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January Jones to Play Emma Forst  Mad Men star January Jones has been given the opportunity to play a much different role in the next X-Men movie. Deadline.com reports that January will play the sexy, telepathic mutant named Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class. You can read more about Emma Frost here and here. Photo: Marvel Posted on August 18, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) |  Heat Vision reports that Andrew Lazar's Mad Chance and Circle of Confusion have teamed up to turn the graphic novel Lore (IDW Publishing) into a movie. Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott will pen the screenplay. The plot of the graphic novel is mythological creatures. The story follows a man who reluctantly joins a secret order that is charged with protecting humanity from mythological creatures. Here is the description of the series from IDW: In times past, the world was full of mythical creatures, creatures long since banished and held at bay by the secret society of Shepherds. But when the generational line of Shepherds is broken, a reluctant hero finds her life threatened from every quarter. And the creatures are coming back...The idea sounds like it has great potential. Posted on August 11, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Green Lantern Character Posters Revealed  Character posters for the Green Lantern movie have been revealed. The posters show the villains for the first time - Mark Strong as Sinestro and Peter Sarsgaard as Hector Hammond. Ryan Reynolds already proved he could deliver on his super hero character when he charmed a young fan at Comic-Con by reciting the Green Lantern Oath. June, 2011 is the planned release date for Green Lantern. (via Slashfilm.com) Posted on July 26, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | 
 Merlin will make its first-ever appearance at Comic-Con International this summer. They will appear at a special panel set for Sunday, July 25. Lead actors Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Colin Morgan, who play King Uther and Merlin, respectively, will be joined on the one-hour panel by executive producers and co-creators Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy. The panel promises a sneak preview of season three of the action-adventure drama, which is set in a Camelot where young Merlin must keep his magical powers secret or face death at the hands of King Uther, who has banned all such practices. The cast and crew of Merlin are currently shooting the series' Season 3. "Coming to Comic-Con is a dream for us," said Capps. "We air in more than 180 countries around the world and have become a fan favorite, so this is our chance to meet the fans, share secrets about Season 3 with them, and show them how excited we are that they have responded so enthusiastically to our fun and different take on Arthurian legend." Posted on July 9, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | First Zombie Image From AMC's The Walking Dead Revealed  The first image of AMC's upcoming zombie series, The Walking Dead, has been released. The zombie shown above is one of "The Walkers" - the undead creatures in The Walking Dead. The show is based on the Robert Kirkman comics and will run for six episodes. You can see several more of the zombie images here.  Posted on June 4, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) |  IDW Publishing has obtained a license from Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast to publish several comic book series based on Dungeons & Dragons worlds. The first series will begin in August 2010, with new monthly comics and deluxe reprints of past series launching in November. IDW's Dungeons & Dragons series will each offer new stories and playable characters to existing game campaigns. The Dungeons & Dragons title will take place in the core world, followed by a Dark Sun series starting in January 2011. IDW also plans to launch a Forgotten Realms series. "We are delighted to partner with IDW," said Liz Schuh, Brand Director for Dungeons & Dragons. "Together, we will bring great D&D stories to our fans, told through IDW's high quality comics." Posted on May 26, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Sony to Film Green Hornet in 3D  The Hollywood Reporter says Sony has announced that its Green Hornet film starring Seth Rogen is getting the 3D treatment. The film's release date will be pushed back from December 22, 2010 to January 14, 2011.
To accommodate the work, the Seth Rogen starrer will move from its previous release date of Dec. 22 to Jan. 14. The move to next year's Martin Luther King Jr. weekend represents the most recent of four dates penciled in for the comics-based actioner's domestic debut.3D or not we really do not like the idea of Seth Rogen playing the Green Hornet. Instead of a 3D conversion they should make an actor conversion. Posted on April 22, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Whiplash Iron Man 2 Poster Released  Here is a new poster of Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in Iron Man 2. All the Iron Man 2 trailers and posters have looked great so far. (via Heat Vision) Posted on April 21, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) |  The Hollywood Reporter says Chris Evans has accepted the Steve Rogers/Captain America role. It would have been a big role to turn down. Chris Evans is best known as Johnny Storm from the Fantastic Four film.
