First of all, I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas.
As those with nothing better to do know, it’s possible that the release of The Watchman movie will be help up because Fox retains some rights from the period prior to when Warner’s took over the project. Fox won the first round of court cases, and fanboys waxed indignant that this almost certain-to-disappoint epic might get delayed.
Interestingly, though, it appears possible that Fox will use the situation as leverage to get Warner’s to last sign off on a DVD release of the old Batman show. Fox owns the shows, but Warner’s (now) owns Batman and has the rights to block any DVD release involving the character. This is why the show has never hit home video. I actually like this situation, as the most probably outcome is that Fox will let the Watchman release go forward while Warner’s lets Batman come out on DVD. Fanboys still won’t be happy, however, since many of them still hate the Adam West show for making fun of comics.
Not only is there supposedly going to be a Tron.2 going into production, but both Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner are set to return.
Speaking of great casts, Sylvester Stallone continues his mini career revival with an upcoming film called The Expendables, about a team of mercenaries seeking to overthrow a Southern American regime. Co-stars will include Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture. Meanwhile, Stallone’s old co-star Sandra Bullock (!) joins the cast as a fed hunting the team, along with fellow agent Forest Whitaker.
Stephen Chow is no longer set to direct the upcoming Green Hornet flick (worse the luck), but he will still play Kato.
Color less than surprised that Frank Miller’s hideous looking “adaptation” of The Spirit currently has a 14% positive score at Rotten Tomatoes. It almost makes you glad that Will Eisner is dead. The only good thing that might come of it is a DVD release of the old Sam Jones The Spirit TV movie, which wasn’t half bad.
