Sorry Bryan Singer, but Warner Bros. decides to reboot Superman!

It’s official! Bryan Singer has been toss to the curb (um, maybe he can go back and reboot his abandoned X-Franchise, which Ratner crapped upon). Superman will be reborn, rebooted, similar to the Incredible Hulk, and we say YES! Here’s Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov talking to the WSJ:

Warner Bros. also put on hold plans for another movie starring multiple superheroes — known as “Batman vs. Superman” — after the $215 million “Superman Returns,” which had disappointing box-office returns, didn’t please executives. “‘Superman’ didn’t quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to,” says Mr. Robinov. “It didn’t position the character the way he needed to be positioned.” “Had ‘Superman’ worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009,” he adds. “But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all.”

With “Batman vs. Superman” and “Justice League” stalled, Warner Bros. has quietly adopted Marvel’s model of releasing a single film for each character, and then using those movies and their sequels to build up to a multicharacter film. “Along those lines, we have been developing every DC character that we own,” Mr. Robinov says.

‘Dark Knight’ Becomes 2nd Highest Domestic Grosser Behind Only ‘Titanic’

It’s no joke: the Warner Bros comic book caper achieved this domestic gross milestone today on its 30th day of release. As of Friday, The Dark Knight’s North American cumulative stood at $459,608,000, just behind Fox’s Star Wars (incluing all re-releases) with $460,998,007. No. 1 is still Paramount’s Titanic with $600,788,188. Of course, none of these totals are adjusted for inflation, or higher ticket prices, or number of tickets sold, etc.

- from Nikki

What’s more bogus? This fake Bigfoot nonsense or jackass Brian Austin Green saying that he wants to be the Ridder in the next Batman?

We vote idiot Brian Austin Green. Dark Knight director Chris Nolan would never put such a talentless hack in the Batman franchise.

PS. Even though we WANT TO BELIEVE, the whole Bigfoot thing was bullshit too. The DNA results came back 1/2 possum. Nice:

“The promised evidence for Bigfoot DNA turned out to be an e-mail from Curt Nelson, a University of Minnesota scientist who analyzed DNA samples provided by the two men. Nelson said one of the samples came from a human, the other from an opossum. The presenters sidestepped the issue by saying that is what their Bigfoot must have recently consumed.” - from Discover

‘Thunder’ to strike down the ‘Knight’

After four weekends at the top, “The Dark Knight” should finally get washed out of first place.

DreamWorks and Paramount’s big-budget comedy “Tropic Thunder” opens at 3,319 playdates on Wednesday and has a good shot at staying No. 1 through the weekend.

Studio is looking for the Hollywood sendup, which stars Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr., to at least match the overall five-day take of last week’s “Pineapple Express” at $41.3 million.

- from Variety

The Dark Knight takes down Stoners

Batman was higher than Hollywood’s newest pot heads.

“The Dark Knight” took in $26 million to finish as the No. 1 movie for the fourth straight weekend, beating the stoner comedy “Pineapple Express,” which opened in second place with $22.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The weekend haul lifted the Warner Bros. Batman sequel to No. 3 on the all-time domestic box-office charts with $441.5 million, behind only “Titanic” ($600.8 million) and the original “Star Wars” ($461 million).

The last movie to remain No. 1 for four consecutive weekends was “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” in late 2003 and 2004, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers. That movie did it during a much slower time of year, with nowhere near the competition “The Dark Knight” has faced during Hollywood’s busy summer season.

- from Huffpost

Friday Neck & Neck: Is ‘Dark Knight’ Too Smoking Hot For ‘Pineapple Express’?

Very early numbers show Friday’s box office is too close to call. Sony is claiming its Pineapple Express won the day. But Warner Bros is saying its The Dark Knight came out on top. And a third studio emails me that the two films are even steven. Oh, this is going to be a fun weekend at the two pics fight for domestic gross supremacy! So, either both films made $7.5+ million, or Pineapple Express made $7.6M and Dark Knight $7.4M, or else Dark Knight made $7.6M and Pineapple Express made $7.4M. Hollywood emails are flying fast and furiously! - from Nikki

David Goyer May Bump ‘Magneto’ To Make Way For ‘Invisible Man’

David Goyer is a busy man these days. Making the most popular film of the year, and one of the highest-grossing movies of all time, will do that to a guy.

Now, the “Dark Knight” screenwriter is hoping to capitalize on his success with such recent superhero scripts as “The Flash” and “X-Men Origins: Magneto,” which he’ll also direct.

“That may be next,” he told us recently. But first, Goyer revealed, he hopes to vanish for awhile.

“I’m writing a new version of ‘The Invisible Man’ for Universal,” said the red-hot writer/director, who was at Comic-Con recently to promote “The Unborn,” a horror flick due in theaters next year. “I’m in the process of doing ['Invisible Man'] right now, and I’m working with some conceptual artists in tandem with writing the script. I’m actually working with one of the artists from ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘The Dark Knight.’ So it could be ‘Magneto,’ or it could be ‘The Invisible Man’ next.”

- from MTV

Angelina Jolie is NOT Catwoman in Batman 3, it’s Maggie Gyllenhaal

There’s been some bullshit rumors going around started by NY Daily News and frickin’ Julie Newmar that Angelina Jolie should play the role of Catwoman. Right, Julie Newmar has the pulse on Christopher Nolan’s vision of Batman. Suddenly, this dumb article became fact, and people are reporting that Mrs. Brad Pitt IS Catwoman in Batman 3. No and no. We know who’s Catwoman. It’s Maggie Gyllenhaal… (more…)

‘Dark Knight’ remains at #1

From Variety:

Warner Bros.’ “The Dark Knight” continued its record-breaking crusade over the weekend, grossing an estimated $75.6 million from 4,366 theaters at the domestic box office.
The huge weekend means the pic broke the $300 million barrier in only 10 days and is quickly careening toward the $400 million mark.

No other film in history has made so much in its sophomore sesh, and the “Dark Knight” cume has reached $312.4 million. Batman sequel declined just 52% over the weekend.

That wasn’t the only good news at the box office. Sony’s Will Ferrell-John C. Reilly comedy “Step Brothers” opened to a pleasing $30 million from 3,094 runs, putting the R-rated pic at No. 2 for the weekend.

And Universal holdover “Mamma Mia!” remained a crowd-pleaser, declining just 36% in its second weekend to $17.9 million from 2,990 and placing No. 3. Cume is $62.7 million.

‘Dark Knight’ steps over ‘Brothers’

From Variety:

Warner Bros.’ “The Dark Knight” continued to dominate the box office in its second Friday, taking in $23.1 million from 4,366 theaters and propelling its domestic cume toward $300 million.
Repping a 66% decline from its opening day, the current B.O. for the Christopher Nolan-directed superhero pic currently stands at $261.7 million. By Sunday, it’s possible that “Dark Knight” might break the record for a pic’s second weekend take. Among the highest grossing sophomore frames, DreamWorks’ “Shrek 2″ holds the title with $72.2 million.

In second place yesterday, Sony’s R-rated laffer “Step Brothers” headlining Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly reaped $11.7 million from 3,094 venues. The pic’s first day ranks as the second best among Ferrell’s collaboration with producer-helmer Adam McKay, ranking behind the first Friday of 2006’s “Talladega Nights” ($18.1 million) and ahead of 2004’s “Anchorman” ($10.8 million).