Published on: 10th March, 2010
Christopher Nolan, the director of the dark Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, finally opened up about the reported “godfather” role he’ll be playing in another Superman franchise reboot.
In an interview with the LA Times, Nolan addressed previous incarnations of the Man of Steel, the tentative title for the new direction. He noted admiration for [...]
Published on: 9th February, 2010
The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan is overseeing yet another comic book hero reboot: Superman.
Warner Bros’ third incarnation of the Man of Steel will not be a sequel to 2006’s Superman Returns, but a fresh take on the classic Kryptonian character. Nolan is expected to merely play a “godfather” role as a mentor for the [...]
Published on: 26th August, 2009
Another Batman 3 rumor have surfaced and this one is almost as crazy as the last few. Johnny Depp as the Riddler, Cher as Catwoman, and now this made up nonsense. I probably shouldn’t even dignify this with a post, but if not you’ll hear it from some gullible person a month from now.
Harry at [...]
Published on: 24th July, 2009
At the San Diego Comic-Con panel for The Book of Eli, Gary Oldman dropped a big bomb on audiences on hand for the event. A crowd member asked him when we might see another Batman movie. Normally the cast, writers and producers have been waving this question off with “Well, we’re waiting on Christopher Nolan…” [...]
Published on: 20th July, 2009
In the competition to adapt comics for the screen, Marvel is clearly winning. DC Comics, owned by Warner Bros, may have set the stage with early adaptations of Superman and Batman, but their rival used the success of Spider-Man and Blade to drive the development of their other properties.
Since Marvel Studio started producing movies in [...]
Published on: 3rd May, 2009
This weekend the box office is being dominated by Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a conflicted comic book character perfect for his own spin-off film and stand alone back story. Unfortunately, the X-Men mutant movie was a bit of a disappointment in terms of quality, but as it rakes in more dollars this summer the studio [...]
Published on: 6th April, 2009
Last week Michael Caine did some interviews to promote his new movie Is Anybody There? Since no one seems to care whether anyone is there or not, the questions eventually turned to Batman.
Caine, who plays Alfred the butler in the current version of the comic book movies, talked about when we could expect the inevitable [...]
Published on: 11th February, 2009
Director Christopher Nolan has signed for his next movie with Warner Bros and it is not a third Batman. Nolan is directing Inception from an original screenplay he wrote with his brother Jonathan Nolan.
We don’t have many details on the project yet, but the trades are describing it as “a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within [...]
Published on: 18th December, 2008
Recently there have been a slew of unbelievable Batman 3 rumors that are completely false and mostly just embarrassing for the news outlet making them up.
The Sun is trying to claim Eddie Murphy is up for the Riddler. Come on, people. Christopher Nolan doesn’t even know if he’s doing Batman 3, so how does Eddie [...]
Published on: 10th December, 2008
The Dark Knight sold 3 million DVDs across both formats (standard and high-definition) in its first day across the United States, Canada, and the UK. Both formats were available in stores at midnight the morning of Tuesday, December 9.
Nikki Finke has the early numbers following the record-breaking release yesterday by Warner Bros. The 3 million [...]