Superhero Bits: ‘Green Lantern,’ ‘Wonder Woman,’ ‘Deadpool’ And ‘Thor 2’ Rumors

By Germain Lussier/May 18, 2011 12:10 pm EST

Cinema Blend has a source inside Marvel that says, due to the huge box office success of Thor, a sequel is currently being kicked around. And while that’s not really news in itself, what their source told them is. First of all, they say Marvel is hoping to release the sequel during the summer of 2013, right around the time Iron Man 3, which is currently being written. That would mean three straight summers of Thor if you include next summer’s The Avengers.

Also, the Cinema Blend source says the two most likely villains at this point are The Enchantress and The Executioner. In the comics, the Enchantress is a sorceress of Asguard who is jealous of Thor’s love (most likely Natalie Portman’s Jane) and plots to take her out so she can have Thor to herself. The Executioner is her right hand man, who also happens to be in love with The Enchantress. Of course, these are just rumors as the film doesn’t have a writer, director, or even a greenlight yet, but, according to Cinema Blend, they’re being discussed.

Speaking of Marvel movies in development, we haven’t heard much about Deadpool since the hiring of Tim Miller as a director. One can assume he’s quietly working on the film. Before Miller was hired, though, everyone thought Robert Rodriguez was going to direct the film and, according to the director of the upcoming Spy Kids 4, that was never going to happen. Here’s what he said to the MTV Splash Page:

Well, even though he was never going to direct it, what did he think of the script?

He has more to say on the subject, so head over to MTV to read more of Rodriguez’s comments.

It’s going to be a cool movie. I don’t want people to think it’s going to stink! Not at all. It’s a great script and action-packed and it’s a great character.

Heading over to DC, one of the biggest disappointments (or maybe biggest sources of relief) is that NBC’s Wonder Woman didn’t make it to air. But why exactly? Other than the fact that the costume was terrible and we heard the script was really poppy and stupid, here’s what NBC chief Robert Greenblatt told TV Guide:

Thanks to Geek Tyrant for the heads up.

They did a great pilot and worked really hard on it. And I have huge respect for David E. Kelley. But we looked at the schedule and our needs and where things were falling into place. And it just didn’t seem to fit.

DC also premiered a brand new poster for Green Lantern featuring Abin Sur, played by Temuera Morrison, on their Facebook. Very cool indeed.

And they’re also pumping up the viral marketing for the film encouraging fans to take the Green Lantern Infinite Oath. Click that link and you can record your own oath and add it to the ever growing site. Plus, you can click around and find other people’s oaths like DC bigwig Geoff Johns, Ain’t It Cool News’ Harry Knowles, Devin Faraci and others, who actually alerted us to this cool promotion over on Badass Digest.