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Still not that pleased with his costume design, but the trailer looks pretty cool. I think it is Anthony Hopkins as Odin that could elevate this a bit.
Embedded version has been removed already… here is a link to it elsewhere.
The Destroyer in action looks AMAZING!
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Unfortunately I’m not as happy with the concept art for Thor’s togs. This looks like the kind of image you’d see at one of those sites with medium-to-high quality Halloween costumes. It simply looks too modern for the god of Thunder. Thor would NOT let Nick Fury dress him.
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Thor’s costume needs to look as if it came from Asgard… they need a sleek timeless interpretation of the traditional Thor outfit that looks more like some type of classic leather armor and less like a kevlar urban assault uniform with a cape added.
via Collider
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In this coming of middle age comedy, a once-successful novelist (Jeff Daniels), constantly attended by the imaginary superhero (a cheesed up spandex-clad Ryan Reynolds) who has been his pal since he was a kid, struggles to recover what made him great while watching his marriage fail. |
Ryan Reynolds looks great as a platinum blond Superhero. I’m sure he’ll portray Hal Jordan a bit more seriously in his upcoming Green Lantern movie. This IS a comedy and he’s playing more of a parody of a Superhero than a real one. But at least we get an idea of how he fills out a pair of tights. I approve.
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I just got back from seeing Kick Ass and OMG it truly rocked. I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me. British actor Aaron Johnson plays shy geek turned teen superhero adorably. The film generally managed to be remarkably true to the spirit of the comic while still throwing in new twists and surprises that weren’t part of the original story to keep those who had read the story guessing. I don’t really want to give away any spoilers about it. It is that good. They really did a great job of capturing the dark humor of the series.
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Those of you who have seen it will know what I mean when I say that the changes in the relationship between Dave and Katie were good but not as “real” as the way things unfolded in the comic. But not only did these and the other changes did make it a more entertaining movie (especially the big finish), but they also improved on the source material. I know some people (including myself) didn’t like the unnecessary homophobic hate speech that cropped up a few times in the book. But not to worry, there was none of that in the movie.
Hit-Girl was phenomenal (her sequences were blindingly violent and a thing of beauty. I was surprised that Nick Cage (who I’ve never liked all that much) was really good as well.
It is a genuine hit. Here’s what HNH favorite The GayComicGeek has to say about it.
As usual he’s right on the money. Though I actually enjoyed the occasional cheesier moments as they seemed very intentional to me and worked well with to way the film sometimes lapses into a parody of itself and the genre in genre. LOVED IT!
Also check out what CBR and everyone else has to say too… it got an average of “B+” but only because one hopelessly square asshole at the Chicago Sun-Times didn’t get the point. … Time, San Francisco Chronicle, IGN, Variety and Empire all gave it an “A.” I give it an A+! Run don’t walk to the next screening!
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Despite talk of casting an unknown as Steve Rogers in Captain America: First Avenger, The Hollywood Reporter has reported 6 familiar faces auditioning for the role of Steve Rogers this week: John Krasinski, Michael Cassidy, Mike Vogel, Patrick Flueger, Scott Porter and Chace Crawford. Are any of them worthy of wielding Caps Shield?
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I’m wondering if they plan to do Cap’s body with CG because although it is an attractive group, none of these boys have that Super Soldier Serum look. Click on the images below to see them fullsize AND read the accompanying captions about their professional history my thoughts on their suitability. Read all about them (captions appear under fullsize images) and then let me know about your thoughts on these candidates.
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Apparently also considered but unavailable due to schedule conflicts were “Supernatural” stud Jenson Ackles and Garret Hedlund of the upcoming “Tron Legacy.” Other possibilities bandied about since the movie was announced have included Will Smith, Matthew McConaughey, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, but they seem to have fallen by the wayside since the news about wanting an “unknown” leaked.
