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Post by belloq on Feb 18, 2010 15:10:59 GMT -5
David Lynch is my favoritist director of all times but he has a pre-existing relationship with Nicholas Cage which disqualifies him automatically. Although, there would be some appeal to seeing radiator girl hanging around the Lodge of Solitude........or the Fortress of Sorrow. Damn your jest, Bobby. Now I'm actually going to be thinking about this for at least 8 1/2 minutes. It could be like a Kingdom Come-esque type of older Superman story. Kyle MacLachlan as Superman, maybe Naomi Watts as Lois, Crispin Glover as Lex or old school Braniac, and David Warner as a Klingon and two Romulans.
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Post by atp on Feb 18, 2010 16:56:20 GMT -5
Did Lynch direct the Elephant Man Bobby?
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Post by MAVERICK on Feb 18, 2010 23:43:09 GMT -5
Jim Lee and Dan DiDio Named Co-Publishers DC Comics
Geoff Johns to Serve as Chief Creative Officer
John Rood Named EVP, Sales, Marketing and Business Development Patrick Caldon Named EVP, Finance and Administration
(February 18, 2010 – New York, NY and Burbank, CA) DC Entertainment, founded in September 2009 to unleash the power of the DC Comics library of characters across all media platforms, has named its executive management team, including new co-publishers of DC Comics and a Chief Creative Officer, as well as heads of Sales/Marketing/Business Development and Finance/Administration. Diane Nelson, President, DC Entertainment, made the announcement today.
The new senior executive team includes Jim Lee and Dan DiDio, who have been named Co-Publishers of DC Comics, and Geoff Johns, who will serve as Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment. Additionally, John Rood has been named Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development, and Patrick Caldon will serve as Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration. Each of these executives will report directly to Nelson.
“DC Entertainment’s new executive team is a creative ‘dream team,’ with accomplishments and talent unrivaled in the business,” said Nelson. “This announcement continues and underscores DC’s legacy as the ultimate destination for creators. We’ll benefit enormously from the deep experience this team represents, while re-energizing the direction and focus of the company. I’m excited and honored to have each of them with me at the helm of DC Entertainment.”
“With this new leadership team, Diane will be able to fully and respectfully integrate DC’s brand and characters, not only as key content drivers in the film division, but across all of the businesses of Warner Bros. and Time Warner,” said Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. “I am very proud and excited about the accomplished executives who are charged with expanding this powerful library. They each have a diverse and complementary skill-set and are deeply committed to contributing to the DC Comics legacy.”
Prior to his current post, Lee served as Editorial Director, where he oversaw WildStorm Studios and was also the artist for many of DC Comics’ bestselling comic books and graphic novels, including “All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder,” “Batman: Hush” and “Superman: For Tomorrow.” He also serves as the Executive Creative Director for the upcoming DC Universe Online massively multiplayer action game from Sony Online Entertainment. Lee is an award-winning comic book illustrator/creator/publisher who started his professional career at Marvel Comics where his work on the X-Men continues to hold the all-time sales record for single issue sales at eight million copies sold in one month. At Marvel, he also drew the Punisher and co-created many characters, the most popular being Gambit, featured in 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” feature film. In 1992, he started his own production company, WildStorm Productions, and co-founded Image Comics, an independent comics company which quickly grew to become the number-three North American comics publisher. His most notable creations, “WildCats” and “Gen 13,” saw life beyond comic books as a CBS Saturday morning cartoon and as a direct-to-video animated movie distributed by Disney, respectively. In 1998, he left Image Comics and sold WildStorm to DC Comics.
DiDio most recently served as Senior Vice President and Executive Editor, DC Universe, overseeing the editorial department for the DC Universe imprint, including the ongoing adventures of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and scores of heroes and villains. He also worked to develop new titles with the industry’s premier writers and artists. At DC Comics, DiDio has spearheaded such bestselling projects as “All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder,” “Identity Crisis,” Green Lantern, Teen Titans and The Outsiders.
