Rest assured, even with these ho-hum feelings, I will still be tuning into tonight's broadcast, just the same. After all, you can't maintain a blog about film and not comment on the results of Oscar, can you?
Now for something a little more interesting...
The Justice League first appeared together in pages of a DC comic book, then it morphed into several Saturday morning cartoon series in the 70's--always with the word Superfriends somewhere in the title. The super hero team with their monthly adventures in comic book form-even as these shows went away. The team came roaring back to animation with the premiere of Justice League (2001-2004) and then as Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006). Last month, another version of the team popped in the episode Justice for the live action TV seres Smallville...Is the super powered group headed for the big screen next?
Pamela McClintock and Ben Fritz of Variety:
Batman may meet up with Superman on the bigscreen after all -- along with Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Flash and all the rest of DC Comics' biggest names.
Warner Bros., with its major appetite for fresh franchises, is looking to make a feature based on super team the Justice League of America, hiring writing duo Kiernan and Michele Mulroney to pen the script.
It's the first major action the studio has taken on the project.
Feature film is bound to include some combination of DC's most iconic superheroes, although the studio wouldn't confirm which ones they might be. It's unlikely that the studio and DC Comics, a division of Warner, would opt to feature second-tier characters.
Since its inception in 1960, JLA has featured almost every major hero in the DC Comics universe, although the core team has largely remained the same: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter.
The heroes typically band together to fight alien menaces or groups of supervillains.
"The Justice League of America has been a perennial favorite for generations of fans, and we believe their appeal to film audiences will be as strong and diverse as the characters themselves," Warner [president] of production Jeff Robinov said in announcing the hiring of the Mulroneys.
In taking on the ambitious project, Warner faces several conundrums.
Warner Senior VP Dan Lin will oversee for the studio.
Now that the Batman and Superman film franchises have been revived, does the studio go after Christian Bale ("Batman Begins") and Brandon Routh ("Superman Returns") to star in a Justice League pic? Studio is also trying hard to bring Wonder Woman to the bigscreen.
To a large degree, casting will depend upon the story arc for the JLA feature and at what point in the superheroes' lives the plot takes place.
Warner also must deal with myriad producers working on the Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman franchises.
Studio dropped its efforts to make "Batman vs. Superman" in order to focus on relaunching "Batman" and "Superman" as individual properties, which it has done.
Filmmakers Chris Nolan ("Batman Begins") and Bryan Singer ("Superman Returns") are each on board to helm the next installments in the two respective franchises. Nolan's "The Dark Knight" is eyeing a 2008 release and the next "Superman," 2009.
The potential payoff of bringing JLA to theaters can't be ignored by Warner, which turns out more tentpoles than any other studio.
Clearly, Warner Bros. is looking to capitalize on the success of the X-MEN and Fantastic Four film franchises, with this news. As I have said before, it's a tough job servicing a lot of characters in a film like this, regardless of whether Christian Bale and or Brandon Routh sign on the dotted line or not. I am curious to see where this is gonna go.
Meanwhile, Saturday afternoon saw this year's “Film Independent Spirit Awards” take place on the Independent Film Channel (IFC). Little Miss Sunshine came away the big winner--taking home prizes for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay...
...In other awards news--Basic Instinct 2 received four trophies at the 27th Annual Golden Razzie Awards on Saturday, including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Sharon Stone. The Wayans' Brothers Little Man followed closely behind with three Razzies, including Worst Actor and Worst Screen Couple for Shawn and Marlon Wayans, and M. Night Shyamalan got Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for Lady in the Water.
For a complete list of Razzie ''winners,'' visit the Razzies' website.
--OSCARS @ 8:00 PM E.S.T. on ABC
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