Justice League, Trek Remastered, TNG (News from the frontier, 9/28/2007)
posted by Tygrrius @ 9:51 PM
Good evening, silent readers. You've safely made it back to The Film Frontier.
Who will make the League?
So the big news this week is Variety confirming that the Justice League movie I told you about earlier this year is moving forward and will be directed by George Miller (the Mad Max series). It has a tentative release date of 2009. The movie will likely be live-action and include Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and other Justice Leaguers.
Sit back. This ignites the typical rumors that Bryan Singer's sequel to Superman Returns is in jeopardy of never being made. Until there is official word, I'm going to give Warner Brothers the benefit of the doubt here and assume this film won't halt that one. After all, The Dark Knight (the sequel to Batman Begins) is still on track for a 2008 release. There's no reason a solo Superman movie can't proceed, either.
I do think it's a big missed opportunity not to involve both Brandon Routh (Superman) and Christian Bale (Batman) in the Justice League movie, though. It would've been great to see them team-up, but it seems others will play the legendary heroes in this film.
Smallville fans, don't look for Tom Welling (Clark Kent) to play Superman in the movie, either. I just can't see how that would work, unless they make Smallville: The Movie. That's not really a slam on Welling, whose fan club descended on the comments section of the Variety article to promote their man and bash Routh a bit while they were at it. I'm a Lois & Clark fan, for instance, yet I don't think Dean Cain (Superman) would've been a good choice to play the Man of Steel in Superman Returns. It's a whole different Superman universe and you just can't mix your incarnations like that.
This weekend on Star Trek: Remastered
Get out your saltshakers, it's "The Man Trap." Check out the video preview over at StarTrek.com. Looks like the team did a great job updating the morphing effect for the salt vampire. Though it was the sixth episode filmed, "The Man Trap" was the first episode ever broadcast of Star Trek, back in 1966.
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And, lest I forget, happy anniversary to all those involved with or fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which made its syndicated debut twenty years ago today. Here's a good article on the series from EW.com.
Let's see what's out there. Here are this week's leftover links...
Yoda stamp makes his solo debut (StarWars.com)
Indiana Jones is back and Del Rey's got him (StarWars.com)
Who will make the League?
So the big news this week is Variety confirming that the Justice League movie I told you about earlier this year is moving forward and will be directed by George Miller (the Mad Max series). It has a tentative release date of 2009. The movie will likely be live-action and include Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and other Justice Leaguers.
Sit back. This ignites the typical rumors that Bryan Singer's sequel to Superman Returns is in jeopardy of never being made. Until there is official word, I'm going to give Warner Brothers the benefit of the doubt here and assume this film won't halt that one. After all, The Dark Knight (the sequel to Batman Begins) is still on track for a 2008 release. There's no reason a solo Superman movie can't proceed, either.
I do think it's a big missed opportunity not to involve both Brandon Routh (Superman) and Christian Bale (Batman) in the Justice League movie, though. It would've been great to see them team-up, but it seems others will play the legendary heroes in this film.
Smallville fans, don't look for Tom Welling (Clark Kent) to play Superman in the movie, either. I just can't see how that would work, unless they make Smallville: The Movie. That's not really a slam on Welling, whose fan club descended on the comments section of the Variety article to promote their man and bash Routh a bit while they were at it. I'm a Lois & Clark fan, for instance, yet I don't think Dean Cain (Superman) would've been a good choice to play the Man of Steel in Superman Returns. It's a whole different Superman universe and you just can't mix your incarnations like that.
This weekend on Star Trek: Remastered
Get out your saltshakers, it's "The Man Trap." Check out the video preview over at StarTrek.com. Looks like the team did a great job updating the morphing effect for the salt vampire. Though it was the sixth episode filmed, "The Man Trap" was the first episode ever broadcast of Star Trek, back in 1966.
* * *
And, lest I forget, happy anniversary to all those involved with or fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which made its syndicated debut twenty years ago today. Here's a good article on the series from EW.com.
Let's see what's out there. Here are this week's leftover links...
Yoda stamp makes his solo debut (StarWars.com)
Indiana Jones is back and Del Rey's got him (StarWars.com)
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