CATNIP FOR GEEKS - WB WANTS 7 BATMAN FILMS

On the eve before NYC's comic-con, this bit of news should make everyone happy. While the sequel to "The Dark Knight" is just in the beginning stages of development, Warner Bros is already looking much further down the line. During today’s Time Warner earnings call, it was reported on the web that CEO Jeff Bewkes compared the Batman series to the Harry Potter film franchise, saying that they hope to release a long line of sequels.

“We look at Harry Potter. It’s fantastic to have franchises that last that long. We want to do that with Batman and Superman and perhaps Sherlock Holmes. The sequels are as good, with new characters added, as were the originals. That wasn’t the case in the years ago. Warners has more tentpoles as an on-going strategy that very much lifts its distribution and performance. We think that’s going to hold up our slate in the 2009 - 2010 period. We’ve got four more big tentpoles coming this year.”

All we can say is ... AWESOME!