FLASH, one of DC’s favourite superheroes that can run at the speed of light is set to eventually have his own series on CW. Co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg and director David Nutter are said to be working on the series. The CW is expected to discuss the project as you are reading this.
Apparently, due to the success of the first season of ARROW on CW the plan is they will introduce The Flash on ARROW in it’s second season before spinning it off into its own series.
Yes, that’s right. Justice League. Just one day after the ruling The LA Times is reporting that filming will begin next year and the DC Comics super team will hit the big screen in the summer of 2015. Apparently they have a script, written by Will Beall, ready to roll and are just looking to attach a director and cast the lead roles.and of course some good opinion from JET over at BATMAN-ON-FILM.COM - "JUSTICE LEAGUE" Film in 2015/"BATMAN REBOOTED" Following (10.18.12)
One word of caution, the source that the LA Times cites is described as ‘a knowledgeable person not authorized to discuss the matter publicly‘ - so if you had ‘Summer 2015′ in your Justice League release date office betting pool hold off on collecting your money till we get the official word.
Warner Bros. announced a new animated movie, LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Superheroes Unite, at New York Comic Con last weekend and today they’ve released the trailer online. The movie is based on the video game LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – The Joker and Lex Luthor team up and attempt to take out Batman, Superman, and the rest of the Justice League. LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Superheroes Unite will be released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download in early 2013.
Both DC Comics and Marvel would have you think that big-budget, blockbuster films like Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, X-Men, Green Lantern and The Avengers are their only attempts to bring popular comic book characters into the live-action arena. They would like everyone to forget the sometimes absurd, ridiculous and often ugly reality: that there were numerous early - and failed - attempts to bring super heroes to both the big and small screens.
Saving the world one channel at a time
Great-ish American heroesWell before the onslaught of superhero movies over the past 10 years, superheroes had been making their way onto the small screen both through adaptations of comic books (Wonder Woman) and with completely new characters developed for television (Heroes). Many of these shows have become huge hits and part of pop culture immortality (The Incredible Hulk, Batman) while others have ranged from forgettable to downright embarrassing (My Secret Identity, Automan).
Even super heroes like to take time for a little recreational skiing! This picture was taken at Sea World in Orlando, Florida during the mid 1970s
The first priority for the man ( Jeff Robinov ) with the ultimate say on what films get made at Warner Bros.: Finally getting the Justice League, DC’s team featuring all its top characters, on the big screen in 2013. The picture had been very close to production in late 2007 and early 2008, but was killed by the Writers Guild of America strike, tax credit issues in Australia, and concerns by some at Warner about presenting a competing (and conflicting) version of Batman while director Christopher Nolan’s films were breaking box office records.