Evans was offered the role in Marvel Studios' production last week, but there was some question of whether he would accept. Factoring in to the choice was the fact that Evans played Johnny Storm, the flame-covered superhero known as the Human Torch in Fox's "Fantastic Four" movies. Was he ready to play another superhero and take on the trappings that come with such a high-profile part?The plan is for Chris Evans to play Captain America in three Captain America films as well as any Avengers movies and other movies where Captain America is needed. Posted on March 24, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Trailer for Iron Man 2 The new trailer for Iron Man 2 is out and it looks great. Robert Downey, Jr. returns as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Gwyneth Paltrow is Tony's loyal assistant, Pepper Potts. Mickey Roarke is clearly having the time of his life wielding dual bullwhips in his role as the new villain, Ivan Vanko/Whiplash. We only see a bit of Scarlett Johansson is Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in the trailer. Don Cheadle replaces Terrence Howard as Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes/War Machine. Take a look: Posted on December 17, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Vigilante Entertainment Acquires Film Rights to Black Summer  Variety reports that Vigilante Entertainment has acquired the film right to Warren Ellis's comic book series Black Summer. The comic books are about a group of scientists who have modified their bodies so they can fight crime and government and police corruption.
"Summer," published by Avatar Press in 2007, centers on superhero team the Seven Guns, a group of scientist-adventurers who modified their own bodies for street-fighting in order to take back their West Coast city from a corrupt police force, criminal local government and rapacious private security forces.Ryne Pearson (Knowing) has been tapped to write the screenplay adaption. Warren Ellis also had the film rights to his Gravel comic book series purchased recently by Legendary Pictures. Posted on November 3, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | DreamWorks to Adapt Ghost in the Shell  DreamWorks has hired Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island) to write a screenplay based on Ghost in the Shell. Variety reports that plans are for a live-action 3D film. The manga series is a futuristic thriller about a covert cyborg police which specializes in fighting technology-related crimes. You can read more about the manga series here. Posted on October 25, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Legendary Buys Film Rights to Gravel  Variety reports that Legendary Pictures has purchased the film rights to the Gravel comic book series created by Warren Ellis and published by Avatar Press. Variety says author Warren Ellis is slated to write the screenplay.
Project revolves around the character William Gravel, a soldier in the British S.A.S. who uses his skills in dark magic to moonlight and battle supernatural beings for clients in order to make some extra cash.Legendary Pictures has several projects in the air, including Jonah Hex starring Megan Fox, which arrives in theatres on June 18th, 2010. Posted on October 11, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Video: Kristen Bell Talks Astro Boy and the Veronica Mars Movie Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello talks to Kristen Bell and Freddie Highmore about their next film, Astro Boy. Kristen is an old hand at Comic Con, so she talks about cons gone by and the status of the proposed Veronica Mars movie. She says they want to make it, but they have to convince Warner Bros to make the film. Take a look: Posted on July 24, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Ryan Reynolds Lands Green Lantern Role  Variety reports that Warner Bros. has chosen Ryan Reynolds to play the Green Lantern. Ryan Reynolds beat out Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake for the role.
After an intense months-long search, Warner Bros. has settled on Ryan Reynolds as its choice to play "Green Lantern," the studio's live-action tentpole based on the DC Comics hero. The film is being directed by Martin Campbell and produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti.Ryan Reynolds is a versatile actor. His most recent role was the comedy, The Proposal, but he also played Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Ryan Reynolds is also reportedly getting his own Deadpool film. Photo: The Proposal Posted on July 10, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Director's Cut of Watchmen to HIt Select Threaters July 17th  Variety reports that Zack Snyder's director's cut of Watchmen will arrive July 17th for a one-week release at four venues in Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and New York. The director's cut includes an extra 25 minutes of footage. Snyder made the announcement Wednesday during an event at the studio to promote the DVD and Blu-ray releases of "Watchmen: The Director's Cut" and "300: The Complete Experience" on July 21.The DVD and Blu-ray of Watchmen will be available July 21st. Posted on June 25, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Ryan Reynolds to Play Deadpool in New Film  Ryan Reynolds stars in the light-hearted romantic comedy, The Proposal, but he isn't satisfied playing romantic leads. MTV reports that Ryan Reynolds has complete control over the Deadpool character, which originated in Marvel's X-Men comics. Ryan Reynolds played Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and MTV reprots that there is going to be a movie spin-off focused on the Deadpool character.
