Exclusive: Former Fifth Season film head Alexis Garcia has launched CAT5, an action film label that will be backed by his former employers, who are among other investors and partners to be announced at later date. As one of its first projects, CAT5 has signed on to co-finance Black Bear’s Levon’s Trade. The film is in production, with David Ayer-directing the Jason Statham vehicle that was adapted from the Chuck Dixon novel by Sylvester Stallone, with revisions by Ayer. Garcia joins as an executive producer. The film is in production in London and slated for wide theatrical release in the U.S. by Amazon MGM Studios on January 17, 2025.
Garcia spent seven years with Fifth Season and Graham Taylor and Chris Rice, helping build it from its 2017 launch as Endeavor Content. Before that he spent a decade at Endeavor/WME under Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, where he...
Garcia spent seven years with Fifth Season and Graham Taylor and Chris Rice, helping build it from its 2017 launch as Endeavor Content. Before that he spent a decade at Endeavor/WME under Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, where he...
- 5/2/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s no denying that the only major Superman villains to have gotten any limelight in the movies are Lex Luthor and General Zod. But given the opportunity, Superman helmer Zack Snyder would have introduced a different and more significant villain from the comics that would have changed the trajectory of his Man of Steel sequel.
Hollywood filmmaker Zack Snyder (image credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Renowned filmmaker Zack Snyder noted spending countless hours percolating ideas for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Among all the important details surrounding the project, Snyder mentioned discussing the idea of introducing a great antagonist for his second comic-book movie that majorly focused on the villain.
Zack Snyder Wanted a Classic Villain for Superman
After his blockbuster hit Man of Steel movie in 2013, Zack Snyder began planning for a sequel to that storyline. Willing to focus mainly on the antagonist this time, the filmmaker claimed to...
Hollywood filmmaker Zack Snyder (image credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Renowned filmmaker Zack Snyder noted spending countless hours percolating ideas for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Among all the important details surrounding the project, Snyder mentioned discussing the idea of introducing a great antagonist for his second comic-book movie that majorly focused on the villain.
Zack Snyder Wanted a Classic Villain for Superman
After his blockbuster hit Man of Steel movie in 2013, Zack Snyder began planning for a sequel to that storyline. Willing to focus mainly on the antagonist this time, the filmmaker claimed to...
- 4/26/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
Fallout Director Jonathan Nolan & The Dark Knight Rises ( Photo Credit – Flickr; IMDb )
Jonathan Nolan has been busy promoting his new game-based sci-fi series, Fallout. The writer-director is well-known for his exciting collaboration with his brother and filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Among the several projects the Nolan brothers worked together as writers, one of them is The Dark Knight Rises. The superhero film stars Christian Bale and Tom Hardy.
After treating the audience with an amazing The Dark Knight movie in 2008, Christopher Nolan gave fans the third and final film ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in 2012. The villain, our favourite Batman, had to fight in the threequel was Bane. However, Jonathan Nolan revealed that he wasn’t sure about introducing Tom Hardy’s Bane in the third movie and wanted Riddler as a villain instead.
In an interview with Variety, the Fallout director revealed that he even had discussions about the same with his brother,...
Jonathan Nolan has been busy promoting his new game-based sci-fi series, Fallout. The writer-director is well-known for his exciting collaboration with his brother and filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Among the several projects the Nolan brothers worked together as writers, one of them is The Dark Knight Rises. The superhero film stars Christian Bale and Tom Hardy.
After treating the audience with an amazing The Dark Knight movie in 2008, Christopher Nolan gave fans the third and final film ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in 2012. The villain, our favourite Batman, had to fight in the threequel was Bane. However, Jonathan Nolan revealed that he wasn’t sure about introducing Tom Hardy’s Bane in the third movie and wanted Riddler as a villain instead.
In an interview with Variety, the Fallout director revealed that he even had discussions about the same with his brother,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Pooja Darade
- KoiMoi
Jonathan Nolan appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast to tout his latest television series, Prime Video’s “Fallout,” but the conversation touched on Nolan’s time co-writing “Batman” movies with his brother, Christopher Nolan. The siblings share screenwriting credit on 2008’s “The Dark Knight” and 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises.” Jonathan admitted that he was pushing for the Riddler to be the primary villain of “Rises” and not Bane, which is what Christopher and David S. Goyer were planning. Goyer co-wrote “Batman Begins” and worked on the stories for the two sequels.
“We had these conversations,” Jonathan said. “Bane came out of a conversation with David [Goyer] and Chris. I was unsure about that at the story stage, but I [didn’t want it to be] back seat driving. Chris understood that what we had done and what Heath [Ledger] had done with [Joker] — you didn’t want to go anywhere near it.”
“I started to play with...
“We had these conversations,” Jonathan said. “Bane came out of a conversation with David [Goyer] and Chris. I was unsure about that at the story stage, but I [didn’t want it to be] back seat driving. Chris understood that what we had done and what Heath [Ledger] had done with [Joker] — you didn’t want to go anywhere near it.”
“I started to play with...
- 4/10/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Christopher Nolan wasn’t initially sold on the idea of directing The Dark Knight.
The 2008 sequel to Batman Begins starred Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne aka Batman and Heath Ledger as the Joker. The Dark Knight is Christopher‘s highest-grossing film to date, having generated over $1 billion worldwide.
Christopher‘s brother Jonathan Nolan recently revealed that the Oscar-winning filmmaker didn’t want to direct another comic-book movie after Batman Begins.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Chris was on the fence about making another one,” Jonathan told Dax Shepard in the Armchair Expert podcast. “He didn’t want to become a superhero movie director.”
On Batman Begins, Jonathan recalled, “To me, it was like we built this amazing sports car, and I’m like, ‘Let’s take it for a drive. Don’t you want to make another one?’”
The Westworld co-creator then explained how he convinced his brother to direct The Dark Knight.
The 2008 sequel to Batman Begins starred Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne aka Batman and Heath Ledger as the Joker. The Dark Knight is Christopher‘s highest-grossing film to date, having generated over $1 billion worldwide.
Christopher‘s brother Jonathan Nolan recently revealed that the Oscar-winning filmmaker didn’t want to direct another comic-book movie after Batman Begins.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Chris was on the fence about making another one,” Jonathan told Dax Shepard in the Armchair Expert podcast. “He didn’t want to become a superhero movie director.”
On Batman Begins, Jonathan recalled, “To me, it was like we built this amazing sports car, and I’m like, ‘Let’s take it for a drive. Don’t you want to make another one?’”
The Westworld co-creator then explained how he convinced his brother to direct The Dark Knight.
- 4/9/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Christopher Nolan has one of the best superhero trilogies under his belt with Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises, but he once considered calling it quits after the first movie.
Jonathan Nolan recently sat down with Dax Shepard on the Armchair Expert podcast and explained that he had to push for his brother to return for The Dark Knight. “Chris was on the fence about making another one,” Jonathan said. “He didn’t want to become a superhero movie director.” While Jonathan said Chris was “very proud” of Batman Begins, he was also ready to move on to another project and needed some convincing to come back for more.
