- DC is turning 75 soon and is celebrating by restarting its two biggest franchises. Superman: Earth One will be written by J. Michael Straczynski, with art from Shane Davis, while Batman: Earth One will be by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank.
- Sony waited less than two months after the Zombieland’s premiere to sign off on production for a 3D sequel. No word on plot or title, but we can assume twinkie hunting will be involved.
- Only a month after settling a lawsuit over Star Trek with CBS and Paramount, Harlan Ellison has offered to write the sequel to the JJ Abrams reboot. Ellison is known for writing the episode “City on the Edge of Forever” which is considered by many to be the best of the original franchise. Ellison and Rodenberry famously argued over script changes.
- The auction for the Terminator film franchise is set to end in February and unless someone swoops in, El Whedon may just win it for 10,000.
- The Portland Mercury’s online charity auction is auctioning an original Joelle Jones Dr Horrible comic, a Dark Horse Comics lithograph signed by Joss Whedon, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and artist Travis Charest, a limited edition Umbrella Academy t-shirt (as well as both collections of the series to date), the complete set of Dark Horse’s “One Shot Wonders” books (including Joss Whedon’s Sugar Shock, Hellboy, The Goon and Star Wars, as well as a Zack Whedon-signed Dr. Horrible) and Goon-branded soda.
- A five foot tall robotic dinosaur has been stolen from the Walking With Dinosaurs exhibit in Mexico. It’s worth about $89,650. Meanwhile some kid South of the border is having the best birthday party ever.
- Twilight studio, Summit is expanding its horizons. Brad Pitt’s Plan B company will be producing Vlad, which focuses on the early life of the inspiration behind the Dracula myth. Written by Queer As Folk and Sons of Anarchy actor Charlie Hunnam, music video director Anthony Mandler is in talks to direct the project and head up a rewrite in order to bring it closer to the studio’s vision of “a visually edgy and radical period movie” similar to 300.
- Enter a small downtown storefront, and enter the secret entrance behind the bookshelf and you will have found the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company. The store raises funds for the New York chapter of 826 National, a non-profit founded by authors Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida that helps students with creative and expository writing. Each outlet has its own fantastical shop, such as the Echo Park Time Travel Mart.
The Brooklyn shop sells everything from capes to robotic sharks to secret identities, but there’s something especially wonderful about the understated packaging of their home-brewed superpowers, which also come in Immortality (“not an effective strategy for putting off student loans”), Chaos (“not as fun as it sounds”), Cloning Fluid (“You’ll only have to buy one bottle. Ever.”), and Omnipotence.
- The Chronicles of Riddick crew is headed to New Zealand to look for locations for the third entry into the series.
- Lady GaGa has been turned into a comic book hero by a US artist. The cartoon adventures of the pop icon have been portrayed by Brian Einersen, who is selling his work exclusively through Marc Jacobs stores. “She will still use her powers of wit and style”, he said of Lady Gaga’s superhuman abilities.
- The upcoming sequel to superhero comedy Hancock has been put on hold to allow Will Smith to spend more time with his family, according to director Peter Berg. The moviemaker recently confirmed Smith and his co-star Charlize Theron will both reprise their roles in a follow-up to the hit 2008 movie.
- Andy Daly has joined the cast of “Yogi Bear,” Warner Bros.’ live-action/CG-animated pic that has begun shooting in New Zealand. Daly joins Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake and Tom Cavanaugh. He’ll play Mayor Brown, who uses the city budget for his personal fun, drives the city into bankruptcy and comes up with the idea of selling Jelly Stone Park to fix his mess.
- New Line Cinema and Twilight: New Moon producers, Temple Hill, are re-imaging the Nutcracker as an action adventure. Happy Holidays.
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