March 31, 2006
Director David "Scary Movie 4" Zucker will helm Dimension Films' "Superhero!", described as a parody of superhero movies.
The "Superhero!" screenplay is by Craig Mazin, writer of "Scary Movie 3" and "Scary Movie 4".
"Superhero!", in active development for over a year, is now set to be released February 9, 2007.
The action comedy intends to be the "Not Brand Echh" of superhero films, sending-up recent comic book movies including "Batman Begins" and "Fantastic Four".
Producer of "Superhero!" will be Robert K. Weiss. Executive producer is Bob Weinstein of the Weinstein Company.
Zucker, currently filming MOW "Orpheus", is in post-production on "The Untitled Onion Movie".
Besides "Scary Movie 3" and "4", Zucker is also noted as director of the "Mad Magazine" - type movie parodies "Naked Gun", "Top Secret!", "Airplane!" and "Kentucky Fried Movie".
