Wonder Woman, Aquaman Movies Rumoured

Something tells us that following the success of Man Of Steel Warner Bros are going to be circling the DC Comics canon like vultures.

But which hero will make it to the big screen next?

The smart money is on either Wonder Woman or Aquaman, following rumours that the studio is keen to expand the DC cinematic universe.

According to The Wrap: "Warner Bros' plan would be to release two Man of Steel films before moving on to the Justice League, a project everyone at Warner Bros unofficially acknowledges is being developed."

On the subject of a Justice League movie, Man of Steel writer David S. Goyer recently told Den of Geek: "It would be disingenuous to say Warner Bros doesn't hope that this would be the starting point for a shared universe. And Zack has said that Bruce Wayne exists in this universe. It would be a different Bruce Wayne from Chris' [Nolan] Dark Knight trilogy, and it would be disingenuous to say that Zack and I haven't had various conversations on set, around 'what if' and 'moving forward'.

"That having been said, it's all going to depend on the next few weeks. Warner Bros has hopes that there will be more Man Of Steel films, and that this will be the beginning of a shared universe. We could meet Batman, or Wonder Woman, or the Justice League in these movies. But they all hinge on box office reception.

"I don't know how many different iterations of Justice League they've tried to mount over the last decade or so. But for one reason or another they haven't happened. I think Warner Bros has seen - and Chris deserves the biggest credit for this - that we were able to revitalise Batman and turn it into the first billion dollar superhero film. And they're hoping that Superman will be revistalised as well. And if we can do Batman and Superman, then maybe we can move on to Wonder Woman, and The Flash, and characters like that..."

Warner Bros is yet to confirm its intentions, but frankly they'd be idiots not to put plans in place. As well as the universe-relevant Batman reboot we wouldn't be surprised to see the introduction of Supergirl to the Man Of Steel-verse, while Green Arrow, Hawkman and The Flash all have solo movie potential (the less said about Green Lantern, the better). And while we're at it, wouldn't a Zatanna movie be wonderful? 

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GG♥SF Want: Gorgeous Mondo Man Of Steel Posters

Just how gorgeous are these two new posters for Man of Steel?

Created by Ken Taylor and Martin Ansin for Mondo, each design is available in two colours and will be available for sale for three days only from Friday 14th June.

There's more info on the official site. If you fancy buying us a present, we're totally ok with that. 

Man of Steel hits cinemas on Friday, June 14.

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Man Of Steel: DCverse Cameo Rumoured

Word has reached us of a potential cameo in Man Of Steel that's very exciting indeed.

But spoilerphobes beware: this might be a spoiler.

**WARNING: We have no idea whether the following rumour is true or not, but it could be.**

A preview of the prequel comic for the film suggests that we might see Supergirl appear.

The story reveals that Kal-El's cousin, Kara Zor-El, exists in Man Of Steel continuity.

The preview, penned by Man Of Steel writer David S Goyer with art by Jerry Ordway, shows Kara awakening from a pod on a spaceship - check out a sneak peek below.

Man of Steel will debut on June 14.

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First Look! Tony Lee's Superboy #18

Ugh. All our friends seem to be doing amazing things and being successful this week. It's pretty revolting, to be honest.

BUT, we're nonetheless chuffed for Mr Tony Lee, who's bagged himself a schweet gig scripting issue 18 of DC Comics' Superboy. Well done that man.

The installment sees Superboy do his best to clean up the loose ends left after recent events in H'el On Earth. He lands in a new city, complete with a new identity and a new foe to contend with. Oh, and there's a guest-spot from Supes to boot. 

Here's a sneak preview (which we shamelessly stole off of Comic Vine):

Superboy #18 (plot by: Scott Lobdell, Tom DeFalco / scripted by: Tony Lee / art by: RB Silva, Rob Lean / cover by: Brett Booth, Norm Rapmund) goes on sale next Wednesday 13th March.

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A Dark Universe Update From Del Toro

We've been looking forward to seeing Guillermo Del Toro's take on DC's Justice League Dark ever since his Dark Universe project was announced.

But it seems we're going to have to wait a while before we see what he's got in store for the movie, based on DC's ongoing series which features a team of supernatural heroes led by John Constantine.

The filmmaker has told Total Film that he has has a writer on board, and is about to pitch to DC Comics and Warner Bros. But he's keeping details under his hat… for now.

