Geoff Johns On The Possibility Of DC Adapting Unproduced Screenplays Into DC Animated Movies

Geoff Johns On The Possibility Of DC Adapting Unproduced Screenplays Into DC Animated Movies

DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns shares his thoughts on the possibility of Warner Bros. turning unproduced screenplay's like J.J. Abrams' Superman: Flyby into animated movies. It sounds as if the studio has actually already given it some consideration! Check it out.

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By JoshWilding - May 06, 2013 05:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Animated Features
Source: Collider

Outside of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy, DC and Warner Bros. hasn't had an awful lot of luck with their live-action comic book movies (see: Superman Returns and Green Lantern). While that looks set to change with Man of Steel, there are still many unproduced screenplays which have been shelved at one point or another. So, why not turn these into animated movies? That's exactly the question that Collider put to DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns recently and it turns out that it's something the studio has actually considered!

Something that you guys do really well is DC Animated movies. Is there any possibility of taking a movie script that never got made, like a J.J. Abrams Superman, and taking that script or idea and making a DC Animated movie out of it?

There’s always a possibility. That’s not the first time that’s come up. There’s always discussions about what would be really cool to do.


Which undeveloped projects would you guys like to see brought to life as an animated movie? Superman: Flyby? George Miller's Justice League? Be sure to sound off with your thoughts below!

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TheRedSkull
TheRedSkull - 5/6/2013, 5:25 PM
Just make the god damn Live Action movies and stop settling for things only Fan boys watch
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/6/2013, 5:26 PM
Interesting. If only they did that with Green Lantern.
TheRedSkull
TheRedSkull - 5/6/2013, 5:26 PM
Although, I do always enjoy the Batman animated flicks. Never fail
thebearjew
thebearjew - 5/6/2013, 5:27 PM
Id rather they adapt great story arcs from the comics!!!
TheSuperguy
TheSuperguy - 5/6/2013, 5:27 PM
That sounds great! I'd wanna see Superman Lives, Superman Flyby, and Batman Triumphant.
thebearjew
thebearjew - 5/6/2013, 5:28 PM
The have a freaking flash movie script by david goyer for christs sakes! Make the god damn movie!
thebearjew
thebearjew - 5/6/2013, 5:29 PM
ALOT of those movies werent made into live action for GOOD reason like the ones superguy just mentioned
GeekyCheekyChic
GeekyCheekyChic - 5/6/2013, 5:29 PM
How about that "SuperMax" screenplay where Green Arrow was in prison with all the super criminals ?
CapFanLex005
CapFanLex005 - 5/6/2013, 5:47 PM
I would love a 3 part Kingdom Come set
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/6/2013, 5:50 PM
Killing Joke. I want Hamill to voice the joker one last time.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/6/2013, 5:51 PM
dc comics king of animated movies,shame its live action where the money is being made.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/6/2013, 5:53 PM
Also, Prometheus deserves to get animated.
Goggles
Goggles - 5/6/2013, 5:54 PM
Green Arrow: Escape from Super Max

Make it happen, DC. Animated or live-action. Just do it.
JRM1995
JRM1995 - 5/6/2013, 5:56 PM
Funny that even Superman Returns made more money domestically than The Incredible Hulk, Thor, and Captain America, not to mention all of the Marvel properties before that like both FF films, Hulk, both Punisher films, etc, etc....
fawfulmark2
fawfulmark2 - 5/6/2013, 5:57 PM
Kingdom Come MUST Happen.

and eventually so must the mother of all stories, CoIE.
Montross
Montross - 5/6/2013, 6:01 PM
I'd like to see animated adaptations of Brian Azzarello's Lex Luthor: Man of Steel & Joker.

Long Halloween, Killing Joke, Kingdom Come, & Blackest Night would all be welcome, too.
JayJayCAW
JayJayCAW - 5/6/2013, 6:03 PM
I wouldn't mind seeing Superman: Flyby as a animated movie, that would separate it enough from everything else to not confuse anyone
jaewest215
jaewest215 - 5/6/2013, 6:06 PM
If they do a Batman reboot, they should use Batman: Earth One.

I would like to see reboot X-Men movie. They should do Ultimate X-Men. Good story. Lots of action. I like First Class but it was too real. The thing that saved it was the acting.

I would like to see Spawn redone.

I agree with TheRedSkull.
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 5/6/2013, 6:08 PM
I would like to see a Superman Lives animated movie. I want to see how polar bears, the fiercest killers in the animal kingdom, would look like in a Superman film.
Wingding
Wingding - 5/6/2013, 6:15 PM
@TheRedSkull

You, sir, are a genius.
beane2099
beane2099 - 5/6/2013, 6:16 PM
I'd love to see what Richard Donner had planned for Batman and Superman 3.
Tevii
Tevii - 5/6/2013, 6:20 PM
well that sounds like a good way to make the already great animated movies start sucking like their live action movies.
the ReAL question should be "was there ever discussion o putting Bruce Timm in charge of overseeing a DC cinematic universe since he did so well with the animated one/"
JM4Superman
JM4Superman - 5/6/2013, 6:26 PM
Can we get superman Earth One?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/6/2013, 6:33 PM
They should start developing DC Animated features akin to how Pixar does it. I read an article that DC was considering doing this. It would be a new venue to attack and something that Marvel hasn't conquered. I think that would be great. And these films could warrant sequels like live action films. Also, DC should start developing live action and animated shows on Netflix or Amazon. Young Justice and GLTA could be resurrected here. New shows can be developed for heroes or comic book arcs that have yet to see the silver screen, small screen, or straight to video. Gotham Central would be great as a gritty live action show on Netflix or a gritty TV14 animated show on Netflix as well. DC can really amp up there entertainment. Animation, Netflix, or Amazon....Animated Pixar type films....DC can really shake things up. We know they'll never catch up to Marvel movie/phase wise, but they can in tv and dvd. Or at least, it'll take them a while to catch up. RESURRECT THE ANIMATED DC UNIVERSE...SUPERMAN, BATMAN CARTOONS ETC. Bring them to Netflix or Amazon pllllllzzz. By doing this, DC can make themselves look different from Marvel and there cinematic approach.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/6/2013, 6:36 PM
By resurrect I mean create a new dc animated universe that pays homage to the old Bruce "TIMMVERSE". Much respect to him and Dwayne Mcduffie.
dracula
dracula - 5/6/2013, 6:44 PM
they need to do superman lives batman tryumphant and batman vs superman
thatcoldblackcloud
thatcoldblackcloud - 5/6/2013, 6:53 PM
And by "really cool" prick Johns means PROFITABLE
FlashFacts
FlashFacts - 5/6/2013, 7:42 PM
Green Arrow: Escape from Supermax

Batman:Hush (2 parts)
TerminalVoyd
TerminalVoyd - 5/6/2013, 8:35 PM
Honestly, I'd love to see a window into some of those. The unproduced Batman: Year One, Superman Lives, Flyby (which ironically could also feature the voice of Henry Cavill as he was the shoe-in for the lead then too), George Miller's Justice League Mortal and Goyer's Flash would all make awesome animated films (with Goyer's Flash being mostly unsuitable for live action given that Wally West was the primary Flash in the film).

While Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman was never completed, there are three Wonder Woman screenplays available (Todd Alcott, Laeta Kalogridis and the infamous Matthew Jennison and Brent Strickland WWII spec script that Joel Silver picked up literally a day or two after Joss Whedon was off the project). And yeah, there are William Goldman's Shazam, the Wachowskis' Plastic Man and Justin Mark's Escape From Supermax scripts too. As long as no one makes the Jack Black Green Lantern. That would be.... not cool.
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