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Recent talk about the upcoming Captain America: First Avenger movie has revealed a few choice tidbits. First reveal is no BIG surprise…likely big bad is The Red Skull. Which isn’t a huge shocker to any longtime Steve Rogers fans. The other reveal which IS a bit more of a significant revelation. The Invaders will play a BIG part in the second act of the film and will include no less than six members. But they have YET to reveal exactly WHICH six members…
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Now the Invaders had a number of different members over the years, but I’ve narrowed it down to what I thought were some of the more interesting candidates with big screen potential and fanboy panache… Who would YOU like to see fighting ratzis aside Captain America?
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Part of me is worried that stylistically it seems to have more in common with Sky High than with Wanted. Brit actor Aaron Johnson looks more than adequate as Dave Lizewski. Also the swan-diving wanna-be superhero at the beginning is a good sign that they didn’t COMPLETELY kidify the story to make it not only palatable to the teens and tweens who will inevitably want to see a movie about a 15 year old who dons a suit to fight crime, but also acceptable to their parents who would have a problem with an 11 year-old hit girl going all Kill Bill on a group of Mafiosos (hence they aged her).
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Kick-Ass is a great supposedly monthly comic (although I have some problems with the unnecessary hate speech that writer Mark Millar puts in his hero’s mouth), but it was seriously harmed by scheduling issues (took 18 months to publish 8 issues). A pivotal part of the plot was revealed early… at the time the casting for Red Mist was revealed, he was described as the son of a Mafia don even though the character hadn’t even been introduced yet – completely spoiling that characters eventual betrayal for the readers. The concluding eighth issue of Kick-Ass is due in December so perhaps we’ll see a resolution to the story before the movie ACTUALLY comes out.
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Well, its all over the ‘net… In brightest day… In blackest night no Evil shall escape Ryan Reynolds might!
After an intense months-long search, Warner Bros. has chosen Ryan Reynolds to play the title character in “Green Lantern,” the studio’s live-action movie based on the DC Comics hero.
I hope they use the recent Geoff Johns additions to Hal Jordan’s origin.
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I think he’s a good choice – I would have picked him for Wally West instead and gone with Nathan Fillion for GL (even BEFORE that great fan-made-trailer), but I can see it. I love Ryan Reynolds, I think Reynolds has been poised on the edge of being a real Hollywood leading man for a while now and I hope he really makes this movie a breakthrough hit.
Martin Campbell (who directed Goldeneye and Casino Royale) is on board to direct and while the budget – which has been rumored to have swollen to as high as $200 million for the space epic – is still not finalized, production is expected to begin in January of 2010.
Of course, this revelation immediately started speculation on how this will affect the previously announcedDeadpool movie from Fox starring Ryan Reynolds.
He recently starred in a comic-book movie, 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” in which he played Deadpool, also known as the Merc with a Mouth. The character is being developed for a spin-off in which Reynolds will star. He also played Marvel’s vampire hunter Hannibal King in “Blade: Trinity.”
If the deal is completed, it would make Reynolds technically the second actor to have played heroes for both Marvel and DC. A number of news outlets are reporting he is the first as did I, until HeroesNHunks reader kerutlj reminded us that Halle Berry played Storm AND Catwoman – but I can’t REALL fault them as far as I’m concerned that travesty with Patience Phillips instead of Selina Kyle was NOT the real Catwoman so it doesn’t count.
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via Variety, AICN, Reuters and CBR
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Not freaking bad for a fan-made trailer. Sure makes me believe that A Green Lantern movie could be the next big thing for DC if they get their act together. Watch carefully and you’ll spot a number of fan fave Green Lanterns Corps members (besides Dr. Horrible nemesis (and potential Celebrity Beefcake) Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan), including:Abin Sur, Killowog, Ch’p (or some other squirrelish Lantern), Galius Zed and Tomar-Re
Casting Captain Hammer as Hal Jordan? This might be the only way Hollywood could make up for giving us a Whedon-less Buffy movie.
