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Posted on 22-07-2006 00:17
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Entertainment Weekly's current issue includes a short article suggesting that the "mother of all superhero movies is in development" at Warner Bros. featuring the Justice League of America. According to the article, titled "Comic Booked", in issue 888 (July 28, 2006) currently on newsstands:

EW has learned that Warner Bros. is developing what could be the greatest spandex story ever told. The concept doesn't only involve the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight, but their cohorts in the Justice League of America, too. The animated movie -- part of a larger superhero-related Warner media initiative -- is likely to be based upon a famous comic saga. One possibility: an adaptation of "Identity Crisis", a 2004 murder-mystery smash written by novelist Brad Meltzer that could be used to launch the likes of Green Arrow and The Flash into their own films, 'toon or otherwise.


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Posted on 22-07-2006 02:40
So an animated JLA movie, eh? That sure sounds silly considering the JLU was a perfectly fine series to continue with. Then again, given the history of past DTV releases, maybe it will take place in that universe. It would almost seem idiotic not to.


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Posted on 22-07-2006 06:26
A JL movie is in the works. From what I've been hearing, it'll take place after Starcrossed, but befor JLU.



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Posted on 22-07-2006 11:10
Hmm. A prequel to JLU. Its that project Timm and co. was trying to do for a while but was put on hold. From JL to JLU, something in me wants it to be like 52 where that built it from Infinite Crisis to One Year Later.

I wonder if it is.

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From The Kingdom:

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Today during a Bruce Timm retrospective at San Diego Comic Convention, Timm found himself in an awkward position - he was doing a look back on a career that isn't yet over. Throughout the presentation (which we'll have more coverage on shortly), he kept referencing a project that he was working on that he just couldn't say much about. Towards the end of the presentation, after being asked if he would do any more DCU work, he hemmed and hawed at length about it, being very non-commital. While he was doing this, a very familiar bloody Superman symbol came up on the giant screens to his right and left. That's right - it looks like Bruce Timm, the man responsible for the DCAU, is now working on an animated version of the Death of Superman story arc. No further word as of yet on if it will cover the Reign of the Superman, or if it will find release on television of DVD.[/quote]

So........could it be a Death of Superman film instead?


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Posted on 22-07-2006 11:39
Nate wrote:
So........could it be a Death of Superman film instead?
Now that'd sure be interesting. If this is legit, I could see it being a DTV, possibly rated PG-13. I'm not sure you could tone it down too much without taking away its spectacle.


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Posted on 27-07-2006 10:24
i think they mean the new frontier.


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Posted on 27-07-2006 12:16
As much as I loved JLU, it spoiled any hopes of 'The Death of Superman' being done. They had frequent appearances and battles with Doomsday, as well as an episode where Superman dies and the world mourns, etc. I don't doubt the validity of Nate's post, but I think after so many 'deaths', the citizens of Metropolis would probably just say:

'Oh look, Superman died fighting Doomsday. Ooh! There's a sale at Penneys!'


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