There’s been a lot of new superheroes-in-Hollywood news lately, so here’s a full roundup:

  • The Batman (New Animated Series): According to Newsarama, this new series will be known as “The Batman” and will take place in year three of the Batman continuity. Confirmed voice actors are Adam West as the mayor (insert Family Guy reference here) and Gina Gershon as Catwoman. Comments to Newsarama’s post suggest that Kevin Conroy will not be playing Batman/Bruce Wayne, but that part will instead be played by the person who voiced Peter Parker in the Spider-Man series on MTV. As far as I’m concerned, Kevin Conroy is Batman, so I seriously hope this isn’t true.

  • Superman: Apparently Beyoncé Knowles is actually up for Lois Lane. Shoot me now.

  • Tintin: Dark Horizons has some new casting rumors for Spielberg’s planned Tintin movie, but what’s really wild is the rumor that none other than Roman freaking Polanski wants to make an alternate adaptation of Tintin in Tibet. I think Polanski’s a great director…but Tintin???

  • Wonder Woman: Apparently these shots of Sarah Michelle Gellar dressed as Wonder Woman for a skit at the MTV Movie Awards have some people talking that she’s up for the role in the movie, but Superhero Hype! doesn’t buy it. Which is good, because SMG looks like a twelve year old out on Halloween in that outfit.

  • Batman: Intimidation Game: Some official details on Christopher Nolan’s new Batman movie are up at Dark Horizons, and they do sound promising indeed. The plan is to make this as grounded in reality as possible, and so rather than go with a Tim Burton-style fantasy Gotham City, the current plan is to use exterior shots filmed in New York and London. Sounds great to me.