Following the runaway success of The Dark Knight, which earned over $800 million worldwide, Warner Brothers Studio executives are planning to further capitalize on their superhero franchises based on DC Comics characters. Their first order of business is Warner Brothers Picture Group President’s, Jeff Robinov, announcement regarding plans for a reintroduction of Superman, which is good news for fans and professional actors/actresses alike.
“‘Superman’ didn’t quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to,” says Mr. Robinov. “It didn’t position the character the way he needed to be positioned.” “Had ‘Superman’ worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009.”
The new Superman movie will work in the same way as Louis Leterrier’s remake of The Incredible Hulk after Ang Lee’s earlier and disappointing adaptation.
It turns out that Warner Bros. had its eye on a “Superman vs. Batman” film some years back, but because of Superman Return’s limited success, studio executives were forced to scrap the idea. Instead, they are taking it one step at a time by creating movies which focuses on introducing and developing individual characters, another tactic borrowed from Marvel, before even thinking about films which feature multicharacters.
An article from Variety also states, “By 2011, Mr. Robinov plans for DC Comics to supply the material for up to two of the six to eight tent-pole films he hopes Warner Bros. will have in the pipeline by then. With “Batman vs. Superman” and “Justice League” stalled, Warner Bros. has quietly adopted Marvel’s model of releasing a single film for each character, and then using those movies and their sequels to build up to a multicharacter film. “Along those lines, we have been developing every DC character that we own,” Mr. Robinov says.
Like the recent Batman sequel — which has become the highest-grossing film of the year thus far — Mr. Robinov wants his next pack of superhero movies to be bathed in the same brooding tone as “The Dark Knight.” Creatively, he sees exploring the evil side to characters as the key to unlocking some of Warner Bros.’ DC properties. “We’re going to try to go dark to the extent that the characters allow it,” he says. That goes for the company’s Superman franchise as well.
The studio is set to announce its plans for future DC movies in the next month. For now, though, it is focused on releasing four comic-book films in the next three years, including a third Batman film, a new film reintroducing Superman, and two movies focusing on other DC Comics characters. Movies featuring Green Lantern, Flash, Green Arrow, and Wonder Woman are all in active development.
Fans aren’t the only ones who should be jumping for joy with these announcements. Seeing that there is a whole line of new superhero movies in the works, now would be a great time for aspiring actors/actresses or movie extras to join in the action. Superhero movies require more extras than any other genre. Where else can they find enough people to populate an entire fictitious city? Also, while the major roles might be set for more famous and established actors/actresses, there’s a good chance they might be looking for new faces to fill in minor roles. And if there’s one thing we should know about Hollywood, it’s that most well known celebrities started out small before being discovered as the next big thing.
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