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I know, surprising huh!?
You’d think they’d want to rush a few guy-in-tights movies into production after the wad of cash “The Dark Knight” made for the Burbank babes.
According to David Goyer, of “Batman Begins” and “Blade” fame, Warner Bros have pressed pause on their superhero projects for the time being.
“A lot of the DC movies at Warner Brothers are all on hold while the figure out, they’re going to come up with some new plan, methodology, things like that so everything has just been pressed pause on at the moment”, the writer/director tells IESB. ”It was the double header of both Iron Man and The Dark Knight coming out, so more than ever I think they’ve realized, I think DC was responsible for 50% of Warner Brother’s revunue this year, something crazy like that, so they realized that comic books, it’s become a new genre, one of the most successful genres.”
Among the superhero projects that Warner Bros have in development :
Justice League of America – George Miller is attached to direct a superhero team-up movie. Megan Gale, Teresa Palmer and Adam Brody onboard to play Wonder Woman, Talia Al Ghul and The Flash, respectively.
Super Max – Goyer has penned this “Green Arrow” film in which the emerald-toned superhero is sent to a Maximum Security Prison. Apparently Superman and The Joker might make cameo appearances, among other popular comic characters.
The Flash – Originally set to be directed by Goyer, David Dobkin (“Wedding Crashers”) has now taken over the reigns on this fast-man feature. Ryan Reynolds was set to play the character when Goyer was involved, but that’s no longer the case.
The Man of Steel – The sequel to “Superman Returns” will see Kal-El going head-to-head with a new villain. This one is always on-and-off at the WB. Nobody seems that confident to make it. Might they just end up going with Mark Millar’s “Superman” trilogy reboot idea?
Batman 3 – The inevitable second sequel to “Batman Begins”. All those rumours you’ve read – Eddie Murphy as The Riddler, Shia LaBeouf as Robin – can be taken with a mound of salt.
Wonder Woman – Joel Silver has been trying to get a feature film version off the ground for years. They paused momentarily while Miller tried to get his “Justice League” up.
