Did you hear Nolan and company being opposed to that? Perhaps you heard about the IMAX deal and were mistaken.

How many facial expressions does she have in this one?

Judging by the preview... the same one she ALWAYS has...

Didn't think that was terribly important with her.

Will Arnett? Yes please

No I read it on IGN

Then they were mistaken.

Yeah, I've read Nolan wants nothing to do with 3D.

http://movies.ign.com/articles/108/1085090p1.html

This was obviously before he decided to go with IMAX.

You totally read that wrong.

I'll say this hear rather then in the random comic book thread since it relates to a movie.

But Christoper Reeve is the best casting in any super hero/comic book movie ever. Superman I is still one of the best movies of it's kind.

Great all around.

I think Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool will overcome it. Patrick Stewart as Prof. X was pretty epic as well.

Alicia Silverstone was a terrible Babs Gordon.

I love everything about Superman (1978)

It's a really enjoyable movie. It still holds up very well in 2010. That is except for Margot Kidder's teeth. They should go back and fix that.

Everything else top notch even spinning the Earth backwards on it's axis.

She wasn't Babs Gordon she was Alfred's neice

Babara Pennyworth

Even worse.

Too Cute Allison Mack Will Not Be A Regular On Smallville 10:

"It’s amazing to think that Chloe Sullivan and I have been one in the same for over a third of my life," says Mack in a statement. "I'm truly humbled by the love and loyalty of all the fans whose enthusiasm has carried me - along with a cast and crew which has become my second family - over the past 9 and a half years. Out of respect for the amazingly loyal fans and the place I will always have in my own heart for Chloe, I’m coming back for several episodes next season to tie up Chloe’s 'Smallville' legacy properly. It’s been a life-changing ride,and I look forward to what lies ahead with the strength of a ‘superhero’ as my foundation."

Smallville 10 will be the final season as confirmed by Tom Welling himself. Hopefully Luthor and Lana will have guest spots to give the show a great send off. This is the producers' last chance for a Bruce or Diana (or both) cameo/episode so let's cross our fingers for that fanservice.

Too bad. Chloe was the only other mainstay left from the beginning of the show. They're probably gonna kill her in grisly fashion to set Clark off to be more than he ever has been.

I remember a few years ago, shortly after Infinite Crisis, Chloe was actually supposed to be brought into the Superman comics. There were news, interviews... they even had the issue solicited. Then it just kind of disappeared and never happened.

I haven't watched Smallville in several years, but Jesus fuck is Allison Mack ever hot.

Let's see how Welling does in the actual Superman outfit. Maybe after this is all over he can return as Sup in some movies?

Doubt he'd make a feature transition, it would screw up with whatever continuity DC's planning. Welling just play a whole new Superman, but if DC's worried about "confusing the fans", they won't try something like that.

I think the Smallville Superman costume will look different from the classical look since that's what they've been doing with the other heroes. Maybe something more hip and utilitarian. Perhaps they had a concept look for a while now.

Question is; will it be a 'final shot of the show' reveal or will we get to see a few episodes of Clark suited up first?

I mentioned this a long time ago. I think a new Superman series with the current Smallville cast [Or at least a few of them] would be pretty awesome.

It seems Welling's desires aren't too far from ours. While Lana and Lois were on the same show before, Lois was a bit player back then. Now that she's so important to the show, a plot having Lois and Lana crossing paths would be epic. Especially since Lana was becoming a 'shady' character in her last days and she could play an 'anti-Lois' when she returns.

Pa Kent would be awesome. And Ross for that matter.

It should def end with him Superman after he saves Lois he then drops the famous "Statiscally speaking flying still is safest form of travel."

Then it can end. It probably won't end like that :(

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Also, wasn't the mantra at the beginning of Smallville "No tights, no flights"? lol.

That was ten years ago.

You can only go so long in life without tights and fights. This applies to television characters as well

Yeah the motto is stupid now.

Anyone that has stuck around wants to see Clark as Superman.

I really can't wait for the next Batman. Now that Lost is over I need something to look forward to.
Hardly any good big blockbusters coming out this summer, or next really.
2012's summer is going to be wild.

Would I like Smallville? I'm in the market for new shows. I mean going back and watching too, not just jumping in.

