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EW Provides First Look at Ryan Reynolds as GL

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on July 15, 2010 at 11:01 am | 1 Comment

EW provides the first look of Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern

Entertainment Weekly is putting out their annual Comic-Con preview issue and are giving us our first look at Ryan Reynolds in costume from the upcoming Green Lantern film. My first impression: YUCK! I will say that it’s just a photo and that in the movie, with special effects and movement, the costume might work, but [...]

Smallville Casting News + New Absolute Justice Clip Released

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on January 21, 2010 at 12:17 pm | 4 Comments

Michael Shanks is Hawkman in Smallville: Absolute Justice

Lots of happenings in the city of Smallville this week. First up, some casting news that makes me pretty darn happy. EW’s Michael Ausiello is reporting that Annette O’Toole, who played Martha Kent until season six, will be making her way back to the Kent family farm before the end of the season. It …

DC Announces New Legion of Superheroes Series

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on January 14, 2010 at 12:44 pm | No Comments

The Legion of Superheroes returns in a brand new #1 written by Paul Levitz this Spring

Those fine folks at DC have done it once again…yet another announcement that has made me squee with delight. DC Universe: The Source is reporting that Paul Levitz will be revisiting the 31st Century as the writer of a new Legion of Superheroes comic launching this spring. Now, Levitz was already announced as returning to [...]

Marvel Offers Retailers To Trade DC Comics for SEIGE Variant

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on at 11:58 am | 1 Comment

Marvel allowing retailers to trade in DC books

Hmmmm…I’m not sure what Marvel’s angle is with this, but something sure seems fishy about this. Actually, fishy is probably not the right word. More like douchey. This just smacks me as being nothing more than sour grapes because Blackest Night is the most talked about series in quite a while (keep in mind as [...]

Green Lantern Casting News

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on January 13, 2010 at 1:59 pm | No Comments

Blake Lively has been cast as Carol Ferris in Green Lantern movie

Well, the film version of everyone’s favorite emerald ringslinger seems to be filling out their cast. Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) has been cast as Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan’s boss, on-again off-again lover and sometime Green Lantern foe, Star Sapphire. Not sure how great a fit that is, considering that she’s just 22 years old, compared [...]

Justice League International and Birds of Prey Returning to DC

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on at 1:35 pm | 4 Comments

The JLI is back with writers Keith Giffen and Judd Winick

Wow, DC Comics has just been on a role lately with news for their upcoming stuff. Hot on the heels of the announcements regarding the Brightest Day, DC’s official blog The Source has announced that two fan-favorite series are making a comeback to the DCU. First up, Kieth Giffen returns to the world of Justice [...]

Spider-Man 4: No More!

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on January 12, 2010 at 10:00 am | 1 Comment

With Spider-Man 4 cancelled, Sony Pictures will rebot the film franchise

***UPDATE*** Sony Released a Press Release regarding the reboot and it’s been added at the bottom of the post There’s been a load of troubles surrounding the pre-production of the upcoming Spider-Man 4, with director Sam Raimi wanting to use classic Spidey villain The Vulture, but the studio not only wanted a different (unnamed) villain, [...]

From the Blackest Night comes the Brightest Day

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on January 11, 2010 at 11:25 am | 1 Comment

After the Blackest Night comes the Brightest Day

More news coming from camp DC regarding Brightest Day. Keep reading below for more information and some new images from the post-Blackest Night DCU. The folks at DC Universe: The Source have announced a new 26-issue, biweekly series running after the conclusion of Blackest Night, titled, appropriately enough Brightest Day. According to the site, the [...]