Christopher McQuarrie to Write Wolverine Sequel!

If you were one of the many people who thought the writing on “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” was a little, shall we say, sketchy, then this news should make you happy: Twentieth Century Fox has hired Oscar winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie (”The Usual Suspects”, “Way...

August 13th, 2009 | Read More

Maggie Q. Will Kill Vampires with Paul Bettany

Casting Maggie Q. in a role where she’s required to look hot while kicking tons of ass is a no-brainer. See her previous gigs in “Live Free or Die Hard” and “Mission: Impossible 3″ for examples. Her latest gig, according to THR, is as a warrior priestess in the movie adaptation...

August 12th, 2009 | Read More

Jonathan Mostow Updates Sub-Marine Movie

Is The Sub-Mariner really that popular with comic book fans and non-fans that Hollywood is actually going to spend millions of dollars development and then making it? Apparently so, or at least, the interest seems to be there. The boys at Collider got in a word with the film’s would-be director,...

August 12th, 2009 | Read More

AMC and Frank Darabont to Adapt The Walking Dead

Zombies, zombies, zombies. Funny zombies. Fast-running zombies. Slow-moving zombies. Zombie pets, zombie wives, zombie girls in basements. Everywhere you look, there are zombies. As a fan of the genre, who counts Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” as one of my favorite movies of all...

August 12th, 2009 | Read More

Goyer Updates Green Arrow Prison Movie Super Max

If you’re expecting David Goyer’s Green Arrow behind bars movie “Super Max” to land in theaters by 2010, think again. The film doesn’t sound like it’s anywhere close to being put into production, and things doesn’t look like they’re about to change anytime...

August 11th, 2009 | Read More

Ray Park Still Wants to be Iron Fist

I’m not the biggest fan of Iron Fist the character, but I have picked up a couple of issues of The Immortal Iron Fist, the latest series, and I liked what I saw (er, read). But Ray Park as Iron Fist? Danny Rand? You mean Darth Maul actually acting? I don’t know about that. Ray Park as a masked...

August 11th, 2009 | Read More

New Pics: Kate Beckinsale in Whiteout and Rain in Ninja Assassin

A new batch of images today, two from Kate Beckinsale’s thriller “Whiteout”, based on the comic book of the same name, and two for “Ninja Assassin”, starring South Korean pop star Rain. From the looks of the images, “Ninja Assassin” seems to be a pretty brutal...

August 11th, 2009 | Read More

Vaughn’s Kick-Ass on the Verge of Studio Pick-Up

Who says the studio doesn’t care about fanboy love? Weeks after he brought “Kick-Ass” to Comic Con, Matthew Vaughn’s live-action adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s comic book is getting some solid studio interest. According to THR’s Risky Biz Blog, no...

August 11th, 2009 | Read More

Jackman Confirms Wolverine Sequel Headed to Japan

Hugh Jackman was recently at the Teen Choice Awards (which is apparently some type of awards show for teens, and their choices, or something), and afterward seemed to confirm to the assembled media that the sequel to this summer’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (hopefully they’ll...

August 10th, 2009 | Read More

Kick-Ass Comic Con Bootleg Trailer

In my Comic-Con ‘09 coverage I told you that Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick-Ass” panel was probably the best of the con, if the reaction to all the clips and trailer that Vaughn and company showed was any indication. Here’s that 90-second trailer. It’s strictly NSFW thanks...

August 9th, 2009 | Read More

Latest Whiteout Poster is All About Kate

The latest poster for Kate Beckinsale’s mystery-thriller-action movie “Whiteout” is all about Kate Beckinsale. And really, who can blame Warner Bros. for going with the most obvious selling point for their movie. What are they going to do, sell it as a movie starring, er, other people...

August 9th, 2009 | Read More

Iron Man 2 Comic Con Bootleg Footage

You know it had to happen sooner or later, although I am surprised it’s later, but someone’s finally uploaded the “Iron Man 2″ footage that was shown at this year’s Comic-Con ‘09. It’s five minutes of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick...

August 9th, 2009 | Read More

Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) Movie Review

(Guest Movie Review by Dedpool) So it’s finally here. DC Animated’s and Warner Premiere’s newest direct to video release, “Green Lantern: First Flight” has finally touched down and oh what a ride it was. Timed almost perfectly with DC Comic’s summer long Green Lantern centric,...

August 8th, 2009 | Read More

Official: Jay Chou is Kato in Green Hornet

They lost Chow, but they got Chou. It’s official: Seth Rogen and director Michel Gondry have found their new Kato, and it’s Taiwanese pop singer and actor Jay Chou. Chou is an unknown in the States unless you’re into Asian pop or watch Asian movies. He’s starred in a number of...

August 7th, 2009 | Read More

Top Cow’s Latest Comic Book to Movie: Alibi

Who knew that when Marc Silvestri was hatching his X-men clone comic book Cyberforce for the fledging Image Comics back in the early ’90s, that Silvestri and his Top Cow imprint would end up being the most successful of the bunch when it comes to translating their comic books into other medium?...

August 4th, 2009 | Read More

Kick-Ass Comic-Con Bootleg Clips

Sooner or later, I knew these would show up on YouTube. I’m surprised it took this long, though. In any case, here are those four clips that Matthew Vaughn and company brought over to Comic-Con last week to show the gathered masses. As I mentioned in my coverage of the “Kick Ass” panel,...

August 3rd, 2009 | Read More

Poster for Paul Bettany’s Priest

When they showed up at Comic-Con last week, Paul Bettany and the “Legion” crew, including director Scott Stewart, also quickly showed off a teaser poster for the duo’s next collaboration, “Priest”, where Bettany will play a warrior priest in a post-apocalyptic America overrun...

August 2nd, 2009 | Read More

The Avengers vs. The Skrulls?

This is pretty old news (at least by Interwebs standards), and comes from CHUD, but I missed it when it was first published mid-week, so I’m catching up. Anyways, it has Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige answering a question about whether the villains in the upcoming “Avengers” movie...

July 31st, 2009 | Read More

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Comic-Con Trailer

You don’t have to be a total comic book geek to appreciate the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games, but it sure helps. Lots. The fact that three of your buddies can play the game with you at the same time using different characters just makes it all that much more fun. The latest is Marvel Ultimate...

July 30th, 2009 | Read More

Rosario Dawson as Martha Washington?

If Frank Miller has his way, Rosario Dawson will be playing Martha Washington in a live-action movie version of the comic scribe’s comic book series. That’s according to “Martha Washington” co-creator Dave Gibbons, who tells the blokes at Digital Spy that Frank Miller told him...

July 30th, 2009 | Read More