Finke on Wonder Woman film
Nikki Finke, who broke the "no Warners movies with women on top" rumor, follows up with a long post on her interactions with Jeff Robinov and throws in a few interesting crumbs at the...
Warners: Women need not apply
In a link getting much play around the online water cooler, Nikki Finke reports that Warner Brothers production president Jeff Robinov has decreed "We are no longer doing movies with women in the lead."...
Movie news round-up: Spirit, Wolverine, etc.
§ Yet another beautiful young actress joins the cast of THE SPIRIT movie, Paz Vega who plays "the knife-wielding Plaster of Paris."
§ For those who refer their cake served with beef, here's an exciting...
"Neil Gaiman Wants Terry Gilliam to Direct Sandman"
Why yes, and so would we
At the premiere for Stardust, Gaiman told Empire magazine that "I would always give anything to Terry Gilliam, forever, so if Terry Gilliam ever wants to do 'Sandman'...
WATCHMEN tidbit
Press tour for THE HEARTBREAK KID remake (why God???????) provides opportunity for Silk Spectre Malin Ackerman to discuss role:
UGO: Malin, can you talk about Watchmen at all?MALIN: I haven't started. They stared filming this...
Kids WB is no more
Various news sources are reporting that The CW is ending the Kids WB! Saturday morning programming block, instead licensing it out to 4Kids, which already programs Fox's Saturday morning fare. The deal with 4Kids...
Rotterdam joins DC
Quite a big hire at DC, as Steve Rotterdam is appointed Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing. Perusing the press release, Rotterdam comes more from a marketing/agency background rather than a bookselling and/or circulation...
Sad day: Biel backs out of Wonder Woman
Sad news for Beat readers over the weekend:EW.com reported that Jessica Biel as Wonder Woman is a no-go:
EW has learned that actress Jessica Biel has decided to pass on playing Wonder Woman in Warner...
JLA movie details
Patrick over at UGO has various script leaks on the suddenly fast-tracked JLA movie:
Ever since the JLA movie was announced people have been wondering what the storyline for the film will be about. What...
DC Month to Month Sales: August 2007
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
DC Comics' average numbers slightly recovered in August, thanks to continued strong sales of the "Sinestro Corps War" crossover storyline, solid first-issue numbers of various 52 spin-off titles including the ongoing Booster...
Everybody’s Zuda-ing it
Believe it or not, we still haven't had time to read the Zuda contracts.But lots of other people have! Johanna has an excellent summary of opinion so far, she catches Chris Butcher's dire warnings
It’s...
Nee upped at DC
PR:
John Nee has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Business Development, DC Comics. It was announced today by Paul Levitz, DC Comics President & Publisher. Nee will continue to report directly to Levitz.
Nee,...
