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Brannagh Casts THOR’s “Warriors Three”

November 17, 2009 Rich Drees

As the January start date creeps closer for Kenneth Branagh’s comic book adaptation Thor, the last members of the cast are being added to the ensemble that the director has already assembled. Stuart Townsend, Ray [click for more]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Concept Art From Burton/Cage SUPERMAN Film Hits Web

September 22, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

Sometimes leaks from film projects hit the Internet while the film is being shot, sometimes it takes 10 years for them to hit the Web. Io9 has a gallery of production art from 1999’s aborted [click for more]

Kirby’s Heirs Want Marvel Characters Rights Back

September 21, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

The inspiration certainly came from the success the Estate of Jerry Siegel experienced in regards to reclaiming the copyright for Superman from DC Comics/Warner Brothers. The timing certainly has a lot to do with Marvel’s [click for more]

Will Marvel Studios’ Feige Take Over Disney?

September 21, 2009 Rich Drees

Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook’s departure from the Mouse House after 38 years of service to the company on Friday sent tongues wagging all weekend. But perhaps before Cook was even off the lot, speculation [click for more]