“We spent an hour telling the origin story, and that’s great, but it’s like, ‘what can we do with this?’” Jonathan recalled telling Chris. “Can we take the same characters and shift ever so slightly into a different genre?...
Jonathan Nolan recently sat down with Dax Shepard on the Armchair Expert podcast and explained that he had to push for his brother to return for The Dark Knight. “Chris was on the fence about making another one,” Jonathan said. “He didn’t want to become a superhero movie director.” While Jonathan said Chris was “very proud” of Batman Begins, he was also ready to move on to another project and needed some convincing to come back for more.
“We spent an hour telling the origin story, and that’s great, but it’s like, ‘what can we do with this?’” Jonathan recalled telling Chris. “Can we take the same characters and shift ever so slightly into a different genre?...
- 4/8/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Jonathan Nolan said during a recent interview on the “Armchair Expert” podcast with Dax Shepard that it took some convincing to get his brother, Christopher Nolan, to agree to direct “The Dark Knight.” The filmmaker had already hit a superhero movie slam dunk with “Batman Begins” and was hesitant to make another comic book movie because he didn’t want his career getting pigeonholed.
“I worked on ‘Batman Begins’ in this slightly arm’s length capacity, but it was the one comic book my brother ever given me as a kid, ‘Batman: Year One,’ for my 14th birthday, and 10 years later I was on the set working with him,” Jonathan said, remembering thinking “this is nuts.”
“Chris was on the fence about making another one,” Jonathan continued, noting that Chris went straight from “Batman Begins” into helming the magician thriller “The Prestige.” “He didn’t want to become a superhero movie director.
“I worked on ‘Batman Begins’ in this slightly arm’s length capacity, but it was the one comic book my brother ever given me as a kid, ‘Batman: Year One,’ for my 14th birthday, and 10 years later I was on the set working with him,” Jonathan said, remembering thinking “this is nuts.”
“Chris was on the fence about making another one,” Jonathan continued, noting that Chris went straight from “Batman Begins” into helming the magician thriller “The Prestige.” “He didn’t want to become a superhero movie director.
- 4/8/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
2024 is shaping up to be a great year to be a horror fan and certified Sicko™ because every day seems to bring a fresh bit of news guaranteed to scare the squares. Michael Mohan and Sydney Sweeney's "Immaculate" is causing a moral panic among conservatives, "Late Night with the Devil" is allegedly bringing in dollar amounts that match the mark of the beast, and it was recently revealed that "The First Omen" had to fight with the Motion Picture Association to earn an R-rating after receiving five separate Nc-17 hits. During an interview with Fangoria, director Arkasha Stevenson talked about making the sixth film in "The Omen" franchise and the first prequel film in the series, which included a "long battle" with the MPA over the film's content.
Typically, when horror films are given the Nc-17 rating, it's due to extreme violence or gore, but as Fangoria found out,...
Typically, when horror films are given the Nc-17 rating, it's due to extreme violence or gore, but as Fangoria found out,...
- 3/26/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Retired English actor Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors in cinema’s history. Although picky, the actor won numerous accolades throughout his career. Most of his performances, if not all, have been critically acclaimed. The proof of this fact is that he has three Academy Awards, making him the actor with the most Academy Awards for Best Actor.
Back to the part about him being picky, Day-Lewis has rejected roles in some great movies. For instance, he rejected the lead role in 1993’s Philadelphia and the role of the vampire Lestat in 1994’s Interview with the Vampire.
Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot
Another such role that Day-Lewis reportedly rejected was Batman. Zack Snyder once approached the actor for a role in Man of Steel, and it was not until much later that he revealed which role it was.
Zack Snyder on the Role He Had Written for...
Back to the part about him being picky, Day-Lewis has rejected roles in some great movies. For instance, he rejected the lead role in 1993’s Philadelphia and the role of the vampire Lestat in 1994’s Interview with the Vampire.
Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot
Another such role that Day-Lewis reportedly rejected was Batman. Zack Snyder once approached the actor for a role in Man of Steel, and it was not until much later that he revealed which role it was.
Zack Snyder on the Role He Had Written for...
- 3/14/2024
- by Ankita
- FandomWire
Dean Israelite Tapped To Direct Thriller ‘Can You Hear Me?’ For Hartbeat, The Hideaway Entertainment
Exclusive: Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat and The Hideaway Entertainment will partner to produce Can You Hear Me?, a new thriller scripted by Taylor Anthony Hopkins (The Last Reverie) and Luke Kelly-Clyne. Set to direct the pic, which is currently casting, is Emmy and DGA Award nominee Dean Israelite (Little Wing).
Can You Hear Me? follows a telephone scammer who learns that his nephew has been kidnapped and must collect a sum of money to get him back. Financed by The Hideaway Entertainment, the film’s producers are Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley, Patricia Braga and Luke Kelly-Clyne for Hartbeat, along with Jonathan Gray, Matthew Rhodes and Kristy Grisham for The Hideaway. Ty Walker and Kevin Healey are exec producing for Hartbeat, along with Ryan Cassells for The Hideaway. Jen Cox serves as co-producer, with production to kick off this summer.
“‘Can You Hear Me?’ furthers Hartbeat’s commitment to...
Can You Hear Me? follows a telephone scammer who learns that his nephew has been kidnapped and must collect a sum of money to get him back. Financed by The Hideaway Entertainment, the film’s producers are Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley, Patricia Braga and Luke Kelly-Clyne for Hartbeat, along with Jonathan Gray, Matthew Rhodes and Kristy Grisham for The Hideaway. Ty Walker and Kevin Healey are exec producing for Hartbeat, along with Ryan Cassells for The Hideaway. Jen Cox serves as co-producer, with production to kick off this summer.
“‘Can You Hear Me?’ furthers Hartbeat’s commitment to...
- 1/31/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
'V/H/S' director David Bruckner is helming a remake of 'The Blob'.TheWrap is reporting that the horror filmmaker will write and direct a new version of the film for Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.'The Blob' first hit cinema screens in 1958 and starred Steve McQueen in his first leading role. The plot follows a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that crashes to Earth from outer space, landing in a rural town, and proceeds to devour every living being in its path, growing in size each time, In 1972, 'Dallas' star Larry Hagman directed a sequel titled 'Beware! The Blob' and in 1988 Chuck Russell remade the original starring Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith.The original B-movie horror became a cult classic, and its goo special effects had a lasting impact on the horror and sci-fi genres.Phantom Four's David Goyer and Keith Levine of Phantom Four will produce, while Judith Harris...
- 1/10/2024
- by Philip Hamilton
- Bang Showbiz
2023 did not lack for good-to-great original horror movies. You can't hate a year that gave us "When Evil Lurks," "Skinamarink," "Talk to Me" and "M3GAN" (among several others). So who cares if Hollywood persists in remaking horror classics, even if it's already been remade (and remade well)?
