http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/justice-league-wachowskis.html http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/justice-league-wachowskis.html#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:35:34 +0000 Jamie Frevele http://boingboing.net/?p=178340 asked by Warner Bros. to direct the Justice League movie, a new name has been tossed into the internet rumor mill: Wachowski, as in Andy and Lana Wachowski of The Matrix (and Cloud Atlas, V For Vendetta, and Bound).]]> asked by Warner Bros. to direct the Justice League movie, a new name has been tossed into the internet rumor mill: Wachowski, as in Andy and Lana Wachowski of The Matrix (and Cloud Atlas, V For Vendetta, and Bound). The siblings are now apparently on the WB's short list to direct the DC Comics ensemble answer to Marvel's The Avengers. It's pure, unadulterated rumor right now, but it's a cool one, for sure. And Hugo Weaving would probably be on board for that, which is pretty boss. (via The AV Club)]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/justice-league-wachowskis.html/feed 11 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/ben-affleck-justice-league.html http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/ben-affleck-justice-league.html#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:29:00 +0000 Jamie Frevele http://boingboing.net/?p=175428 Marvel-Joss Whedon-Avengers 2 news comes this strange announcement: Ben Affleck -- that Ben Affleck -- has been approached by Warner Bros.]]> Marvel-Joss Whedon-Avengers 2 news comes this strange announcement: Ben Affleck -- that Ben Affleck -- has been approached by Warner Bros. to direct DC's equally huge Justice League movie, which is set to go right up against The Avengers 2. While Affleck is a true, real, bona fide film director (Amy Ryan was nominated for an Oscar for Gone Baby Gone, Affleck's first film), isn't this a little soon for him? Are we ready for Ben Affleck to step into Joss Whedon's turf? Or should he step back and take a cue from Jon Favreau and Kenneth Branagh, and take one comic book superhero at a time? Who could go up against Joss Whedon with a Justice League movie right now? Is Kevin Smith jealous that he wasn't asked? But more importantly: Which city in the DC universe is Boston, and which DC superhero will have that accent? (via /Film, Newsarama)]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/ben-affleck-justice-league.html/feed 44