DC Comics, Warner Brothers Aim To Take Over

DC Comics has a lot of movies in the works:

– “The Losers,” an action-adventure drama starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans, begins principal photography this week in Puerto Rico.

– “Jonah Hex,” a supernatural Western starring Josh Brolin, Megan Fox and John Malkovich, recently wrapped production in Louisiana.

– “The Green Lantern,” Warners’ next big superhero tentpole, is set to star Ryan Reynolds after a long search.

– Fox has picked up the TV series “Human Target,” starring Mark Valley, for the fall.

– And, in a rare example of a film project that has ventured off the Warners reservation, DC has set up “Red,” a spy thriller to star Bruce Willis, at indie producer Summit.

“One of the things that has differentiated us for most of the last 20 years is the depth of our library and the depth of the creative material that we’ve put out and the opportunities that creates for other media,” DC Comics president Paul Levitz said.

While projects like “Green Lantern” are picking up steam, the main “power players” for DC are proving to be a problem. The new “Wonder Woman” movie is still proving to be elusive, as repeated passes at a script that everyone can agree on. The same problem plagues “Superman,” as the search continues for a new director to helm the franchise after Bryan Singer. they are trying to come up with the right script to reboot it.

The crown jewel in DC’s movie stable, Batman is currently in limbo. Sources claim Christopher Nolan is reluctant to return to the franchise after the death of Heath Ledger, and with Nolan working on other projects it may be 2012 or later before we see another Dark Knight on the big screen.