t swoop on it because honestly, it just seemed ridiculous. Katie’s screen presence amounts to that of a mousy little thing. Very cute, yes - Amazonian Wonder Woman? I don’t think so.

Expectedly, news has come out saying that it’s bunk. My pals over at ComicBookMovie.com got the word from IESB that the rumor is bogus and that the movie is indeed in limbo at the moment.

Source: ComicBookMovie

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RIP: Flash And Wonder Woman Movies

Written on February 3rd, 2007 by Vic Holtreman 
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RIP: Flash And Wonder Woman Movies

Talk about a one-two punch.

On the same day come separate announcements stating that David Goyer is no longer writing and directing The Flash and that Joss Whedon is no longer involved with Wonder Woman.

Sucks to be a fan of either one of those now, I’m afraid. I predict development limbo for both of them, if they ever get made. I say that because I really don’t think that the superhero movie genre will be “hot” indefinitely. As a matter of fact this year may be the peak, with three superhero movies being released (Spiderman III, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Ghost Rider).


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Will DC Boot Marvel from the Big Screen Throne?

Written on June 6th, 2005 by Vic Holtreman 
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Will DC Boot  Marvel from the Big Screen Throne?

Brett Ratner has been confirmed as director for X-Men 3. I just thought you’d like to know.
The tide may have turned folks… Can it be that DC has sharpened it’s skills in the TV animation arena and it’s now applying that talent to the big screen? Marvel seems to be overextended… Daredevil (at least the theatrical release) wasn’t that great, Elektra was absolutely murdered by the critics and U.S. audiences stayed away in droves. We have Fantastic Four coming out next month and the buzz is most certainly not positive for that one, despite Avi Arad’s constant cries of “you’ll see, you’ll LOVE it.”

The early reviews for Batman Begins have been excellent overall, and despite the fact that Brandon Routh looks goofy in the Superman suit, Bryan Singer does know how to make a great superhero flick. Joss Whedon is also working on a Wonder Woman adapation and so far his reputation precedes him (positively).

It’ll be interesting to see how things progress between both sides of the superhero battle.

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Wonder Woman newcomer?

Written on February 14th, 2005 by Vic Holtreman 
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Wonder Woman newcomer?

The word is that Joel Silver is leaning towards relative newcomer Satu Rautaharju to fill Wonder Woman’s boots. Click on the image to the right for a larger version.

Satu has done some foreign film work and has appeared on a couple of episodes of Dawson’s Creek. I don’t know how she came to Joel Silver’s attention, but at least visually she looks like a good fit for the role. Wonder Woman should look exotic instead of like a WASP. She also looks like she could project the appropriate “superior” attitude which Wonder Woman should have.

Technically WW is still in development heck, but seems to be grinding just a bit forward.

For more photos of Satu Rautaharju and an interview with a co-star from the upcoming Communication Breakdown, click here (FYI, there is some adult language in the video interview).

Thanks to “Mongo”.

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