This is jaronpitts‘ vision for a Green Lantern movie starring Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan. He cobbled it together using AfterFX, zBrush and highlights from the following movies, tv shows, and trailers: Planet of the Apes, Serenity Trailer, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Stardust Trailer, The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring, Firefly, Dragonball Evolution Trailer, Galaxy Quest, The Fountain Trailer, Superman Returns Trailer, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Smallville, Justice League TAS, GI Joe Trailer, Contact, Star Trek Enterprise, Star Wars Episode III, The Mutant Chronicles Trailer, Iron Man, Star Trek Trailer, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe Cutscene, The Chronicles of Riddick, Kamen Rider, Bedtime Stories, MIB 2, Escape from Witch Mountain Trailer, The Matrix Revolutions, The Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian and White Noise 2.
via PinkKryptonite and TVSquad
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As a lifelong X-Men fan I am one of the few who would have gone to see this movie no matter HOW bad it looked. All in all it wasn’t as bad as I feared. I’m sure going in with a bad attitude helped, but I wasn’t nearly as outraged as I thought I would be. It could have been MUCH worse.
That said there were still a number of liberties that were taken with his history that I wasn’t happy about.
1. Wolverine and Sabretooth as half brothers? Army buddies – yes, brothers – no, I don’t remember that. It’s been often hinted that there was some kind of relationship, but as far as I remember it isn’t canon.
2. An adamantium bullet can defeat Logan? C’mon? REALLY? BULLSHIT!!! If they needed a way to take down Wolverine and wipe his memories, all they needed was an alpha class telepath – and they had one in a cell downstairs. Emma needs to be set on a path to the dark side before she can be redeemed so they should have had her working for Stryker during this movie.
3. Diamond skinned woman … Emma Frost? they why not have her “sister” Kaela call her Emma?
4. If diamond skinned woman WAS Emma – then who the hell is this “sister” Kaela? Emma has 2 sisters and their names are Cordelia and Adrienne.
5. How were Wolverine’s “bone” claws suddenly machine shop sharpened to razor points upon bonding adamantium to his skeleton? Wouldn’t they still be all rough and bone shaped, just coated with metal?
6. The Silver Fox character has been made into a white woman and retconned into Emma Frost’s non-existent sister.
7. Deadpool is not an amalgam of mutant powers. Although his healing factor IS based on Wolverine’s DNA, all his other abilities (teleporters, weapons etc) came from tech devices built into his costume (no optic blasts). As much as I liked seeing Ryan Reynolds hot bod during the fight – that should have been as scarred as his face.
There were also a number of great moments. I loved Gambit – though his accent could have been thicker and his eyes needed to glow more. Loved the Prof X moment and the denouements. I realize the whole Japan era of his life has to happen AFTER he is amnesiac so i see why they skipped it (for THIS movie) but It had better be central to any sequels.
They probably should have spent about twice as much as they did on the FX – they were sparse and not all that impressive. The story just felt more like the plot to the game than to a movie. It didn’t feel like it really had an ending. Partially due to it’s prequel nature. Stryker and Sabretooth had to live because they were seen in the X-Men trilogy.
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In honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverine (which made $85,058,003 during its opening weekend). I’ve put together a megapost of everyone’s favorite hirsute pint-sized berserker, Wolverine! Some images are of Hugh Jackman in character, while others are of him from other sources and of course I threw in some of the hottest illustrations of Wolverine that I could find – I also mixed in some NSFW fan creations.
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Special thanks to reader Ryan Jones who sent me some images and gave me the idea to have YOU ALL send me some more for a follow up gallery. So if you have some sexy scans or hot original artwork of Logan you wanna share for a shout-out, let’s see what you got! And now here’s Logan….
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I haven’t seen the flick yet – seeing it tonight! More on it when I do of course!
