Jezebel (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Remember last fall when Warner Brothers chief Jeff Robinov issued a studio-wide freeze on movies with female leads, under the rationale that those films do not bring in any money? Well if he looked... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... it be renewed for a ninth season. According to Variety, Warner Bros. Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov decided to axe the series because "the concept doesn't fit the current strategy for the Batman franchise." Insiders have speculated that Warner Bros. wasn't comfortable having a TV show related to the Batman franchise on the air, fearing that overexposure could harm the box office...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... last year that after the failure of several female-starring comedies, Warners production chief Jeff Robinov told three different producers that WB was "no longer doing movies with women in the lead"--in fact, he supposedly didn't even want to see a script with a woman in a leading role. Everyone in town was talking about that one for weeks, even though I see that Warners is releasing...
Film Junk (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... to be axed before it even gets off the ground. Word on the street is that Warner Bros. president Jeff Robinov changed his mind and decided that the show didn’t really fit with the direction that they wanted to take their various DC Comics properties after all. Batman Begins / The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan was also supposedly uncomfortable with the show as it would present...
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... to be axed before it even gets off the ground. Word on the street is that Warner Bros. president Jeff Robinov changed his mind and decided that the show didn’t really fit with the direction that they wanted to take their various DC Comics properties after all. Batman Begins / The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan was also supposedly uncomfortable with the show as it would present...
Major Spoilers (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Averting one of the biggest mistakes that could ever happen, the CW has announced it is scrapping plans to develop the Graysons television series featuring Dick “DJ” Grayson. The brains behind the decsion? Warner Bros. Pictures Group Jeff Robinov. Of course he’s also the brains that approved the plan in the first place, but I’ll [...]
IGN (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... likelihood, it's more probable that someone over there at Warner – either an exec like studio head Jeff Robinov, or someone close to – suddenly woke up and realized what a rotten, wretched idea it was. Which is all that matters. We will now never have to endure watching young "DJ" investigate the murder of a fellow carnie while wooing his teenage crush. Thank the comic book heavens....
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The CW has been forced to pull the plug on its plans to make a series about the early years of Batman's sidekick Robin., which the network had been positioning as a potential replacement for Smallville, has been axed after facing objections from the Warner Bros movie division, Variety says.Warner Bros president Jeff Robinov had initially given the greenlight to the pilot, but changed...
/Film (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... for The Graysons , a Smallville-like look at Batman’s sidekick Dick Grayson in his pre-Robin days. Jeff Robinov changed his mind because “the concept doesn’t fit the current strategy for the Batman franchise”. A Variety insider says that Christopher Nolan never signed off on the concept and was uncomfortable with the show being sold based off the film franchise. Either way, I think...
Superhero News - SuperheroFlix.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Variety reports that The CW and Warner Bros. TV have jettisoned their plans to make "The Graysons." The show looked at Batman's sidekick Robin in his formative years. Apparently, Jeff Robinov, of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, simply changed his mind about going into production.Another WB executive said that "Warner Bros. TV never had 100% clearance." The official line from Warner Bros....
GamersCircle (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The CW and Warner Bros. TV have been forced to scrap their plans for “The Graysons,” reports Variety. The show, which had been given a put pilot commitment, was set to revolve around Batman sidekick Robin in his pre-Caped Crusader days. The trade says the decision to yank the project came from Warner Bros. Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov, who initially gave his blessing but changed...
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
reports that The CW and Warner Bros. TV have jettisoned their plans to make "The Graysons." The show looked at Batman's sidekick Robin in his formative years. Apparently, Jeff Robinov, of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, simply changed his mind about going into production.Another WB executive said that "Warner Bros. TV never had 100% clearance." The official line from Warner Bros. is that...
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The CW has grounded The Graysons before they could even get into the air. About a month ago, The CW announced plans for a TV show starring Dick Grayson and his family before the events that led to him becoming Robin. Now Variety reports the show is dead per a decision from Warner Bros. Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov, “who initially gave his blessing but changed his mind in recent...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Warner Bros. Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov, who apparently now controls the motion picture and television rights to all DC funnybook characters, has put the kibosh on The CW’s proposed “Graysons” series, which would have followed the life of Robin, The Boy Wonder, when he was a slightly younger boy.
Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
... fear and loathing The writers want it, the moguls want it… what a bunch of idiots Charter member Jeff Robinov to get rewarded What Hollywood should learn, but probably won’t, from the tent-pole season A mogul with no conscience Jim Carrey succumbs to voodoo economics What’s making news while Hollywood vacations Is she a get or just an also-ran? ICM and Ed Limato viciously call it...
