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GREEN LANTERN Concept Art Leaks

January 28, 2010 Rich Drees

Pre-production for Warner Brothers’ superhero film Green Lantern continues to move forward. Variety has reported that Sony Pictures Imageworks, who have worked on Watchmen, Superman Returns and Sony’ Spider-Man franchise, have been brought aboard the [click for more]

Marc Webb To Direct SPIDER-MAN Reboot

January 19, 2010 Rich Drees

In the eight days since Sam Raimi walked away from the Spider-Man film franchise he built into a moneymaking powerhouse over a disagreement with studio Sony over the creative direction of a planned fourth installment [click for more]

Clark Gregg In IRON MAN 2, THOR

January 18, 2010 Rich Drees

Another piece to the overall puzzle of Marvel Studios’ cross-continuity between their superhero films with the announcement that Clark Gregg will be reprising his Iron Man character of SHIELD Agent Coulson in the currently shooting [click for more]

Daniel Craig In For COWBOYS AND ALIENS?

January 14, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

Maybe Hugh Jackman told Daniel Craig how great working in an American comic book movie is during their time on Broadway doing A Steady Rain, because MTV’s Splash Page blog is reporting that the British actor [click for more]

Features

Rise of the Comic Book Movie

January 14, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

We continue our look back at the cinematic decade that has just passed with a look at what has become the fastest growing genre of film, the comic book adaptation. As the 1990s came to [click for more]

Downey Out Of COWBOYS & ALIENS

January 12, 2010 Rich Drees

With one film franchise going strong and a second one just gathering steam, Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t have any more room in his work schedule for a potential third. The LA Times has reported that [click for more]

Sony Shoots Self In Foot, Rebooting SPIDER-MAN Without Raimi

January 11, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

After weeks of rumored contentious back and forth over the direction of the franchise, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have released a statement saying that the Spider-Man franchise is set to be revamped–without Sam Raimi [click for more]

Townsend Bails On THOR Before Cameras Roll

January 10, 2010 Rich Drees

So why do they keep hiring this guy again? Stuart Townsend dropped out of his role in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, only a day before cameras are set to roll on the comic book adaptation. A [click for more]

Blake Lively Joins GREEN LANTERN Cast

January 9, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

The announcement that the Green Lantern movie was officially green lit (no pun intended) reassured fans of the character that a film version would soon be on its way. However, a recent casting announcement might [click for more]

THOR Moves In To SPIDER-MAN 4’s Release Date

January 6, 2010 Rich Drees

With it looking more likely that Sony Picture’s Spider-Man 4 is not going to be in production in time to be completed for its scheduled bow on May 6, 2011, Paramount Pictures have decided to [click for more]