With the summer break from CMP I have taken something of a break from posting anything here. But with the break soon to end in a week or so I decided to go ahead and give an update on some projects that have been filling my time...

- First up is a biographical film based on the life of a somewhat controversial filmmaker. I plan to produce and direct this project myself. I don't want to say exactly who the movie is out until I finish writing it, but I am willing to say that whoever they are, they will be portrayed as something of a tragic figure.

- I'm developing a few more Green Arrow films. The villains and basic plot are already set for the second and third films, with just a villain set for a fourth film. It seems to me that the main thing that didn't really work in 'Green Arrow: Year One' were the villains, so I have carefully selected who Garrett Hedlund will square off against in the rest of the series.

- A slightly-fictionalized account of the life of Lee Harvey Oswald. I'm going to produce this movie but won't direct as I feel it will require a special talent in order for the audience to care for the character. I plan on offering the director's chair to an A-List director who may or may not have a movie coming out soon in CMP.

- I'm just about done writing the finale of my 'Y: The Last Man' trilogy. The first two scripts have been done for some time now, but I've had trouble with the third. I'll probably submit it to Harry Stark any day now.

- I've already written a sequel to 'The Question' and have been developing a third film that would potentially put an end to the franchise, but then again it could lead to an entirely new trilogy. 'Green Arrow' might have made a shit-ton of money, but 'The Question' is my baby. My goal for the second 'Question' movie isn't so much for it to be a box office hit, instead I want it to not only be nominated for Best Picture - but win. Same goes for Ryan Gosling as Best Actor.

- I have also recently begun co-writing a story with Yuri Redding called 'Hometown Hero'. The plot is still being fleshed out but the main character returns to his hometown after several years away.

- And last but not least, a sequel to my upcoming film 'Tarzan'. With the origin out of the way you can expect to see a lot more action in the sequel, with Tarzan squaring off against a tribe of cannibals. Right now I'm calling it 'Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle', but that is still subject to change.

A box office hit (my first) sure is a nice way to lead into the summer hiatus. It's especially nice since I'm pretty convinced that 'Oedipus Rex' is not going to work at the box office - at all. I'm just not sure there's a real large audience for a classic Greek myth with no big action scenes and a main character in a situation that is definitely difficult to relate to.

The numbers for 'Green Arrow: Year One' are so good that I am going to go ahead and make AT LEAST another two Green Arrow movies, maybe more. Green Arrow may not have Batman or Superman's rogues gallery, but I think that the Green Arrow film series can be one in which the hero is the most interesting character instead of the villain. That's definitely the case with 'The Question'. I've already written the second 'Question' film (which finally has a title), which has a decent/realistic villain (a corrupt politician). I have since started working on a third 'Question' film, but I have run into the problem of not having a real villain propelling the plot along. So instead of a main villain, I'm thinking of having Vic Sage square off against one real villain and then the rest of the time he'll just be fighting thugs and gangs.