According to The Wall Street Journal, Warner Bros. has announced some movie releases based on its DC Comics properties and its intent is to release as many as eight such movies per year by 2011. Apparently, president Jeff Robinov made this decision based on the recent runaway success of the studio’s “The Dark Knight.” Therefore, Batman may now help Superman make an astonishing come back.

News of the reboot comes just two years after the Bryan Singer directed “Superman Returns.”

"”Superman” didn’t quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to," Robinov said of Singer's version. "It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned. Had “Superman” worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009, but now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman. We're going to try to go dark to the extent that the character allows it."

Thus, by adding more to Singer’s interpretation they want to go into a zone similar to one of a conflicted psyche.

Batman’s recent success opened the door for more DC comic book films on the priority list for Warner Brothers, such as Flash, Wonder Woman and Green Arrow.

"Superheroes are more global than ever in today's commercial world, existing in 30 languages and in more than 60 countries," says Paul Levitz, president and publisher of DC Comics. The characters are "a world-wide export," he also explains.

Batman and Superman each have their own separate films and then using these movies and their sequels they build up the multi-character heroes they are now.