The Ultimate Upcoming Comic-Book Movie List
We’ve been covering so much comic-book movie news around here lately it’s hard to keep in focus exactly how many are in the works. To really get a handle on it one needs to put it in list form, so here we go. Titles are roughly organized in the order that we are likely to see them release. By this count, we have 22 announced movies that are either in some sort of production or recently announced as well as eight movies that were announced, but have lost steam as a project or have disappeared into the ether.
Just a matter of time:
Iron Man (Post-production, May 2008)
Notes: Everything shown looks great, totally trustworthy talent involved.
The Hulk (Filming, June 2008)
Notes: Great talent, should be far better than the first.
Batman: The Dark Knight (Filming, July 2008)
Notes: More great talent, should be stellar like the first movie.
Hellboy 2 (Filming, July 2008)
Notes: First was fun, second probably is too.
Punisher 2 (Pre-production, 2008)
Notes: Good talent involved, should be improvement over tepid first movie.
Watchmen (Pre-production, March 2009)
Notes: Great director, unknown cast, difficult work to adapt, fingers crossed.
Superman: Man of Steel (Script in development, target date summer 2009)
Notes: Please, drop the Superboy idea. I still trust Singer, though.
The Spirit (Pre-production, 2009)
Notes: It’s Frank Miller, of course it’s going to be good.
Wolverine (Pre-production, 2009)
Notes: Origin story, good premise, would be really hard to mess up.
Sin City 2 (Pre-production, studio hold-ups)
Notes: Weinsteins are holding up this sure-fire hit for unknown reasons.
Thor (Director set and lead approached)
Notes: Great director named gives confidence for a good one.
Captain America (Script in development)
Notes: Origin story isn't really that interesting, fingers crossed.
Ant-Man (Script in development)
Notes: Does anyone care about this movie at all?
Justice League of America (Script in development)
Notes: Solid director, great property, Jon Stewart ices the cake.
Magneto (Script in development)
Notes: Better hurry, the lead is old!
Sub-Mariner (Script in development)
Notes: Lack of recent announcements could be bad
Silver Surfer (Script in development)
Notes: Did the crushing bad reviews of FF2 dampen this project?
The Avengers (Script in development)
Notes: A no-brainer, this one will surely happen eventually.
Teen Titans (Script in development)
Notes: Project has perfect demographics studio looks for, this is a lock.
Green Hornet (Script writer set)
Notes: The involvement of Seth Rogan makes this worth keeping track of.
Spider-Man 4 (Looking for writer)
Notes: Meetings have been held, could be new talent though.
Dr. Strange (Recently rumored for announcement)
Notes: Really hoping this is true. Dr. Strange is awesome.
Not likely anytime soon (if at all):
Deathlok (Script in limbo?)
Notes: Probably (luckily) won’t happen… Robocop is so 1980s.
Iron Fist (Script in limbo?)
Notes: Who cares, Iron Fist sucks.
Black Panther (Offered to Singleton)
Notes: Could be marginally interesting if it actually happens.
Luke Cage (Offered to Singleton)
Notes: Who cares, Luke Cage sucks.
Daredevil 2 (License currently unavailable to Marvel)
Notes: Affleck wouldn’t be involved, so it could be good?
Flash (Development limbo)
Notes: The Flash is really not that exciting on screen. Hence, it’s in limbo.
Hawkeye (No announcements in 2 years)
Notes: Don’t hold your breath.
Power Pack (No announcements in 2 years)
Notes: Again, don’t hold your breath.
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What about '30 days of Night'? and whatever happened to 'Evil Ernie' and the rumors of a new 'Spawn' movie?
Well if you go to IMDB and just do a search on 'Based On Comic Book' then sort by date you come up with a much larger list, many mainstream titles that arent mentioned at all here.
Hey, if people can be completely absorbed by Innerspace playing on Comedy Central from time to time, I'm sure Ant Man can make it in theaters :D
'Notes: Origin story isn't really that interesting, fingers crossed.'
Captain America's Origin not interesting?! If done well it could be Marvel's answer to Superman Returns, it also would make an excellent time peice. Captain America would be great in the hands of someone like Clint Eastwood [Flags of Our Fathers] or Steven Spiedberg [Saving Private Ryan, Schiendler's List]
I don't find Cap's origin interesting, sorry.
I'd say Caps origin is at least as interesting as most, and could see it done on film very well. Cap also has the added bonus of being a superhero thats immediately recognized by the audience outside of comicbook fandom. He has been around almost as long as Superman and Batman. Many probably even have an inkling of his origin. The story of the developement of the super soldier formula, and weakling, 4F steve rogers volunteering to test it could be a very compelling story done properly.
Agreed. I'd say Captain America's Origin is much more interesting then say Spider-man's.
the cap movie must be epic. it deserves Spielberg or James Cameron. (where the hell did he go anyway?) What i would really like to see is the next Superman movie introduce the Martian Manhunter or a GL. Then lead into the JLA movie.(Since no one seems to have the brains to make GL into a movie.)
Why do an origin story for Captain America at all? Don't we all know how that came about? And do we care? If they have to tell it, tell it as a back story. I think a modern day Cap, could be full of good stuff.