"I am going to be presenting my storyline to DC and Warners of where I want to take this universe," he said. "We do have a writer, but until that is firmed up, I have to keep it a secret. I hope it happens."

Del Toro did reveal that he plans to draw from the origin stories of characters including Demon Etrigan, Swamp Thing and Deadman in the movie.

"I'd love to use the origins that are proper to each character. I love the idea of Jason Blood as a paladin and a knight," he added. "I love the entire Constantine mythology, the Deadman mythology, the Alec Holland Swamp Thing mythology. These are really rich things to well, and to dig."

Whatever happens, we're confident this is going to be all kinds of brilliant.

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Is Ben Affleck The New Batman?

We thought Ben Affleck's superhero days were done with the huge, flaccid flop that was Daredevil. Of course, the actor has redeemed himself in recent years with projects like The Town and Argo, but we still find it difficult to imagine him carrying off a lycra suit nowadays.

But Warner Bros, it seems, feel differently.

Rumour has it the studio wanted him to both direct and act in their upcoming Justice League movie, thinking he'd be the perfect bloke to inherit the Batmobile from Christian Bale.  

Latino Review's Elmayimbe tweeted: "Fun and fabulous fanboy fact of the day: did ya know when Affleck was approached to direct Justice League they also wanted him to play Batman?"

But we're taking this news with a big pinch of salt. Affleck claimed back in December that he has never had any kind of discussion regarding the Justice League movie - with regard to acting, directing, or otherwise.

"I just want to make it clear because it's not like I had something to even pass on," he told HitFix. "Because someone will eventually do Justice League and they'll go, like, 'Ben Affleck passed on it', and it won't be true.

"So I don't mind setting the record straight. It's one of those things where the closest I came was some people talked to me about it like at a meeting. They were like, 'Here's the stuff we're doing', you know? 'Here's what we're looking at'. That kind of thing. And they suggested it. But I don't think there's a script. I don't think there's anything."

As recent reports suggest that WB has ordered a total rewrite of Will Beall's script, we reckon it'll be a while before we find out if there's any real truth to these rumours.

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Should We Fear For The Justice League's Future?

After the success of Avengers Assemble, a box office hit for Warner Bros' Justice League of America movie should be a done deal.

But the big screen future isn't looking so bright for the DC team-up.

First, Fox creative consultant Mark Millar revealed that he thinks the project is a colossal waste of time and money, and now it seems the script is being unceremoniously scrapped by Warner Bros.

Eek.

The Kick-Ass writer told SciFi Now: "The characters were created 75 years ago, even the newest major character was created 68 years ago, so they're in a really weird time.

Singling out Green Lantern, he added: "His power is that he manifests green plasma from his imagination and uses them as weapons against someone?

"Even that in itself if you just imagine then watching a fight scene with a guy who's like a hundred feet away making plasma manifestations fight someone - it's not exactly raucous, getting up close and personal."

And he didn't stop there. The Flash and Aquaman also felt Millar's wrath: "You can get away with stuff in comics that in live action's just a bit sucky – the best one is definitely Aquaman. Aquaman can't even talk under water," he said.

"If you think about it in comics it's fine, you just have a speech balloon, but how do you have Atlantis and people talking under water? Are they gonna talking telepathically? Is it going to be body forms?

"The actual logistics of each member of the Justice League is disastrous, and you put them all together and I think you get an excellent way of losing $200 million."

We wonder if those were the problems Will Beall found while penning his script - a script which has apparently been ripped to shreds by Warner Bros, as sources say it's "terrible".

Badass Digest reports: "I’ve now heard from multiple sources that the Will Beall script for Justice League has been scrapped. The story from each source is the same: it’s terrible.

"Some sources seem to think the whole movie is going to fall apart and never happen, while some believe that Warner Bros will keep moving forward, unwilling to lose the superhero arms race.

"Beall’s script supposedly includes Darkseid and a heavy cosmic threat. But the script has been half-baked from the beginning, with reports saying that heroes (beyond the core five of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and Green Lantern) have been cut and added from the proceedings seemingly at studio executive will."

Eek again, eh?

WB had better sort themselves out if they're going to get the film finished in time for a 2015 release.

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Batman Movie Reboot For 2017?

We love Batman. Bruce Wayne, in whatever guise, wins as far as we're concerned.

