Warner Bros. Signs First-Look Deal With David Goyer

Briefly: How eager is Warner Bros. to keep David Goyer happy enough to stick around to do more work on the studio's superhero stuff? The studio has just signed Goyer to a three-year first look deal. The deal kicks off with the development of "an untitled Hitchockian thriller with a grounded sci-fi element" that Doug Jung is now writing, and which Goyer will produce and potentially direct.Deadline quotes Goyer:  "I was perfectly happy not having a deal [over the past six years], and just financed the overhead myself. Warner Bros graciously offered me a deal and they've provided the lion's share of my employment over the last decade, so what the hell?"

You can bet that Goyer's name and influence will be on Batman vs. Superman, and very likely on other DC Comics properties that the studio develops in the next couple years. The writer/director says the deal will involve "me helping the studio break story on some of their properties and them supporting me as a director," and along the way this deal will hopefully allow Goyer the producer to get ideas pushed forward from new writers he works with via his television efforts.