Before joining DC in 2002, DiDio was with Mainframe Entertainment, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs, overseeing the development, distribution, marketing and promotion of all Mainframe’s television properties. Prior to that, he served as Executive Director of Children’s Programming for ABC, where he was also a publicity manager, having started his television career at CBS, working in a variety of positions. Johns builds on his current role at DC from being one of today’s most prolific, popular and award-winning contemporary comic book writers with this new executive role. He is a New York Times bestselling author who has written highly acclaimed stories revitalizing Green Lantern, Superman, the Flash, Teen Titans, and the Justice Society of America for DC Comics.
Johns began his comics career creating and writing “Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.” for DC Comics while at the same time working with film director Richard Donner. After acclaimed runs on Flash, Teen Titans and the bestselling “Infinite Crisis” mini-series, Johns co-wrote a run on Action Comics with his mentor, Donner. Johns has also written and produced for various other media, including the acclaimed “Legion” and “Absolute Justice” episodes of Warner Bros. Television’s “Smallville” and Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken” and “Titan Maximum.” He also wrote the story of the DC Universe Online massively multiplayer action game from Sony Online Entertainment.
Rood returns to Warner Bros. after 10 years with the Disney ABC Television Group, where he most recently was Senior Vice President of Marketing, ABC Family. While at ABC, he also consulted for ABC News during the recent transitions at “Good Morning America” and “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.”
Prior to Disney, Rood worked for six years at Warner Bros. Consumer Products, negotiating promotional deals with national advertisers using Warner Bros.’ properties, including the DC Comics characters. He has also worked in promotions for Equity Marketing on the Burger King account and in advertising for Leo Burnett on the McDonald’s and Miller Brewing accounts.
Caldon most recently served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations of DC Comics and MAD Magazine. Before that, he served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations, and his other posts at DC include Vice President, Finance and Operations, and Controller, the position in which he joined the company in 1985. Prior to joining DC Comics, Caldon spent a decade at Warner Communications in corporate accounting and as Senior Vice President and CFO of the Cosmos soccer team (owned by Warner Communications at the time). DC Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, is charged with strategically integrating the DC Comics business, brand and characters deeply into Warner Bros. and all its content and distribution businesses. DC Entertainment utilizes the expertise the Studio has in building and sustaining franchises to prioritize the DC properties as key titles and growth drivers across all of the Studio, including feature films, television, interactive entertainment, direct-to-consumer platforms and consumer products. The DC Comics publishing business is the cornerstone of DC Entertainment, releasing approximately 90 comic books through its various imprints and 30 graphic novels a month as well as continuing to build on its creative leadership in the comic book industry.
Well, I guess we can expect Welling in the Reboot.
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Post by MAVERICK on Feb 18, 2010 23:49:56 GMT -5
NEWS FLASH:
Nolan Rumor: DEBUNKED?!
"Earlier today, veteran creator Jim Lee was named co-publisher of DC Comics alongside former executive Dan DiDio; while writer Geoff Johns was named Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment. Only hours after this announcement, MTV News spoke with DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson about the new direction of the company. Part of the discussion was the highly talked about Deadline.com rumor regarding Batman director Christopher Nolan 'godfathering' a new Superman movie. MTV asked if there was any validity to this information that swept across the internet:
"Wouldn't you like to know," she said with a laugh. "We don't have any plans about that, and as I've mentioned, in the coming months we'll be making a lot of announcements about what our content plans will be. But right now, that's nothing but rumor — and we frankly don't say a whole lot more about rumor than that, so..."
After the surge of approval from fans around the world, it's hard to imagine why DC/Warner Bros. would debunk that news unless, of course, it was nothing more than misinformation.
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Post by The Phantom Menace on Feb 18, 2010 23:56:47 GMT -5
And once again we're back to square one!
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Post by Legsy on Feb 18, 2010 23:57:32 GMT -5
Just because Johns is a fan of Welling doesn't mean Welling will be the next Superman. Johns is also a huge fan of Donner, that doesn't mean the Donnerverse will continue.
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Post by Scissorpuppy on Feb 19, 2010 21:02:17 GMT -5
NEWS FLASH:Nolan Rumor: DEBUNKED?! [/b] [/quote] NOT TRUE! Somebody at WB already made this poster.
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Post by The Phantom Menace on Feb 19, 2010 21:16:20 GMT -5
NEWS FLASH:Nolan Rumor: DEBUNKED?! [/b] [/quote] NOT TRUE! Somebody at WB already made this poster. [/quote] ;D ;D ;D That made my night! Thank you!
