DC Extended Universe

Beall wrote Gangster Squad.

Johnstad wrote 300 and 300: Rise of an Empire.

edited 12th Aug '14 5:10:58 PM by Halberdier17

So mediocre witches then?

Worst witches in the history of humanity and a mediocre one (I have no fondness for 300).

I thought Gangster Squad was kinda fun..

The best thing about Gangster Squad was Sean Penn hamming it up.

"IT'S SANTY CLAUS!"

edited 14th Aug '14 5:10:18 PM by VeryMelon

Update on Sandman from Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Jon Peters and his giant mechanical spider?

So you think they'll start out with him being imprisoned by humans like in the comics or will they try and tell a different story?

The second book, "The Doll's House", was my introduction to The Sandman; I enjoyed it a great deal, and it made an excellent starting point due to having an Everywoman as the viewpoint character. Starting with it would leave some mysterious backstory (what happened to the Lord of Dreams that enabled some of his servitors to escape?) while establishing Morpheus, Rose, and other crucial characters (e.g., Lyta) effectively. It also has the advantage of not including any characters from other DC comic books that a casual fan would recognize, whereas "Preludes and Nocturnes" complicates things by including Constantine, who's appeared in other past and current adaptations.

You couldn't make the whole series into a single film, but if the first one worked out reasonably well, you might be able to do a set of films. Most of the books are composed of short stories that, while excellent, mainly aren't necessary to the central plot. "Brief Lives" and "The Kindly Ones", as well as the introduction of the rest of the Endless, and the backstory with Orpheus, are the key points. They could be covered in two movies, to make a trilogy.

edited 21st Aug '14 1:22:59 AM by WarriorEowyn

Skipping over the first one could work I guess. The first few issues are a bit weird although I'd be a bit sad to see Morpheus's descent into Hell removed. That was interesting.

If they did do Doll's House first then I think they could make a trilogy that goes Doll's House->Brief Lives->The Kindly Ones/The Wake with a few minor changes to smooth things out.

edit: I think A Game of You is extraneous and rather boring so that can go. They could probably introduce Thessaly in movie 1 as one of the tenants at the place Rose stays. Season of Mists is cool but largely unnecessary to the overall plot.

edited 21st Aug '14 1:27:36 AM by kostya

If I were doing a Sandman movie, I'd make it more anthology based, probably include segments with Dream, Cain and Abel, Lucifer, Death, and probably end with a story about Daniel.

If Gaiman isn't heavily involved in any Sandman film then I believe it runs the heavy risk of being a complete train wreck. This isn't like Stardust, this is one of the most iconic comic characters ever.

I wouldn't say he's that iconic.

To comic book fans he's a really big thing but other than that...

Sandaman is extremely famous among fans of the genre and Gaiman himself, but is nowhere near the "rest of the world" notoriety that something like Watchmen or The Dark Knight Returns achieved. If only because it is extremely atypical of the comic book medium.

The Sandman has been a globally well known cultural figure long before Gaiman wrote his series. Even if the average Joe has no idea he had his own comics, almost everyone knows the concept of a man who makes you sleep every night with his magical sand.

Y'all can relax, cuz Gaiman IS involved in the film.

Yeah well but fairy tale Sandman is MUCH different than Dream of the Endless.

Neil Gaiman holds an interesting position in popular culture and he's gradually getting more well known. Writing a pair of award winning episodes for Doctor Who was a giant step, and Coraline helped people find about him as well.

The Rock tweeted that he is playing Black Adam.

Kneel at his feet or get crushed by his boot." My honor to become.. #Black Adam #The Anti Hero #DC Comics

Edit* WB also registers domains for 4 DC films.

The domains are for Justice League, Shazam, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman.

edited 3rd Sep '14 9:15:37 AM by Halberdier17

Suh wheeeeet.

F*#% Yeah!

Someone wanna answer that?

Because Canid 117 just called it.

The producer says the Shazam movie will NOT be tonally similar to Man of Steel or the Batman movies, and that while there will be realistic stakes, they're trying to aim for more fun and humor.

They also describe Black Adam as an Anti-Hero rather than a straight up villain.