It appears that Warner Brothers and Disney will have a new arena in which to fight for media supremacy.That would be...
THE MAGICAL LAND OF OZ!
While the war between the studios' respective comic book properties(DC and Marvel) has been well underway and expected to escalate come 2015 with a scheduled Justice League/Avengers 2 face-off,Disney's recent success with "OZ The Great and Powerful" could be the first salvo in an all new war to utilize the classic kingdom created by L. Frank Baum and first brought to the cinema with 1939's "Wizard of Oz"currently owned by WB after acquiring it from MGM.
The rights are quite interesting.While Disney owns rights to develop Baum's original 14 books (and used them as source material for "Great and Powerful"'s prequel driven storyline),WB's ownership of the original means they own certain images considered iconic to moviegoers and critics alike.Disney had its legal team heavily involved in the production so as not to infringe on WB property such as the architecture of Emerald City and the look of the three witches.Makeup had to come up with a specific and distinct green facial shade for their Wicked Witch of the West that didn't match the trademark shade worn by Margaret Hamilton in the original.While this may seem like things were deliberately made more difficult by a rival,things won't be much easier for WB.If they make an "official" sequel they will be prohibited from using any of Baum's books as storylines.
While there apparently were many possible "Wizard" movie sequels in development at Warner in the past,the most recent talk is about a possible TV series based on an alternate take.The project is said to be called "Red Brick Road",named after the red bricks that swirl with the yellow at the beginning of the Yellow Brick Road.The premise is an alternate world of OZ where the Wicked Witch rules and the familiar characters fight to free the kingdom.With an independent premise they might avoid conflict with the existing books yet still benefit from their property.However going to the small screen means heading into a somewhat crowded fantasy/drama field with "Once Upon A Time","Grimm",and the new version of "Beauty and The Beast".
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
One League Under Nolan
This just in regarding the rivalry between DC and Marvel's cinematic efforts....
IT'S ON!!!!!!!!!!
Allow me to explain.Warner Brothers have apparently handed the reins of the in-development Justice League movie to "Dark Knight" trilogy mastermind Christopher Nolan.He will for the forseeable future be the man dictating how the DCU is presented on the big screen.The first order of business will be to cancel the planned Batman reboot and instead bring back Christian Bale as the caped crusader who will eventually come together with Superman(Henry Cavill in the upcoming Man Of Steel)to form the team.As it stands rumors are the movie will concentrate on a core of 5 heroes comprising of Superman,Batman,Wonder Woman,Green Lantern and the Flash.
While the target date is summer 2015,there are some roadblocks ahead.Not the least of all the absence of a script in the wake of "Gangster Squad" writer Will Beale's script being thrown out.There may also be a problem concerning the villain as the plan of having galactic despot Darkseid featured is in peril due to his looking similar to Marvel's evil despot Thanos who was shown during the Avengers post-credits scenes.Also there has been little to no pre-production put towards this project making the summer 2015 target doable but extremely tight.
Warners apparently saw the Avengers billion dollar grosses and decided they can't wait long term for their comic book team movie to release.So they decided to gather people they know have succeeded in the genre
The Dark Knight (Google Affiliate Ad)DARK KNIGHT RISES BY BALE,CHRISTIAN (Blu-Ray) [3 DISCS] (Google Affiliate Ad)hoping they can quickly get the story out.However with the Avengers sequel and the seventh Star Wars movie due out that same summer they may need something special to win what could be an unprecedented blockbuster summer.
IT'S ON!!!!!!!!!!
Allow me to explain.Warner Brothers have apparently handed the reins of the in-development Justice League movie to "Dark Knight" trilogy mastermind Christopher Nolan.He will for the forseeable future be the man dictating how the DCU is presented on the big screen.The first order of business will be to cancel the planned Batman reboot and instead bring back Christian Bale as the caped crusader who will eventually come together with Superman(Henry Cavill in the upcoming Man Of Steel)to form the team.As it stands rumors are the movie will concentrate on a core of 5 heroes comprising of Superman,Batman,Wonder Woman,Green Lantern and the Flash.
While the target date is summer 2015,there are some roadblocks ahead.Not the least of all the absence of a script in the wake of "Gangster Squad" writer Will Beale's script being thrown out.There may also be a problem concerning the villain as the plan of having galactic despot Darkseid featured is in peril due to his looking similar to Marvel's evil despot Thanos who was shown during the Avengers post-credits scenes.Also there has been little to no pre-production put towards this project making the summer 2015 target doable but extremely tight.
Warners apparently saw the Avengers billion dollar grosses and decided they can't wait long term for their comic book team movie to release.So they decided to gather people they know have succeeded in the genre
The Dark Knight (Google Affiliate Ad)DARK KNIGHT RISES BY BALE,CHRISTIAN (Blu-Ray) [3 DISCS] (Google Affiliate Ad)hoping they can quickly get the story out.However with the Avengers sequel and the seventh Star Wars movie due out that same summer they may need something special to win what could be an unprecedented blockbuster summer.
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