DC Films Rundown

[GreenKToo]

We'll see if anything is announced by WB this month..Personally, I think we will just hear more of the same from them, if anything at all. You know, the old ''we're committed to bring your favorite DC characters to film'' speech.
Trouble is, it will probably be films that MOST don't even want.

Prove me wrong WB, PLEASE, prove me wrong.

 

[MadVillainy]

amen GreenKToo

 

[GreenKToo]

I will have zero faith left in them if they come out and announce some crummy line-up like plastic-man, teen titans, and srgt rock.
I'm not gonna be too hard on them just yet tho. I'm hoping they are serious about wanting to get things going now that DC Entertainment is (supposedly) in charge. we'll see.

 

[conan69]

Someone said that theyre prob waiting for Potter to end and then work on their next franchises. Which makes sense.

They should be busting their asses to develop this stuff with the right creative people they so can move forward with the characters they own.

The time is right since Marvel seems to be screwing all of their properties up.

I was much more of a Marvel fan than a DC fan, but get the right people involved and theyve got my $9 even though I may not have followed the comic books so much.

Example: Im not a big Antman fan, but was really looking forward to Edgar Wrights film.

 

[Nightwing 52]

Prove me wrong WB, PLEASE, prove me wrong.

Yeah WB, we DARE you!

 

[E-Man]

I too want WB to prove us wrong, but unless another studio gets to make DC films we're going to keep waiting. Is there any possibility of that happening btw?

 

[MadVillainy]

Found this in a Superman thread

- Time Warner announced its quarterly earnings today -- Good news! They made more money than you can possibly imagine -- and during the requisite company conference call, executives hinted at their plans for their film arm, Warner Bros., and more specifically their DC Comics adaptations.

The entire call is couched in typically opaque corporate speak, but the long and short of it is that we can apparently expect a bunch of announcements soon on the movie futures of characters like Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. The execs promise that they will shortly be revealing "plans to mine more aggressively the deep catalogue of DC Comics characters across Warner Brothers' theatrical, home video, TV and games divisions and across our other divisions as well."

As per Seeking Alpha's transcription of the call:

"[Regarding] DC, we are going to have a fairly interesting set of announcements and presentations pretty soon … like in a matter of weeks, I think," said TW Chairman & CEO Jeff Bewkes. "About our plans for DC, and basically if you look across the title of the whole band of hits, whether its Batman, The Dark Knight, Green Lantern coming up, Superman, there have been a huge number of franchised films that have been part of the Warner [tent pole] strategy that's been the reason for Warner's unparallel[ed] high and consistent earnings advantage over the other studios. … And DC has already been a part of that and we are now going to outline an even more expansive plan for that in the coming months."

So, essentially, stay tuned…
http://movies.ign.com/articles/106/1066347p1.html

Hopefully some good will come of this

 

[Lobo]

We can only hope, I fear it will be more announcements and the movies never reach fruition except for Bats 3 and Suicide Squad.

 

[Mr. Earle]

Hopefully a DC movieverse with all the big players getting their franchises and smaller ones getting cameos. And hopefully a batman franchise that exists in the DC movieverse, either by forcing Nolan to open his grasp on realism, or by rebooting after him.

At least that's what i want to see.

 

[MadVillainy]

I think they should just wait for the cast/crew switch

 

[Timstuff]

Hopefully a DC movieverse with all the big players getting their franchises and smaller ones getting cameos. And hopefully a batman franchise that exists in the DC movieverse, either by forcing Nolan to open his grasp on realism, or by rebooting after him.

At least that's what i want to see.

If Nolan is producing the Superman reboot then it's possible that he's already on board with the DC-Movieverse concept. He might be serving a similar function to Jon Favreau over at Marvel.

 

[GL's Light]

Hey, folks. Long time no see. I thought I'd pop in and do another update (Spider-Man, feel free to copy this over to the first page if you wish).

