- The movie Supermax has been in development for a while, featuring DC superhero Green Arrow getting put into a prison for supervillains (including the Joker, Lex Luthor and the Riddler). As a comic fan, I was always surprised they would put a named superhero in a movie and not put his name in the title. I mean, did they just think that people would see the name "Supermax" and want to see it because it sounded really big? Apparently, that is moot, because now that Iron Man has done so well, they have changed the name of the movie to Green Arrow and may push it up to a summer 2009 release. Craziness.

- The next "green" hero getting the big-screen treatment is the Green Hornet. The non-powered, everyman (well, rich everyman) hero was being circled by Seth Rogen, who wanted to play the lead (not for laughs, by the way) and write the screenplay with his Superbad partner. Well, guess what. Iron Man did well. Green Hornet is a fucking go. I for one am kinda psyched. I like watching funny guys play straight, dramatic roles. Watching Downey play an Iron Man in distress was pretty awesome, and this should be magic, if done right.

- The last hero on deck...is not Green Lantern. I'm sorry. I should have thought this title through, but the desire to make a Fith Element reference was too great. Anyway, the third hero is Captain Marvel -- er, I mean Shazam. He was once Captain Marvel, but Marvel Comics put the kibosh on that long ago. Now he's called Shazam. And while nobody has been approached for the role yet (both the Rock and Patrick Warburton have been bandied about), Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam may very well get pushed up to next summer. As Gomer Pyle would say, "Holy crap!" -- er, I mean, "Shazam!"