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If you liked it then you should have put a Lantern Ring on it

Warner Bros. Is Working On Tons Of Comic Book Films Besides Justice League

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:20 pm, June 8th, 2012


A few days ago we were thrilled to report the news that Warner Bros. was jumping back into work on a Justice League film but a new report from Variety reminds us they have tons of comic properties lined up. Some of which we may have forgotten were happening. There’s also a chance that director Christopher Nolan could play a part even after his Batman days are behind him. 

Besides Justice League, Warner also announced they are back to working on a Wonder Woman film with one of the writer of the so-so Green Lantern movie starring Ryan Reynolds. That could be seen as both good and bad news for the future of Wonder Woman but it may be bad for GL from what Variety reports.

“Studio is figuring out whether to bring back Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern in a sequel to last year’s actioner or relaunch the character in a completely new way,” they write. “[Michael] Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) was brought on board in 2010 to write the screenplay for the sequel, a year before the first film bowed.”

When DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson came on board in 2009, she and studio chief Jeff Robinov halted production on all films in order to start from scratch. Wanna see what they’re currently working on?

“Those projects now join in development films based on the Flash, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Lobo, the Suicide Squad and Shazam,” writes Variety. “DC and WB are also facing a decision on how to reboot Batman once The Dark Knight Rises completes Christopher Nolan’s take on the caped crusader, featuring Christian Bale in the cowl.”

Did everyone else forget they were working on a Suicide Squad film or was that just me?

“With Harry Potter having ended its run, WB is clearly turning to DC to help launch new franchises,” writes Variety. “According to sources close to the development process, the studio learned that when making a superhero pic, it needs to tap creatives that genuinely understand the characters the way Joss Whedon was comfortable with The Avengers.”

And yes, you can bet they are keeping their eyes on Nolan. He’s finishing Batman sure, but he’s also producing Man of Steel. Variety says Warner would likely try and keep him around but that they aren’t ”expected to make any concrete moves on the DC film front until after the third Batpic opens on July 20.”

We know DC Entertainment is pretty busy on the television front as well. Their animated Green Lantern and Young Justice series have been doing well on the Cartoon Network, as well as the animated shorts that accompany them. So well, in fact, that they’re bringing in a new/revamp series called Teen Titans Go! There’s also the upcoming Arrow series on the CW.

Which DC property are you most looking forward to? Which one not on the list are you waiting to see?

(via /Film)

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  • http://profiles.google.com/amberlovescomics Elizabeth-Amber Delaney

    I want to see some Vertigo stuff make to film or a cable maxi-series first.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=735330678 Christopher Haley

    I really want to like Arrow, but I don’t think I will. From the looks of the trailer they are screwing with the character way too much. Oliver Queen is not a dark brooding figure of the night. I think the problem we’re facing with the superhero genre today is that Hollywood is misunderstanding the success of Nolan’s Batman franchise. The movies aren’t a hit because they’re dark and gritty. They’re successful because they take their characters seriously as people (rather than cartoon characters) and they tell compelling, well-thought-out stories. That’s the only secret. Tell good stories. Not every superhero needs to be made dark and gritty to be successful; particularly not Green Arrow.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PGIKLAN2XI22LCFKLYP6GXM5WQ Vanna

    If they cast someone else as GL I hope that they have him be John Stewart instead of Hal Jordan!

  • http://www.thenerdybird.com/ Jill Pantozzi

    Then you may be interested to read this: http://www.newsarama.com/film/hey-thats-my-cape-which-green-lantern-justice-league-movie.html :)

  • http://twitter.com/IAmSteamgirl Steamgirl

    I’d love to see a Shazam film, but I’d like to pretend that the Suicide Squad doesn’t exist. Seriously, if that’s the film where Harley Quinn makes her big screen debut, I’d rather her stay animated.

  • http://twitter.com/JLeeMilliren J.Lee Milliren

    Im super excited for Arrow series, but I think I’m more excited to hopefully see Black Canary in it.  I also really want to see an Aquaman movie because I have always loved how lame he is so I dunno, its like I’m hoping the Aquaman movie is bad in that hilarous way.  But I’m dreading a suicide squad movie. 

  • TKS

     Thank you for that.  I am not much of a DC fan and forgot about John, so when I saw “I hope they have him be John Stewart…” I thought she was saying that she wanted Jon Stewart of the Daily Show to play GL.

    Which I would pay my money bucks to see.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=503633667 Tony Brasel

    Nevermind

  • Geena Phillips

    So whatever happened to Supermax?

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  • http://twitter.com/Inspirationplz Daina

    Really hope Harley Quinn finally makes a screen debut in the Suicide Squad movie. I love Harley but I do not want her relationship to the Joker to define who she is as a character. This maybe the character’s only opportunity to hit the big screen right now and if I was given a choice, I would rather deal with her mediocre redesign and her new role in the Suicide Squad than see the same tired, retelling of Mad Love and seeing a never-ending, resolutionless, pointless soap opera. There’s only so much one can take with seeing a relatively one-note character escape and fall back into hell again and again every time because of her poor choices in men. I’ve had enough seeing the same story played out like a broken record. I would like to see her in a story in where she will actually have resolution and actually learn something meaningful, instead of turning everything, in the end, into a cartoon gag. This is comics, not BTAS, it’s time for this character to either get serious or get lost.

    Ending my rant, it looks like a great year for comicbook movies. :D I hope most of them, preferably Suicide Squad, will get the same awesome treatment as the Avengers movie did.

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