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slugo
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 Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject: Warner Bros. Confirms Superman Reboot |
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| Quote: | Warner Bros. Confirms Superman Reboot
Source: Steelsheen August 22, 2008
Just a few days after this article was posted, Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov has told The Wall Street Journal that the studio is going to be reintroducing Superman. We assume this will be similar to how Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk was a reboot of Ang Lee's Hulk. Here is what the article says:
Warner Bros. also put on hold plans for another movie starring multiple superheroes -- known as "Batman vs. Superman" -- after the $215 million "Superman Returns," which had disappointing box-office returns, didn't please executives. "'Superman' didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to," says Mr. Robinov. "It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned." "Had 'Superman' worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009," he adds. "But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all."
The article also talks about Warner Bros. adapting other DC properties over the new few years. "By 2011, Mr. Robinov plans for DC Comics to supply the material for up to two of the six to eight tent-pole films he hopes Warner Bros. will have in the pipeline by then," it says. Those projects will likely be about single characters at first, and will be darker much like The Dark Knight:
With "Batman vs. Superman" and "Justice League" stalled, Warner Bros. has quietly adopted Marvel's model of releasing a single film for each character, and then using those movies and their sequels to build up to a multicharacter film. "Along those lines, we have been developing every DC character that we own," Mr. Robinov says.
Like the recent Batman sequel -- which has become the highest-grossing film of the year thus far -- Mr. Robinov wants his next pack of superhero movies to be bathed in the same brooding tone as "The Dark Knight." Creatively, he sees exploring the evil side to characters as the key to unlocking some of Warner Bros.' DC properties. "We're going to try to go dark to the extent that the characters allow it," he says. That goes for the company's Superman franchise as well.
The studio is set to announce its plans for future DC movies in the next month. For now, though, it is focused on releasing four comic-book films in the next three years, including a third Batman film, a new film reintroducing Superman, and two movies focusing on other DC Comics characters. Movies featuring Green Lantern, Flash, Green Arrow, and Wonder Woman are all in active development.
We'll let you know as soon as the studio has announced its plans for future DC movies.
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I'm glad WB is rebooting Superman, but the only thing that bothers me is that "darkness" comment.
Superman is NOT a dark, brooding, depressing character. Just as Batman is NOT a light, campy, goofy character ala Batman & Robin.
I hope by darkness, Robinov mean exploring the darkness in Superman's villains, not Superman himself. Or taking the character more seriously.
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| Quote: | Part 1:
1) Bryan Singer will not be directing this reintroduction of Superman.
2) Brandon Routh will not be playing Superman in this reintroduction.
3) Logically, the rest of the cast and themes are also out.
4) "Reintroduction" equates to "Reboot" -- Presently, this means an approach
akin to The Incredible Hulk.
5) 2011 target date.
Part 2:
6. "Reintroduction" is Robinov being diplomatic...this is in order not to upset all parties. This includes fans of Superman Returns.
7. Ideally, the studio would like to have one or two comidbook films from DC in 2010, so if the script comes together we MIGHT see it in 2010.
Part 3:
Straight from the horse's mouth:
8. "I think to the smarties out there, though, this should all be pretty obvious at this point... and I should add that bolded points 4 and 5 are, of course, subject to modified (i.e. in approach and release date)..."
9."Be assured of this: though you can't always please everyone, the studio honestly wants to make red & blue work for both the general audience and the fans; and they hope they can find the right approach to do it."
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Allie
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:13 am Post subject: |
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Er, Batman WAS a campy character for quite a while, so I don't get your comment.
I read this article this morning. I am happy to hear it and I was surprised at how many people said they'd enjoy seeing Routh play the character again, even in (or perhaps because of) a different continuity.
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As all of you know Im not a big fan of Superman (ok i hate him) but he desperately needs a reboot. Personally i think most of the cast (xept Lois) was great in SR, but the director and script had to go, yeah yeah Donner films' tribute blah blah, I called it when it came out, audiences now dont want theyr superstrong characters sobbing over a woman or staring at fungus for 2 hours *hint hint* Superstrong characters need other Superstrong characters to FIGHT, its a superhero movie, that equals there has to be action in someway, SR did not deliver in that part, and dont get me started on that kid thing...
