Wahoo it looks like Superman and Batman are teaming up once again for an animated adventure extraordinaire. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies movie is an adaptation of the popular Superman/Batman graphic novel by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness. The plot goes like this, a huge asteroid made of Kryptonite is hurtling towards earth and Lex Luther, President of the United States, has accused our heroes (Batman and Superman) of being the cause for this potential catastrophe. Lex offers a 1 billion dollar bounty to the person, hero or villain alike, who can bring Superman and Batman to “justice.” The clock is ticking and it’s up to our super duo to fight off their good friends and old foes, unravel the secrets behind the asteroid, and save the earth from destruction. Here’s a sneak peak of what to expect from the movie. In this clip Lex discusses his plans for handling the asteroid situation with Superman.
WOW!!!! Everyone is ripped! I guess in that universe, Bally’s Total Fitness is a requirement. The animation looks good and the movie features a top notch V/O cast that includes: Jerry O'Connell, Tim Daly, and LaVar Burton (Geordi LaForge!!!) to name a few. From what I’ve seen, this movie is going to be action packed with a huge heaping of comic book cameos so get ready to play the Who’s Who game with a bevy of your favorite characters. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies comes out on Blu-Ray and DVD September 29th. I’m already waiting with anticipation...are you?
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Wow even Lobo, the dirt bag with a pimped out floating Motorcycle, is getting a movie makeover. Lobo isn’t one of my favorite characters, but he does have a massive following. If you don’t know who Lobo is think Gene Simmons from KISS with strength that rivals Superman. Very little has been said about the movie’s plot, but since Lobo is a bounty hunter with questionable ethics I’m sure it will involve him looking for fugitives while having a beer and starting an intergalactic bar fight. Director Guy Ritchie whose previous works include Snatch and that new Sherlock Holmes move will take control of the unwieldy handle bars for this movie. Now I wont have a problem with this movie if they portray Lobo as the violent anti-social jerk that he is, but if the writers turn him into a misunderstood soul with a heart of gold then they missed the entire point of Lobo.
Oh wait hold on a second, I'm getting breaking news. It seems that the Lobo movie is going to get a PG-13 rating and the movie will feature him with a teenage girl as his sidekick....WHAT! Oh no DC, what have you done. Let the fan boys have mercy on your soul.
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It was rumored that Megan Fox from Transformers was to play the sultry Catwoman in Christopher Nolan's third installment of his Batman series. This news gave a lot of boys naughty thoughts of Fox in leather, but Warner Bros. quickly shut down the rumor in a press release saying, "It's rumor. It's not true." Can’t you hear the collective groans of disappointment from boys all around the world? To read what my friend had to say about Megan Fox and her pick for the Catwoman role visit her blog Pop Candy Arcade.
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One of the comics series that I read over the summer, Powers, might be given a TV makeover. Powers is a comic that depicts a world where people with super powers are very common and it’s the duty of detective Christian Walker (a de-powered hero) and his partner Deena Pilgrim to solve homicides involving citizens with special abilities. Basically, the comic boils down to Marvel’s version of CSI. Brian Michael Bendis the creator of the series said, "All kinds of good things are going on behind the scenes right now. They’ve (Sony) just asked for more material and we’re putting together budgets as well as some other stuff.” I hope this happens because I think this comic might actually work out to be a good TV show.
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Ryan Reynolds is going to play the Green Lantern! I must have been sleeping because this was announced back in July and I’m just learning about it now. Let me just rub the sleep out of my eyes, OK thats better. Lets think about Reynolds as our hero in green, I have nothing against Reynolds being the green power house, but he never struck me as the Green Lantern type. Hal Jordan (I hope it’s Hal and not Guy Gardner) seemed kind of serious and I’m sure Reynolds can play serious roles, but I’ve only seen him as the goofy guy with an arsenal of decent jokes. By the way, whatever happened to Reynolds being in the X-Men Origin's spin off Deadpool? I wonder how he will be able to play both roles since Deadpool and Green Lantern are set to be in production around the same time. In news that is actually new, the Green Lantern movie is having some problems with it’s budget. The movie is ready to be filmed in Australia, but due to the rise of the the Australian note the movie could see a loss of 15 to 25 million U.S. dollars in currency exchange (yikes). Anyways congratulations Ryan, seeing as how you're going to be in four different comic book movie adaptations you are clearly the poster boy for the comic book movie genre.
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It looks like Ubisoft is having a little trouble getting the sequel to its cult hit Beyond Good & Evil into the grubby hands of its fans. Now I haven’t actually beaten the first game, but I do like what I’ve played. I mean who doesn’t like unraveling the mystery behind a corrupt government? Very little is known as to why the game is on hold, but it’s very unfortunate that a another good game (put it back on the list with Psychonauts and Okami) may never get that sequel it deserves. [Source]
X-Men Origins: Magneto is also on hold once again. David Goyer, the producer trying so hard to make Magneto’s silver screen story a reality, revealed that a writer’s strike and the lack of lead actor contributed to the film never making it to production. Goyer remained hopeful and said, “I'm sure that project will move forward in the next year or so" (Translation: maybe in 3 years we will tease you again with the prospect of a Magneto Movie). As you may already know, I was in opposition to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but I can’t deny the endless laughter that I enjoyed from watching that movie, so I can't wait to see how they will butcher Magneto’s life story too. [Source]
