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Warner Bros. Wants Christopher Nolan to Help Them out with Superman. Pretty Please?

Nolan + Superman = fanboys ruin pants. Could it be true? Could Christopher Nolan, the man who resurrected Batman from the ashes of rubber nipples and cheesy villains actually be involved in developing a “Superman” reboot for Warner Bros.? Yes, it could be, at least according to Deadline....
February 9th, 2010 | Read More

Tim Robbins is the Bad Guy’s Dad in Green Lantern

Wow, so Tim Robbins is playing dad characters in movies now, huh? And we’re not talking about toddlers or little cute tykes here, we’re talking about grown men. Sheesh, is Tim Robbins that old? Am I that old? Damn. Anyways, apparently Tim Robbins is now old enough to get cast in Martin Campbell’s...
February 9th, 2010 | Read More

Has Batman 3 Finally Gotten off its Ass and Back to Work?

David Goyer has been one of the “behind-the-scenes” guys of the “Batman Begins” franchise since the very beginning, having scripted/contributed story ideas to the first two movies. He’s also expected back for the third one, and if this article over at Deadline is to be believed,...
February 8th, 2010 | Read More

Captain America Updates: The Invaders, Casting, and The Red Skull

A trio of Captain America news for ya today. First up, director Joe Johnston has revealed to CHUD that The Invaders super team will indeed be joining Captain America as he battles the dastardly Nazis in his very own movie, “The First Avenger: Captain America” in 2011. And it won’t be...
February 8th, 2010 | Read More

Fox Hires a Writer for the Daredevil Reboot, Making it Semi-Official

Oh let’s face it, you’re not surprised this is actually happening. Not after Marvel rebooted “Hulk” a scant five years after the Ang Lee version. Well Fox has now made it official that they’re rebooting the “Daredevil” franchise (does one semi-successful movie...
February 7th, 2010 | Read More

From Percy Jackson to Peter Parker? It’s Looking Good for Logan Lerman. UPDATED

In an interview with Access Hollywood (via IGN) to promote his new fantasy movie “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”, Percy Jackson himself, 18-year old actor Logan Lerman told the fluffer channel that his people and the “Spider-Man” reboot people are “talking”. And...
February 4th, 2010 | Read More

Paul Bettany’s Priest Now Delayed Until 2011

Well this sucks. As I mentioned in my review of “Legion”, I totally dug Paul Bettany as an action hero. His second shot at big-time action hero glory is the upcoming “Priest”, which Bettany stars for director Scott Stewart, who also directed him in “Legion”. According...
February 4th, 2010 | Read More

Watchmen Comic Book Sequels? Likely. Watchmen Movie Sequel? Unlikely.

I liked Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen”, even if it did seem too jumbled and messy and in the end, maybe a little too earnestly faithful to the source material for its own good. (But I’m sure Snyder was in a no-win situation there — make the film too faithful and you lose the non-comic...
February 4th, 2010 | Read More

Don Cheadle Sounds Doubtful About a War Machine Spin-off Movie

Honestly, I don’t see a “War Machine” spin-off movie happening anytime in the future. Or ever, actually. War Machine will be a good addition to the “Iron Man” franchise, but let’s face it, he’s not Tony Stark. In an interview with Wizard Magazine, Don Cheadle...
February 3rd, 2010 | Read More

Batman and Robin is Worst Film of All Time, Says Magazine Readers Who Don’t Get Out Much

According to Empire Magazine’s readers, Joel Schumacher’s 1997 movie “Batman and Robin” tops their poll of the 50 most disastrous movies ever. As in, ever. These people, it would appear, have never seen a Paris Hilton-starring movie, or ones directed by the master of disaster...
February 3rd, 2010 | Read More

New Kick-Ass International Trailer Exposes More Kick-Ass Plot

And, um, other random acts of kick-assery and such. Basically, this latest trailer (via MSN) definitely qualifies as a Red Band, if just for that last scene where Hit Girl tells Kick Ass how to get in touch with her and the Batman copycat Big Daddy. I mean, come on, folks, that one line alone is going...
February 2nd, 2010 | Read More

Planet Hulk (2010) Movie Review

My knowledge of “The Incredible Hulk” saga pretty much begins and ends with the late-70’s television series starring Lou Ferrigno and the late Bill Bixby. As such, it’s safe to say that I’m fairly ignorant on the subject, and I’m not entirely ashamed to admit that...
February 1st, 2010 | Read More

The Losers Get a New Poster. It Kinds Looks Like Their Old One.

The LATimes has debuted a new poster for Sylvain White’s upcoming “The Losers” along with an article. It’s a nice poster, one patterned after the comic book covers the movie is based on, and a previous version. I hadn’t put it together until I read the article, but yeah,...
February 1st, 2010 | Read More

DVD Review: Whiteout (2009) Movie UK R2

There’s a scene in the first ten minutes of “Whiteout” where Kate Beckinsale gets undressed and has a completely unnecessary and gratuitous shower. At this point I thought the film was AMAZING. Then for the next hour and a half Kate Beckinsale puts on LOADS of clothes and has no showers. This...
January 29th, 2010 | Read More

Pretty Boy Zac Efron is an Expendable Spy in Fire

If you know the name Zac Efron, you’ve been paying too much attention to those gossip tabloid shows, or you’re really into movies that involves impromptu musical numbers. The star of “High School Musical” has been trying to break free of his Disney movie background for a while...
January 28th, 2010 | Read More

More Iron Man 2 Dancing Girls Courtesy of AC/DC

If you can stand the screeching that passes for “singing” in this AC/DC song “Shoot to Thrill” music video, there are some new “Iron Man 2″ footage for you, including way more views of the Ironettes (you know, those dancing girls from the movie?) then you can shake...
January 27th, 2010 | Read More

Marvel’s Kevin Feige Confirms Avengers Line-Up

There have been a lot of talk about what characters will show up in Marvel’s upcoming “Avengers” movie (due out in 2012, mark your calenders, kids!), so here’s the skinny: according to Kevin Feige, who should know since he’s Marvel Studios’ main guy, the Avengers line-up...
January 27th, 2010 | Read More

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Mysteriously Shrugs off Spider-Man Reboot Rumor

On the one hand, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is probably a tad too old to be playing Peter Parker in the Spidey reboot, which will be set in High School (he’s 28, FYI). On the other hand, Tobey Maguire was already 27 when he first played Peter Parker, high school kid turned superhero back in 2002. Then...
January 25th, 2010 | Read More

AMC Greenlights Darabont’s The Walking Dead

Like zombies? Funny zombies? Serious zombies? Zombies in the movies? Well now you’re gonna get plenty of zombies on TV, too, because AMC has just greenlighted Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead” comic books. Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd...
January 21st, 2010 | Read More

It’s Official: Marc Webb to Direct Spider-Man Reboot

It’s official, boys and girls, indie director Marc Webb (whose previous credits include — er, I mean, whose feature film credit begins and ends with the romantic comedy “500 Days of Summer”) has signed on to direct the “Spider-Man” reboot. Webb’s name surfaced...
January 20th, 2010 | Read More