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Post by reevevsrouth on Feb 19, 2010 22:01:58 GMT -5
Strangely when I think of Nolan doing a Superman movie I think of Superman Returns.
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Post by HOSNI on Feb 21, 2010 0:05:05 GMT -5
awesome, reminded me of this from a few years back
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Post by Paul (ral) on Feb 21, 2010 7:04:05 GMT -5
awesome, reminded me of this from a few years back Jeff Goldblum?
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Post by ShogunLogan on Feb 21, 2010 9:03:33 GMT -5
That's cool poster other than the terrible running pose...is he skipping?
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Post by Bobby M on Feb 21, 2010 9:09:23 GMT -5
Maybe it's a musical?
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Post by Scissorpuppy on Feb 21, 2010 10:22:19 GMT -5
That's cool poster other than the terrible running pose...is he skipping? and the lack of shadow...
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Post by Bobby M on Feb 21, 2010 10:37:08 GMT -5
Lynch MUST direct!
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Post by supes78 on Feb 21, 2010 14:17:01 GMT -5
Man, this sucks. It reaffirms why I never put much stock in internet drivel, especially regarding Superman, which will be in a creative heck for years just like after Superman IV.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Feb 21, 2010 15:41:30 GMT -5
. There's a lot that I hate about the internet, but I do have to remind myself that because of the internet, (supposedly) Batman Begins started and Abrams' Superman without an exploding Krytpon never happened.... which is a good thing, I think.
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Post by Legsy on Feb 21, 2010 17:22:24 GMT -5
Man, this sucks. It reaffirms why I never put much stock in internet drivel, especially regarding Superman, which will be in a creative heck for years just like after Superman IV. Like my Conan replacement would say, if it's on the internet, it has to be true!
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Feb 21, 2010 17:34:24 GMT -5
the ONLY thing that gives me a GLIMMER of hope is geoff johns.
thats it. otherwise its just a new pile of monkeys. jim lee? phew!
sure, i would like paul dini/bruce timm to be in charge of all creative aspects- but hey, thats my lament for about 20 years now..
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Post by Legsy on Feb 21, 2010 17:45:07 GMT -5
I concur. But MAV has his panties in a wad. Johns just may hire Welling to be Superman. I'm fine with it.
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Post by stargazer01 on Feb 21, 2010 20:01:45 GMT -5
Just because Geoff Johns says he a Welling fan (whatever that means) doesn't mean it's true; it's possible he's just being polite and he wants his work to get out there (self-promotion).
;D
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Post by MAVERICK on Feb 21, 2010 21:53:01 GMT -5
I concur. But MAV has his panties in a wad. Johns just may hire Welling to be Superman. I never said anything about my panties ;D I simply stated that Johns would hire Welling. What I said:
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Post by Kirok on Feb 21, 2010 21:54:18 GMT -5
The Geoff Johns thing is great news, especially to the likes of legs and myself. Welling for Superman! Honestly Nolan's involvement being just a rumor doesn't surprise me at all. While it's true he holds STM in high regard (as he should), he's been quite adamant about his Batman films being firmly entrenched in "reality." If he thinks an immortal Ra's Al Ghul and a bleached skin Joker are too far out I doubt he deliver us a Superman.
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Post by Scissorpuppy on Feb 22, 2010 9:19:06 GMT -5
The Geoff Johns thing is great news, especially to the likes of legs and myself. Welling for Superman! Honestly Nolan's involvement being just a rumor doesn't surprise me at all. While it's true he holds STM in high regard (as he should), he's been quite adamant about his Batman films being firmly entrenched in "reality." If he thinks an immortal Ra's Al Ghul and a bleached skin Joker are too far out I doubt he deliver us a Superman. Just because he feels Batman works better in a "semi-real world" setting (which I do as well) doesn't mean he feels the same way about Superman. I think he cares more about the proper approach to character than making everything "real".
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Post by Legsy on Feb 22, 2010 12:43:32 GMT -5
I concur. But MAV has his panties in a wad. Johns just may hire Welling to be Superman. I never said anything about my panties ;D I simply stated that Johns would hire Welling. What I said: I love you.
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