The long awaited trailer to next summer’s Iron Man 2 has been released and my excitement for the movie has just been knocked up a few notches. We finally get to see a glimpse of War Machine, as well as some good shots of Mickey Rourke as Whiplash (make sure you keep an eye out [...]
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Sam Worthington, star of the upcoming Avatar, has signed on to star and produce the film adaptation of The Last Days of American Crime, based on the Radical Publishing comic book series of the same name. Worthington will produce along with his partner, Michael Schwarz, as well as Radical Publishing president and publisher, Barry Levine. [...]
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I’m going to go on record as saying that I really tried to like the Kick-Ass comic. I generally like Mark Millar’s work and, while I love the concept and the first few issues were somewhat enjoyable, I ended dropping the title by issue three. I just am not a fan of over-the-top violence. Especially [...]
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The Shazam! movie that has languished in limbo for years may finally be seeing light, as New Line Studios has hired actor-turned-screenwriter Billy Birch to write the screenplay for the new movie. The bigger news? DC Comics superstar writer (and my personal fave!) Geoff Johns has also been signed to co-write the feature with Birch.
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Read MoreThe movie based on Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass comic has found a distributor. Lionsgate will see that the film gets a wide release sometime in 2010.
Kick-Ass follows the tale of a teenaged comic book fan who decides that he should become a superhero, even though he has no powers or training. Known for it’s ultra-violent content, [...]
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Spider-Man 4 hasn’t even gone into production yet, but that’s not stopping Sony Pictures Entertainment from hiring a screenwriter for numbers 5 and 6 already. According to Variety.com, the studio has hired James Vanderbilt to begin the writing chores on the two films, both of which will be inter-related.
Vanderbilt was originally hired to write [...]
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Official Press Release
Marvel Studios announced today that Academy Award® nominated actress Natalie Portman has been cast to star as Jane Foster in the studio’s highly anticipated movie THOR. In the early THOR comics, JANE FOSTER was a nurse who became Thor’s first love. The character will be updated for the feature adaptation. Portman will star [...]
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