Personally i dont want them to try and top The Dark Knight, just give us an enjoyable Superman movie, give him a good villian ( Im all for a DCAU version Braniac here, plenty of action beatin up a robot who can pop in 3 times in the movie in 3 different forms) Give Lex the successful business man/powermad smart guy attitude, NO ORIGIN STORY, NO CRYING OVER PA KENT and or JOR EL, Just have Clark be Clark, threat appears, Superman saves the day. if that works im sure fans will be happy for it to continue with other movies, and finally have a good Supes to be proud of being a geek for (xept me, i think he's in the boring side)
Bonus Points: Have the " I feel like I live in a world of cardboard..." Speech somewhere in there.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| Allie wrote: | | Er, Batman WAS a campy character for quite a while, so I don't get your comment. |
I was going to refute that, but, on further examination, it comes down to which (if any) version of a fictional character is the "true" representation for the ages.
Adam West was Batman for me back in the day merely because I'd been exposed to little else. Now I look back upon that show as a pure spoof.
| Quote: | | I am happy to hear it and I was surprised at how many people said they'd enjoy seeing Routh play the character again, even in (or perhaps because of) a different continuity. |
I didn't care for the casting of Routh as Superman - though I conceded he did a fair job channeling Clark Kent from the earlier films. The failure of the film was hardly the actor's fault though. The story was poorly suited for such a long-awaited Superman film.
It played out more like a Lois & Clark TV episode from the later years not a blockbuster film. Like BANG has complained, we need the Super-hero to battle super-villains. Save the character experimentation for the lesser-known heroes imo.
Put Superman back the way he was.
Whichever version that may be...
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: |
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Superman reboot? its about time. We needed that since Superman III.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Mark Millar's Proposed Superman Trilogy
Video interview link: Click me
| Quote: | Mark Millar (Wanted) talked to G4 about his proposed Superman movie project which has a mysterious American director attached. They pitched the idea to Warner Bros. Pictures and hope to get word over the next few weeks. If the studio decides to go with their version, they'd like to be shooting by next summer:
"I've had this plan for like 10 years for a big three-picture Superman thing, like a Lord of the Rings epic, starting over from scratch again with a seven-hour Superman story. One to be released each year." Millar said. |
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How about connecting the new Superman movie to Smallville, which show Clark's first mission and enemy as Superman. The cast of Smallville could appear in that movie playing their DC characters.  |
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I agree about starting with Clark Kent in Metropolis at The Daily Planet and doing some sort of story which escalates into an Omega Level threat by the end. Superman can win the day -- but just barely, and hint at some of the other DC heroes along the way.
I'm not fussy about which hero(es) or if they actually appear in the Superman (trilogy) reboot, but, it makes sense to use it to cue up the rest of the hero films.
Again, I don't need them to redo the whole Krypton/Kansas origin story on film. Just begin at The Planet.
For the record, I'm not into using the TV Smallville cast idea. Seriously.
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| jazzman wrote: | | Again, I don't need them to redo the whole Krypton/Kansas origin story on film. |
I'd probably be satisfied with that although I would prefer it if a small part of the film consisted of some sort of connection to his origins. Flashback sequences are great for such things 
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Allie wrote: | Er, Batman WAS a campy character for quite a while, so I don't get your comment.
I read this article this morning. I am happy to hear it and I was surprised at how many people said they'd enjoy seeing Routh play the character again, even in (or perhaps because of) a different continuity. |
Actually the tv serials of Batman before the 1960's Adam West camp were quite serious.
Adam West is an ICON so many people remember the OLD CHUM and POW BIFF Batman.
Frank Miller's Dark Knight and Tim Burtons Batman lead to the current incarnation of Gothams favorite knight.
I think that the boxoffice receipts for the last movie are indication that the producers were right to stay on track with the serious dark tones for this character.
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I think you're skipping the whole "Bat Mite" era there, old chum.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:18 pm Post subject: New Movie |
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I just read on SHH that there is a new movie. Anyone have any opinied views on that?
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