Irvin Yeaworth's 1958 "The Blob" is hardly a sacred text. It's an effective monster movie that gets surprisingly decent mileage out of its gelatinous, slow-moving creature. Yeaworth tries the viewer's patience by trying to shoehorn in a rebellious teen storyline (which was the rage at the time thanks to hit films like "Rebel Without a Cause"), though who could blame him with first-time leading man Steve McQueen doing the rebelling? All that matters is that he sticks the landing with a fun, movie-theater-set finale. The awful 1972 sequel, "Beware! The Blob," is notable for being the only feature directed by Larry Hagman, who would later...
Irvin Yeaworth's 1958 "The Blob" is hardly a sacred text. It's an effective monster movie that gets surprisingly decent mileage out of its gelatinous, slow-moving creature. Yeaworth tries the viewer's patience by trying to shoehorn in a rebellious teen storyline (which was the rage at the time thanks to hit films like "Rebel Without a Cause"), though who could blame him with first-time leading man Steve McQueen doing the rebelling? All that matters is that he sticks the landing with a fun, movie-theater-set finale. The awful 1972 sequel, "Beware! The Blob," is notable for being the only feature directed by Larry Hagman, who would later...
- 1/10/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
A brand new take on The Blob is taking shape at Warner Bros. Discovery, and The Wrap reports tonight that David Bruckner is on board to both write and direct the reimagining of the classic horror story.
The Wrap notes in their exclusive report tonight, “Plot details about the reimagining are being kept under wraps. The original 1958 The Blob tells the story of an amorphous alien lifeform that descends upon a rural Pennsylvania town and begins consuming anyone it comes into contact with. The alien, an expanding mass of red gelatinous material, grows as it eats and is strong enough to pull human victims into itself from all directions.”
David Goyer and Keith Levine of Phantom Four are attached to produce David Bruckner’s fresh new take on The Blob, with Judith Harris serving as executive producer.
The Blob was first introduced with the Steve McQueen starring horror classic back...
The Wrap notes in their exclusive report tonight, “Plot details about the reimagining are being kept under wraps. The original 1958 The Blob tells the story of an amorphous alien lifeform that descends upon a rural Pennsylvania town and begins consuming anyone it comes into contact with. The alien, an expanding mass of red gelatinous material, grows as it eats and is strong enough to pull human victims into itself from all directions.”
David Goyer and Keith Levine of Phantom Four are attached to produce David Bruckner’s fresh new take on The Blob, with Judith Harris serving as executive producer.
The Blob was first introduced with the Steve McQueen starring horror classic back...
- 1/9/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
According to The Wrap, David Bruckner has signed on to write and direct a remake of The Blob for Warner Bros. Discovery.
The original 1958 movie starred a young Steve McQueen, in his first leading role, and revolved around a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that crashed in a small Pennsylvania town and began consuming everyone and everything in its path. Plot details for this latest remake of The Blob remain under wraps, but… I’m sure you can use your imagination.
The original film was followed by a 1972 sequel, Beware! The Blob, directed by Larry Hagman of all people. Chuck Russell directed the first remake of The Blob in 1988, which featured much more gruesome effects. Although it was a box office failure at the time, the film has developed a strong following.
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David Bruckner is best known for helming The Ritual, The Night House,...
The original 1958 movie starred a young Steve McQueen, in his first leading role, and revolved around a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that crashed in a small Pennsylvania town and began consuming everyone and everything in its path. Plot details for this latest remake of The Blob remain under wraps, but… I’m sure you can use your imagination.
The original film was followed by a 1972 sequel, Beware! The Blob, directed by Larry Hagman of all people. Chuck Russell directed the first remake of The Blob in 1988, which featured much more gruesome effects. Although it was a box office failure at the time, the film has developed a strong following.
Related Best Horror Movies on Max Right Now
David Bruckner is best known for helming The Ritual, The Night House,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The modern comic book movie era -- which began in, take your pick, 1998 with Stephen Norrington's surprise hit "Blade", 2000 with Bryan Singer's bonafide blockbuster "X-Men," or 2002 with Sam Rami's four-quadrant phenomenon "Spider-Man -- might've looked a lot different had certain key players signed on to write and/or direct different projects that were in the works at the same time as the films wound up turning superhero flicks into the dominant genre of the 21st century thus far (though that may be changing).
The period between the release of "Blade" and the shocking success of Jon Favreau's "Iron Man" was rife with maneuvering within multiple studios, particularly when it came to the Marvel Universe. 20th Century Fox controlled the rights to the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, Sony owned Spider-Man, Universal had the Hulk and Sub-Mariner, and New Line battled like hell to make an...
The period between the release of "Blade" and the shocking success of Jon Favreau's "Iron Man" was rife with maneuvering within multiple studios, particularly when it came to the Marvel Universe. 20th Century Fox controlled the rights to the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, Sony owned Spider-Man, Universal had the Hulk and Sub-Mariner, and New Line battled like hell to make an...
- 12/10/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Now that the Marvel Cinematic Universe seems to be winding down in earnest (films like "The Marvels" and shows like "Secret Invasion" aren't nearly as successful as their forbears), perhaps audiences may finally be able to speak about the series as it if weren't an inevitability. The MCU indeed stood like a mighty colossus over the entire film industry for the better part of 15 years, but there was nothing beyond our uncreative assumptions to indicate that it had to happen or that it would last forever.
Perhaps with that attitude gone, audiences will be able to see films like "Blade" as a stylish action/horror flick unto itself, and not a dry run for something better down the line. Perhaps the 1996 pilot for "Generation X" can be accepted merely as a low-budget, MTV-inflected take on the X-Men. And perhaps TV movies like David Goyer's 1998 actioner "Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D....
Perhaps with that attitude gone, audiences will be able to see films like "Blade" as a stylish action/horror flick unto itself, and not a dry run for something better down the line. Perhaps the 1996 pilot for "Generation X" can be accepted merely as a low-budget, MTV-inflected take on the X-Men. And perhaps TV movies like David Goyer's 1998 actioner "Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D....
- 12/8/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
In a galaxy far, far away, Guillermo del Toro might have once directed a Star Wars movie about Jabba the Hutt. In our galaxy, however, the project is one of many tantalizing features within the Star Wars universe that never came to fruition.
Speaking to Collider, the Oscar-winning filmmaker confirmed his potential Star Wars film was about the monstrous space gangster who made his first official appearance in “Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi.”
“We had the rise and fall of Jabba the Hutt, so I was super happy,” del Toro said. “We were doing a lot of stuff, and then it’s not my property, it’s not my money, and then it’s one of those 30 screenplays that goes away. Sometimes I’m bitter, sometimes I’m not. I always turn to my team and say, ‘Good practice, guys. Good practice. We designed a great world.
Speaking to Collider, the Oscar-winning filmmaker confirmed his potential Star Wars film was about the monstrous space gangster who made his first official appearance in “Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi.”
