Variety is reporting that Showtime is developing a project from comic god Stan Lee that tracks the life of a gay superhero. The story is based on Peter Moore’s book ‘Hero‘.

To get a sneak peek at the storyline, here’s a synopsis of the book:

The protagonist is Thom Creed, a teen coming to terms with his sexual orientation. In an attempt to break away from his seemingly non-understanding father (an ex-hero with something to hide) and homophobic community, Thom runs away from home, only to find himself in the middle of a multi-hero rescue operation.

Using his ability to heal, he keeps an injured woman alive until the League superheroes arrive and impresses them enough to get an invitation to try out for a hero apprentice position. Thom is teamed with an old woman who can see into the future, a spiteful girl who unleashes her power through fire, a sickly boy who is able to inflict disease on anyone, and a demoted hero with insane speed.

This pic is a t-shirt of Batman Kissing Robin.

[Picture is courtesy of wili hybrid via Creative Commons Attribution 2.0]

Wonder Woman the movie has been an on again, off again affair for Warner Bros since around 2001. It’s currently on again with a pair of writers assigned to the script but don’t anticipate seeing this flik on the big screen until 2011 at the earliest. You can keep abreast of WW movie news at IMDB’s news page dedicated to the superhero, but the latest and greatest news comes to us from the LA Times:

Beyoncé is ready for an Amazon-sized challenge — the pop superstar wants to be the first actress to wear Wonder Woman’s famed red, white and blue bathing suit on the silver screen.

“I want to do a superhero movie and what would be better than Wonder Woman? It would be great. And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing. It’s time for that, right?”

I’m not a fan of the singer, not because I don’t care for her music but because I only know her by name and that’s it. But based on the comments from readers of the LAT article, I have to say that we may be better off considering someone else. Are those comments off base? Should I actually look forward to seeing her in that skimpy outfit and toting the lasso of truth?

Here’s a mosaic of photos from Flickr tagged with ‘Superhero’. My favorites from this set are #4 “Late for work” & #6 “Wonder Women”

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1. Something about superhero’s, Muppetsâ„¢, whiskey, stuffed animals and pink slippers (062/365), 2. March 30 - My Story, 3. [ S u p e r m a n ], 4. Late for Work / Tarde pa’l trabajo, 5. Lápis…, 6. Wonder Women, 7. Batgirl Barbie-A Portrait, 8. A Hero is Part Human, Part Supernatural, 9. Portrait of a SuperHero, 10. 138 Phoenix

[Mosaic Web Tool courtesy of BigHugeLabs]

Poor Superman. His last movie was a disappointment and now his DC Comics stablemate Batman is getting all the box office glory.

But Warner Bros. has a plan according to Wall Street Journal.

See also Entertainment Weekly for details as well.

The movie Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! could be called ’strippers vs. zombies’ and in case you’re into that kind of thing, let me remind you about “Superhero Or Stripper, You Decide“.

Head on over to avzombie.com to read all about what will probably be one of the best zombie gore flicks in a while.

BTW, this trailer embedded below is the tamer of the two videos. Trailer #2 is probably the goriest, most disgusting trailer I have *ever* seen online. You’ve been warned.

Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! - Trailer #1 from zombies3 on Vimeo.