Warner Bros and DC Hold Superhero Summit

July 12, 2008

Filed under: Action, Warner Brothers, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels

Isn’t that the most exciting headline? My mind is whirling with images of Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Flash showing up to some remote mountain location and saying “Where’s my movie?!”

Unfortunately, the goings-on at the summit are a lot less glamorous, but if you’re a DC fan they might be nearly as exciting. According to Variety, Warner Bros and DC are busy charting a course for their superhero franchises, trying to decide which hero or what franchise to kick into high gear. While Marvel Studios is announcing origins and crossovers left and right, Warners is still holding onto their DC characters, and finding themselves unable to take the huge screen plunge. Even the two they’ve shoved out the door are about to languish — Christopher Nolan hasn’t committed to a third Batman film, and Superman is wondering why he ever bothered returning. (Though the rumors swirling around the Man of Steel this week advocate he might be a huge part of Warners’ new strategy.)