Well folks, Mommie's Little Monster here had some pretty darn interesting news to pass along for us. I have been able to confirm that Michael Uslan was indeed at New Jersey City University, and that he is indeed the holder of the rights to the BATMAN film franchise as well as the SWAMP THING franchise. Looks like there is a possiblity of development movement on these films. If Warners has indeed allotted 28 million for SWAMP THING, then somewhere out there a script would have to exist, because that's how them budgets get made up... Has any one seen it? I hadn't even heard this project was in the realm of possiblity. I'd love to see SWAMP THING done really well and not as some sort of camp abortion of the original material. Keep your fingers crossed...
I am a media arts student at New Jersey City University. Monday night when I went to get my learn on, i was told that we were having a guest speaker who used to teach as an adjunct professor some time back. As it turned out the speaker was Michael Uslan who owns the rights to the Batman movie franchise and has served as a producer on the first four films. He was an excellent speaker. He told us how he began his career at United Artists, and how it took 14 years to finally bring Batman to the big screen. I couldn't resist the temptation for the Q+A that followed. I asked him about the next Batman movie and if the rumors were true about the year-one storyline. He responded with: "Well I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you." How cliche. Anyway he did say that the next movie will be smaller and more similar in tone to the first film, and we can look for it somewhere 2000-2001 area.
Mr. Uslan also owns the rights and produced the Swampthing features. He mentioned this 0nly after he asked if anyone was a reporter and proceeded to announce that Warner Bros. was allotting 28 million dollars for a new Swampthing feature as opposed to the mere 1.9 million spent on the first film. he did not mention when that could be released. Oh joy!! Our favorite walking spincach salad looks to be making a trip back to the big screen.
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your humble servant,
mommieslittlemonster