Adam Strange

Warner Bros.

Comment: Warners is taking pitches for an Adam Strange film. Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way may be involved in developing the film.

Aquaman

Warner Bros.

Comment: Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way is developing the film.

Batman Begins III

Warner Bros.
Directed by Christopher Nolan (pending confirmation).
Produced by Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, and Christopher Nolan (pending confirmation).
Written by David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan.

Comment: This looks likely to be a summer 2012 release.

Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam

Warner Bros.
Directed by Peter Segal.
Produced by Michael Uslan, Peter Ewing, and Peter Segal.
Written by Bill Birch and Geoff Johns.

Bizarro Superman

Warner Bros.
Written by David Howard and Robert Gordon.

Constantine 2

Warner Bros.
Produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, Akiva Goldsman and Erwin Stoff.

Comment: The film is in development according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Deadman

Warner Bros.
Directed by Nikolaj Arcel.
Produced by Guillermo del Toro, Don Murphy, and Susan Montford.
Written by Gary Dauberman.

Death: The High Cost of Living

Warner Bros.
Written and directed by Neil Gaiman.
Produced by Don Murphy and Susan Montford (with Guillermo del Toro as Executive Producer).

Comment: This has been in development for years and every time Gaiman says it seems to be imminent nothing comes of it.

The Doom Patrol

Warner Bros
Produced by Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster.
Written by Adam Turner.

Comment: Akiva Goldsman has said that the material is so esoteric that he doesn't think the film will come to fruition.

Ex Machina

New Line Cinema.
Produced by Chris Bender and J.C. Spink
Written by Brian K. Vaughan and Glen Brunswick.

Comment: This was set up at New Line about four years ago. Its status is unknown now that New Line has been folded into WB.

The Flash

Warner Bros.
Written by Dan Mazeau.

Comment: Mazeau has been working from a treatment written by Geoff Johns. The film currently doesn't have a director attached. Warners and DC Entertainment are reportedly planning to make the film in-house given the lack of forward momentum under producer Charles Roven.

Green Arrow: Escape from Super Max

Warner Bros.
Written by David Goyer and Justin Marks.

Comment: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warners also has an alternate Green Arrow script in development, one that's a more straightforward origin story.

Green Lantern

Warner Bros.
Directed by Martin Campbell.
Produced by Donald DeLine and Greg Berlanti.
Written by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Michael Green.
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, and Tim Robbins.

Comment: Scheduled to start production in March for release on June 17, 2011.

Jonah Hex

Warner Bros.
Directed by Jimmy Hayward.
Produced by Andrew Lazar and Akiva Goldsman.
Written by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor.
Starring James Brolin, Megan Fox, and John Malkovich.

Comment: Scheduled for release on June 18, 2010.

Lobo

Warner Bros.
Produced by Joel Silver, Akiva Goldsman, and Andrew Rona.
Written by Don Payne.

Comment: Guy Ritchie was attached to direct, but Warners wants a fast-tracked sequel to Sherlock Holmes, making Ritchie unavailable for now. Joel Silver has said he’ll seek another director.

The Losers

Warner Bros.
Directed by Sylvain White.
Produced by Joel Silver, Akiva Goldsman, and Kerry Foster.
Written by James Vanderbilt and Peter Berg.
Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Jason Patric, and Columbus Short.

Comment: Scheduled for release on June 4, 2010.

Metal Men

Warner Bros.
Produced by Lauren Schuler Donner.
Written by Eric Champnella.

Ocean

Warner Bros.
Produced by Nick Wechsler and Gianni Nunnari.
Written by Ryan Condal.

Plastic Man

Warner Bros.
Written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski.

Comment: The Wachowskis first wrote a script for this over a decade ago; some of the recent reports that this may be their next film have either been debunked or seem dubious, so it's unclear whether the Wachowskis are still actively developing the project.

Preacher

Columbia Pictures.
Directed by Sam Mendes.
Produced by Neal Moritz.
Written by John August.

