Geoff Johns writes for “Smallville”

Geoff Johns has been involved in many of DC’s best output in the past few years. He had a great run on “The Flash,” completely reinvigorated the “Green Lantern” portion of the universe with Green Lantern: Rebirth, and has been writing Superman and Legion of Super Heroes of late. At San Diego Comic Con, it was announced that he’s always working on “Flash: Rebirth” and an episode of “Smallville” coming up this fall. Everything else about the “Smallville” announcement is spoilery, but what little is known can be found here.

Original Ideas? In Hollywood?

It’s not enough we’re going to be treated to an eco-remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves as a butt-kicking Christ figure, but also in the works is Rocky Horror, remade by MTV, the channel that brought you Joe’s Apartment and twenty-four-hour music videos Reality TV. If that doesn’t fill you with antici…

UPDATE: Clearly, they’ve been reading the Bureau in Hollywood. Check the first comment.

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Tron 2 Cometh

Apparently the Tron 2 trailer surprised a whole bunch of folks down at Comic-Con yesterday. I can’t find the trailer online as yet, but there’s a fairly detailed description here. Details are sparse, but sounds like Jeff Bridges is on-board for the sequel.