Can Christopher Nolan Save the "Superman" Franchise?

From Deadline Hollywood

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is trying to ready its DC Comics stalwart Superman to soar again on the Big Screen, and the studio has turned to Chris Nolan to mentor development of the movie. Our insiders say that the brains behind rebooted Batman has been asked to play a "godfather" role and ensure The Man Of Steel gets off the ground after a 3 1/2-year hiatus. Nolan's leadership of the project can set it in the right direction with the critics and the fans, not to mention at the box office. Besides, Nolan is considered something of a god at Warner Bros and has a strong relationship with the studio after the success of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Though he wasn’t obligated to do so, he gave the studio first crack at his spec script Inception, and Warner Bros was able to buy it before other studios even got a sniff. While Nolan completes that Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer for a July 16th release, he's also hatched an idea for Warner Bros' third Batman installment. Now his brother and frequent collaborator Jonah Nolan, and David Goyer who co-wrote Batman Begins and penned the story for The Dark Knight, are off scripting it. (See 'FlashForward' Showrunner Exits For Features).

Let us emphasize that Superman 3.0 is in the early stages of development. And we doubt Nolan would direct. This wouldn't be a sequel to Superman Returns but a completely fresh franchise. As one of our insiders reassures: “It would definitely not be a followup to Superman Returns." Nolan coming on board follows a hiatus period for Superman after that 2006 reboot as the studio tried to figure out whether or not to make a sequel to that version starring Brandon Routh directed by Bryan Singer. As recently as this summer, Warner Bros was still contemplating how to proceed. We were told that "Bryan or Brandon are not completely out of it yet. But Warner Bros doesn't have a handle yet on it, either. [Producer] Jon Peters is trying to make something happen since he stands to benefit financially. But they [the studio] need to hear a great story that makes sense." Another insider explained to us, "We know what we don't want to do. But we don't know what we want to do. We learned a lot from the last movie, and we want to get it right this time."

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I got really excited when I first saw this article, then I realized that Nolan is going to "mentor" the film, not direct.

What does that mean exactly?

I LOVE Christopher Nolan. I think his retread of Batman is nothing shy of genius. So, in my perfect world, I'd have him directing the newest attempt to bring back Superman. I mean, does this mean he'll have input, but there's still the possibility that we could see someone like McG (shudder) helm this thing? I could weep at the thought.

Please tell me that "mentoring" means he'll eventually sign on to direct.

Anyone?

"Earth" innovative and friendly earphones

The "Earth" is an innovative and user friendly headset or earphones that provide an audio platform controlled by touch sensors. Users can to control functions such as volume and playlists by just flipping a finger on the touch-sensitive surface.

The surface of the Earth headset is touch-sensitive. The controlling unit and the earpieces are connected to the main unit via Bluetooth.

The Earth headset make things clutter-free and lets you enjoy surround sound music. In addition, the headset is very simple to use and can easily be worn on the ears.

Designers: Átila Rossito

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Eco 7 Folding Bike, revolutionary concept design

Bicycle, the vehicle is friendly, we want to take it goes to with everywhere. but, sometimes it difficult to transport

The Eco 7 folding bicycle to be taken on planes and other transportation where space is a significant problem. The bike is designed in such a way that every part of the bike is collapsible, including the main frame, the handle bars, crank, brakes, wheels and chain.

The bike wheels composed of six pieces connected through double-pivot joints. the spokes of the wheel fold into the rim and fold out when opened up to provide structure to the wheel. . the tire isn’t inflatable, allowingit to break into segments. the bike frame itself also shrinks down in size when taken apart, folding into itself and the core components. while the design may take awhile to fold and unfold, the compact size is ideal for cramped urbanites.

Designers: Victor Aleman

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Lest We Forget...

My cousin just got back from Haiti. He went there with a medical team to get out supplies and aid to the earthquake victims. I live in California and remember the San Francisco and Northridge quakes really well-- obviously those were nothing compared to Haiti. But seeing the pictures really brings it home.






My cousin is already planning a trip back next month with my aunt's boyfriend to help the rebuilding effort. Those guys are my heroes.

Scaling Up

So just what are we talking about here when we talk about the US Steel site in Gary, IN? It's big, for sure, but how big is 'big'? To try to get an idea, here are some comparisons with some more familiar locales:


The site, in all it's barren, washed-out, strip-mined-lookin' glory.


Comparing the 8-mile long site to the Chicago Loop. Note: the defining boundaries of the Loop are somewhat flexible. In this instance the 4 sides are Wacker (N. and W.), Michigan Ave (E.), and Congress (S.), so as to encompass the full heart of the downtown area. The actual loop of the L -- from which the name comes -- is bounded by Wells (W.), Lake (N.), Wabash (E.), and Van Buren (S.), which forms a rectangle about 30% smaller than the one indicated above...



Gary/Chicago Airport compared to Tokyo, Detroit, and LAX. Check out how small LAX is compared to the others!


Here's how our site compares to everyone's favorite, FOA's Yokohama Terminal.


The site is bordered by the Indiana Dunes State Park to the east. Speaking of parks, here's how the size of London's Hyde Park and NYC's Cental Park compare.


And, finally, here's how the length of the site compares to the distance between Ann Arbor and Chelsea.

Scaling Up

So just what are we talking about here when we talk about the US Steel site in Gary, IN? It's big, for sure, but how big is 'big'? To try to get an idea, here are some comparisons with some more familiar locales:


The site, in all it's barren, washed-out, strip-mined-lookin' glory.


Comparing the 8-mile long site to the Chicago Loop. Note: the defining boundaries of the Loop are somewhat flexible. In this instance the 4 sides are Wacker (N. and W.), Michigan Ave (E.), and Congress (S.), so as to encompass the full heart of the downtown area. The actual loop of the L -- from which the name comes -- is bounded by Wells (W.), Lake (N.), Wabash (E.), and Van Buren (S.), which forms a rectangle about 30% smaller than the one indicated above...



Gary/Chicago Airport compared to Tokyo, Detroit, and LAX. Check out how small LAX is compared to the others!


Here's how our site compares to everyone's favorite, FOA's Yokohama Terminal.


The site is bordered by the Indiana Dunes State Park to the east. Speaking of parks, here's how the size of London's Hyde Park and NYC's Cental Park compare.


And, finally, here's how the length of the site compares to the distance between Ann Arbor and Chelsea.

Finger Power, charge battery by turns to spin

The change of the technology has the development continuously and the thing will to must take an interest to follow is the choice creating energy. Because, every the equipment or gadget must use the energy from the electricity propels whole, include many cellphones in the world

Many time, we might meet designing and develop the innovation of energy choice for batteries charge of cellphone, various ideas are a lot of solar energy, liquid energy or until to kinematic energy

Today then want to present the idea for charge battery from kinematic energy, that interesting very much

This is cellphone batteries that recharge battery by turns around your index finger and it’s gathered enough power to last you a conversation or a safe trip to your charger and electric point. Which, if want standby status only, we must to revolve this battery on a finger about 25 minute or to revolve 130 cycles for call phone used 2 minute

However, when consider the possibility in engineering line, the whirl to hundred times in order to energy to enough with call cellphone will see to daydream

Designers: Song Teaho & Hyejin Lee

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