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KICK ASS Trailer Doesn’t Quite Kick Ass

November 11, 2009 Rich Drees

Kick Ass is probably not a comic series well known to the general public, but after its film adaptation hits screens next year, I have a feeling that a lot of people are going to [click for more]

SGT. ROCK To Fight In The Future?

November 10, 2009 Rich Drees

Here’s one from the “They just don’t get it, do they?” file. The Hollywood Reporter‘s Heat Vision blog has broken the story that producer Joel Silver’s two-decades in the gestation adaptation of DC Comics’ classic [click for more]

Comics Scribe Millar Helming Mystery Superhero Flick

November 2, 2009 Rich Drees

Comic book writer Mark Millar has announced that he will be directing a superhero movie next March. Thing is, he isn’t saying what superhero it is. Millar made the ambiguous statement this weekend on his [click for more]

MEN IN BLACK III Gets A Writer

October 30, 2009 Rich Drees

Tropic Thunder scripter Etan Cohen has been hired by Columbia Pictures to write a third Men In Black science-fiction comedy. And that’s it… There’s not much else to report about the project. Stars Will Smith [click for more]

Anthony Hopkins T0 Play THOR’s Dad Odin

October 29, 2009 Rich Drees

Months of speculation amongst comic book fans is now over as Marvel Studios has announced that Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins has been cast as Odin, King of Asgard and father of superhero/God of Thunder [click for more]

…And Starring The Statue Of Liberty

October 28, 2009 Rich Drees

When a movie’s story wants to change location from anywhere in the world to New York City, the chances are good that the transition will be done by cutting to a shot that features the [click for more]

Is The Lizard The Villain For SPIDER-MAN 4?

October 28, 2009 Rich Drees

Spider-Man has always had a great rogues gallery, a selection of villains whose own origins were often just as freakish as Peter Parker’s, but with a twist that pushed them down a darker path than [click for more]

Blaxploitation: A Primer

October 21, 2009 Rich Drees

Last weekend, the comedy Black Dynamite opened in limited release to positive reviews. Although a loving spoof of 1970s blaxploitation films, no real knowledge of the genre is needed to enjoy it. Of course, if [click for more]

Raimi Hopes To Start SPIDER-MAN 4 In March

October 10, 2009 Rich Drees

For a while, Sony Pictures have had Spider-Man 4 penciled on to their release schedule for May 6, 2011. The only problem is that no one was sure exactly when they would get started actually [click for more]

Is Simon Pegg Too Old To Play Himself?

September 29, 2009 Rich Drees

If you’ve ever flipped through the comic book The Boys, you probably noticed that one of the characters, Wee Hughie, looks alot like British comic actor Simon Pegg. That’s because the series’ creators Garth Ennis [click for more]