Now, after years of lobbying for the role and finally being rewarded with a huge opening for his debut in the recent "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," Ryan Reynolds has complete control over the character of Wade Wilson. Recently, he clued us in on some of the characters he expects to see in the "Deadpool" spinoff movie - but, as he told us, the best part of the gig is the hands-on approach that he's been given in developing it.Ryan Reynolds discussed the Deadpool character here in an earlier clip. Posted on June 20, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern in Fan Created Trailer This great Green Lantern fan trailer created by Jaron Pitts has Nathan Fillion as Harold "Hal" Jordan. The IMDB listing has the Martin Campbell directed Green Lantern movie coming out in 2011. Jaron Pitts trailer has nearly 600,000 views. Take a look: Posted on May 29, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Watchmen Blu-ray, DVD Out July 21st  Hollywood Reporter reports that Zack Snyder's three hour-plus director's cut Watchmen DVD and Blu-ray will be released on July 21st. Warner has timed the release to be just days ahead of Comic Con International. The DVD includes 25 minutes of previously unseen footage. These include scenes with vigilante Rorschach and the death sequence of Hollis Mason. Posted on May 13, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | The Trailer for Wall-E, Done Watchmen Style What if the trailer for Wall-E was done Watchmen style? Well, for one thing, it certainly makes Wall-E seem like a very different kind of movie than the one we saw. It's pretty funny, take a look: Posted on March 25, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Mickey Roarke to Play Villain in Iron Man 2 Mickey Roarke has signed on to play the Russian villain in Iron Man 2. There had been rumors of Roarke's involvement, but reportedly the pay they offered him was so low it was embarrassing. Then Roarke was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe for his turn in The Wrestler. So Robert Downey, Jr. -- who knows a thing or two about being given a second chance in life -- took matters into his own hands. While his ICM rep, David Unger, battled for more dough, Rourke's encounters with "Iron Man" star Robert Downey Jr. on the awards circuit sealed his participation in the film. Rourke won the Golden Globe and was Oscar nominated for "The Wrestler" and Downey got Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for "Tropic Thunder," so Downey used each occasion to recruit Rourke.Marvel won't confirm the casting, but Variety says it's a done deal and that Roarke is getting a decent paycheck. Scarlett Johansson is said to be the favorite so far to play the Black Widow. Posted on March 11, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Marvel's Superheroes Goes Global Marvel has formed an international advisory board to help promote the company's superheroes to a worldwide audience. Board includes Bollywood film producer Manmohan Shetty and China-based digital entrepreneur Peter Yip. Shetty produces films and TV shows through his Walkwater Media shingle. He also is prexy of the Film and TV Guild of India and the former chairman of Adlabs Films. Yip is executive vice chairman and CEO of Internet company CDC.There's no word yet what kind of super powers the new advisory board will have, but we're thinking some kind of super marketing and super financial genius powers would be appropriate. Posted on March 10, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Warner Bros. Plans Suicide Squad Supervillain Films  Variety reports that Warner Bros. has purchased the film rights to Suicide Squad from D.C. Comics. These comics are focused on supervillains instead of superheroes.
In a departure from normal comic-based fare, "Suicide Squad" concentrates on a group of incarcerated supervillains rather than the usual focus on superheroes. The first version of the squad debuted in a 1959 DC Comic, and a series was launched in 1987.Using supervillains sounds like an interesting twist. Justin Marks will need to do better than he did with the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea script. Wikipedia has more details on the Suicide Squad comics. Posted on February 25, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Cartoon and Origins Movie for Wolverine  Wolverine is so hot he gets both an X-Men Origins Movie and a new cartoon. The cartoon is called Wolverine and the X-Men. It's a new 26-episode, half-hour series that follows Wolverine as he reunites the X-Men in an attempt to save the world. The series will air regularly Fridays at 8:00 p.m. (ET) on Nicktoons Network. The X-Men Wolverine Origins Movie starring Hugh Jackman is due out May 1, 2009. If it does well they will likely make films for other X-Men characters. The official website is here and the recently released trailer is below. The wolverine.org website has some information about Wolverine's first appearance in the comic books. Posted on January 6, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Frank Miller Meets Buck Rogers Frank Miller wants to bring Buck Rogers back to the silver screen. Miller will write and direct his own big-screen take on the comic serial; while the creator has only begun to sketch ideas, it's expected to be a darker take, with many of Miller's signature visual elements and themes, such as corruption and redemption.Frank Miller doing a remake of Buck Rogers is a very interesting proposition. Will it have that Spirit/Sin City look? Will Josh Hartnett be Buck? The mind boggles. Posted on December 19, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Big Expectations For Dark Knight DVD  The Wall Street Journal says tomorrow's release of the The Dark Knight DVD will be a bellwether for the industry. The release comes in the midst of a recession, a shrinking DVD market and uncertainty about a Screen Actors Guild strike.