“We had the rise and fall of Jabba the Hutt, so I was super happy,” del Toro said. “We were doing a lot of stuff, and then it’s not my property, it’s not my money, and then it’s one of those 30 screenplays that goes away. Sometimes I’m bitter, sometimes I’m not. I always turn to my team and say, ‘Good practice, guys. Good practice. We designed a great world.
- 10/9/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Before Disney scrapped the idea, Guillermo Del Toro was poised to direct a Star Wars film centered on Jabba the Hutt.
The director confirmed the plans in an interview with Collider. The film was written by David Goyer (The Dark Knight trilogy) about four years ago, but was ultimately canned for unexplained reasons.
“In the last moment, things go away. I’ve had it happen many, many, many times,” Del Toro said. “We had the rise and fall of Jabba the Hutt, so I was super happy. We were doing a lot of stuff, and then — it’s not my property, it’s not my money. It’s one of those 30 screenplays that goes away.”
Del Toro continued, “Sometimes I’m bitter, sometimes I’m not. I always turn to my team and say, ‘Good practice, guys. Good practice. We designed a great world, we designed great stuff, we learned.
The director confirmed the plans in an interview with Collider. The film was written by David Goyer (The Dark Knight trilogy) about four years ago, but was ultimately canned for unexplained reasons.
“In the last moment, things go away. I’ve had it happen many, many, many times,” Del Toro said. “We had the rise and fall of Jabba the Hutt, so I was super happy. We were doing a lot of stuff, and then — it’s not my property, it’s not my money. It’s one of those 30 screenplays that goes away.”
Del Toro continued, “Sometimes I’m bitter, sometimes I’m not. I always turn to my team and say, ‘Good practice, guys. Good practice. We designed a great world, we designed great stuff, we learned.
- 10/9/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Film News
The Sandman is set to return for Season 2, here's everything we know about the cast, plot, and release of the Netflix follow-up.
Despite having released its 11-episode first season in August 2022, The Sandman wasn't renewed by Netflix for Season 2 until November last year.
Alongside the announcement, creator Neil Gaiman confirmed he will reunite with Netflix, Warner Bros., and executive producers Allan Heinberg and David Goyer to "[bring] even more of The Sandman stories to life.”
Read full article on The Direct.
Despite having released its 11-episode first season in August 2022, The Sandman wasn't renewed by Netflix for Season 2 until November last year.
Alongside the announcement, creator Neil Gaiman confirmed he will reunite with Netflix, Warner Bros., and executive producers Allan Heinberg and David Goyer to "[bring] even more of The Sandman stories to life.”
Read full article on The Direct.
- 9/30/2023
- by Sam Hargrave
- The Direct
David Fincher hasn’t worked on a blockbuster franchise since making his infamous directorial debut on “Alien 3” — a film that he has since disavowed due to what he saw as excessive studio interference — but he has flirted with taking on big properties on multiple occasions. He spent years developing an adaptation of Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” for Disney with the intention of casting Brad Pitt. And more recently, he was briefly attached to direct Pitt in a “World War Z” sequel.
Fincher obsessives who are curious about his would-be blockbusters received an interesting tidbit this week when David Goyer made an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. Goyer is best known for writing DC movies for both Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder, but he began his career as a superhero scribe by writing all three “Blade” movies. On the podcast, he revealed that he...
Fincher obsessives who are curious about his would-be blockbusters received an interesting tidbit this week when David Goyer made an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. Goyer is best known for writing DC movies for both Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder, but he began his career as a superhero scribe by writing all three “Blade” movies. On the podcast, he revealed that he...
- 9/24/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Before X-Men or Spider-Man, there was Blade, the 1998 movie starring Wesley Snipes as the iconic vampire hunter. The film was written by David Goyer, who revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he originally developed a draft of Blade with none other than David Fincher.
At the time, David Fincher had only directed Alien 3, so he was far from the high-profile filmmaker we know today. “I developed a draft with Fincher before he had done Seven,” Goyer said. “I think he had done Alien 3 and maybe he was developing Seven. I developed a draft with him. I remember going to our producers office, and Fincher had this…there was this giant conference table. Fincher laid out 40 to 50 books of photography and art with post-it notes inside them. He said, ‘This is the movie.’“
Goyer continued, “[Fincher] took us on a two-hour tour around the table of the aesthetics of this scene,...
At the time, David Fincher had only directed Alien 3, so he was far from the high-profile filmmaker we know today. “I developed a draft with Fincher before he had done Seven,” Goyer said. “I think he had done Alien 3 and maybe he was developing Seven. I developed a draft with him. I remember going to our producers office, and Fincher had this…there was this giant conference table. Fincher laid out 40 to 50 books of photography and art with post-it notes inside them. He said, ‘This is the movie.’“
Goyer continued, “[Fincher] took us on a two-hour tour around the table of the aesthetics of this scene,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Back in 2013, Guillermo del Toro revealed that Lucasfilm had approached him about directing the new entry in the Star Wars franchise (which turned out to be Star Wars: The Force Awakens), but he had to pass on it because he was too busy working on other projects. Four years later, he confirmed there had been further talks about him doing something in the Star Wars universe. Now, during an interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, screenwriter David Goyer (who worked with del Toro on Blade II) said that he and del Toro had been collaborating on a Star Wars project, but it ended up being shelved. Like several other Star Wars projects have been in recent years.
Goyer said (with thanks to IndieWire for the transcription), “I wrote an unproduced Star Wars movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct. That was about four years ago. There was...
Goyer said (with thanks to IndieWire for the transcription), “I wrote an unproduced Star Wars movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct. That was about four years ago. There was...
- 9/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Guillermo del Toro almost entered a galaxy far, far away by helming a “Star Wars” film.
Screenwriter David Goyer said during the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that he wrote a “Star Wars” script that del Toro was going to direct back in 2019. However, Lucasfilm decided to shelve the project.
“I wrote an unproduced ‘Star Wars’ movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct. That was about four years ago,” Goyer said. “There was just a lot of behind stuff going on at Lucasfilm at the time but it’s a cool script. There’s a lot of cool artwork from it that was produced.”
Goyer added, “And then I have also wrote an unproduced, I have a script treatment, for an origins of the Jedi movie also for ‘Star Wars’ that I wrote for them that took place 25,000 years before the first ‘Star Wars’ film. I got to do the Vader Immortal VR thing,...
Screenwriter David Goyer said during the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that he wrote a “Star Wars” script that del Toro was going to direct back in 2019. However, Lucasfilm decided to shelve the project.
“I wrote an unproduced ‘Star Wars’ movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct. That was about four years ago,” Goyer said. “There was just a lot of behind stuff going on at Lucasfilm at the time but it’s a cool script. There’s a lot of cool artwork from it that was produced.”
