According to Bleeding Cool, Warner Brothers are looking for writers for an upcoming Hawkman movie! Now, you may expect the pitch to be something like “The Mummy” meets “Superman”, but you’d be wrong. Here’s the official logline being bandied about:
Part INDIANA JONES/DA VINCI CODE, part GHOST tentpole about the fictional superhero that appears in D.C. Comic books. He used archaic weaponry and large, artificial wings attached to a harness made of the Nth metal that allows flight. Most incarnations of Hawkman work closely with a partner/romantic interest named Hawkgirl or Hawkwoman in his fight against supervillains. Based on the DC comic.
Brendon at Bleeding Cool speculates that this means that we’d be getting a more modern, earth-based Hawkman rather than a space-faring Hawk-warrior. I tend to agree with his assessment. If DC really wants to create a movie universe similar to Marvel’s they already have the alien thing covered with Green Lantern. A more relatable Hawkman would likely be a better fit. I can actually see the Ghost/Da Vinci thing working if they play up the resurrection/multiple lives angle of the current Hawkman.
One thing is certain, with the way they stress multiple times in the logline that the character will be “based on the DC comic”, no matter what they do with the character, he’ll be treated better than this:
We’ll keep you posted as the story develops. Let us know what you think of a Hawkman movie!