Amid all the hand-wringing over the troubled Justice League – make that Justice League Mortal – everyone seems to have forgotten about the announcement last May of a live-action Teen Titans movie.
But in an interview at ComicMix, comics and screenwriter Mark Verheiden helpfully jogs our collective memory: He turned in a first draft of the screenplay to Warner Bros. before the WGA strike, and he’s now ready for another go-around.
He says the movie, which will use the Marv Wolfman-George Perez ’80s revival as “the touchstone of inspiration,” will deal with “a transitional period in the lives of the Teen Titans.”
“It will be a huge, fun, action movie but it’s the characters first,” Verheiden says. “What makes them interesting and exciting? That’s how I approach any story.”
He also reveals the movie will deal with Robin’s relationship with Batman, a thread that ran through The New Teen Titans, and ended with Dick Grayson becoming Nightwing.
“It’s no secret Robin is in this movie, so what if you were him, after living in the shadow of Bruce Wayne and Batman, and now you wanted to go off on your own and become your own man, your own superhero?” Verheiden says. “That’s got to be a huge thing to overcome. That makes it interesting for me.”
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
WHEN was this announced? OK, last May. You said that. I never heard about this until now though.
With all the problems surrounding “JLA 90210,” and with so many fan types opposed to it(just read the comments here, AICN, Rotten Tomatoes and elsewhere), perhaps it makes sense to sh*tcan the JLA project and just go ahead with this?
If that were to happen, you wouldn’t necessarily be stepping on the toes of any future Superman or Batman films. Sure, having Robin exist in a movie contradicts Chris Nolan’s Bat-franchise… But it’s a lot more sensible than having two different Batmen running around in two different active film series.
One could even imagine that Robin comes a long later in the Nolan-verse, though, hopefully, Nolan will never see fit to tell that story and simply leave Robin out of his films. Besides, how goofy will JLA look when those heroes will look roughly the same age as their “Teen” counterparts?
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
On second though, Verheiden’s comments make little sense. We’ll have Nolan’s Batman, JLA’s Batboy, er, “Batman”… and then ANOTHER ONE in Teen Titans?
Bale almost certainly won’t do TT, and the JLA version will look about the same age as Robin, unless they want to cast a 12 year old… Not likely that a kid who’s just becoming a teen is going to go off on his own. What other option is there but to go with yet another Bats? So they’re potentially looking at three.
Please, PLEASE keep Batman out of this. Otherwise, WB, you’re going to run your most lucrative character (aside from Harry Potter) right into the ground. You’ve got a great going with Chris Nolan (and I credit you for having the brains to hire him). Why mess it up?
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I would love to see a live action teen titans movie!
May 4th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I don’t see where it was stated that Batman would actually be in the movie. All this article mentions is that the film will deal with Robin’s relationship with Batman, not that Batman will make an appearance. Maybe Robin’s teammates and his experiences on the team itself will help Robin come to terms with said relationship. It’s still very early on in terms of information about this movie, so I wouldn’t make many assumptions.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I would love to se this movie and no offence but screw robin i cant wait to se RAVEN shes smoken
July 10th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
When the TT movie is made, I hope they base it on the early comic book or the 1980s version.
I tried several times to watch the cartoon. Each time I felt it sucked even more than the last time I saw it. So please I beg you. Whomever’s making the movie. Keep with the comic book and not cartoon version.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
The cartoon was a lot of fun and really popular. I dare say there are way more fans of the cartoon than the comic now, so which way do you think they’ll go?
July 15th, 2008 at 12:14 am
if there gonna go with the 80′s versn than it should just be called titans if they call it teen titans they just actually hire teens.
oh and fanboy menace. you auctaully thought the cartoon was good and even better than the comic book ha rofl lol ha lmao lol ha. yeeeeeaah good one. that was the worst cartoon ever put out about DC characters. it was anime you never got know there “mild mannered” side, they called deathstroke slade(obviuously cause it was a kids cartoon)they shouldve used his full naem then, it was to kiddy and they left out the best characters. i was excited for the show when i heard about but was real disapointed. i did watch it here and there and did like a very few episodes but other than that it sucked. thank you
July 15th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Making a team movie, without introducing members individually (in their own movies) “might” spell disaster (Note to DC…follow MARVEL’s diagram in bringing the Avengers to the big screen, ie…Iron Man, The Incredible HULK, etc.). Anyway, I’d like to see this work, but I just don’t see it happening. A Teen Titans live action movie will get sidelined just like the JLA movie. Hell, DC can’t even get Wonder Woman onto the big screen…how are they going get 7 characters there? Good luck.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Would the movie have them as late teens to twenties like the later comics or young teens like the Cartoon Network Series. I honstly think we have enough twenty something heros, I hope they go with younger heroes.
Raven AnnaSophia Robb
Starfire Emma Roberts
Robin Zac Efron
Cyborg Lee Thomas Young
Beast Boy (no real idea, maybe a quirky unkown)
July 20th, 2008 at 6:05 am
If they put Zac Efron I will KILL myself. Honest to goodness. No Disney channel fangirl wannabe actors thank you.
On another hand, what is up with people these days? They honestly have never read the comics yet claim to be fans of the various characters? I have to say, for those of us who grew up reading good old American comics it is hilarious to hear.
I really hope they do go a new way just like they did with Superman, if they had followed the ‘Smallville’ route with superman I don’t think I would have been happy. Each has it’s own place. ‘Teen titans’ is good for a children’s show, but it was NOT a representation of the comic in any form.
December 27th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
All I want to see is the first time Koriand’r kisses Dick Grayson. Think about it
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