According to Bleeding Cool DC Entertainment's big news for 2014 is going to be the announcement of a series of lower prominence comic books being turned in relatively lower budget (between $20m and $40m budgets, apparently) films.
Although their bread and butter is primarily superheroes, DC have an advantage over Marvel in that they have a more diverse set of titles that can fit into different film genres more easily that the House of the Mouse Ideas so that they are not reliant on adaptations of their cape and spandex crowd.
So, hit the jump to check out my picks from the DC catalogue ripe for a big screen adaptation.
There is an argument that Zatanna could work just as well on the small screen. DC/WB could aim this film at the Harry Potter and Twilight crowds. In the same way that Man of Steel seems to be the building block for the superhero aspect of the DC Movie-verse, Zatanna would has the potential to be the first piece in a supernatural corner of the DC Movie-verse (assuming Del Toro isn't able to get there first).
Arrow seems to be moving in this direction, and it is one of the names being bandied about. DC has a great rogues gallery from which to take a team of villains recruited/coerced by the US Government to take on the foreign regimes that they would rather not be in power. Personally, I would like a core group (Deadshot, Plastique, Bronze Tiger) with other lower tier villains to round out the group but be cannon fodder and not make it to the end of the flick. Plus it would be great to see The Wall, a person Nick Fury dreams of being, on the big screen. Suicide Squad has the potential to be a comic book tinged Expendables.
Pitch wise, this one is easy: "Indiana Jones transported to Krypton". Okay, yes, John Cater TANKED. It had nothing to do with the concept. Okay, yes, John Cater had a budget of $250m (estimated). TV shows, like Doctor Who, consistently demonstrate that you do not need a huge budget to create believable worlds and alien beings. With the right director, cast and fun script Adam Strange has all the potential to be a relative success and hold a cult status akin to movies such as Flash Gordon or The Last Starfighter.
Do all these movies have to be live action? The WB have a wonderful animation department that are churning out some of the best direct to DVD superhero movies. Given the plethora of animated movies currently being released in the cinema it is surprising that DC/WB have not capitalised on their catalogue of characters, from which the Metal Men would be perfect, in order to give us an animated movie (get the guys that made Batman: Brave and the Bold such a joy) with their animated guru ace in the deck: Bruce Timm. C'mon DC/WB, make this happen.
Perhaps the most overtly superhero movie on my list. There hasn't really been a movie in the genre that deals with family. Siblings have complex relationships and what oil to throw on the sibling fire than superpowers? Granted, the Wonder Twins have the more mainstream recognition than the Hawk and the Dove, but lets face it are kinda lame.
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