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via TrailerAddict. SuperUnderwearPerverts ShirtlessSuperheroes and deviantArt
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I saw Watchmen last night at a 7:00 special advance screening sponsored by the Cartoon Art Museum. I went with a group of great gay comic book fans from the Castro’s own gay-owned comic book store, Whatever Comics at 548 Castro Street.
Since Watchmen just comes out today, I will save more spoilerific discussion for conversational replies to comments and future posts. Let me just say it was an epic experience. The about 2 hour and 40 minute movie is a perfectly cast, beautifully filmed and amazingly faithful (while still managing to sneak in a story-appropriate surprise or two) adaption of the greatest serialized graphic novel ever. The actors performances are all spot on and it really is the first Drama (with a capital D) that happens to be about superheroes. Congratulations to director Zach Snyder on successfully filming the supposedly unfilmable.
But I must mention the CGI eyecandy of Doctor Manhattan swinging some serious blue pipe. I’ll have to find some images! (If you see any PLEASE send me some or add link in comments – I plan a Doc Manhattan Gallery) He sports an uncut cock, a flawless musclegod bod and the face of Billy Crudup. Nite-Owl has the kind of great meaty ass you just wanna reach out and grab, and I think his costume is pretty damn sexy – true to the original in ways – but hotter. Gratuitous nudity is almost all male! But only Doc M’s CG cock is seen (but it is seen often – most cock I’ve ever seen in a film that wasn’t gay porn 
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I MUST see it again immediately. I wonder if those unfamiliar with the original story enjoyed it as much? Go see it and then come on back and tell me what you thought!
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The Academy Award audience gave the late Heath Ledger a standing ovation as he won the best supporting actor Oscar today for his role as the psychopathic clown prince of crime in The Dark Knight (which passed the billion dollar mark worldwide the same day.
I’m sorry you were not there to accept it yourself Heath. The world will miss your talent.
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Heath Andrew Leger was born 4 April 1979, in Perth, Western Australia, the son of a French teacher and a racing-car driving, mining engineer.
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Leger’s sister, Sister Kate said the family was accepting the award on behalf of “your beautiful Matilda,” Ledger’s 3-year-old daughter with actress Michelle Williams. The statuette will be held in trust for his daughter by her mother, until Matilda reaches the age of 18. At that point, she may execute what we call an heir’s agreement and keep the statuette forever — or, if she chooses not to do that, it will return to us.”
Ledger was an avid chess player, winning Western Australia’s junior chess championship at the age of 10.[35][36] As an adult, he often played with other chess enthusiasts at Washington Square Park. Allan Scott’s film adaptation of the chess-related 1983 novel The Queen’s Gambit, by Walter Tevis, which at the time of his death he was planning to both perform in and direct, would have been Ledger’s first feature film as a director.
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Ledger died in January 2008 of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs at age 28. Film critics, co-stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Caine and many of Ledger’s colleagues in the film community joined Bale in calling for and predicting a nomination for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in recognition of Ledger’s achievement in The Dark Knight. Ledger’s subsequent nomination was announced on 22 January 2009, the anniversary of his death. He is only the second actor to be awarded an Oscar posthumously. The first was Peter Finch for 1976’s "Network."
Although his first feature film was the Australian production Two Hands, Ledger first appeared on the Hollywood radar when he starred in 10 Things I Hate About You in 1999, and over the next five years he had significant or starring roles in The Patriot, Monster’s Ball, A Knight’s Tale, The Four Feathers, The Order and Ned Kelly.
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In 2005 he starred in Casanova, The Brothers Grimm, Lords of Dogtown and portrayed Ennis del Mar in the critically acclaimed, controversial and quintessential "gay cowboy movie" Brokeback Mountain (which got him nominated for the Best Actor Oscar).
Next up was Candy, and I’m Not There followed by his award-winning performance as Joker in The Dark Knight.
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Heath’s father, Kim Leger said of his son’s award… "This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath’s quiet determination to be truly accepted by all you here tonight, his peers within an industry he so loved."