Batman's fate in a declining DVD market will be just one way the movie industry's claim of being recession-proof will be tested.The Dark Knight is likely to be one DVD that does sell well especially since it is being released just before the holidays. The film also has some Oscar buzz going for it and a big Oscar campaign from Warner Bros. Meanwhile, we are still waiting to find out whether Christopher Nolan will direct the sequel. Posted on December 8, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Seth Green is a Hero Seth Green is a welcome addition to Heroes, that's for sure. He plays a comic bookstore owner who helps out Hiro and Ando as they try to find a way to restore Hiro's memory. We think Seth needs a much bigger role. Each week we tune in because we love the show and things have been getting much better the past few weeks. Then we get hit with last night's ending. What is the deal with the writers? Good Sylar. Bad Sylar. Sylar who's reverted to his season one persona. And no more Elle? Or is it all a trick? On the upside: Hiro and Claire are time traveling. Now that's fun. Here's Seth: Posted on December 2, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Julie Chen Sits With Erin Gray, Lou Ferrigno and Lynda Carter It's been a while since we have seen these 70s stars. Julie Chen of CBS sat down for a conversation with Erin Gray who played Col. Wilma Deering on Buck Rogers, Lou Ferrigno who was The Incredible Hulk and Lynda Carter who played Wonder Woman. All three still look great. We haven't seen a Buck Rogers remake yet but we have seen plenty of Hulk movies. Lou looks like he could still play the role. There has been lots of talk about a Wonder Woman film - most recently Beyonce announced that she would like the part. Posted on November 12, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Scream Awards 2008 Winners  In case you missed them here are the winners of Spike TV's 2008 Scream Awards which were totally dominated by The Dark Knight. Spike's official
Scream awards website can be found here.
Posted on November 5, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright May Scribe Spidey 4 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire is in negotiations to be the screenwriter to write Spider-Man 4. Tobey Maguire will star and Sam Raimi will direct. Lindsay-Abaire, who won a Pulitzer in 2007 for his drama "Rabbit Hole," is in final negotiations to write "Spider-Man 4" for Columbia. Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire are back as director and star, respectively, as are series producers Laura Ziskin and Avi Arad. Kirsten Dunst also is expected to return for the latest movie featuring the Marvel Comics character. Plot details are under lock and key.Well, he certainly knows how to do great dialog. We'll see how he is at writing a great action scene. Posted on October 31, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Frank Miller Talks Spirit Movie Frank Miller talked to Sci Fi Wire about the feel of the new Spirit movie, which is based on the Will Eisner comic about a young cop who becomes the hero called the Spirit. "It's romantic, but as in Sin City, you don't know what date it is," Miller said in an interview on the red carpet for Spike TV's third annual Scream Awards on Oct. 18 in Hollywood. "It's a very urban/Zorro story. I tried to make it as timeless as possible, so you will see cell phones and vintage cars and not really know where you are."The Spirit opens in wide release on December 25, 2008. Posted on October 20, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | M. Night Shyamalan May Pen Unbreakable Sequel M. Night Shyamalan says he is considering writing a sequel to Unbreakable, the film which really was a precursor to Heroes. He explained why he took so long to write it. M. Night Shyamalan said he is considering working on a sequel to his hit Unbreakable, a superhero tale about a man (Bruce Willis) who finds that he is impervious to harm and is called to become a savior.We just loved Unbreakable. He needs to start writing, right away. And hopefully Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson will be up for return appearances. Posted on October 8, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | CNET Reporter Kara Tsuboi Becomes Iron Woman Iron Man was recently released on DVD and Blu-ray with several different versions. In the video below CNET says viewers should expect to find lots of behind-the-scenes footage of the making of this blockbuster on the DVD. Motion capture is one of the technologies used to make Iron Man. CNET's Kara Tsuboi was lucky enough to get to try out playing Iron Man or "Iron Woman." She visited Industrial Light and Magic's San Francisco headquarters and slipped into a special spandex suit. Once in the suit Industrial Light and Magic's engineers helped transform Tsuboi into "Iron Woman." Pretty cool stuff. We remembering seeing this once on Conan O'Brien's show. He played a character called the Schwa when he was there. Posted on October 7, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Shia LaBeouf's Injury Written Into Transformers Script Shia LaBeouf's hand injury he suffered in a car accident has been written into the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen script. Shia had extensive hand surgery before any of the major action sequences had been shot. Screenwriters Robert Orci said they were worried about safety issues. "Shia just got back to the set last week," Orci said in an interview in New York on Aug. 25, where