Goyer added, “And then I have also wrote an unproduced, I have a script treatment, for an origins of the Jedi movie also for ‘Star Wars’ that I wrote for them that took place 25,000 years before the first ‘Star Wars’ film. I got to do the Vader Immortal VR thing,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
This is why we can't have nice things. Even though Guillermo del Toro has created some of the most indelible movies we've ever seen, there's an even longer list of unmade projects that the famed Mexican filmmaker has been attached to at one point or another over the decades ... but was never able to bring over the finish line. Sadly, most (if not all) of these will never come to fruition, leaving the rest of us to endlessly daydream about the possibilities. From "The Hobbit" to "At the Mountains of Madness" to his much scarier version of "Haunted Mansion," every del Toro fan remains haunted by what could have been.
His latest brush with franchise glory will come as no surprise to those who've been following the bread crumbs throughout the last several years. In 2015, we covered some intriguing quotes about what he'd do should he ever find himself in...
His latest brush with franchise glory will come as no surprise to those who've been following the bread crumbs throughout the last several years. In 2015, we covered some intriguing quotes about what he'd do should he ever find himself in...
- 9/21/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Guillermo del Toro, the acclaimed director of The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Hellboy, has revealed that he was once in talks to direct a Star Wars movie written by David Goyer, the screenwriter of The Dark Knight trilogy, Man of Steel, and Blade1. The project, however, never came to fruition, and del Toro has since moved on to other ventures.
Now there are reports that this collaboration might happen in the near future.
Del Toro’s Star Wars movie was not part of the main saga, but rather a standalone spin-off film that would focus on one of the most iconic and notorious characters in the galaxy: Jabba the Hutt. Del Toro had envisioned a Godfather-like saga that would explore Jabba’s rise to power as a crime lord and his complex relationships with his family, rivals, and allies2.
Del Toro first mentioned his idea for a Jabba...
Now there are reports that this collaboration might happen in the near future.
Del Toro’s Star Wars movie was not part of the main saga, but rather a standalone spin-off film that would focus on one of the most iconic and notorious characters in the galaxy: Jabba the Hutt. Del Toro had envisioned a Godfather-like saga that would explore Jabba’s rise to power as a crime lord and his complex relationships with his family, rivals, and allies2.
Del Toro first mentioned his idea for a Jabba...
- 9/21/2023
- by CineArticles Editorial Team
- https://thecinemanews.online/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_4649
The first Batman film Christopher Nolan did kicked off his highly successful Dark Knight trilogy. But when he was in the midst of doing Batman Begins, he kept sequel talks at a minimum.
Christopher Nolan stopped himself from thinking about sequels while filming ‘Batman Begins’ Christopher Nolan | Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images
Part of the reason why Nolan wanted to tackle a Batman film was to explore the character’s origin story. Richard Donner’s Superman served as huge inspiration for Nolan’s Batman Begins. The filmmaker was motivated by the fact that Batman never experienced his cinematic origin film the way Superman did.
“I can remember the trailers for it, I can remember about Superman the movie, all of that. And it was very clear to me that however brilliant — and it was very brilliant —Tim Burton’s take on Batman was in 1989, and it was obviously a worldwide smash,...
Christopher Nolan stopped himself from thinking about sequels while filming ‘Batman Begins’ Christopher Nolan | Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images
Part of the reason why Nolan wanted to tackle a Batman film was to explore the character’s origin story. Richard Donner’s Superman served as huge inspiration for Nolan’s Batman Begins. The filmmaker was motivated by the fact that Batman never experienced his cinematic origin film the way Superman did.
“I can remember the trailers for it, I can remember about Superman the movie, all of that. And it was very clear to me that however brilliant — and it was very brilliant —Tim Burton’s take on Batman was in 1989, and it was obviously a worldwide smash,...
- 9/3/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
"Star Trek" has a long and proud history of having its star actors make the leap to the other side of the camera and flourish as directors in their own right. None other than Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy, took the reins on both "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" and its follow-up, "The Voyage Home" -- not to mention the various other films he would go on to direct (and almost direct), too. Jonathan Frakes, who portrayed the irrepressible William Riker on "The Next Generation" and "Star Trek: Picard," also tried his hand at directing and would quickly become a franchise regular in the director's chair throughout various other "Trek" shows and movies, as well. But "Star Trek: Voyager" gave way to a truly unique career, which saw Roxann Dawson go from playing the fiery half-Klingon, half-human B'Elanna Torres to finding great success as a gun-for-hire television director.
- 9/1/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Fans of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" always got a little giddy when Brannon Braga's name appeared in an episode's writing credits. Braga became a staff writer on Tng in its fourth season, right when the show was getting great. Braga was often the one responsible for the weirder, more psychedelic episodes of the show, starting with "Identity Crisis," a 1991 episode wherein Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) transformed into an invisible alien.
Braga proceeded to write the episode wherein multiple clones of Data (Brent Spiner) took over an Old West town. He wrote the episode wherein the Enterprise was caught in a time loop and didn't notice until several go-throughs of being destroyed. He wrote the one where Riker (Jonathan Frakes) woke up in an alien asylum, convinced the Enterprise was a hallucination. He wrote the one where Barclay (Dwight Schultz) devolved into a spider and the one where Data started having nightmares.
Braga proceeded to write the episode wherein multiple clones of Data (Brent Spiner) took over an Old West town. He wrote the episode wherein the Enterprise was caught in a time loop and didn't notice until several go-throughs of being destroyed. He wrote the one where Riker (Jonathan Frakes) woke up in an alien asylum, convinced the Enterprise was a hallucination. He wrote the one where Barclay (Dwight Schultz) devolved into a spider and the one where Data started having nightmares.
- 8/26/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Clockwise from top left: Dracula (Universal Pictures), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Columbia Pictures), Dracula: Dead And Loving It (Columbia Pictures), Nosferatu The Vampyre (Anchor Bay Entertainment: Screenshot/YouTube)Graphic: AVClub
Count Dracula is one of the most adapted characters in history. In fact, more actors have taken on the...
Count Dracula is one of the most adapted characters in history. In fact, more actors have taken on the...
- 8/10/2023
- by Richard Newby
- avclub.com
When season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Foundation premiered in September 2021, showrunner David S. Goyer (the Dark Knight trilogy) famously revealed that he pitched Apple on an eight-season, 80-hour saga, walking execs at the company through an overview of how he saw the entire narrative unfolding.
“Apple knew that this was a big undertaking and they wanted to make sure that I was writing towards something,” Goyer told Decider at the time. “They said, ‘Can you take us through all eight [seasons]?’ and over the course of about two hours I did take them through all eight [seasons], so hopefully we’ll get there.”
Flash forward to now, with the premiere of Foundation season 2 happening this week on the Apple streaming platform, and Goyer says that he’s sticking to his original eight-season framework.
“It is still the case,” he tells Den of Geek at a London press day for the show.
“Apple knew that this was a big undertaking and they wanted to make sure that I was writing towards something,” Goyer told Decider at the time. “They said, ‘Can you take us through all eight [seasons]?’ and over the course of about two hours I did take them through all eight [seasons], so hopefully we’ll get there.”
