Teen Titans to the Big Screen Source: The Hollywood Reporter May 31, 2007
DC Comics' superteam Teen Titans is getting the big-screen treatment courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The live-action adaptation is being produced by Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster through their Weed Road production company, while Mark Verheiden has been brought on board to write the script.
The Teen Titans, which first appeared in 1964, are comprised of Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Wonder Girl and Speedy, the respective sidekicks of A-list heroes Batman, Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Green Arrow.
The comic series reached X-Men-style success in the 1980s, when the team was relaunched in a new comic with the characters no longer kids but college-age adults and the stories explored more mature themes. The series also saw the addition of Cyborg, Starfire and Raven, original characters who weren't sidekicks, while the character of Robin matured into one called Nightwing.
Most recently, the comic was adapted to the television screen with a Cartoon Network series that ran from 2003-06 that used many of the '80s comics' heroes and story lines.
It is not known which heroes will be used, but Nightwing is said to be in the mix.
Goldsman said the tone will be consistent with such recent Warners' comic book fare as Batman Begins, Superman Returns and the upcoming Watchmen.
Verheiden was a writer-producer on "Smallville" and is a writer-producer on "Battlestar Galactica."
Post by Jack Quinn on May 31, 2007 17:34:36 GMT -5
well hell I know what I'll be taking my nephew to see
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My wife came across this news and asked me if I'd heard they were making a Teen Titans movie, and I was like "sure, The Judas Contract, heard about it months ago." And she was like "uh-uh, this is something else, come look."
So, between Trouble in Tokyo for the younger set, The Judas Contract for uber-geeks, and this live action thing, we certainly have an assortment of Teen Titans movies to choose from.
It'll probably end up stuck in development hell. Or suck balls. Still, one can hope.
If Dick's already going to be Nightwing in it, I take it this'll be the "young 20 somethings as Teens" style of casting? I really hope Deathstroke's going to be in it, and the REAL one, not "Slade" from the cartoon. Preferably played by someone really good at being menacing. Keifer Sutherland's a popular idea on the Newsarama boards.