This just in: it seems someone at Warner Bros. has realized well done comic book movies can make money. Writer/director David Goyer, who penned the script for The Dark Knight, told Inland Empire Strikes Back Warner has placed all DC Comics movie projects on hold.
Goyer said the company is taking time to figure out a better plan for the development of these movies. They are, after all, cash cows with huge potential. The year 2008 will be remembered as a landmark year for comic book projects. Marvel Comics became the first comic company to have its own studio and …read more

There are some crises even a superhero can’t get past and union strikes are high at the top of that list. At a presser promoting the upcoming Dark Knight movie you may have heard about, producer Charles Roven said Warner Bros. has not given up on The Flash.
But Roven admits the writers’ strike and the looming actors’ strike haven’t helped the process out. While The Flash can move at light speed, travel through time on a treadmill and perform other such feats, lengthy contract negotiation is not among his skills.
Until then, I guess we’ll have to be satisfied with …read more

According to numbers provided by Nielsen, Marvel Comics’ Iron Man has made $177 million in 10 days. It raked in $50 million this past weekend to remain atop the box office charts.
 
Warner Bros. Speed Racer, which at one time was thought a potential rival for Iron Man, stalled into second place with $20 million. Critics mostly panned this Wachowski Bros. adaptation of the popular anime. Its price tag is rumored to be well over $100 million with millions more spent on marketing. Warner can’t be happy with this abysmal opening, Racer just barely edging out romcom What Happens In …read more

Black History Month is a perfect time to remember the most legendary African-American superheroes and their creators. This list will stimulate debate and that’s part of its intent. You will not agree with all my picks, the order in which they fall, or some notable omissions. I will still do some workups on the numerous honorable mentions that didn’t quite make this list.
I looked at a number of things: the character’s origins, impact, whether this character carried a solo book, launched a movie or just had an important story to tell. This installment presents #10-6.
10. Steel: Combining the African-American …read more