‘Teen Titans’ Go To The Movies Again As A Live Action Film
by Erik Amaya
The Teen Titans are finally getting their live action moment in the sun.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, DC Studios has hired writer Ana Nogueira to adapt the Titans for a feature film within the DC Cinematic Universe (or DCU). Originally created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani as a team setting for the mid-1960s sidekicks of characters like Batman and the Flash, the most iconic version of the group came courtesy of Marv Wolfman and George Perez. Robin (later Nightwing), Wonder Girl (later going by various names), Starfire, Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy (later Changeling) are heroes of a younger generation, but still ready to prove their mettle and their ability to conquer interpersonal problems.
The format worked well, leading the Wolfman and Perez book, The New Teen Titans, to rival X-Men in its 1980s heyday. It subsequently served as the basis for the 2000s Teen Titans animated series and its off-the-wall successor, Teen Titans GO! — which spawned the theatrical animated film, Teen Titans GO! To The Movies. It is presumed the film will also feature the core set of New Teen Titans characters as opposed to the original sidekick-only team or more obscure members like Terra. Although, we wouldn’t be surprised to see her included in the mix or for Deathstroke to emerge as the group’s antagonist.
Nogueria, also an actor on shows like The Vampire Diaries, is quickly become a key part of the DC Studios team. She is also writing the adaptation of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow for DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran. The project also joins a slate which includes Gunn’s 2025 Superman and films focused on Swamp Thing, The Authority, and a DCU take on Batman and Robin — as opposed to The Batman, which will remain in its own discrete film universe. Of course, as with every newly announced project, it is possible the film may never happen. Indeed, the DC film slate is riddled with almost-happened films like New Gods, The Trench (a stealth Black Manta project), and a Steven Spielberg produced Blackhawks. Cyborg himself was supposed to be the star of a feature, originally due out in 2020, before the changing fortunes at Warner Bros. made it a distant dream.
Nevertheless, we hope the film ultimately happens as the characters deserve the big screen treatment.
