Sequel Update: DC Prez Talks Batman 3, More Superman

Apparently you can make a reboot with the same actor…which seems strange. 

Kellvin Chavez of Latino Review was lucky enough to catch up with Paul Levitz, president of DC Comics, at a recent Watchmen press screening. The mini-interview with Levitz can be found here.

First off, yes, Chavez was completely impressed by the Watchmen footage, but thinks it’s going to be something that people will love or hate, somewhat like Sin City (really? I was completely down the middle on Sin City. Didn’t hate it, didn’t love it).

Levitz said that another Superman movie is still planned but the timeline is kind of fuzzy right now. He mentioned that Brandon Routh had been in to their offices recently to talk about the future of the project, so he must still be in the mix. Bad news if you found Routh kind of forgettable.

Meanwhile Batman holds the key to everything and I don’t just mean untold wealth. Here’s what we mean, as explained by Mr. Levitz:

“Everyone is waiting for Nolan to sign on for another Batman, once that happens, the release date for Superman and all other future projects will follow.”

And what about the Green Lantern? Apparently that’s moving along faster than Superman, which makes sense because I think we’ve been hearing about that one for at least five years.

Another source at DC said that they’re trying to get Nolan to commit to July 2011 for a third Batman movie. If that happens the schedule would look something like this.

Green Lantern Summer 2010
Batman 3 Summer 2011
New Superman reboot Summer 2012

The Flash would be in there somewhere too. It would be great to see a Flash movie, but that one’s been talked about so long I don’t know if it’ll ever really happen.

Anyway, the rest is here at Latino Review, please read it.