Flash forward to now, with the premiere of Foundation season 2 happening this week on the Apple streaming platform, and Goyer says that he’s sticking to his original eight-season framework.
“It is still the case,” he tells Den of Geek at a London press day for the show.
- 7/13/2023
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Batman has some of the biggest iconography in all of superherodom. He has the cowl, the cave, the utility belt, and the car. He is arguably the only comic book character whose props and vehicles are as known as the actual character. This is especially true of the Batmobile, the only superhero non-sentient object to get its own spin-off show.
The Batmobile has been a part of every single Batman adaptation, from the Adam West show, to each of the film reinterpretations — which took influences from different eras of the comics. And yet, it feels like every time we get a new one, it is one of the biggest challenges for the design team and the crew (just ask Matt Reeves' crew on "The Batman"). But when it came time for Christopher Nolan to reinterpret the Batman mythos, his choice almost deprived us of a new Batmobile.
In a behind-the-scenes...
The Batmobile has been a part of every single Batman adaptation, from the Adam West show, to each of the film reinterpretations — which took influences from different eras of the comics. And yet, it feels like every time we get a new one, it is one of the biggest challenges for the design team and the crew (just ask Matt Reeves' crew on "The Batman"). But when it came time for Christopher Nolan to reinterpret the Batman mythos, his choice almost deprived us of a new Batmobile.
In a behind-the-scenes...
- 5/10/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Clockwise from top left: Spider-Man 2 (Sony), Blade (New Line Cinema), Howard The Duck (Universal), Fantastic Four (20th Century Fox), Elektra (20th Century Fox)Graphic: AVClub
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has dominated the superhero film landscape for 15 years and changed the blockbuster business for better and for worse. With Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has dominated the superhero film landscape for 15 years and changed the blockbuster business for better and for worse. With Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3...
- 5/10/2023
- by Richard Newby
- avclub.com
“Infinity Pool” actress Mia Goth has joined the cast of Mahershala Ali’s “Blade,” according to an insider with knowledge of the project.
Yann Demange, a French-Algerian filmmaker whose previous credits include Jack O’Connell’s “71” and Matthew McConaughey’s “White Boy Rick,” is attached to direct the vampire-killing actioner.
Michael Starrbury, who has penned episodes of Netflix and Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” and “Colin in Black and White,” wrote the latest draft of the screenplay.
Assuming all goes well from here, production will begin in Atlanta in early 2023. While the film will reportedly be darker than a stereotypical Marvel romp, the extent this film will straddle the line between the safely PG-13 MCU entries and New Line Cinema’s original hard-r trilogy with Wesley Snipes remains to be seen.
Also Read:
Marvel Studios Temporarily Shuts Down Production on ‘Blade’
When Stephen Norrington’s “Blade” debuted in...
Yann Demange, a French-Algerian filmmaker whose previous credits include Jack O’Connell’s “71” and Matthew McConaughey’s “White Boy Rick,” is attached to direct the vampire-killing actioner.
Michael Starrbury, who has penned episodes of Netflix and Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” and “Colin in Black and White,” wrote the latest draft of the screenplay.
Assuming all goes well from here, production will begin in Atlanta in early 2023. While the film will reportedly be darker than a stereotypical Marvel romp, the extent this film will straddle the line between the safely PG-13 MCU entries and New Line Cinema’s original hard-r trilogy with Wesley Snipes remains to be seen.
Also Read:
Marvel Studios Temporarily Shuts Down Production on ‘Blade’
When Stephen Norrington’s “Blade” debuted in...
- 4/12/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
When Tim Burton made his superhero noir "Batman" in 1989, his aesthetic choices were based on a very specific ethos. Because Batman was such an outlandish character (what with the bat costume and all) he wouldn't fit logically into the real world. Burton could either alter Batman in ways that he looked more realistic — anathema at the time — or he could alter the world so that it fits comfortably around a costumed vigilante. Burton took the latter approach, turning Gotham City into an expressionist landscape of colorful criminals and scary, near-supernatural shadows. The idea of shaping the world to fit Batman was an artistic approach that followed the character all the way through the mid-2000s.
When Christopher Nolan made "Batman Begins" in 2005, he took the opposite approach. Yes, Batman was still to be a caped vigilante in a silly-looking bat helmet, but Nolan constructed an elaborate sequence of events that...
When Christopher Nolan made "Batman Begins" in 2005, he took the opposite approach. Yes, Batman was still to be a caped vigilante in a silly-looking bat helmet, but Nolan constructed an elaborate sequence of events that...
- 3/31/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
I'm actually pretty stoked about James Cameron returning to the Terminator franchise to give us a new trilogy of films. Deadpool director Tim Miller is developing the film alongside Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to return to the franchise, and now we've learned from Cameron that Linda Hamilton will be back as well! She will reprise her role of Sarah Connor, which is so freakin' cool!
According to THR, Cameron made the announcement at a private event celebrating the storied franchise, saying:
"As meaningful as she was to gender and action stars everywhere back then, it’s going to make a huge statement to have that seasoned warrior that she’s become return. There are 50-year old, 60-year old guys out there killing bad guys, but there isn’t an example of that for women."
It's then revealed that Cameron and Miller are treating the next film in the franchise...
According to THR, Cameron made the announcement at a private event celebrating the storied franchise, saying:
"As meaningful as she was to gender and action stars everywhere back then, it’s going to make a huge statement to have that seasoned warrior that she’s become return. There are 50-year old, 60-year old guys out there killing bad guys, but there isn’t an example of that for women."
It's then revealed that Cameron and Miller are treating the next film in the franchise...
- 9/20/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Horror scribe Eric Heisserer ("Final Destination 5," "The Conjuring 2") has come onboard to write the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's acclaimed 75-issue Vertigo comic "Sandman" for New Line Cinema.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is attached as director and star of what they hope will be the first in a trilogy. David Goyer penned the treatment which Heisserer will work from.
Like the comic, the story follows Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, along with his powerful brothers and sisters including Destiny, Death, Destruction, Despair, Desire and Delirium.
Source: Heat Vision...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is attached as director and star of what they hope will be the first in a trilogy. David Goyer penned the treatment which Heisserer will work from.
Like the comic, the story follows Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, along with his powerful brothers and sisters including Destiny, Death, Destruction, Despair, Desire and Delirium.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 3/5/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
From rock operas to Wes Craven to Dazzler, here's some Marvel movies that never quite made it...
Recently, we looked at the DC movies that never got the greenlight. We saw hordes of Superman movies which didn’t make it to screen, along with Batman film ideas and whole hosts of other DC heroes whose movies plummeted out of production (You can read that piece here).
On the other side of the superhero cinema fence, we have the seemingly all-encompassing, game-changing Marvel Cinematic Universe at the height of its powers, the X-Men franchise in rude health and the still-fresh memory of Spider-Man’s hasty reboot. You could be forgiven for thinking that not as many Marvel movies have struggled to get made as their DC counterparts.