The painting included in the gallery above is the work of Ledger’s friend Australian artist Vincent Fantauzzo. The piece won Fantauzzo Australia’s top art prize for portraiture in 2008.
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Many are excited about the impending release of Watchmen, but did you know they are also releasing Tales of the Black Freighter, the pirate comics story within the story on DVD and BluRay March 24th? (though why they did not arrange release BEFORE or same day as the movie is beyond me. Gerard Butler (King Leonidas of 300) provides the voice for the main character, The Mariner.
Tales of the Black Freighter is a fictional comic-within-a-comic from the Watchmen universe. Issues 23 and 24, comprising the story Marooned, are included within Watchmen itself. They are read by a teenage boy named Bernie, who sits outside a newsstand through all his appearances.
During the course of events of Watchmen, a teenage boy named Bernie reads a story called “Marooned” from issues 23 and 24 of Tales of the Black Freighter that reflects certain elements of the main plot.
The adaptation runs 30 minutes — and oddly is carrying a PG-13 rating (Blu-Ray is currently Unrated) despite previous reports that it would be R.
Also on the DVD is the Hollis Mason tell-all, Under the Hood. A combination of CG and live action, it sees all the necessary Watchmen actors reprising their roles to tell the history of the first costumed adventurers, the Minutemen. DVD extras on both regular and Blu-Ray include a first look at The Green Lantern (it is not specified whether it is the much hoped for live-action version, or a preview of the animated film), and Story Within A Story: The Books of Watchmen.
blog@newsarama, Cinematical and WatchmenWiki
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I went to go see Push yesterday. Due to negative buzz I had low expectations… but was very pleasantly surprised. It was a thrill ride filled with interesting characters and a great cast. Unfortunately former Human Torch and still superhot Chris Evans kept his shirt on throughout the movie – damn that publicist of his! That might be why the movie is being panned. Too many viewers disappointed that Chris Evans didn’t telekinetically blast his clothes off at any point.
Maybe the low expectations helped, but Popapathy LOVED it and I thoroughly enjoyed it as well. It was much better than either Fantastic Four Flick anyway (and i like the FF – the movie just didn’t feel like the real thing to me). Unimpressed reviewers describe it as baffling, and messy. I’m not quite sure what they were so baffled by, I followed the plot quite well. It kept me guessing while not being too random or ridiculous in its twists and turns. It made more sense than Final Crisis.
But even those who couldn’t follow it pointed out its “vibrant cinematography”, “supremely elegant visuals”, “cleverness”, “wicked fight scenes” and “amazing special effects.” So I’m not sure why so many are giving it a thumbs down. It is a stylish mixture of elements of films like X-Men, Oceans 11 and Memento. It worked for me. I give it 2 thumbs up.
A superhuman action-thriller set in a photogenically chaotic Hong Kong, Push burrows deep into the deadly world of psychic espionage where artificially enhanced paranormal operatives have the ability to move objects with their minds, see the future, create new realities and kill without ever touching their victims. Against this setting, a young man and a teenage girl take on a Division, a secret branch of the government that is out to find these special individuals, and turn them into lethal weapons.
The movie’s wiki page has a handy dandy list of the various types of psionic abilities manifested by the heroes and villains of Push. Their writers seem to have a firm grasp of comic book physics.
Movers can manipulate inanimate objects at varying distances. The actual technique is known as kinetic signature control, where the mover is trained to “hear” and identify the specific atomic frequency of any given material, and alter the gravity wave around it, usually producing the nearby air to appear “warped”. Advanced movers can work at the molecular level creating protective shields in the air around them. Nick (Chris Evans) inherited his ability from his father who was a Division assassin. When Nick was a child, his father was murdered by Division. Nick escaped and has been living in hiding.
Pushers can “push” specific thoughts, memories, and even emotions into their targets. An implanted lifetime of false memories can be used to gain a subject’s trust, or to manipulate them into performing any action, thinking it was their own agenda.
