In August, James McTeigue told MTV News he would neither confirm nor deny rumors that he might direct the next "Superman" movie. What he was keen to do was delve into his vision for the next big-screen take on the Man of Steel: he wanted to start the franchise from scratch, avoid an origin story and make the whole thing super dark.
McTeigue had so much to say, it was hard to avoid the idea that he'd had some sort of contact with DC Comics or Warner Brothers about the project. Then last month, DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson told us the company doesn't "have any current plans for Superman." And when we spoke to McTeigue last Friday, it seemed he, too, no longer had concrete plans for the franchise.
"It's in a weird place at the moment," he told MTV News. "They're trying to work out what they're doing. Warner Brothers is trying to figure out their next move on it. There's some things you can do with the 'Superman' franchise, there's other things you can't do. So it hasn't gone anywhere." Read More...
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Actor Edward Woodward's death at the age of 79 prompted a string of tweets from the comics crowd this morning, many of whom are unsurprisingly fans of his TV series "The Equalizer." 
NBC’s recent order of six additional episodes for the third season of “Chuck” will prevent Zachary Levi from appearing in director Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming adaptation of “
Another week, another batch of interviews, previews and news from around the comic book world that you can read first here on Splash Page, folks. This week's Top 10 stories shook out pretty evenly, with all of the posts generating significant buzz.
What Does 'Paranormal Activity' Director's 'Area 51' Movie Mean For Grant Morrison's 'Area 51'?
Posted 11/16/09 12:16 pm EST by Rick Marshall in Commentary
We last reported on Morrison's "Area 51" script more than a year ago, with the comics scribe promising that his script offered "a new take on the mythology." Details regarding Morrison's take on "Area 51" are even more scarce than details about Peli's closely guarded script, but from what we can tell, the scripts' similarities end at the theme, title and studio backing them. Read More...
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