Red

Summit Entertainment.
Directed by Robert Schwentke.
Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian.
Written by Erich and Jon Hoeber.
Starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Karl Urban, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Ernest Borgnine, Julian McMahon, James Remar, and Rebecca Pidgeon.

Note: Scheduled for release on October 22, 2010.

Ronin

Warner Bros.
Directed by Sylvain White.
Produced by Gianni Nunnari.
Written by Peter Aperlo and Sylvain White.

Sgt Rock

Warner Bros.
Directed by Francis Lawrence.
Produced by Joel Silver.
Written by Chad St. John.

Note: Previous scripts have kept Sgt. Rock and Easy Company in their traditional World War II setting, but this new script places them in a futuristic war.

Sleeper

Warner Bros.
Produced by Sam Raimi and Josh Donen.
Written by Brad Ingelsby.

Comment: This is a possible starring vehicle for Tom Cruise.

Suicide Squad

Warner Bros.
Produced by Dan Lin and Stephen Gilchrist.
Written by Justin Marks.

Superman

Warner Bros.

Comment: Deadline Hollywood reports that Christopher Nolan will be acting as mentor in guiding a Superman reboot to the big screen.

Swamp Thing

Warner Bros.
Produced by Joel Silver.

Comment: Joel Silver has recently said that he’s still developing the project and that he hopes to be able to move ahead with it quite soon, possibly as a 3D film.

Teen Titans

Warner Bros.
Produced by Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster.
Written by Mark Verheiden.

Comment: The extent, if any, of Akiva Goldman's continued involvement isn't clear.

We3

Directed by John Stevenson.
Produced by Don Murphy.
Written by Grant Morrison.

Wonder Woman

Warner Bros.

Note: Warner and DC Entertainment have reportedly reclaimed the project from Joel Silver and are aiming to produce it in-house.

Y: The Last Man

Warner Bros/New Line Cinema.
Directed by D.J. Caruso.
Produced by David Goyer, Chris Bender, J.C. Spink and Mason Novick.
Written by Carl Ellsworth.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

I know its mentioned briefly, but any concrete news about Constantine? Its been 5 years & no sequel or talk of it. I didn't think it was that bad & according to internet sources, it made $230 million world wide. Was wondering if DC is down on this?

 

[GL's Light]

I know its mentioned briefly, but any concrete news about Constantine? Its been 5 years & no sequel or talk of it. I didn't think it was that bad & according to internet sources, it made $230 million world wide. Was wondering if DC is down on this?

At various times over the last few years Lauren Shuler Donner, Francis Lawrence, and Keanu Reeves have all said they're open to a sequel. It's likely one of those films that was a hit, but not such a huge hit that a sequel is a priority and where a sequel would only be made if the budget could be kept under control. It may ultimately be a case of whether they can reach a deal with Reeves that makes financial sense.

 

[Octoberist]

in the likely case, since we're reboot crazy, I wouldn't be surprised if Constantine got rebooted. Or maybe as a TV show.

However, it wouldn't be that bad of a reboot since it didn't use the 'Hellblazer' name, and most likely, they can go Brit next time around.

Either way, Constantine is not a bad movie, despite it's flaws.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

I see, was wondering if Constantine fit in to their plans. It could work somehow if the kept the gothic theme. Maybe re-boot it & ask Burton back into the fold.

 

[Bogdan]

Have you more news about Simon Dark the movie?

 

[GL's Light]

Have you more news about Simon Dark the movie?

I haven't heard any talk at all about Simon Dark being developed as a movie.

 

[Bogdan]

I haven't heard any talk at all about Simon Dark being developed as a movie.

me either but look at this:

Secret project

 

[GL's Light]

Secret project

A fan art poster I'd say.

 

[RavenLF]

they are doing another Swamp Thing? thats awesome if they are, brings back childhood memories.