JLA Movie to Face Off Against Avengers 2?

Now that Warner Bros. has won a decisive court battle involving the rights to Superman, the studio can speed up development on its Justice League movie.

Warner Bros. Wins Big in Superman Copyright Battle

The Man of Steel is, of course, a key member of that superhero team, along with players in spandex like Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and others. According to The LA Times, the studio is expected to "accelerate" development on the JLA project, which will include finding a director and cast. The hope is to shoot next year for a summer, 2015, release. That would put the film squarely against The Avengers 2, don't cha know?

Watch the above video to see Dark Knight co-writer David Goyer discuss bringing Superman's origin story to Man of Steel.

Had Warners lost its legal battle against the family of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster, the use of the character in Justice League or elsewhere would've been restricted after 2013. (And in fact, aspects of that court struggle continue to rage on, though it would seem yesterday's verdict was the start of the litigation saga's endgame.)

"That uncertainty made it difficult for Warner[s] to move ahead with Justice League, which the studio's motion pictures group president, Jeff Robinov, has long wanted to make as a pillar of its big-screen superhero strategy," says The Times. Additionally, the decision reached yesterday allows Warner Bros. to make sequels to Man of Steel (though it remains unclear if that version of Superman will be the one we see in Justice League or not).

So the plan now is to spin-off other heroes into their own movies after Justice League, in a sort of reverse-Marvel methodology. Hey, that works for me.

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Talon #0 Review

The idea of Talon as a series is certainly sound; following a man that was able to break free of the Court of Owls’ clutches and try to redeem himself is a concept with plenty to offer. We could see him try and right the many wrongs he’d done as a Talon while trying to avoid assassination by the Court he betrayed. However, with Calvin Rose being a brand new character introduced in issue #0 – after we’ve seen the kinds of motivations that lead one to becoming a Talon – he’s got a long way to go to proving his worth as not only a hero of Gotham, but as the anchor of one of DC’s New 52.

Writer James Tynion IV makes him endearing enough – he’s an escape artist that is led to the Court as a child – but his motivations for “accepting” his role within the Court are questionable. Compared to past tie-ins that provide these seemingly evil characters reason enough for becoming tools of assassination, Calvin’s is never made entirely clear. He’s got daddy issues (a necessity in the DCU, it seems), but other than that, he just seems to be easily swayed by the Court’s monologue about cleaning up Gotham. Granted, it’s doubtful he would’ve even had a choice in the matter, but Talon #0 still shows Calvin accepting the offer rather quickly and without good reason. Since this is serving as an origin story, it’s a bit disappointing that we don’t get more of an understanding of Calvin’s character other than the very broadstrokes.

That said, Tynion’s narrative voice is solid, offering many anecdotes about Calvin’s early days in the circus and as a Talon. Despite the narrative captions serving mainly as exposition, Tynion deftly spices things up with insight into Calvin’s personality. Talon #0 also makes great use of Calvin’s history as an escape artist, using it for solid thematic content instead of just convenient plot points (having a lockpick hidden away in dire circumstances is always recommended). The Court of Owls also makes a significant appearance here by necessity, but Tynion is able to mine that psychologically disturbing element that makes them such spectacular villains to great effect.

It’s nice to see Guillem March on a book that doesn’t rely simply on cheesecake, allowing him to showcase his storytelling chops to the reader without worry of distraction. March isn’t known for subtlety, but he gets to enact some during the aforementioned Court sequences, both in terms of action and horrific imagery. It’s a very nice change of pace for the artist, so here’s hoping that the future installments can maintain this sort of quality.

Joey is IGN's Comics Editor and a comic book creator himself. Follow Joey on Twitter, or find him on IGN. He loves superhero pets so hard.

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Apple-Samsung Verdict Is In (in South Korea)

The Seoul District Court ruled a split decision in the patent case between Samsung and Apple, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Apple was found guilty of infringing Samsung's patents with the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and its first two iPad generations. It has been barred from selling them in South Korea, and must pay Samsung what works out to $35,000 in damages.

Samsung, meanwhile, has to stop selling the Galaxy S and SII, along with the Galaxy Tab and Tab 10.1 and pay Apple about $22,000.

So Apple pays an $11,000 speeding ticket, and both companies can still sell all their latest products (the iPhone 4S, the new iPad, the Galaxy SIII and the Galaxy Tab2 were all released after the lawsuit was filed)? Could've been worse.

But the case still results in an immediate sales ban on numerous products in South Korea. The ban affects the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad 1 and iPad 2, and Samsung’s Galaxy S, S2, Galaxy Tab and Tab 10.1, IDG said.

The ban does not affect products released after the case was filed, such as the latest iPad, the iPhone 4S, or the Samsung Galaxy S3.

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