Up until today I was holding out hope that this new Superman movie helmed by Zack Snyder was going to be a unique holdout and NOT have Lex Luthor in it.
My hopes have been dashed for Superman: Man of Steel and at the moment, my anticipation levels have been slashed in half. Regardless of who’s behind the project.
To be fair, the franchise can be defined by Superman and Lex Luthor’s battles of wit and might. But we see Luthor in so many Superman projects that it just gets old.
And to boot, we are also now hearing rumors that Miss Teschmacher will also be in the film. For now, that’s just rumors. We’ll see how that pans out.
For now, I groan and hope that Luthor is one of many and not THE villain. If Nolan is influencing the process, we all know he likes multiple levels of threat and this could be part of that idea.
We can desperately hope and wait for more details to come out about Superman: Man of Steel.
[Killer Film]
Ever wonder what stages some of your more anticipated movies are in? Me too. Like what’s up with The Expendables 2, or Ghostbusters 3 & The Wolverine. Has The Dark Knight Rises started filming yet, or what about Superman: Man of Steel? And what’s up with that Alien prequel movie, Prometheus? Plus, Cinema Static will touch on the movies that are close to finishing or are finished and looking at the homestretch prior to opening in the theaters! And looking at the collection of cast, it definitely looks to be an exciting time for the Summer box office and movie-goers.
With that in mind, I thought I’d take a peek at what’s going on with different movies and their various states of being.
Movies in Development
Development is a tricky stage for a movie. That could be considered something that has a spec script but no one is biting or a project that actually has some legs under it. For instance, under the development list are such things as Warcraft, Super Troopers 2, World War Z (with J. Michael Straczynski noted as the writer), & Halo. It drives me crazy that Halo is kept alive in this list. Or that the ever-hopeful fan keeps updating a Thundercats movie entry. I think there’s a point in time you need to give it a rest. At the bottom of this article is the supposed test footage for a once hoped-for incarnation of a Thundercats movie, an animated version, from a few years back. Or check out the preview of the upcoming ThunderCats animated series on Cartoon Network.
But here is the list of the more anticipated movies that are noted to be in development now:
- The Expendables 2 (With all the old cast)
- Ghostbusters 3 (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis)
- The Wolverine (with Hugh Jackman… but right now in limbo with no director)
- Star Trek Sequel
- Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall
- Kill Bill Vol 3
- Avatar 2
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