The Official SDCC Coverage Thread

[Showtime]

What?

 

[GreenKToo]

OOooOOo, Mr. innocent himself. What indeed.

 

[I Am The Knight]

"Quick, grab him!"

 

[GreenKToo]

Get a rope.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

*Steps in between mob and Showtime*

You are going to have to get pass me first.

 

[GreenKToo]

Kiss up.

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

So mow that Comic Con is upon us do you guys think we'll be hearing any news about a Superman movie at all. Be it a reboot or Sequel.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

^I seriously doubt there is going to be a reboot.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I'd think it would be just a press release. Nothing to do with the Con really.

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

With the Dark Knight being a huge box office hit I think the WB knows there will be questions about Superman. What I am wondering is do they have an answer for them other then the same stuff we have been hearing.

 

[Ita-KalEl]

I don't expect anything good too.

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

To be honest at this point I am all for a reboot because IMO MOS should take place no later then a Month after SR in order to fix most of its problems (mainly Superman telling Lois he is Clark and not waiting 2 years after finding out he has a son to do so.) With that being said the kid playing Jason is not looking any younger and they should just reboot the series or recast Jason IMO.

 

[FlawlessVictory]

To be honest at this point I am all for a reboot because IMO MOS should take place no later then a Month after SR in order to fix most of its problems (mainly Superman telling Lois he is Clark and not waiting 2 years after finding out he has a son to do so.) With that being said the kid playing Jason is not looking any younger and they should just reboot the series or recast Jason IMO.

Reboot. There is nothing to even get excited about with Singer's franchise. BB left you at the end with a Joker card. SR leaves you at the end with Jason waving Bye.

Way to pump up the audience Singer.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

^LOL

Also, Batman Begins was actually interesting/good.

 

[Pickle-El]

I can't believe how some of you still can't get over it.

 

[mojo-x]

get over what?

 

[Spider-Fan]

I have been busy last few days in the scary area known as the Batman forum, lol.

Have I missed anything major?

 

[Nixon]

Nope.

Bryan Singer is in negotiations to produce something called Capeshooters and that's about it on the news front.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Alright. Wonder when they're giving us the low down on what is happening at WB with it's DC properties. Didn't they have that conference already?

 

[biolumen]

A little bit from Geoff Johns at the Superman comics panel Thursday.

Superman To Return To Old Form, Say Creators

Here's what you can expect in the next couple of years of Superman comics - A secret invasion of sorts, non-****ty teenage heroes and a return to classic characterization. In a relatively quiet Thursday morning panel, the creators of Action Comics, Superman and Supergirl let everyone know what they're planning to do to make Superman the world's greatest superhero again.

Introducing the panel, Action Comics writer Geoff Johns said,

"We've all kind of started to work together on Superman... we're all working in tandem to get the Superman universe lined up like we did on Green Lantern, get all the characters on the same page so we can go and tell crazy stories... We had a huge summit that we worked on all three books all the way through December 2010."

The first crazy story to spin out of that summit is October's New Krypton, which Johns teased with this high concept pitch:

"Kandor is grown on the planet Earth, and all the Kryptonians decide 'Hey, cool, this must be new New Krypton' and Superman says 'No, it's not,' and chaos ensues."

More important than stories, according to the writers, is the characterization. Johns again:

"We don't really want to change anything about Superman like saying, he's gonna have a kid. It's not about changing stuff as much as it's about exploring character... We want to get to them on an emotional level... [For example, the story 'Last Son'] was really about, Superman can never have a kid. He and Lois may love each other, but they can never have a kid. The House of El will end. How do they react to that?"

Superman writer James Robinson admitted that part of that effort will include making sure that characters like Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen will return to the versions everyone knows, instead of superpowered giant turtles fighting evil gods: "The [supporting] characters have lost their way a bit," he said, before saying that Jimmy Olsen should be the third most important character in a Superman comic, after Superman and Lois. Johns agreed, and added that there are also plans afoot to use Lois more often: "If Superman married her, she's gotta be the coolest woman in the world."

The most important revelation from the panel may have come from new Supergirl writer Sterling Gates. When asked whether he will bring a more consistent characterisation to the Maid of Steel after an erratic few years where she's been portrayed as confused, evil, stupid, ****ty and almost continually unheroic, he said that he saw her as one of the strongest characters DC Comics has, and feels that she's been mishandled recently. "Can we officially say that she's not a ****?" Johns asked, to the applause of the audience. So, now you know: Supergirl isn't a ****.

That's Mary Marvel's job.

http://io9.com/5028837/superman-to-return-to-old-form-say-creators

 

[Retroman]

Spacey sighting at the Con on Thursday...

Kevin Spacey at the Devil's Due panel

Source

 

[GreenKToo]

I wonder if anyone asked him about The Superman sequel? Surely someone did.

 

[Michael Corleone]

I wonder if anyone asked him about The Superman sequel? Surely someone did.

I would guess that if anyone did ask him, he would give the stock answer of him being ready for another film and that Singer is "working on it". I doubt he would drop any real news.

 

[Retroman]

Yeah the way things have been going of late i doubt he'd say anything new.But it can't hurt asking. You never know.

 

[Showtime]

Variety: Kevin, when are you going to get started on the Superman Sequel?

Kevin: I love the character, and I would love to reprise the role. I know Bryan is working on it, and by working on it, I mean thinking about it.