Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" to get the animation treatment

These days, Batman is one of the most popular superheroes out there. After having a major revival with Christopher Nolan’s BATMAN BEGINS, he quickly rose back to the public eye. After Nolan’s epic sequel, THE DARK KNIGHT, Batman’s popularity was unparalleled. With THE DARK KNIGHT RISES on its way, what other ways can they keep us interested?

DC is planning on releasing an animated feature following the story of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. The Dark Knight Returns follows a middle-aged Bruce Wayne returning to the cape and cowl after accepting retirement to fight some of his biggest enemies. The comic was released back in 1986, and to this day is still considered one of the best Batman stories ever to be told. DC seems to be pulling the big guns on this one, and this has the ability to become one of the best DC animated features. Continue reading “Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" to get the animation treatment” →

SIN CITY 2 update: Rodriguez ready to go after SPY KIDS 4

SIN CITY 2 is one sequel that many people have been anxiously awaiting since the release of the first film. The project has continually been on-and-off again, and has been in turmoil at almost every stage of its existence. When all hope has just about dried up, Robert Rodriguez is trying to stir us up again.

He now claims that SIN CITY 2 should go behind cameras shortly after SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD finishes up. Continue reading “SIN CITY 2 update: Rodriguez ready to go after SPY KIDS 4” →

Finally! Details on Frank Miller's 300 prequel, XERXES, emerge

It would be hard to forget the pierced evil menace Xerxes from Frank Miller and Zach Snyder’s hit film 300. Everybody loves Xerxes! Which is exactly why Frank Miller is hard at work making a prequel graphic novel to 300 where Xerx (yeah, we’re calling him that now), will be the backbone. Finally some details are coming out, and we’re getting an idea as to what the project will be. Continue reading “Finally! Details on Frank Miller's 300 prequel, XERXES, emerge” →