Teen Titans Coming to Theaters

[snaku]

www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ibdf0b7dd533b3de61b48511fde1743c5

DC Comics' superteam Teen Titans is getting the big-screen treatment courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.

The live-action adaptation is being produced by Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster through their Weed Road banner, while Mark Verheiden has been brought on board to write the script.

The Teen Titans first appeared in 1964 as a sort of junior Justice League, comprising Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Wonder Girl and Speedy, the respective sidekicks of A-list heroes Batman, Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Green Arrow.

The comic series reached X-Men-style success in the 1980s, when the team was relaunched in a new comic with the characters no longer kids but college-age adults and the stories explored more mature themes. The series also saw the addition of Cyborg, Starfire and Raven, original characters who weren't sidekicks, while the character of Robin matured into one called Nightwing.

Most recently, the comic was adapted to the television screen with a Cartoon Network series that ran from 2003-06 that used many of the '80s comics' heroes and story lines.

It is not known which heroes will be used, but Nightwing is said to be in the mix.

Goldsman said the tone will be consistent with such recent Warners' comic book fare as "Batman Begins," "Superman Returns" and the upcoming "Watchmen."

Fans of the cartoon won't be too happy about that last bit. And I'd much rather see Robin than Nightwing.

[The Blue Chibi]

Hmm, that should be interesting. Hope it isn't slaughtered.

[attonbitus]

Bad bad idea. They'll be introduction characters that no one in the mainstream really knows. Not to mention they'll have to figure out how to explain them since there are multiple canons that could follow. The Animated TT were totally differnt in story than their real comic book counter parts.

[firexphantom]

I am excited for the movie. But I hope they don't slaughter it.

[Zutara7]

I really miss Teen Titans, hopefully the movie will do some justice to the series.

[CountessRachel]

Whether or not the movie will do the concept of Teen Titans justice is up in the air; there's no real way to tell until it's released. However a TON of people are more familiar with the WB animated series than the comic books and so that's probably what most audiences will be basing their views on. I'm interested in seeing how they'll present Beast Boy, if they have him.

[Chibi Chan-o]

I've read some of the comics.... And seen the animated version..... That's about it.

[Everwen45]

Fans of the cartoon won't be too happy about that last bit. And I'd much rather see Robin than Nightwing.

Well, I don't know how serious the first comic was, but now almost all comics are pretty dense. And Robin can be that serious, he doesn't need to be Nightwing for it.