October 9, 2010: Geoff Johns Talks Upcoming DC Projects

During the "The Spotlight on Geoff Johns" panel at this weekend's New York Comic Con, the critically acclaimed comic book writer spoke about the upcoming movies DC Comics and Warner Bros have planned to hit theaters over the next few years.

Starting off with the upcoming Green Lantern movie, Johns ran through the film's teaser posters and said, "If you love the 'Green Lantern' comics now, you're really going to love them next year." He added that the film's trailer will debut with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1".

Staying on the topic of the Green Lantern, Johns was asked if he would be writing any episodes of the upcoming "Green Lantern" animated series to which he replied, "Right now, no, because I need to sleep."

Switching topics to Marvel's upcoming Avengers film and the possibility of DC countering with their own Justice League movie, Johns said, "I'm going to speak frankly: I think our characters are bigger than Marvel's." He said that he'd rather spend time building each character on his or her own rather than "smashing them together."

When asked about a "Flash" movie, Johns stuttered as if there was much he couldn't say, before concluding, "That would be cool."

Lastly, on the topic of the next Superman movie, Johns said, "I don't think you can hope for much more than Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder. He'll be punching something."

While it looks like a Justice League movie is certainly on permanent hiatus, DC is definitely movie in the right direction with not only the Green Lantern and Superman, but now the possibility of a Flash movie as well.