However, having delved once more into the ancient scrolls of cinema history (still better known as extensive Googling), we can confirm there’s plenty...
Recently, we looked at the DC movies that never got the greenlight. We saw hordes of Superman movies which didn’t make it to screen, along with Batman film ideas and whole hosts of other DC heroes whose movies plummeted out of production (You can read that piece here).
On the other side of the superhero cinema fence, we have the seemingly all-encompassing, game-changing Marvel Cinematic Universe at the height of its powers, the X-Men franchise in rude health and the still-fresh memory of Spider-Man’s hasty reboot. You could be forgiven for thinking that not as many Marvel movies have struggled to get made as their DC counterparts.
However, having delved once more into the ancient scrolls of cinema history (still better known as extensive Googling), we can confirm there’s plenty...
- 9/4/2014
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
Here's NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt on the network's Constantine tv series that was recently ordered to pilot [via IGN]. Said Greenblatt, "I don’t know the DC comic very well, but there is dark, interesting stuff in it, but it’s also got some witty banter. It’s a fun tone, although the supernatural stuff is scary." And on the ever-present question of crossover potential with the other DC shows (Arrow and Flash on CW, Gotham on Fox), Greenblatt would only say, "Cross-network is really hard. It’s hard enough to do it within your network. I think let us see how the pilot goes before we answer that question!” David Goyer (Batman vs Superman) and Daniel Cerone (Dexter, The Mentalist) are executive producing the project for NBC. Stay tuned to find out if Constantine gets a full season order or ends up like the peacock network's last DC Comics...
- 1/20/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
News Overload contains news we haven't written a post for as well as cool stuff we've come across. Enjoy!
Indescribably Beautiful: Superman & Batman Leg Lamps [ Geekologie ]
Supercut of Characters Saying ‘I Don’t Believe This Guy!’ in Movies (Above) [ Laughing Squid ]
Rumor: Fantastic Four Reboot Has a Year to Start Shooting [ Comic Book ]
New Space Beer Is Made With Actual Moondust [ Gizmodo ]
Adaptation Of DC Comics’ Constantine From Daniel Cerone & David Goyer Lands At NBC [ Deadline ]
Aliens Behind the Scenes Pic [ AICN ]
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Come Under Attack in 18 New Images & Clip [ Marvel ]
Jon Hamm on ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ Parallels: ‘We’re Both These Sort of Bastard Stepchildren’ [ The Wrap ]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Emily VanCamp on Agent 13 [ Comic Book ]
Joel Fry Joins The Cast Of Game Of Thrones Season Four As 'Hizdahr zo Loraq' [ Cbm ]
Spider Man Mask 3D Deco/Night Light [ 3D Light FX ]
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Unveils T-Shirts, Posters & More [ Marvel ]
How to increase your iPhone’s battery life on...
Indescribably Beautiful: Superman & Batman Leg Lamps [ Geekologie ]
Supercut of Characters Saying ‘I Don’t Believe This Guy!’ in Movies (Above) [ Laughing Squid ]
Rumor: Fantastic Four Reboot Has a Year to Start Shooting [ Comic Book ]
New Space Beer Is Made With Actual Moondust [ Gizmodo ]
Adaptation Of DC Comics’ Constantine From Daniel Cerone & David Goyer Lands At NBC [ Deadline ]
Aliens Behind the Scenes Pic [ AICN ]
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Come Under Attack in 18 New Images & Clip [ Marvel ]
Jon Hamm on ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ Parallels: ‘We’re Both These Sort of Bastard Stepchildren’ [ The Wrap ]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Emily VanCamp on Agent 13 [ Comic Book ]
Joel Fry Joins The Cast Of Game Of Thrones Season Four As 'Hizdahr zo Loraq' [ Cbm ]
Spider Man Mask 3D Deco/Night Light [ 3D Light FX ]
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Unveils T-Shirts, Posters & More [ Marvel ]
How to increase your iPhone’s battery life on...
- 9/30/2013
- by Free Reyes
- GeekTyrant
The Hollywood Reporter offers a detailed look at how this controversy arose in the first place, beginning with the fact that Fox, following the release of X2, had made the decision to come up with films focusing on individual characters — this despite the fact that a third X-Men film was planned. "So in 2004, David Benioff was hired to pen a Wolverine spinoff, and Turner was hired to write a Magneto spinoff," says the article. "Over the next four years, those two scripts were developed and eventually re-branded as X-Men Origins: Wolverine and X-Men Origins: Magneto. David Goyer came on to direct Magneto in April 2007 and also worked a bit on Turner's script, which took a look at Magneto's origins as a Holocaust survivor and his early friendship with Professor Charles Xavier. Even though it was ready to cast and go forward, Fox kept waiting to get X-Men Origins: Wolverine...
- 4/27/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
With Zack Snyder heading up Superman: The Man of Steel, expectations are high that the man behind 300 and Watchmen can bring a Dark Knight-level of success to Big Blue. As Superman Returns proved, however, achieving greatness isn't easy. Like so many superhero films of late, what seemed like a great idea for a Superman story didn't quite materialize on the big screen.
Man of Steel is set to begin filming this year, so I've thought hard about how the director can really make this film work. I've now compiled five different ways Zach Snyder can make us all happy to see the Last Son of Krypton on the big screen again.
It wasn't that Superman Returns was a bad film; it just wasn't particularly great. Returns was at its best when it borrowed from the original Christopher Reeve/Richard Donner film. Brandon Routh wore the cape well, and even...
Man of Steel is set to begin filming this year, so I've thought hard about how the director can really make this film work. I've now compiled five different ways Zach Snyder can make us all happy to see the Last Son of Krypton on the big screen again.
It wasn't that Superman Returns was a bad film; it just wasn't particularly great. Returns was at its best when it borrowed from the original Christopher Reeve/Richard Donner film. Brandon Routh wore the cape well, and even...
- 1/27/2011
- Cinelinx
Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's probably just another rumor about Zack Snyder's Superman. Bits of most-likely-false information about the Snyder directed, Christopher Nolan produced and David Goyer penned Man of Steel reboot have been jumping tall buildings in a single bound over the last few days and now there are so many, it's time to do a roundup. The rumors are as follows: Anne Hathaway might be playing Lois Lane, Matthew Goode might reunite with his Watchmen director to play Clark Kent, the Superman suit will be completely computer generated and West Africa (!?!?) will play a major role in the film. And while most of these tidbits are probably untrue, the fact that they are all coming out at once does, maybe, give them a little more weight. The project is definitely progressing. Read more about each rumor after the jump. Let's...
