Comments on: Morning Briefing 2: Singer/Superman, TenNapel, etc http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:30:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: joecab http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050939 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:18:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050939 And don't forget that Nickelodeon did a season of Catscratch, which was also one of Doug's comic creations. And don’t forget that Nickelodeon did a season of Catscratch, which was also one of Doug’s comic creations.

]]> by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050851 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:50:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050851 I honestly thought Tommysaurus Rex would be made first. I was wrong. I honestly thought Tommysaurus Rex would be made first. I was wrong.

]]> by: Tom Spurgeon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050661 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:06:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050661 It was a bargain ticket, though. I paid $7 to get in and part of me still feels like I'm watching it. It was a bargain ticket, though. I paid $7 to get in and part of me still feels like I’m watching it.

]]> by: Tom Spurgeon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050652 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:05:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050652 It wasn't a bomb, but by most people's measures the domestic box office didn't match the production budget, so you'd have to be spinning pretty hard to express incredulity that anyone could think it underperformed. I don't think it quite made $400 million, either. Came close, but there's a difference between a movie that falls short of a threshold and one that surpasses it. It wasn’t a bomb, but by most people’s measures the domestic box office didn’t match the production budget, so you’d have to be spinning pretty hard to express incredulity that anyone could think it underperformed.

I don’t think it quite made $400 million, either. Came close, but there’s a difference between a movie that falls short of a threshold and one that surpasses it.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050601 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:46:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050601 So... will Lex Luthor expose Superman for killing the last Kryptonians at the end of Superman II? (who watches the watchmen?) Will Lois realize that Superman slipped her a ruffi after that hot night in the arctic? And will NORAD trace Clark's spaceship crash from SR and investigate? So… will Lex Luthor expose Superman for killing the last Kryptonians at the end of Superman II? (who watches the watchmen?) Will Lois realize that Superman slipped her a ruffi after that hot night in the arctic? And will NORAD trace Clark’s spaceship crash from SR and investigate?

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050509 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:44:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050509 [quote]§ Yes there WILL be a Superman Returns sequel, director Bryan Singer tells Empire and he WILL be directing it: “That movie made $400 million!” Singer says incredulously. “I don’t know what constitutes under-performing these days…Look, I can understand, I suppose, what some people mean. Perhaps some people went in with the expectation of it being like an X-Men film, and Superman is a tougher character than that. Especially bringing him back. It really goes back to the fact that you can only please some of the people some of the time. But, yes, I’m just getting back with writers after the strike. We’re just in the development phase. I’m starting to develop a sequel…with the intention of directing it.”[/quote] I dunno.... just 'cause you have the intention of doing it doesn't mean Warner will still let you do it. With their money and all. I watched Superman Returns the other day and I was struck by how much lip-service is done in comparing Lois Lane to Katherine Hepburn. I was watching the scenes on Luthor's yacht and thinking: "Dang! Hepburn would've eaten that bald-headed guy for lunch!" She certainly put the lie to her story about the world not needing a Superman... Plus with all the smacking around she endured, it's a wonder Lois wasn't in an adjoining hospital bed! Maybe she's part-Kryptonian? A weird side-effect of giving birth to a Super-Son? Holy Mort Weisinger, Batman! It's Super-Lois! [quote]§ Yes there WILL be a Superman Returns sequel, director Bryan Singer tells Empire and he WILL be directing it:

“That movie made $400 million!” Singer says incredulously. “I don’t know what constitutes under-performing these days…Look, I can understand, I suppose, what some people mean. Perhaps some people went in with the expectation of it being like an X-Men film, and Superman is a tougher character than that. Especially bringing him back. It really goes back to the fact that you can only please some of the people some of the time. But, yes, I’m just getting back with writers after the strike. We’re just in the development phase. I’m starting to develop a sequel…with the intention of directing it.”[/quote]

I dunno…. just ’cause you have the intention of doing it doesn’t mean Warner will still let you do it. With their money and all.

I watched Superman Returns the other day and I was struck by how much lip-service is done in comparing Lois Lane to Katherine Hepburn. I was watching the scenes on Luthor’s yacht and thinking: “Dang! Hepburn would’ve eaten that bald-headed guy for lunch!” She certainly put the lie to her story about the world not needing a Superman…

Plus with all the smacking around she endured, it’s a wonder Lois wasn’t in an adjoining hospital bed! Maybe she’s part-Kryptonian? A weird side-effect of giving birth to a Super-Son? Holy Mort Weisinger, Batman! It’s Super-Lois!

]]> by: Marcus Lusk http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050508 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:43:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/12/morning-briefing-2-singersuperman-tennapel-etc/#comment-1050508 Glad to hear CREATURE TECH is finally happening. (It's only been SIX years!) And MONSTER ZOO sounds promising. TenNapel's work is rooted in fantasy and sci-fi but is still appealing to the casual reader. Every comic shop should be able to interest customers in this man's work. Glad to hear CREATURE TECH is finally happening. (It’s only been SIX years!) And MONSTER ZOO sounds promising. TenNapel’s work is rooted in fantasy and sci-fi but is still appealing to the casual reader. Every comic shop should be able to interest customers in this man’s work.

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