he was promoting his upcoming Fox TV series Fringe. "We incorporated his injury into it. Not because it was absolutely necessary, but [director] Michael [Bay] in particular wanted to be able to protect him on the set."The film has a proposed release date of June 26, 2009. Posted on August 25, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Favreau Already Working on Iron Man 2 Director Jon Favreau told Geoff Boucher of the L.A. Times that he's already working on the sequel to Iron Man. I just talked to Jon Favreau a bit ago, and he said that while there hasn't been an formal announcement on the sequel to "Iron Man," he's begun developing it. "We're working on it now," he said, "which hasn't been officially announced. It will be released in 2010."It will be interesting to see if they leak the storyline, as well. Posted on August 22, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | New Watchmen Trailer is Here The new Watchmen trailer is here. It's due out in 2009. Take a look: Posted on July 26, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Marvel Fans Not Fans of Ben Affleck Apparently the Marvel fans at Comic-Con aren't Ben Affleck fans. At the Marvel panel this morning, the audience booed when someone mentioned Ben Affleck as a possible choice to play Captain America. * Any casting news on Captain America? No, but after the mere mention of his name won an instant chorus of boos, it's probably not going to be Ben Affleck. But Matt Damon as Thor? That got the crowd applauding.Hey, we liked Ben Affleck in Daredevil. And he does have the jawline to be Captain America. Although he never would have occurred to us for the role, if someone hadn't mentioned it. Posted on July 25, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Red Sonja Poster is Here  The new Red Sonja poster is out. It features Rose McGowan licking a bloody sword, which is certainly an interesting creative choice. Apparently Sonja will have more hair in this version than in the 1985 film version starring Brigitte Nielsen. Robert Rodriguez is still directing and it appears that Rose and Robert -- who were said to have ended their relationship -- are back together again. So the movie is back on. Posted on July 24, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | The New Dark Knight Trailer is Here Here's the new Dark Knight trailer which aired right before Iron Man. Heath Ledger's performance looks electrifying. Iron Man was excellent, by the way. Robert Downey, Jr. gives an Oscar-worthy performance. Hey, there's an idea: nominate him for an Oscar and watch how many people tune in to see that broadcast. Ratings problems solved. Posted on May 5, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | The Spirit Trailer is Here Here's the new trailer for the live action film The Spirit, which is based on the classic comic by Will Eisner. The new film will be written and directed by Frank Miller, director of Sin City and 300. It doesn't come out until January, 2009, but we think you can get a feel of where Frank is taking it. And we like where it's going. The movie website is mycityscreams.com. Posted on April 22, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | A Rocky Road Ahead for The Incredible Hulk 
The New York Times reports on more trouble surrounding the upcoming Incredible Hulk release. To sum up: Ed Norton won't promote the film unless they fix a bunch of editing problems in post-production, some fans think the CGI looks terrible and the word is that it may bomb worse than the last film (which was directed by Ang Lee.) Marvel and its distribution partner, Universal Pictures, expect The Incredible Hulk to be nothing short of a blockbuster, citing strong sales for a newly introduced Hulk comic book series as one reason for optimism. "We are really proud about how the new film came out," said David Maisel, chairman of Marvel Studios. "The 2003 movie was like test-driving a car. We were able to see what people liked and did not." But signs of trouble abound, leading to lip-biting among some Marvel investors, Hulk fans and movie theater owners. "There are people who clearly don’t think it looks good and are expecting a bomb," said Doug Creutz, an entertainment analyst at Cowen & Company.It certainly seems like a sad time for Hulk fans. But we'll reserve judgment until we see the film, which comes out on June 13, 2008. Posted on April 10, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Court Rules Heirs of Superman Creator Entitled to Copyright Share A federal judge has ruled that the rights to the character of Superman must be shared with the heirs of the original creator of the Man of Steel Time Warner is no longer the sole proprietor of Superman. A federal judge here on Wednesday ruled that the heirs of Jerome Siegel - who 70 years ago sold the rights to the action hero he created with Joseph Shuster to Detective Comics for $130 - were entitled to claim a share of the United States copyright to the character. The ruling left intact Time Warner's international rights to the character, which it has long owned through its DC Comics unit.This is a very significant ruling, which will no doubt be appealed by Time Warner. Even if Time Warner loses on appeal, it could still just cut a licensing deal with the Siegels. Unless, of course, the Siegels are so angry with Time Warner by then that they license the character to someone else. Posted on March 31, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Sarah Michelle Gellar and Seth Green Talk Buffy and More Most of