Re: That SHAZAM item yesterday.... and well... you'll see.

Hey folks, Harry here. Now some of you may be wondering what happened to the SHAZAM/CAPTAIN MARVEL story from yesterday. Well I deleted it as soon as I heard it wasn't true... which was about 1520 hours (C.S.T.) yesterday. Turns out it was a prank sort of thing...

Aaaaaaah... I see, I hear you saying, "But I thought you said you talked to sources that said they had heard about the scripts before, but that noone you knew had actually read one!"

Well, that was the tricky part. A pair of the easiest screenwriters to acquire copies of their scripts are Andrew Kevin Walker and the Wachowski Brothers... since SEVEN and MATRIX... everything these guys seem to write lands in my or Moriarty's hands faster than you can say my name. But usually we need to know the title in order to ask our sources for it. In this case... where a source 'completely made the story up' there should be no confirmations. In this case... there were.

That still raised hairs on my neck even after I deleted the story, so I continued calling and talking to folks I know in the biz... people that track properties for me and others. And finally when I called Junior Mintz I heard her cute little voice wish me well. Before I could even broach the subject, she went off upon SHAZAM/CAPTAIN MARVEL... Junior Mintz, besides being the greatest Concession Stand Attendee ever, is also a Convention Flirt and Studio Slinktress. Turns out she had once spoken to Alex Ross at some convention in the area of Parts Unknown, and was told how he and his often times partner in crime, Paul Dini, were pursuing the idea of doing an animated SHAZAM/CAPTAIN MARVEL tv series... for which Dini would write and Ross... well apparently Ross had ALREADY done up designs that were incredible. The lovely gal continued to relate the story that unfortunately it seemed the rights were tied up within the Feature division and that Warners was considering the property for possible feature film production.

However, if nothing happens with the property... there is definately interest from Ross and Dini to develop as a television animated property. Personally, my mind boggles at the concept of a Alex Ross designed animated something. I can't even comprehend the total scale of coolness that would reach with Dini alongside. And ol Junior Mintz' New Jersey accent was interrupted with throaty breaths as she was speaking sooo fast.

So while the scooper yesterday was being a horses' behind... and thought he was constructing something ludicrous... in the land of Hollywood ludicrous is upon every utility post and in every office. While the boy thought he was kidding, there was most definately a wolf upon the prowl.

Further investigations continue...