But, as much as we're fond of The Dark Knight, isn't it kind of overkill to reboot the movie version of the character just five years after Christopher Nolan's epic and genre-defining trilogy starring Christian Bale came to its gripping conclusion?

Rumour has it that Warner Bros is planning on bringing Gotham's hero back in 2017 with a new on-screen incarnation of the Caped Crusader, to be introduced in 2015's Justice League movie (which, incidentally, is likely to serve as the launch vehicle for a bunch of solo DC hero movies including Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Flash).

Is it really necessary?

Well, no. Not really. But Hollywood never let necessary get in the way of anything, did it?

Several actors have already been linked to the role of Batman in both Justice League and the proposed reboot, including Armie Hammer, soon to be seen in Lone Ranger, and Dark Knight Rises actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Speculation persists over whether Man of Steel star Henry Cavill will reprise his role as Superman in Justice League, and if we'll see Ryan Reynolds return as Green Lantern, but no official casting details have been confirmed.

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Del Toro Confirms Dark Universe, But Hulk Is On Hold

Celebrated director and GG♥SF favourite Guillermo del Toro has confirmed that he's involved in upcoming movie project, Dark Universe.

And we can't imagine a more perfect man to helm the movie, which focus on DC Comics' mystical characters.

"I'm working on it," del Toro told IGN. "I'm writing the outline and we're already in talks with a writer. A very, very good writer.

"People are probably going to be happy with who we have chosen. He accepted. I've been courting this writer, who I think is the perfect guy for this job. We're doing it. Hopefully it will happen."

The Warner Bros film's lineup will include Swamp Thing, The Demon, John Constantine, Deadman, The Spectre, Zatara and Zatanna. Del Toro said that he could not choose a favourite character. "You're talking about my childhood," he said.

"The movement for this happened before [The Avengers]," he continued. "They were already galvanized to launch Justice League and they were galvanised to make their universe cohesive... They are really, really, with Superman, very, very confident with what they have.

"They are now feeling they have two pillars. Batman and Superman... There's a foundation that now they can build on."

But with good news, comes a bit of bad, as the director has also revealed that development on his Hulk TV series has stalled.

The Pacific Rim director was attached to a new adaptation of the Marvel Comics property at ABC, revealing in October that he was waiting to meet with a new writer on the project.

But he recently told The Playlist that he has been met with "complete radio silence" since the release of The Avengers.

"I had one more meeting after Avengers with Jeph Loeb from Marvel and he said, 'We're working on it, we're waiting for a writer'," he explained.

"He gave me the name of the writer and their resume and I said, 'That sounds great, let's wait for him', because we had delivered a teleplay and I haven't heard since then."

Huh? Surely there's room at Marvel for both? We're hoping that this is simply a question of prioritising projects, rather than parking this one altogether.

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Snyder Vaguely Fuels Cavill Appearance In Justice League Rumours

There's nothing we love more than a vague comment. The briefest of smiles and most innocent of ponderings can be given special meaning by the merest of speculation.

And speculation, as you know, is what we journalists do best.

This latest over-interpreted statement comes courtesy of Man of Steel director Zack Snyder, who has intimated - albeit vaguely - that Henry Cavill's Clark Kent could be the Superman for Warner Bros' planned Justice League movie.

During an interview with the New York Post, 300 and Watchmen helmer Snyder spoke about the tremendous weight of responsibility he felt.

"I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognisable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross," Snyder said. "It's this crazy responsibility."

He went on to discuss the fact that the film is expected to launch a new franchise and presumably will tie in with Justice League, which is due for release in 2015.

"We approach the film as a single endeavour," Snyder explained. "There are a lot of gears that have to turn in the world of commerce and the world of the mythology we create to facilitate more adventures for this character. We'll see what happens."

"I don't know how Justice League is going to be handled. Honestly, I don't. But The Man of Steel exists, and Superman is in it. I don't know how you'd move forward without acknowledging that."

Asked if he and Warner had discussed integrating Man of Steel into a larger superhero universe, Snyder then added: "Um, how can I answer that? I can't really say anything to that, because that's a big spoiler. I will say, yeah, they trust me to keep them on course."

Far be it for us to fuel the flames of internet gossip and online rumour with mere supposition, so we'll leave you to interpret that as you wish.

It'd be great if it did happen, though, wouldn't it?

Man of Steel will be released on June 14, 2013.

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