by Borys Kit, Source: The Hollywood Reporter Patrick Sean Smith, who created the ABC Family show, is jumping into features by writing the script based on Jeff Smith’s comic book. Patrick Sean Smith, who created the ABC Family show Greek, is jumping into features. Smith has been tapped to write
by Darren Franich, Source: EW.com The Dark Knight Rises doesn’t open for another six months, but tickets for July 19 IMAX midnight screenings of the film are already on sale in a few major markets. A quick Fandango check reveals that you can currently buy tickets for the sure-to-be-bleak sequel
By Don Kaye, Source: Blastr.com Welcome to a new age in Hollywood, where studios are putting major projects on hold if the numbers don’t line up. The latest victim? The new live-action version of Akira. According to Heat Vision, the film is being shut down while Warner Bros. Pictures and
By Don Kaye, Source: Blastr.com The new big-screen version of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone has found its director, and it’s not any of the filmmakers who were reportedly up for the job. Deadline has revealed that Warner Bros. Pictures has chosen Matt Reeves to get behind the camera for
By Krystal Clark, Source: Blastr.com Warner Bros. is ready to produce the Mortal Kombat we’ve always wanted. The studio has given Mortal Kombat: Legacy’s Kevin Tancharoen the thumbs-up to direct a big-screen reboot. (In creepy MK announcer voice: Excellent!) Who do we have to thank for Warner Bros.’ renewed interest
By Jeff Spry, Source: Blastr.com Admit it, you’ve missed your favorite horny, Zagnut-luring con-man corpse from the 1988 Tim Burton horror-comedy Beetlejuice. Well, today Warner Bros. says the mourning period is over with its planned reboot of Michael Keaton’s finest work (take that, Mr. Mom). Deadline reports that David Katzenberg
By Kevin Coll, source: Blastr.com Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn has been pitching a dream adaptation of Wonder Woman over the past year, and he may get his chance—but only if his current production of Logan’s Run is successful. “I would love to make Wonder Woman,” he said. “And I
By Kevin Coll, Source: Blastr Marvel has set the bar high when it comes to superhero team-up films, what with The Avengers ready to make superhero movie history next year, which leaves DC to play catch-up with its own strategy of combining big-name characters into one film project. The latest
by Ben Fritz, source: LATimes.com Green Lantern may have a future on the big screen, but likely not with the same director. Despite the big-budget superhero movie’s disappointing box office performance so far, Warner Bros. executives still want to find a way to make a sequel work. Bringing superheroes from
by Pamela McClintock, for the Hollywood Reporter Warner Bros. is already planning a sequel to Ryan Reynolds’ superhero pic Green Lantern, despite the film’s soft performance at the box office. Sources say Warners still believes in the franchise, even if the studio is “somewhat disappointed” with Green Lantern’s result. Over
When Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel comes out next year, it will represent the second time that Warner Bros. has tried to bring back the most famous comic book character in history. When Bryan Singer directed Superman Returns in 2006 it was meant to spring new life into the franchise
For more than a decade now, the notion of a “Justice League” movie has been one of the great, golden egg-laying geese of the comic book movie world. On paper, it’s brilliant: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman and any number of other DC superheroes
