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A recent Hollywood Online article detailing the rise of the brothers to their current status mentions a few.   As we reported last week the brothers have completed a script for Alan Moore's V for Vendetta.  Matrix producer Joel Silver would also produce this, which is described in the article as a sophisticated action film with an enigmatic hero.

In addition to Vendetta, the article reveals that the brothers have written a screenplay for Plastic Man, which is to be developed by Amblin.  Like The Matrix, V for Vendetta and Plastic Man are both at Warner Bros.

So what of Warner's other great comic book franchise: Batman?   Might the Wachowski brothers be well suited for taking the reigns on that ailing series?  Warner Bros. production chief Lorenzo di Bonaventura has at least considered it.  The article state that di Bonaventura "had no comment, though he said he would be lying if he didn't admit that the thought had crossed his mind."

A new rumor emerged this week that relates to the Wachowskis, although it has already been debunked.   Mid-week a rumor sprung up that the brothers had been offered Spider-Man by Columbia/TriStar.  Cinescape followed up on these rumors and learned that the Wachowskis will not be doing Spider-Man.

Thanks to C2F reader "Stew" for the tip.

Blackjack isn't the only Dark Angel comic being developed.  Simmons told the DNCBC "There's also been some grand reactions to Race Against Time at a few production companies."

The budget for the movie is said to be $10 million.  "It's a very small budget, and, as I'm writing the script, with a small budget, the beginning of the movie I have a big sequence with special effects and the end of the movie I have a big sequence with special effects.  Everything in the middle is character, character, character."  Liefeld told the DNCBC the he hopes to begin production in February or March.

Liefeld also told the Continuum that he's completed work on two spec scripts and will be working on a new Avengelyne script for New Line.

Richie Rich's good fortune will continue with a direct-to-video sequel to follow Richie Rich's Christman Wish.  The next movie is currently titled Richie Rich's Summer Camp and is targeted for a Summer 1999 release.

-- 22 new and original one hour episodes of Ripley's Believe It or Not which Columbia TriStar Television will produce for TBS to be aired during prime time in January 2000.

-- An animated Saturday-morning children's program currently in production with Cinar to air on the Fox Family Channel beginning in fall, 1999.

-- The first authorized biography of Robert Ripley, for which AEI/GP is now interviewing writers

-- A dramatic feature film based on the exploits of Robert Ripley is planned, with producers currently under negotiations with a major star and screenwriter

-- A series of Believe It or Not theme books: sports, travel, celebrities

-- A Young Adult series of Ripley graphic novels

-- A new Ripley comic book

-- Newspaper syndication of the newly-designed Ripley cartoons

-- Coloring books and game books

Here's how the TV series is described in the press release: "The New Ripley's Believe It or Not, distributed by Columbia TriStar Television Distribution, will debut on TBS Superstation in January 2000. The show will send correspondents around the globe to report on amazing feats, facts and artifacts that stretch the limits of the mind, body and imagination. Six main story segments will make up each hour-long program, featuring everything from oddities of nature to death-defying feats, from catastrophic disasters to miraculous healing. "

And the movie: "The feature film will be a combination of Indiana Jones meets Citizen Kane meets the X-Files and will reflect the insatiable curiosity of Ripley as manifested through the odd, the exotic and the wildly bizarre. Additionally, five major publishers have expressed interest in the new Ripley publishing program, with plans to begin production in early spring 1999."