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Empire magazine talked to Christopher Nolan, whose new film Inception opens July 16, and got some great quotes from the helmer on the next Batman movie , coming July 20, 2012, and next Superman movie, targeted for a holiday 2012 release.

The comic debut of Superman has sold for an out-of-this-world price. The copy of Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, which features the first appearance of the "Man of Steel" was bought by an undisclosed buyer for a record $1.5 million Monday on the online auction site ComicConnect.com.

Latino Review has broken the news that David Goyer will write the new Superman movie, to be titled The Man of Steel !

A rare copy of the first comic book to feature Superman is sold on the internet for $1m (£646,000).

In possibly one of the biggest superhero movie shockers since the last one--when was the Spider-Man reboot, three weeks ago?-- Deadline Hollywood is now reporting that The Dark Knight and Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan has been assigned the potentially thankless task of being the latest filmmaker assigned by Warner Bros. to try to save the "Superman" franchise, in this case in a mentoring capacity to figure out the best way to proceed.

A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 in an Internet auction. The previous owner of Action Comics No. 1 bought it for less than a buck.

A rare copy of the Action comic book that launched Superman as the first superhero is coming up for auction.

There isn't any information about who's directing or starring, but an intrepid Web sleuth has unearthed a password-protected page at the Legendary Pictures site that reveals the title and synopsis for the next "Superman" sequel.

Has Bryan Singer abandoned the Superman movie franchise for "Logan's Run"? And has Warner Bros. approached the Wachowski Brothers about putting together a new Man of Steel trilogy? According to James McTeigue, the answer to both questions is "yes."