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Game of Thrones and Hanna writers are working on a Merlin project

Hold your horses, fans of BBC One’s Merlin; this is an entirely different Merlin-related project. Game of Thrones writer Dave Hill and Hanna screenwriter David Farr are teaming up to script a Merlin project for Warner Bros. Variety reports the team-up but doesn’t specify exactly what the project is. Screen Rant notes that Warner Bros.…

The Elements a Fables Movie Must Have, According to Mark Buckingham

Warner Bros. has put a movie based on the Fables comic into development, and at Comic-Con DC’s Diane Nelson said Fables is a top priority. So when we ran into Fables artist Mark Buckingham, we wanted to ask him what are the crucial things a Fables movie must have, to be called Fables. https://gizmodo.com/f-ck-yeah-theres-gonna-be-a-fables-movie-511315108 https://gizmodo.com/dcs-head-executive-puts-sandman-at-the-top-of-their-817359822…

Why does it matter that Legendary Pictures is changing partners from Warner Bros. to Universal? It means Legendary won’t be involved in any more DC Comics films. And maybe some stalled Universal properties will get the Legendary touch. (BSG?)

Man of Steel gets sequel and may have saved Justice League

Warner Bros. is so confident of Man of Steel’s success that they’ve greenlit and fast-tracked a sequel. Not only that, it seems that the Superman movie has filled them with such confidence that they have screenwrier David S. Goyer tackling Justice League. Deadline is reporting the sequel news, which is official; the Justice League news…

Hospital rebrands chemotherapy as DC-themed “superformula” for kids

Chemotherapy is never fun, but A.C.Camargo Cancer Center in São Paulo is trying to make it easier for children to accept the treatment. They’re rebranding the treatment as “superformula” and using comics to help kids understand chemo. Buzzfeed’s Copyranter blog explains that the cancer center is working with ad agency JWT, which also works with…

The Man of Steel rumor that would change Superman for the worse

There’s been an unsettling rumor floating around about Man of Steel. If true, it would mark a pretty major change to the Superman mythos, and one that we can’t at all agree with. Consider this your spoiler warning for something that might be. Last chance before spoilers! Okay then… Krypton lives. Supposedly in Man of…

Is Warner Bros. just too stupid to make a Justice League movie?

Before we begin this week’s “Postal Apocalypse,” I’d like to stop for a moment to commemorate the fact that this week features my very first question about superhero penises! I am 100% confident it will be the first of many. Make sure to email your questions (penis or otherwise) to [email protected]! Warner Blows Joseph C.:…

Here Are the Best Movies on Netflix That Will Disappear Tomorrow

Another Netflix purge is happening. By tomorrow, 1794 movies will disappear from Netflix’s catalog which means the last chance you have to stream these movies is tonight. Pick wisely! We’ve narrowed the choices down for you. If this sounds a lot like what happened last year with Starz, well, it is. Only not as bad.…

Judge rules that it’s illegal to sell custom Batmobiles because the Batmobile is itself a fictional character

California resident Mark Towle runs car customizing shop Gotham Garage, which makes replicas of cars from TVs and movies. Naturally, Batmobiles were on the menu, at least until Warner Bros. smacked Towle with a lawsuit for violating its intellectual property. Now a U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Lew judge has ruled that the Batmobile is…

Your First Look at Jeff Bridges as a Wizard! Plus Julianne Moore as Witch and Nicholas Hoult as a Giant Killer!

Yup, that’s Jeff Bridges as a wizard. We didn’t even know he was doing that — but it’s your first still from Seventh Son, a fantasy movie coming out Oct. 18. Warner Bros. released some promotional stills from their 2013 releases — a few of which we’ve seen before, but now they’re in ultra high…

A Few Ways to Reboot the Batman Movies After The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises is almost sure to be Christopher Nolan’s last Batman film. But one thing’s for sure: Warner Bros. won’t let the Dark Knight die — another Batman film series is inevitable. And Will “Dr. Batman” Brooker, author of the new book Hunting the Dark Knight, has four ideas for rebooting the Batman…

Justice League Movie Still on Track?

Even before The Avengers made a billion dollars, Warner Bros. was “quietly” moving forward with a new Justice League movie, according to Variety. A film showcasing the team-up of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and a host of other heroes seems like a no-brainer — if Warners can duplicate the same intensity and charisma that gelled…

Warner Bros. acquires Tad Williams’ fantasy-fueled cyberpunk Otherland series

In a post-Harry Potter world, Warner Bros. is looking for the next big genre film franchise that will bring audiences to the theater. It looks like Warner’s next stop in its quest for box office glory is Tad Williams’ genre-blending Otherland novels. Williams published the first Otherland novel, City of Golden Shadow in 1996. The…

DVD Subscription Services Keep Getting Worse

Netflix had a rough 2011. Between its ill-conceived price hike and its even more ill-conceived DVD spin-off company, Qwikster, the movie rental company couldn’t win. And now external factors (read: the studios) are making things even worse—not only for them, but also Blockbuster and Redbox—by delaying new releases. According to AllThingsD, Warner Bros. is providing…

Warner Bros. Copyright Clowns Take Five Spoons of Their Own Medicine

According to Hotfile, a guy by the name of Michael Bentkover and his cronies are copyright dicks, crooks and liars. Not with those words, but that’s the executive summary of their copyright fraud lawsuit against Warner Brothers. Bentkover is Manager of Anti-Piracy Internet Operations at Warner Brothers and Hotfile says he and his company repeatedly…

Five More Warner Bros. Movies Can Now be Streamed on Facebook

Uh-oh, it’s catching—Warner Bros has seen fit to offer up two Harry Potter films; Life as We Know It; Yogi Bear and Inception to the Facebook audience. Cue status updates on a whole new level from those finally catching up with Inception. Like with The Dark Knight, they can be digitally rented using $3 worth…

The Dark Knight Becomes First Movie to be Digitally Rented on Facebook

After releasing The Dark Knight and Inception as iPhone apps, Warner Bros. is breaking even more new ground by releasing The Dark Knight on Facebook. It costs 30 Facebook Credits ($3) to rent the movie for 48 hours from the official Facebook page. It can be watched full-screen, but also lets viewers use Facebook at…

Get Ready to Wait a Lot Longer for New Movies on Netflix

Since January, we’ve had to wait at least a month to get new movies from Warner Bros on Netflix. (And more recently, Fox and Universal.) Well, Warner says it’s going so well, they’re thinking about making the wait longer. https://gizmodo.com/netflix-delays-fox-and-universal-releases-too-5513343 Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said the other day, “So far the 28-day window has…

This Billboard Is Made of Cheese

I asked Virgin Media, the UK ISP whose 100MB broadband’s advertised in cheese in London, if I could lick their billboard. They said yes. I’m gonna refrain as I’ve got a cold, but that 110kg of cheese is awfully tempting. The 5 x 4m billboard was created by English food artist Prudence Staite, who used…

Studios Want to Charge $30 For Early Movie Streaming

Bloomberg reports that Sony, Warner Bros., and Walt Disney are all in talks to offer a home streaming option for movies “soon after” their theater runs. Except they want to charge $30 for the privilege. The studios are all in talks with In Demand about giving a streaming option months in advance of DVD or…