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• Where is Warner Bros Going With Superman?
  

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

  As our Erik Davis reported over the weekend, Warner Bros and DC Comics are in the midst of rehashing their strategy, opting for the slow and steady route. But there's one franchise that has his "reinvention" movie, as it were: Superman. Word is, Warner Bros is utterly torn as to what to do with him.
  
  Variety's Anne Thompson reports that the studio is really taking their time in deciding what to do, and how Bryan Singer will play into it. At this point, despite all the rumors...
  



• Alcon Entertainment Joining 'Cryptozoo Crew'
  

  Filed under: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals, Warner Brothers, Scripts, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek

  I am starting to see a new pattern emerging in the latest graphic novel grabs -- monsters and the teams who hunt or protect them. That's a trend I can get behind (as opposed to the superhero deconstruction -- leave that to the masters). The latest according to Variety is Jerry Carr and Allan Gross' graphic novels Cryptozoo Crew, which has been purchased by Alcon Entertainment. No director has been named yet, but Joe Gazzam has already penned the script.
  
  The Cryptozoo Crew is...
  



• News Bites: A Freaky Geek Gets Writing & The Tale of Moulin Rouge
  

  Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Deals, Scripts

  Here's a few Vegas-themed Monday nibblets:
  
  • All the way back in 2006, there was news that New Line had grabbed Burt Dickenson: The Most Powerful Magician on Planet Earth. Set in Vegas, the comedy was said to focus on rival magicians and how one of the magic men's partners dies, leaving his ex to "find a way to rediscover his love for magic." Well, it's not quite ready for the camera yet, and The Hollywood Reporter posts that Freaks and Geeks and Bones actor John Francis Daley is going to whip up a rewrite with Jonathan Goldstein. Now the...
    
  
  
  
  • Columbia is Getting 'Goosebumps'
    

    Filed under: Horror, Thrillers, Deals, Mystery & Suspense, Scripts, Newsstand

    If you were a young whippersnapper in 1992, chances are the Goosebumps books were a lurid staple on your bedside table. My sister was an enormous fan, whereas I preferred, shockingly, Star Wars novelizations and sword-and-sorcery. I was just a little too old for their goofy twist endings -- although the single one I read gave me nightmares, I think because a dog was killed or something. (Let's ascribe it to a fragment of underdone potato, shall we?) In retrospect, you really are what you read as a kid -- my sister went on...
    
  
  
  
  • Will David Goyer Bump 'Magneto' For 'The Invisible Man'?
    

    Filed under: Universal, Scripts, 20th Century Fox, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels

    No matter how you look at it, one group of dedicated fans aren't going to be very happy about this. In an interview with MTV Movies blog, writer/director David Goyer dropped the hint that his X-Men origin flick Magneto may be taking a back seat to his Invisible Man update -- not the choice I would have made, but maybe Goyer is a little 'Superheroed' out. Goyer tells MTV that Magneto, "may be next," but he wouldn't confirm which film is going to get priority on his schedule, saying, "So it could...
    
  
  
  
  • What Gabriele Muccino Knows About 'Love'
    

    Filed under: Drama, Deals, Scripts

    Over the last few years, Italian director Gabriele Muccino has been busy with superstar Will Smith. He helmed ThePursuit of Happyness, and just wrapped up Seven Pounds. Now The Hollywood Reporter posts that he's cooking up a Kramer vs. Kramer style film that may or may not involve Smith's production company, Overbrook.
    
    The project, titled What I Know About Love, is being written by Muccino along with the writer of Sex and the City, Liz Tuccillo. The director says: "It's the story of a family's collapse, but with the complexity that relationships have today. It's a different world now, one that I...
    
  
  
  
  • Johnny Depp's 'Rex Mundi' Has Script, Needs Director
    

    Filed under: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Noir, Mystery & Suspense, Warner Brothers, Scripts, Newsstand, Johnny Depp, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Religious

    It's been a while since we heard anything about Johnny Depp's second foray into the world of comic book adaptation, otherwise known as Rex Mundi. Back in 2006, Depp purchased the rights to Arvid Nelson's Dark Horse series under his Infinitum Nihil banner, with the intention to star as Dr. Julien Sauniere.
    
    To refresh your memory, Rex Mundi is set in an alternate history where Martin Luther was assassinated, the...
    
  
  
  
  • Conan the Script Rewriter
    

    Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals, Lionsgate Films, Scripts, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels

    Lionsgate is very eager to get their remake of Conan the Barbarian up and shooting. How can they not be? At this point, Conan spin-offs Thulsa Doom and Red Sonja are neatly beating it in the pre-production department (Red Sonja already has a star, a director, and merchandise already!), and both were green-lit after Conan. A sad state of affairs for the Cimmerian, indeed.
    
    But it looks like things are moving again. According to The Hollywood Reporter, they've has hired
  
  
  
  • Justin Marks Talks Big Screen 'Hack/Slash'
    

    Filed under: Action, Horror, Scripts, Comic/Superhero/Geek

    Other than the fact that the heroine looks an awful lot like Megan Fox, I can't say I know all that much about the horror comic Hack/Slash, but it looks like that is about to change. In an interview with Newsarama, Slash screenwriter Justin Marks (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li) decided to share a few details about Todd Lincoln's upcoming feature film version of Tim Seeley's series.
    
    First up is that the film "won't be an origin story, per se, but the origin will be covered." -- which probably means get ready for some rapid fire...
    
  
  
  
  • Early Script Review for 'Voltron'
    

    Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, RumorMonger, Scripts, 20th Century Fox, Comic/Superhero/Geek

    Have you had your fill of giant robots on the big screen yet? Well, Hollywood is banking that you haven't, and while we wait for the next installment of Transformers, it's time to turn our attention to some of the other giant robot flicks heading our way in the not-so-distant future. It's common knowledge that Justin Marks (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li) is in charge of the big-screen adaptation of Voltron, and today a review of Marks' script has popped up online over at Latino Review --...