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AnimeNews Network is reporting through Hollywood Reporter that Warner Bros. is trying to talk Tom Cruise into staring as the lead in All I Need is Kill. The movie will be an adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s novel by the same name. The concept is that a battle armored soldier is re-incarnated over and over during an alien invasion.
ICv2 is reporting that Warners Animation EVP, Sam Register announced, at Cannes, that a new Batman animated series is in the works for 2013. The series will be computer animated and entitled Beware The Batman.
ICv2 is reporting that Warner Bros. Animation has Justice League Doom on slate for a early 2012 release. The DC animated movies have been really well done. If your library hasn’t been picking these up you should consider them for you animated collection. However, these movies are not children shows. They do tackle more complex issues and themes, so these should be placed in you Young Adult section or if you have a separated out anime/animation collection place them there. Doom is based of the Graphic Novel JLA: Tower of Babel, were super villains have discovered Batman’s contingency plans on how to take out superheroes that go rogue.
Here’s a look at Henry Cavill in the new Superman costume, for the new Man of Steel movie, due out June 24, 2013. Thanks to Warner Bros. and ICv2 for the image.
Jump over to AnimeNews Networks site for a chance to win a set of Warner Brothers, Supernatural: The Anime Series. All you have to do is fill in your name, e-mail and address and submit the entry. Use the link below to submit your entry and see a short trailer for the series. Good luck.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/contest/2011-07-26/supernatural-anime-dvd-give-away
Librarians need to let their DC Comics and Lego fans know about Warner Bros. making a deal with Lego to give them rights to produce Lego products of DC Comics characters. The figures and playsets will hit the shelves in 2012 with 13 figures to begin the DC Lego World, some of the figures will be: Batman; Superman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern; Joker; Bane; Harley Quinn; and Lex Luthor.
Thanks to ICv2 for providing a this teaser trailer for next Summer’s Batman: Dark Knight Rises. The movie is scheduled for release July 20, 2012.
Warner Bros. is currently going with Jaume Collet-Serra to director the live-action Akira. Collet-Serra is known for his movies Unknown, starring Liam Neeson, and Orphan. Thanks to ICv2 for this report.
Remember this Summer’s next big block buster is here this weekend. Of course it’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. Harry Potter and Transformers will be vying for the top grosser of the year in my eyes. Watch the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 trailer below.
It has been leaked that Warner Bros. is planning a second Green Lantern film. The family and I are hoping to see the movie this week. When you look at how much is coming out this year that is comic book related not every movie will have a great opening because with the expense of movies now, families have to pick and choose which they will see to save on money. We had to wait because we didn’t have the money when it came out. So hopefully this will possibly gain revenue from overseas and DVD sales. Also with the new Green Lantern Animated Series being on the air, children will be more familiar with the character for a possible second movie. Nothing is definite that a second movie will be made, but who knows. But Warner Bros. has to get another franchise going since their biggest franchise is ending in July with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Read more on this at ICv2’s link below.