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Whedon Assembling AVENGERS

April 13, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

If this happens, it could make a lot of people really happy and have a lot of people complaining. Deadline New York, the East Coast version of Deadline Hollywood gossip blog, is reporting that Joss [click for more]

GREEN LANTERN’s Uniform To Be CG

April 12, 2010 Rich Drees

One of the hardest visuals to get right in a big screen comic book adaptation is translating the hero’s and villain’s colorful wardrobe from the page to real life without making them look ridiculous. It [click for more]

Harrison Ford Joins COWBOYS & ALIENS

April 8, 2010 Rich Drees

With his work on Iron Man 2 completed last week, director Jon Favreau is turning his full attention to his next project Cowboys & Aliens by announcing via Twitter that the first cast member to [click for more]

Angela Bassett Cast In GREEN LANTERN

March 25, 2010 Rich Drees

Angela Bassett has been cast in the already-in-production superhero film Green Lantern. She will be playing Amanda Waller, the head of the super top secret government organization code named Task Force X, but more informally [click for more]

Paul WS Anderson To Ruin BUCK ROGERS In 3D

March 25, 2010 Rich Drees

Hack director Paul WS Anderson has landed the job of directing a 3D adaptation of the classic comic strip adventure hero Buck Rogers. Anderson’s previous crimes against humanity and cinema include the 1995 Mortal Kombat, [click for more]

Chris Evans Will Throw CAPTAIN AMERICA’s Mighty Shield

March 22, 2010 Rich Drees

Well that was quick. At the start of last weekend, it was reported that Chris Evans had been offered the role of Captain America for Marvel Studios’ upcoming comic book adaptation, even though his both [click for more]

And CAPTAIN AMERICA May Be…

March 20, 2010 Rich Drees

Chris Evans. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Marvel Studios has put out an offer to Evans to play the star-spangled hero in their upcoming comic book adaptation. Expectedly, both the studio and Evan’s reps [click for more]

New Releases: March 19

March 19, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

1. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (FOX, 3,077 Theaters, 120 Minutes, Rated PG): When I looked towards 2010 as a fan of the comic book movie, I thought it would be a rather light year. Too [click for more]

Hugo Weaving Is CAPTAIN AMERICA’s Red Skull

March 12, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

It’s not like Hugo Weaving needs any more geek cred. His role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy secured that. If that wasn’t enough, his performance in the Matrix trilogy cast it in iron. [click for more]

Sam Worthington, Pilot Of The Future

March 12, 2010 Rich Drees

Except for some die-hard comic book enthusiasts, the character Dan Dare isn’t much known here in the United States. But to British readers in the 1950s and 60s, he was their country’s answer to Buck [click for more]