The Hollywood Reporter did a little expose on the restructuring of Warner Bros and DC’s relationship regarding comic book movie development also reveals details on what is being developed. Some of this has been known and some of it’s new. Here’s the rundown.
- The Losers starts production this week starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Jason Patric, Idris Elba and Columbus Short. Sylvain White directs and wrote the adaptation of Andy Diggle’s comics. Story follows a Special Forces team betrayed by their CIA handler which must clear their names and take down their influential handler. The film is due on April 16th, 2010.
- Jonah Hex has already wrapped production. Jimmy Hayward directs a cast of Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Michael Shannon and Michael Fassbender. Brolin stars as as the disfigured Wild West bounty hunter Jonah Hex trying to stop Quentin Turnbull (Malkovich) who’s using voodoo to raise an army of the undead to reclaim the South for the Confederacy. Jonah Hex will be released August 6th, 2010.
- Green Lantern, of course, is in development with Ryan Reynolds starring as Hal Jordan while Martin Campbell will direct from a script by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green. This will be an origin story with Jordan becoming a member of the Green Lantern Corps and leaving Earth for an adventure. The film is set for release on June 17th, 2011.
- A Flash film continues to be developed, with a new story treatment being completed by Geoff Johns. He’ll also produce the film. The full script is being tackled by Dan Mazeau.
- Aquaman is also being developed, with Warner Bros taking story pitches. Leonardo DiCaprio and his Appian Way production company are producing.
- Adam Strange is also on the market for pitches. This comics series is notably similar to Edgar Rice Burrough’s Barsoom universe (which Disney and Andrew Stanton are turning into John Carter of Mars) but with more of a science fiction bend. Basically, Adam Strange is an archeologist transported to a distant planet where he falls in love and defends her people from extraterrestrial enemies.
- Bizarro Superman is being written by the Galaxy Quest writers. I couldn’t even guess at what a movie starring Bizarro would be like.
- Green Arrow origin story.
- Super Max, a Green Arrow film featuring him in a super villain prison after being framed for a crime. This was written by David Goyer and Justin Marks.
- A Constantine sequel remains a possibility.
- Shazam, the Captain Marvel film, continues to be in development with Peter Segal attached to direct.
- Green Lantern: First Flight is the next DC animated film set for release on DVD and Blu-ray on July 28th.
- Following that, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies will arrive on September 29th.
- At last update, two Batman solo movies may follow Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, but nothing’s confirmed there.
Of course, a third Batman film remains contingent on a script and possibly even Christopher Nolan’s involvement. The Superman franchise is currently going nowhere, and DC similarly hasn’t figured out what to do with Wonder Woman. Anything Justice League related is also completely dead in the water at this time.
