Updates from the Frank Miller-verse: Sin City 2, Hard Boiled

According to producer Stephen L’Heureux, who is currently working on two Frank Miller projects, “Sin City 2″ and “Hard Boiled”, the sequel to 2005’s “Sin City” is scheduled to go before the cameras in the “second half of 2010″, with Robert Rodriguez...

October 30th, 2009 | Read More

By Odin’s Beard! Anthony Hopkins is Thor’s Daddy

Surprise? Don’t be. “Thor” is being directed by Kenneth Branagh, after all. Once Marvel Studios hired on the Shakespeare man, it was pretty much “anything goes” when it comes to the studio’s Asgard product. According to the trades, Hannibal Lecter himself has all but...

October 29th, 2009 | Read More

The Lizard to be Spidey 4’s One and Only Villain? Hopefully.

Looks like the Spidey 4 rumor train is moving at full speed now, what with the Raimster set to start directing this thing soon for a 2011 release. We already know that actor Dylan Baker has confirmed that his character, Spidey’s one-armed professor Curt Connors will return for Spidey 4, but we...

October 28th, 2009 | Read More

Nickelodeon Buys TMNT, Movie and TV Show Due In 2012

Nickelodeon, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc., has officially acquired the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which will lead into a movie and TV show based on the series, both due in 2012. The price? Only $60 million, next to nothing compared to the $4 billion Disney spent on the overtaking of Marvel...

October 23rd, 2009 | Read More

Official Plot Synopsis for the 30 Days of Night Sequel

We already told you who would be starring in the “30 Days of Night” sequel “Dark Days”, and we assumed the plot would pretty much follow that of the original comic book the sequel is named after. Apparently that might not be the case, according to this THR article, which regurgitates...

October 23rd, 2009 | Read More

Dylan Baker Confirms his Return to Spidey 4

So what do we know about “Spider-Man 4″ so far? We know that Sam Raimi is a liar when he tells us they haven’t decided on a villain yet, especially when Gary Ross has been chugging through the script for a while now. We know that Tobey Maguire is coming back as Spider-Man, and Kirsten...

October 22nd, 2009 | Read More

Captain America Movie Will Knock Your Socks Off and Other News

So I was thinking to myself the other day, “Self, what’s up with the Captain America movie”? Luckily for me, Marvel head honcho Joe Quesada was at the Big Apple Comic-Con in New York City and said this about the Captain America script (officially “The First Avenger: Captain America”): “I’ve...

October 21st, 2009 | Read More

Kirshner, Others Join 30 Days of Night Sequel Cast

Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures’ sequel to David Slade’s 2007 vampire movie “30 Days of Night” have commenced shooting as we speak, which means a lot of the cast are already in place, though oddly enough, still no word if another actress will be taking over Melissa...

October 19th, 2009 | Read More

Sam Raimi Sorta Confirms Bruce Campbell’s Meaty Role in Spidey 4

Bruce Campbell has previously said that he’s due for a “meaty” role in Sam Raimi’s upcoming “Spider-Man 4″, but he wouldn’t say what that meaty role is. Some have speculated that the role could be that of a villain, but certainly not another one-and-done cameo...

October 19th, 2009 | Read More

Stan Lee Likes Doing Cameos

Stan Lee has become the Where’s Waldo of cameos. It’s a kind of past-time just to identify him in each new Marvel movie. As long as filming is being done within pragmatic reach, Stan Lee tells Collider (he’s still very busy at 86), he’s inclined to do one. In the past he has been...

October 19th, 2009 | Read More

Some German Guy You’ve Never Heard of Says Jude Law and Robert De Niro are in Thor

Here’s the deal with these “as told to us by a guy from abroad” news — they almost always turn out to be false. Besides the fact that the “news” is second hand (some guy read it in a newspaper or saw it on TV), the original source was in a foreign language, and you...

October 18th, 2009 | Read More

The New Freddy Krueger Playing Sinestro in Green Lantern?

On the heels of solid news that the “Green Lantern” movie has moved out of Oz to pursue cheaper shooting locations closer to home, there’s this not-so-solid news that Jackie Earle Haley, the new Freddy Krueger in the “Nightmare on Elm Street” reboot (and before that, gritty...

October 17th, 2009 | Read More

X-Men Movie Update

It occurred to me while reading the recent Empire article that the X-Men universe will never concede itself to the reboot syndrome simply because of the sheer number of stories that can be told; they can go on indefatigably, one (or more) for each character, as long as audience attention is elastic and...

October 16th, 2009 | Read More

Raimi Wants to Get Back to Basics With Spider-Man 4

There is the inevitable temptation while working on a sequel to do more and more in order to trump the prior films. Make it flashier and flashier. Fill in the sides. Soon the film becomes so bloated that it sinks beneath its own weight. I don’t necessarily need to tell you the problems with Spider-Man...

October 16th, 2009 | Read More

Green Lantern Can’t Afford Australia, Looks to Mexico/Canada

The question is, how does this affect the upcoming shooting schedule of “Green Lantern”? That’s open to discussion, though there would be some delay, as the film was supposed to shoot in November in Australia. Instead, Martin Campbell and the Warner Bros. gang will be moving the production...

October 16th, 2009 | Read More

Favreau Denies he’s Directing Avengers. Sorry, Fanboys.

According to Jon Favreau himself, director of “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2″, there’s no truth to the rumor that he’s in line to direct “The Avengers” movie, which is expected out sometime in 2012 after all the superheros have had their moments in the sun...

October 14th, 2009 | Read More

How to Not Make Spider-Man 4 A Total Mess

The original Spider-Man (2002) film was released to rave reviews, garnering a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the sequel (2004) was even more critically acclaimed with an average of 94%. Now, the similarity between these two movies (besides the cast, setting, and name) is that each one only had one villain,...

October 14th, 2009 | Read More

Will Melissa George Return for 30 Days of Night Sequel? Probably Not.

If “30 Days of Night” creator Steve Niles has his way, he would really, really like to have Melissa George back to reprise her role as Stella Oleson in the sequel to the movie version of “30 Days”. Hey, he can dream, can’t he? Of course, the chances of George returning for...

October 14th, 2009 | Read More

Rashida Jones’ Frenemy of the State is Paris Hilton if she were a Spy. And, um, Not a Publicity Whore.

Who knew that cute girl on “The Office” and now “Parks and Recreation” was also a comic book geek? See, that’s the mistake you make when you judge someone on their looks. Sort of like Paris Hilton. I’m sure underneath all that publicity seeking whoreness there’s...

October 14th, 2009 | Read More

Gary Ross Delays Venom for Matt Helm with Bradley Cooper?

I have to admit, the notion of Gary Ross, the guy behind “Pleasantville” and “Seabiscuit” writing “Spider-Man 4″ was kinda a shock already, but the idea of him writing and directing a “Venom” spin-off movie was just … strange, though not unheard of;...

October 13th, 2009 | Read More