the original Buffy cast showed up for the panel at Paley Fest 2008 and all seemed to be getting along, he said in his report. Alyson Hannigan and David Boreanez failed to show. But Sarah Michelle, Seth Green, Nicholas Brendan, Joss Whedon and Charisma Carpenter were all smiles. Michael Ausiello of TV Guide interviews Michelle Gellar and Seth Green in this video, in which they discuss many things, including Buffy's gay affair in the ongoing comic. Posted on March 21, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | The Incredible Hulk Trailer is Here The trailer for The Incredible Hulk starring Ed Norton is out and it looks great. But there's a problem: Marvel and Norton are in some kind of feud over the script. Norton was promised huge input into the film after they got him to rewrite the script. Now the fight is over how to edit the film: Marvel and Norton don't agree on the point of view. Norton is known for being prickly, but for really knowing his stuff. We'll see how it turns out. Here's the trailer in the meantime: Posted on March 12, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Leonardo Di Caprio to Star in Akira Film Leonardo DiCaprio will produce a live action version of the anime classic Akira. Ruairi Robinson has been hired to direct what would ideally be a two-part epic. Gary Whitta is writing the adaptation, which DiCaprio will produce via his Appian Way shingle. Andrew Lazar is also producing via his Mad Chance shingle. Jennifer Davisson, who heads up Appian, will also be involved in some producorial capacity.Ain' It Cool News reports that DeCaprio will alsostar in the film as Kaneda, which is pretty cool. Posted on February 22, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Ryan Reynolds Joins Wolverine Cast There is some interesting casting news on the new Wolverine film. Ryan Reynolds and Will.I.Am are joining Hugh Jackman in the upcoming film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The 20th Century Fox project, which kicked off production this month in Australia with South African director Gavin Hood behind the camera, is currently slated for a May 1, 2009, release. The Marvel Comic-based prequel will mark the feature-film debut of Will.i.am, who until now could only be spotted in the soundtrack portion of the credits of recent hits such as Knocked Up and Blades of Glory. Reynolds, who delved into the butt-kicking mutant canon with his role as a former vampire in Blade: Trinity, is currently on the big screen in the romantic comedy Definitely, Maybe alongside Little Miss Sunshine also-ran Abigail Breslin.Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth? That works for us. Should be an interesting film. Posted on February 20, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Dark Knight's Heath Ledger is Dead at 28 Actor Heath Ledger who is playing the Joker in the upcoming Batman film was found dead today in his New York apartment, apparently from an overdose of both prescription and nonprescription sleeping pills. Various media reports say he has battled substance abuse for some time. In this interview from The New York Times two months ago, there are some clues as to his mental state. He is discussing his roles in the Bob Dylan biopic and in The Dark Knight and the stress the roles caused him. It all tied him in knots. "I stressed out a little too much," Mr. Ledger said.Heath was only 28 years old; he has a two year-old little girl named Matilda. Matilda's mother is actress Michelle Williams, with whom Heath was involved with for three years. The couple broke up in September, 2007. What a terrible tragedy for his family. Posted on January 22, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | The New Batman Trailer Here's the trailer for Batman The Dark Knight, which is set for a July 18, 2008 release. Posted on December 28, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | The Green Lantern Heads to the Silver Screen The Green Lantern is heading to the silver screen. A live action film has been greenlit by Warner Bros. Greg Berlanti, the creator of Everwood, will co-write and direct. While several incarnations of the character have existed since his creation in 1940, the Warner Bros. movie will focus on the Lantern embodied by Hal Jordan, a test pilot who finds a downed alien spacecraft. A dying alien passes his ring to Jordan, introducing the man to a wider world that includes an interstellar police force known as the Green Lantern Corps and its overseers, the Guardians of the Universe, who live on the planet Oa.The fact that he has a ring doesn't make it silly -- what a stupid comment. The mythology of a magical ring has been around since stories were first told. And The Green Lantern has nothing to do with Lord of the Rings. Now, that we've set that to rest, let the casting speculation begin. Posted on October 29, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Jessica Biel Turns Down Justice League of America Jessica Biel has passed on the opportunity to play Wonder Woman in the new Justice League of America movie. Entertainment Weekly reported that Jessica Biel has decided to pass on playing Wonder Woman in Warner Brothers' upcoming live-action adaptation of Justice League of America. Biel's casting was reported in Variety last week.So, why did she pass on the part? It's a good film to introduce the character before doing a stand alone movie. It's a mystery. Posted on October 3, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | |
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