For some time now we've been hearing that Warner Bros. Pictures has been waiting on the latest version of a "Justice League" movie script by "Gangster Squad" scribe Will Beall. It was thought that if the studio were happy with the script, and if "Man of Steel" were to be a massive box-office success, Warners would move forward with the DC … [Read more...]
Warners Talks “The Hobbit” HFR Rollout
November 16, 2012 by
Approximately 400-450 screens in the United States total will screen "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" with the new HFR standard (48 frames-per-second rather than the usual 24fps). That's enough to cover most major cities but only a few screens in each. Talking about the rollout with Deadline, Warner Bros Domestic Distribution President Dan … [Read more...]
Warners Scores Nesbo’s “The Son”
November 9, 2012 by
Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired screen rights to Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbo's upcoming thriller novel "The Son". The story focuses on an incarcerated young man who took the rap for crimes others committed. His father, a corrupt cop, commits suicide. When the son learns his father was actually an honest man who was murdered, he escapes to … [Read more...]
David Yates Helms “Tarzan” At Warners
November 7, 2012 by
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" director David Yates has finally settled on his next project - the film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s "Tarzan" at Warner Bros. Pictures. The likes of Henry Cavill, Charlie Hunnam, and Alexander Skarsgård have all apparently met with Yates about the role, while the studio is keen to get Tom Hardy … [Read more...]
Warners Dumps The “Jersey Boys” Movie
November 2, 2012 by
Less than two months after signing a first-look deal with GK Films which saw it acquire the project, Warner Bros. Pictures has put the film adaptation of the stage musical "Jersey Boys" into turnaround. GK Films is now currently seeking a new home for the project which they're now reportedly shopping around to both 20th Century Fox and Paramount … [Read more...]
Warners Sets “Justice League” For 2015
October 19, 2012 by
With their court win over the rights to Superman behind them, Warner Bros. Pictures is wasting no time and is already said to be accelerating development of its planned "Justice League" movie. The L.A. Times reports that Warner hopes to shoot the film next year and have it ready for release Summer 2015. The script is already well underway, the … [Read more...]
Warners Wins “Superman” Court Ruling
October 18, 2012 by
It appears as if Warner Bros. Pictures has won the high-profile court battle that will see it maintain its copyright stake in the Superman franchise reports THR Esq.. On Wednesday, a federal judge in California granted the studio's motion for summary judgment on the question of whether a 1992 agreement with Jean Peavy, "Superman" co-creator Joe … [Read more...]
Warners, Hardy Develop Two Poaching Films
October 17, 2012 by
How do you make sure your film gets made? You create your own rival. Tobey Maguire‘s Material Pictures, Leonardo DiCaprio‘s Appian Way and Tom Hardy‘s Executive Options have put into development a second film about illegal poaching and endangered species trafficking says Deadline. The first film, previously announced back in April, is described … [Read more...]
Warners Releasing 600 Paramount Films
October 5, 2012 by
Paramount Home Media Distribution and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group have announced they have reached a strategic alliance centering on more than 600 catalog titles from the Paramount film library. The deal grants Warner Bros. exclusive rights to physical Blu-ray and DVD distribution of those titles in the U.S. and Canada, and will make … [Read more...]
“Jersey Boys” Shifts Studios To Warners
September 15, 2012 by
Despite being moved from Sony Pictures to Warner Bros. Pictures, "Iron Man" helmer Jon Favreau remains attached to direct the film version of the Tony-winning musical "Jersey Boys" says The Hollywood Reporter. Graham King's GK Films label recently signed a first-look, one year deal with Warners which includes 'Jersey'. Warners aggressively … [Read more...]
