Hey! Blue Cat People and a preview to Venture Bros. Season 4.
I am a colossal Venture Bros. fan. Next to Robot Chicken, the show is the reason why I continue to have a television. I simply can’t go without either. So, earlier today Adult Swim gave us a preview of the new Venture Bros. season. Looks like the usual total brilliance.
Trailer Addict released a trailer for James Cameron’s apparently ground breaking Avatar. It looks quite pretty, but I don’t know about those Blue Cat people they look like a blatant ripoff of the Thundercats and look super-cheezy. Not that there is anything wrong with Thundercats, because there isn’t.
Yahoo finally released a trailer for Benicio Del Toro’s remake of The Wolfman. Now this looks great. Unfortunately, it appears the movie is now coming out in February, which is generally a month that studios dump their trash. I don’t know how this could be seen as trash with such fine actors as Hugo Weaving, Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. Oh, also, you may want to pay attention to this movie as Director Joe Johnston is also leading the charge for the Captain America movie. The last I heard the Cap movie was being written as a period piece, pretty much existing during World War II. Frankly, that just sounds sick.
No wonder Geoff Johns is really only writing mini-series now.
Because he has yet another movie to write! According to the Hollywood Reporter, Johns has been brought on to co-write another draft of the Shazam! screenplay.
Actor-turned-writer Bill Birch has been tapped to reboot “Shazam!,” Warners’ adaptation of a DC Comics series featuring Captain Marvel.
Geoff Johns, one of the three DC Comics heavyweights hired by the studio to act as consultants on DC projects, is also helping with the kick-start, co-writing the story with Birch.
It’s somewhat fitting that Birch takes on “Shazam!” as his very name echoes the name of the comic’s hero, Billy Batson, a teenager who becomes Captain Marvel when he utters the magic word “Shazam!” The name is an acronym for six gods and heroes of the ancient world as well as their attributes: the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Aries, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles and the speed of Mercury.
With him co-writing The Flash movie as well, writing another episode of Smallville it seems like Johns has become the go-to-guy in bringing DC heroes to television/movie audiences. And, frankly, I don’t think there is anyone better to do the job.