The whole "no flights" thing is especially ridiculous. I could buy it before, because its not really something he would think he could do.

But then Kara comes in, is flying all around. Kandorians come in, are flying all around.

So Clark KNOWS this is something he should be able to do. Apparently, it should be quite easy too since all these other Kryptonians can do it within seconds of getting powers with no practice.

You can easily jump in. It's not hard to follow or catch up on.

However you probably wouldn't like it.

It makes Clark look like a fuckin pussy that he can't fly. Mind you Clark as always been a pussy until recently, but it really drives it home.

Captain America? Green Lantern? Thor? Fuckin Avengers?

...Smurfs?

Pretty much just Avengers and Batman 3. Those are potentially the last two big payoffs in the comic movie boom. Pretty huge.
On the other side of the coin, the 80 million dollar yet 3D, high school reboot of Spiderman is coming out. It would be nice if it didn't suck, but I think that will start the shark jumping of the trend.

JJ Abrams' next Star Trek is coming out that summer and although I'm not much of a Trek fan, I loved the last one and am really interested to see what's done there. Should be great.

I don't have very high expectations of Thor, but it should be decent. That's really all I'm looking for really, is a decent movie that sets him up well for Avengers.
Captain America I have higher expectations for, because setting him up well and making that movie hit will be a big factor in whether or not Avengers flies high.

This should be in the other thread, I suppose, but we've digressed to it.

I have a feeling that Thor and Cap are going to suffer from being "Alright! Let's set up The Avengers!" rather than "Let's make a great Thor/Cap movie."

I don't know, the Thor guys sound fairly passionate about it, and the Cap production would be that way by design (just look at the title).

Here's hoping for a behind the scenes doc on the Avengers production on the Iron Man 2 DVD.

More cartoons by DC are good than bad, so hopefully Green Lantern falls in the good category.

be interesting to see if they go with hal or not. they probably will, since he is the primary figure in the comics again but i always liked jlu's john stewart. way more than in the comics.

also, hopefully they won't put an origin story in. between new frontier, first flight, and the upcoming live-action film, i think we've heard the tale of abin sur's death quite enough.

It'll probably be Hal. With the movie and all, they want to cash in on that. Though maybe they'll go Corps style and just have them all.

Or maybe it is a series about Alan Scott. :shifty:

Word is The Flash and Wonder Woman are going to be greenlit soon.

:y:

Nolan Speaks About The World's Finest:

About the return of the a recast Joker:

On possible crossovers:

Disagree but if it keeps him focused that's fine. It seems as though his run with Batman is coming to an end and with him not directing Superman, the next team may be more receptive to a unified movie-verse.

The three-man writing team that did work on the Green Lantern screenplay, Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, and Marc Guggenheim (see “Green Lantern Movie Gets Writers”), has been hired to work on a sequel to Green Lantern and on a movie based on the Flash, according to Hollywood Reporter. They will produce treatments for the two films, then proceed to write a screenplay for one of the two, according to the report.



Green Lantern is cast and shooting in New Orleans (see “Angela Bassett in Green Lantern”), but it’s very rare for a sequel to be begun before the first film is even completed.



The Flash movie, which DC Entertainment CCO Geoff Johns is producing (see “Johns to Produce Flash Movie”), is now moving ahead based on Johns’ recent comic work on the character. It will utilize the Barry Allen version of the character, according to the report.

Where's that journalist from? That happens all the time.

DC is grooming Blue Beetle (the modern one) for a live-action series (presumably for the CW). No idea where DC's sudden confidence in the character is coming from though it should be noted that DC/WB wanted a young male superhero on TV just a few years (the thankfully aborted Dick Grayson prequel series). Also consider they may be planning Smallville's successor (which, imo, was really the whole deal behind The Graysons and that Aquaman pilot).

It seems Blue Beetle is actually far along and may have a showing at this year's SDCC.

I think his being popular on the Brave and the Bold cartoon probably has a lot to do with it.

I still like Ted Kord better than Jaime Reyes, but whatever.

This is a 'force-feed' push, I'm thinking, going from cameo appearances to a live-action series just doesn't seem natural to me.

yeah especially since they canned his solo title pretty early on, surprised they'd be backing him as the protagonist of a tv show now.

