Steel Relevant...

Another featurette is out for the "Man of Steel" has been released...

This one is much longer than many of those two or four minute presentations that focus on a specific part of the film.  This one clocks in at almost fourteen minutes.  And there's plenty of new footage to drool over till you get the chance to see the film.  Take a look and prepare for Warner's DC plan to compete with Disney's Marvel strategy.

If Bunny Suits are smart then they're preparing more adaptations instead of just waiting to see if this Superman reboot is a success.  There are plenty of characters to be getting ready for film, and "Green Lantern" shouldn't keep them from moving forward.  The problem is they've got to have the right strategy and the right person to guide it.  Maybe it's time they put David Goyer in the advisory role on the DC Cinematic Universe the way Joss Whedon is on the MCU?

And hire someone to start adapting a film about a guy that gets a lot of chemicals spilled on him that make him move incredibly fast.  I'm mean, really, we all know that another Batman reboot is coming, but there are other great characters besides the Alien and the Vigilante.

Just a thought...

Hat Tip to Comic Book Movie.

Strength, Speed & Flight...

With each passing day we get more and more amazing footage from "Man of Steel" to marvel at...

Now we have three new featurettes from Norton Utilities that focus on Superman's powers.  Most of what they show is from the trailer, but there are a few scenes between the interviews we haven't seen before.  Take a guide to this Kryptonian's powers:


Strength.

Speed.

Flight.


I think we'll have to wait for the film to heat vision and cold breath...

Man Of Steal...

Up in the sky, it's a bird, a plane...


No, it's a sloooooooooow mo shot!



Wow, this was unexpected news...

Zach Snyder to Direct "Superman: The Man of Steel." Just when you think Darren Aronofsky was going to get it, someone else steals the job. And I'm not saddened by it, but I am surprised. A couple of years ago Snyder revealed that he was offered the directing gig on "Superman Returns" and he turned it down. So I thought that there was no way he'd accept this gig. I was wrong.

Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Snyder has indeed accepted the offer to turn around the Granddaddy of all Super Heroes and make him a twenty-first century property. I personally think that this is a good move. Snyder has a definite eye for the camera and I don't think the major complaint everyone had about the last one will be a problem with this one (that it was boring and not enough action). I tend to agree and feel that Singer's film was an attempt to make a "chick-flick" out of Superman. With Nolan producing, Goyer writing and Snyder directing this could turn out to be an intense film. Now all they have to do is deliver it by the holidays of 2012. And this isn't all to think about when it comes to Marvel's competition.

Expect to hear more about this and other DC franchises in a few weeks at a major Warner Bros. announcement...

UPDATE: The Hollywood Reporter says that the villain will be General Zod. Kneel before me!

Warner's Brother...

Up, up and away...


And here I thought Guillermo del Toro was a busy man...

If you've seen the news, David Goyer has pitched a project that he's writing as a trilogy of novels right now to Warner Bros. and they've bitten, or better to say, they've bought it. The novel, "Heaven's Shadow," which is written with author Michael Cassutt, is the first in a series (Part Two: Heaven's War, Part Three: Heaven's Fall). He will produce the films through his Phantom Four Films production company. No word yet on if he'll write the screenplays, but it's likely, him directing the projects, not so likely. But he's got so many projects there, he's not a tenant, he's part of the Warner family.

This is another in a long line of projects that the writer has set in play with the studio. In addition to writing "Batman Begins," the story for "The Dark Knight," his rejected "Flash" script, his current "The Man of Steel" script or his upcoming story idea for the third Nolan Batman film, he still seems to find time for other projects. Wow, where does he find the time? He must have a staff of social assistants to organize his life. It must be nice to feel so loved.

Or at least, so wanted...

Truths & Endings...

There has been a great deal of speculation around Christopher Nolan lately...

Many have wondered if he would actually come back and make a sequel to "The Dark Knight" with its amazing success and pentacle of super-hero adaptations. Could he? Would he? Why would he even try when he can walk away on top of the mountain, so to speak.

Then there is the talk about him having something to do with the new "Superman" reboot/franchise. Well, he's finally came forward to answer some of these questions with a surprising bit of repressed honesty. The Los Angeles Times has a great article and interview with the director that is as revealing as it is frustrating for a comic/film geek. Even though it reveals greater detail than I expected, I keep wanting more and more.

Have a read and wait for the painfully slow time to pass before enjoying the fruits of his (and brother Jonathan and Goyer's) labor...

A Ghost Of A Chance...

Things appear to be moving forward with the sequel another Marvel property...

David Goyer has been pretty loose with his lips lately about "Ghost Rider 2" and what the script will look like. Apparently it'll look a lot like his original script for the Hellrider. Which is a good thing. Goyer says the sequel will essentially be the original script he wrote with minor changes. One of the main ones is that there would be no need for an origin story. It's a really good script that I remember reading almost a decade ago. It's far better than the cheesy script that they wound up turning into the first film. Nicolas Cage's hammy role is quite different than Goyer's original take on the character.

Johnny Depp was rumored to be up for Johnny Blaze back then. This was years before he shot to stratospheric levels of fame playing Jack Sparrow. The tone of the script was a straight "R" and it'll probably be toned down a bit, but I wouldn't think much as most "PG-13" films would qualify with an "R" rating a decade or so ago. I think Sony has made a good move going this direction. Hopefully, this turns into the Ghost Rider film I wanted to see when I heard they were making one.

Time will tell...

Looking To Get Lost...

With "Lost" about to enter its final season, the network is looking for a replacement to the show...

Actually, it's been looking for a couple years. A show as popular and cult-like as this one is hard to come by and the Alphabet Network has been looking to have something ready to take on that mantle.

"Flash Forward" will likely be that show. It's good, real good. Well written, compelling characters that are expertly cast, and talented direction I might add (Goyer redeems himself for "Blade 3"). The story is sci-fi set in the present day world and it's twist is a hook that will keep people watching week after week to find out what's going on. Just as Lost was filled with strange mysteries and plot points we couldn't understand (hello, Dharma Initiative), but would watch week after week to get the answer, so FF has these important story lines as well. Many people will draw parallels between the two shows, but if I had to pitch it I'd go with this: "What if Lost and Heroes had a child named Jack Bauer?" That crudely would describe the show in a high-concept nutshell.

David S. Goyer has fashioned a show that's rich in characters and drama wrapped in a mystery disguised as a thriller. If you don't know what Fast Forward is, well imagine a story following several different people around the world as they try and piece together the reason for a massive worldwide blackout that happens one morning. Imagine if you and everyone on the earth suddenly lost consciousness and saw for those two minutes what your life would be like six months from now. What if what you saw was something horrible or an event you had waited for all your life. Would it be something that you could change? Could it be something that is man-made? And most importantly, why?

If you want to be drawn into this world then tune in that new HDTV to the ABC Network tomorrow night and become part of the next Lost. I've already seen this show twice and I'll be watching it again when it premieres. It's really that good. I can't wait to see how the story progresses.

Thursday night, become lost in this new world...

Rewriting The Max...

David Goyer told MTV in an interview that Warner Bros. is still moving ahead with the super-hero prison break out film...

Original "Supermax" writer Justin Marks, whom most recently worked on McG's Pre-20K film, is being rewritten (his work on the Nemo script is also being rewritten by Randall Wallace). Those of you that follow this blog remember our review of the script last year. I enjoyed it, but it didn't blow my socks off. I can only hope that Justin performed spectacularly on his Nemo rewrite.

Perhaps Warner has another angle on the script, then again, perhaps they don't and that's why the rewrite...