- 11/24/2010
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
With the recent announcement that Zack Snyder will be directing a new Superman movie [1], potential news about another major DC Comics adaptation has been understandably overshadowed. There was a lot of speculation about the possibility of a new Wonder Woman movie back in July, with reports that David Goyer might finally bring the Amazon Princess to the big screen. That doesn't appear to be happening, but last week news started to leak out about something else: a brand new Wonder Woman TV series. It turns out Warner Brothers Television is developing a new live action take for the small screen, and they've enlisted the help of an unexpected heavy hitter: David E. Kelley, creator of such legal dramas as Ally McBeal, Boston Legal and The Practice. While it remains to be seen if Diana will be a lawyer in this new version (maybe Kelley should take on She-Hulk instead), the...
- 10/8/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Just the other day it was announced that Zack Snyder would be directing the new Superman reboot film for Warner Bros. David Goyer wrote the script for the film, which apparently was rushed, and kind of a mess, and until now we really had no idea what the movie could possibly be about.
So what's in store for us with this new Superman flick? Vulture has learned that the story will follow the journalist Clark Kent traveling the world “trying to decide if he should, in fact, even become Superman.”
So it's going to end up being a retelling of Superman's origin story? That's exactly what I didn't want to see. It certainly sounds like the story was pulled from the twelve issue comic book series called Superman: Birthright, whcih was released in in 2003 and 2004. The comic was created by Mark Waid, and it's purpose was to streamline the comic...
So what's in store for us with this new Superman flick? Vulture has learned that the story will follow the journalist Clark Kent traveling the world “trying to decide if he should, in fact, even become Superman.”
So it's going to end up being a retelling of Superman's origin story? That's exactly what I didn't want to see. It certainly sounds like the story was pulled from the twelve issue comic book series called Superman: Birthright, whcih was released in in 2003 and 2004. The comic was created by Mark Waid, and it's purpose was to streamline the comic...
- 10/6/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Zack Snyder's Superman movie will feature General Zod as its villain, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The character, a survivor from Superman's home planet Krypton, first appeared in a 1961 issue of Adventure Comics and has since featured in Man of Steel film and TV incarnations. Terence Stamp portrayed Zod opposite Christopher Reeve in 1980's Superman II, while more recently Callum Blue appeared as the character in Smallville. Snyder will direct Superman from a script by David Goyer. Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder are all on (more)...
- 10/5/2010
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
What is it about cigarette-puffing Madison Avenue types that screams capes and super powers? Today’s most exciting rumor award goes to the gloriously welcome idea of Jon Hamm pulling on blue tights and taking that shiny black hair of his on a ride through the sky. The Mad Men star’s lantern jaw has long been bandied about as an obvious fit for a Superman reboot, with director/comic book geek Kevin Smith wholeheartedly endorsing the prospect last year. Today, unconfirmed reports have begun swirling again that Hamm is being “seriously considered” for the David Goyer-penned script that...
- 9/14/2010
- by Karen Valby
- EW.com - PopWatch
When George Reeves began the TV series 'Adventures of Superman' he was 37 years old, and he continued playing the role of Clark Kent/Superman into his mid-40s before the show was canceled. But in the fifty years since, the DC Comics character has been more associated with younger actors, particularly through the more recent success of another TV adaptation, 'Smallville.' That said, people are once again spreading the two-month-old rumor that Warner Bros. seriously wants Jon Hamm to star in the studio's next 'Superman' reboot. The 'Mad Men' actor is going to be 40 next March, but should that matter if he's otherwise perfect for the part?
Some have noted that other recent comic book movies feature 40-something leads, such as 'Iron Man' (Robert Downey Jr.) and 'Wolverine' (Hugh Jackman). And well, if Superman could be a teenager in 'Smallville,' why couldn't he...
Some have noted that other recent comic book movies feature 40-something leads, such as 'Iron Man' (Robert Downey Jr.) and 'Wolverine' (Hugh Jackman). And well, if Superman could be a teenager in 'Smallville,' why couldn't he...
- 9/14/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
In December 2012, a new Superman will soar on to the big screen, with Christopher Nolan producing and his brother Jonathan Nolan teaming up with David Goyer to write the screenplay.
At one point it was said Chris Columbus (Harry Potter 1 & 2, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) was offered the chance to direct but that proved to be a baseless rumour and it seems Jonathan Nolan is in line to helm the feature in what would be his directing debut.
The one major missing ingredient is who will be playing the new Clark Kent/Superman.
But that hasn't stopped the speculation. Here we take a look at the candidates and give you the chance to vote on your favourite.
Chuck star Zachary Levi was said to have auditioned for the role, but he later dismissed the reports, telling IGN: "It's complete fiction. I start getting these text messages from my friends,...
At one point it was said Chris Columbus (Harry Potter 1 & 2, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) was offered the chance to direct but that proved to be a baseless rumour and it seems Jonathan Nolan is in line to helm the feature in what would be his directing debut.
The one major missing ingredient is who will be playing the new Clark Kent/Superman.
But that hasn't stopped the speculation. Here we take a look at the candidates and give you the chance to vote on your favourite.
Chuck star Zachary Levi was said to have auditioned for the role, but he later dismissed the reports, telling IGN: "It's complete fiction. I start getting these text messages from my friends,...
- 8/10/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Heat Vision Blog recently spread the word that, according to Smallville producers, Darkseid will be the main bad guy in the show's final season. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Tom Welling will be directing an episode and sure, sure, sure, so will Justin Hartley but, c'mon, who cares about that stuff when we know that Darkseid is going to be in Smallville? How weird, unusual and exciting is that, huh?!
Many of you reading this might ask: "What's a Darkseid and how does it affect the Superman movie series?!" Well, I'll tell you! About the former. I don't know how it'll affect the latter. I'm hoping that David Goyer and Christopher Nolan's Superman idea is "edgy' and "dark." Not because I think it'd be good but because there's a good chance that Darkseid might show up in it. This guy is one bad mofo. Anyway! Here's a handy tip sheet telling you all about Darkseid.
Many of you reading this might ask: "What's a Darkseid and how does it affect the Superman movie series?!" Well, I'll tell you! About the former. I don't know how it'll affect the latter. I'm hoping that David Goyer and Christopher Nolan's Superman idea is "edgy' and "dark." Not because I think it'd be good but because there's a good chance that Darkseid might show up in it. This guy is one bad mofo. Anyway! Here's a handy tip sheet telling you all about Darkseid.
- 7/29/2010
- by Simon Abrams
- Cinematical
Christopher Nolan is putting together a "Superman" reboot for Warner Bros and has already put together an outline that David Goyer is using to write the script. All that's left now is cast Superman and make the movie. Speaking to CinemaBlend, "Superman Returns" star Brandon Routh revealed that he would love to play the Man of Steel in the reboot. He said: "I certainly would [love to play Superman again]. As much as I say I'm working to shake that off or shake it up, I certainly don't want to extinguish or get rid of it because it was a great honor and I would love to be able to return as that character." Meanwhile, "Smallville" star Tom Welling is getting ready to don the Superman suit for the first time on the show and has revealed that he too would love to play the character on the big screen. "It's not as simple as everyone would like to think,...
- 7/28/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
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