"Lazarus" is the name of Smallville's 10th season premier.

The new Blue Beetle sucks.

In any format.

Fuck you Fagnuts.

Margaret Weis Productions has added another game title with a tie-in to a popular media property with the Smallville Roleplaying Game, scheduled to release in August 2010.



Based on the CW’s TV series of the same name, Smallville focuses on super-powered action and coming-of-age drama. Players can take on the role of familiar characters from the series, such as Clark, Lois, or Oliver, or they can invent their own original characters and insert them into the world of Smallville.



The game uses an updated version of Margaret Weis Productions’ Cortex System called Cortex Plus, featuring the same core mechanics as its Serenity RPG and other products. Cortex Plus focuses on the character’s values and relationships.



The Smallville design team is lead by Cam Banks. The 192-page rulebook includes complete game rules and full-color interior pages. This will be a hardcover book. Suggested retail price will be $39.99. Stock number is MWP 1030.



Planned follow-up books include the Smallville High School Yearbook for October, and The Watchtower Report for December.


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Talk about waiting too long to bring something out...

Wow.

The animated sequel to Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is coming, and it's called "Superman/Batman: Apocalypse". It follows the second arc of the Superman/Batman series which introduced the modern Supergirl. Hopefully the classic voices return as it did with the first movie.

This makes Public Enemies the first of DC Animated's films to get a sequel.

and kind of least deserving one tbh

They need a Smallville video game.

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Hot off the heels of the new Superman/Batman sequel, Apocalypse, we now know that Summer Glau will be voicing Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl in the animated movie. Summer's made a name for herself portraying deceptively tough females in sci-fi/fantasy genre works, becoming Supergirl seems right up her alley.

I'd like to be right up her alley. Dig through her trash, see if she got some Terminator props in there.

Most of these animated movies kind of suck.

The only one that I have liked enough to watch a couple times is New Frontier. Though it has the advantage of having source material that is one of my favorite stories.

Public Enemies was based on a book.

I know that. But it isn't one of my favorite stories like New Frontier is.

Just making known Public Enemies has the advantage you mentioned.

I loved all the movies. Some I liked less, though.

Didn't say the advantage was being based on source material.

Said the advantage was being based on source material that was already one of my favorite stories.

But yeah, none of the movies have been horrible.

Haven't seen Wonder Woman or Crisis on Two Earths yet.

Wonder Woman was surprisingly good. It's honestly one of the very, very few takes on Wondy that I really enjoyed.

Crisis on Two Earths was okay, nothing terrible, but hardly the worst thing they've ever done. I did like their take on Flash, and Owlman was pretty badass.

Oh, man. Gotta admit to having struck half a boner watching that preview of Under the Red Hood.

Back in the books, Wonder Woman is getting an overhaul with a new creative team and direction. Jim Lee designed a new look for her, as her series aims to level more evenly with the other 2 major players of the DC Universe.

http://comicsmedia.ign.com/comics/im...9045114255.jpg

Not fond of it, but I'll give it a while.

http://comicsmedia.ign.com/comics/im...9045145894.jpg

It's the pants, they should make it a brighter blue.

Pants are fine. Its the half-jacket thing that bugs me. Too "90s".

Looks like the jacket 90s Superboy wore. Never been a huge WW fan or anything but dunno how I feel about them retconning her history. Mainly as to how it will affect the rest of the DCU (Donna Troy, Wonder Girl)...so does this mean she never killed Max Lord either?

Apparently all the current WW history is still there, Diana is just working her way back. All that seems to sound like a convenient fail-safe in the event people end up hating the new stuff. "Oh well, the timeline is fixed, yay, classic WW is back!" Or if it resonates they'll fold this urban WW into the DCU proper.

To be honest the whole premise of a city raised Diana would actually make for an interesting movie or live-action TV show.

i hear Kalyx triaD jerks off to anything penciled by J.Scott Campbell. He was a big Gen13 fan.

Megan Fox wants to be in Gen13 or something.

Gen13 would make a shitty movie. It wasnt even a great comic...it was just 'risque' for the time. It was the Skinemax of comics.

I never read them so I can't make judgment calls, gonna take your word for it.

