Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Interview: Screenwriter Tab Murphy

Home Media Magazine has an interview with Tab Murphy, screenwriter of the latest DC Comics straight-to-DVD title, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.  This sequel to Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is based on The Supergirl from Krypton storyline which re-introduces Supergirl to the DC universe (by the way, totally called that).  In the interview, Murphy discusses how the animation style of the film was meant to be a tribute to the late Michael Turner, the artist behind the series.  Tim Daly and Kevin Conroy reprise their roles from Public Enemies as Superman and Batman, respectively, and are joined by Summer Glau as Supergirl, Andre Braugher as Darkseid, Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman, and Ed Asner as Granny Goodness.

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse arrives September 28th.

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Interview: Writer Stan Berkowitz

CinemaSpy has an excellent interview with writer Stan Berkowitz, who did the adaptation for the DVD version of the popular comic Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.  They go into his writing process, things that were changed from the comic to the movie and why, and how Russ Meyer has influenced him.  Seriously.

The Charts: Keep on Trickin’

Top Selling Straight-to-DVD Titles for Week Ending 10/11/09

1. Trick ‘r Treat
2. Clifford the Big Red Dog: Clifford’s Big Halloween
3. Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
4. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
5. Barbie and the Three Musketeers

Trick ‘r Treat debuts on top of the sales as well as the rental charts.  Chiller just squeaked into the top ten overall DVD sales with 94,717 units moved and $1,419,808 in sales.  Clifford the Big Red Dog: Clifford’s Big Halloween actually moving up the chart as we get closer to Halloween.  Flick has earned $1,197,345 off 141,030 units so far.  Bring It On: Fight to the Finish also moving up the chart breaking the $10 million mark.  No idea if that has anything to do with Halloween.  (Dressing up as a cheerleader?  Let us know.)  Superman/Batman: Public Enemies taking a tumble after debuting at number one, but has earned a respectable $4,276,981 so far.  Barbie and the Three Musketeers also sliding down  the chart, but lands just shy of breaking the $10 million mark.

Click on any of the above titles to buy.

More Superman/Batman on the Way

Comic Book Movies reporting that with the success of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, another installment is on the way.  No word yet on which, if any, of the many Jeph Loeb stories will be used as a basis, but off the top of my head the Supergirl story arc was pretty bad-ass.

The Charts: Superman/Batman Open Strong

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies opening strong at #5 in the overall Top 30 DVD Sales Chart for the week ending 10/4/09.  Flick moved 194,593 units for $3,222,460 in sales, putting it right behind the second week of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past‘s 195,690 units.  Barbie and the Three Musketeers closing in on the $10 million mark after 3 weeks of release.  Halloween putting a lot of kid’s flicks on the charts, including the feature-length Clifford the Big Red Dog: Clifford’s Big Halloween, moving over 60,000 units with its debut.  Meanwhile Bring It On: Fight to the Finish also closing in on $10 million after 5 weeks of release.  Its immediate predecessor, In It to Win It, got to $15 million in only 3 weeks.

Wanted: Superman/Batman

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is coming to DVD.  Animated flick is based on the first of a series of new Superman/Batman comics, initially penned by Jeph Loeb with art by Michael Turner back in ’03.  The whole series is outstanding, and serves as a kind of greatest hits of classic DC Comics characters, so expect to see a lot of superpowered cameos (you’ll see a shot of Solomon Grundy in the trailer below, for one).  In case you think they’ve softened the edge of the comic any, this one’s rated PG-13.  And check out the cast…

Tim Daly as Superman
Kevin Conroy (voice of Batman from Batman: The Animated Series) as Batman
Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
Jerry O’Connell as Captain Marvel
John C. McGinley as Metallo
Robert Patrick as Hawkman
CCH Pounder as Amanda Waller
Allison Mack (Chloe on Smallville) as Power Girl
Xander Berkeley as Captain Atom
Hector Elizondo as Bane
Michael Dorn as Black Manta
Tony Todd as Brimstone
LeVar Burton as Black Lightning

Comes in a two-disc or one-disc edition on September 29.  You can pre-order it here.