Ya know what, I'm warming up to this new Wonder Woman. If her power level is shifted to be between Clark and Bruce (rather than be the lady who can fight Superman), and her personality is more modern progressive than 'feminazi'; I see this lasting longer than Blue Superman.

A Smallville appearance with her new suit and backstory could build massive awareness and appeal to sell the update. Being that Jim Lee designed the suit, perhaps they could slip it in DC Universe Online.

I'd prepare a cross-media blitz of Wonder Woman if I were taking it seriously.

Wonder Woman just looks like she raided Black Canary's closet. So now instead of looking like a stripper, she looks like a hooker. Blecch.

Smallville's SDCC Panel:

* Tom Welling will be there! The show’s leading man and exec producer will be making his second appearance at the Con.

* Welling will be joined by returning series regulars Erica Durance, Cassidy Freeman, and Justin Hartley at the show’s panel on Sunday at 10 a.m.

* Showrunners Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson will also be present to answer all your burning questions about the show’s 10th and final season.

* Did I mention acclaimed Smallville writer Geoff Johns will be moderating said panel discussion?

* Last but not least: You’ll be treated to an exclusive first look at the season premiere!

Why the hell does San Diego have to be on the opposite coast?

Does anybody think Tom Welling would be willing to be Superman is Nolan asked him?

didnt the guy who was in dukes of hazzard tell him not to do it so that he doesnt get type cast?

He played Clark Kent for ten years. Tom and everyone involved in Smallville are pretty much doomed to either legacy roles or something comic related (voice work in future comic animation or games, appearance in otherwise 'geeky' media).

thats what i was thinking but i remember hearing he turned down the role in superman returns

If that's legit there's plenty of reasons for him to do that at the time. Smallville's done after this season.

I might have to question Chris Nolan's sanity if he asked Tom Welling to play Superman in a movie.

I would also question Tom Welling's sanity if he turned the role down.

As far as risque 90's comics go, Danger Girl blows Gen13 right out of the water.

If you want risque comics, go find Empowered. It's a series of b/w graphic novels by Adam Warren of Dirty Pair fame.

It's about a girl who gets a super suit that as she uses its powers, it starts covering less and less of her body until it gets a recharge.

New WW looks more like Donna Troy.

I'd actually bang Diana now.

Thomas Jane voices the title character in Jonah Hex, a DC Showcase Original Short included on the Blu-ray and 2-Disc Special Edition DVD of Batman: Under the Red Hood, due for release on July 27th (see “Batman: Under the Red Hood”). The voice cast also includes Linda Hamilton, Michelle Trachtenberg, Michael rooker, and Jason Marsden.



Jane actually wanted to play the title role in the live action feature. “I actually wanted to do the live action film,” Jane said in an interview provided by Warner Home Video. “When they were casting the movie, I had a guy come and do my makeup, we took some photos and sent them off to Akiva Goldman.” Josh Brolin got the part; maybe Jane dodged a bullet on that one.




Jane spoke well of the animated version. “The animators did a great job in capturing the ugliness of the character,” he said. “He's not a pretty boy. He looks like he's been butchered by a blind barber. He's mean as hell, and I can't imagine anybody wanting to make love to the dude. He must be awful lonely. And that just makes him meaner.”



Jane claims geek cred by noting his love for the comics medium. “The medium is so broad, much more so than film,” he said. “There's so much more room in comics for genres, styles, flavors, different auteurs. That's what makes comics a great and timeless medium -- a medium that will always be a compelling way to tell a story.”

Jane's my fave Punisher.

I love Thomas Jane. He's one of those semi-obscure actors who I enjoy consistently. Everyone tends to have one of those.
Although, he's gotten a bit more recognition lately because of Hung.

I was a huge mark for The Mist, and probably only enjoyed the first Punisher because of him.

The Mist owned so hard.

To anyone that hasn't yet seen The Mist, or enjoyed it, I reccomend seeing it in black and white.
It was intended to be released that way, and was shot to have a lot of bright lighting and such to suit it. The studio didn't want to allow it though. It looks fantastic. The special effects look top notch because they weren't meant to be seen in full color. It's great because it has a classic horror movie feel and just suits the tone of the film wayyyy better.

The dvd I bought features the B&W version.