Watchers are trained to self-induce visions of the future, very much like a prolonged sense of déjà vu. The technique of following the future, either of a person or object, is called subject tracking. A Watcher’s skill is primarily rated by how far they can see into the future. Most operatives begin by seing minutes into the future, but with training and experience visions can extend hours, days, weeks and even years into the future.
Bleeders have the ability to emit high-pitched sonic vibrations that cause ruptures in a target’s blood vessels.
Sniffs are highly developed psychometrics who can track the location of either people or objects over varying distances. Like psychic bloodhounds, their tracking ability is increased if they have tactile access to an object that has been in direct contact with the subject. Sniffs receive information based on images, not specific addresses, which is why identifiable landmarks help increase their effectiveness.
Shifters can temporarily shift patterns of light on any object to create illusions to the naked eye. They work mostly on a touch basis, but once the illusion is established, it remains with the object for short periods of time. For example, a Shifter could momentarily touch a one dollar bill, altering its light pattern to appear as a one hundred dollar bill for hours, until the effect expires. The length of the shift is based on experience and ability.
Wipers are skilled at either temporary or permanent memory erasure, an invaluable asset in espionage. Experience will dictate the accuracy of their wipes, though the danger is always present that they will eliminate a desired memory.
Shadows are trained to block the vision of other clairvoyants such as Sniffs, making any subject within their target radius appear “dark”. Experience will enhance the size of the area they can shadow and the intensity of their shielding effect. Shadows need to be awake to perform their ability, and it is common for a detail of two Shadows to operate in shifts while protecting a person or object for extended periods.
Stitches are psychic surgeons trained to quickly reconstruct cells to their previous or healthy state. Using only their hands, they can heal and even “unheal” whatever they have done. For more detailed work, Stitches use a silver based cream on their hands which acts as a conductor to their ability.
via Newsarama, Push wiki page and Rotten Tomatoes
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Good news for you Watchmen fans who were worried that all the anticipation would be for naught. The movie will be released as scheduled. According to CBR and the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox presened a settlement to Judge Gary Feess at 9:30am this morning and requested that the case be dismissed.
Although the terms of the agreement are not to be officially disclosed, details began to leak even before their court appearance this morning.
The New York Times’ Carpetbagger blog reports Fox will get a cut of gross receipts of Watchmen or any sequels or spinoffs — as much as 8.5 percent — which could end up amounting to tens of millions of dollars. The studio also will recoup its development costs and legal fees, which amounts to millions of dollars more.
The lawsuit, filed in February of 2008 claimed that Fox has held the film rights to the DC Comics 1986 12 issue Maxi Series since the late 80’s when they were acquired for producer Lawrence Gordon.
Gordon is not a party to the case, but Warners is said to be after the producer and his attorneys to reimburse the studio for costs of the settlement. During the litigation, Gordon’s then-attorney admitted that he negotiated the producer’s 1994 separation from Fox without knowing about a 1991 agreement on which Fox based its lawsuit.
The project was not produced at the time, and was considered by a variety of studios over the ensuing 20 years until finding a home at Warner Brothers. The main point of the suit was that Warner Bros never obtained the necessary rights from Fox.
Judge Feess ruled in Fox’s favor. His Dec. 24 ruling stated that “Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the Watchmen motion picture.”
Within days and ahead of a decision expected Jan. 20 from Feess on whether Fox could block the movie release, attorneys for the two studios began settlement talks because Warners faced the possibility of Fox actually stopping the scheduled March 6 release of the $130 million comic book adaptation.
The news of the day and final word is that both studios released the following joint statement…
Warner Bros. and Fox, like all Watchmen fans, look forward with great anticipation to this film’s March 6 release in theaters.
Hot Damn!
via CBR and Hollywood Reporter
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The official trailer to X-Men Origins: Wolverine debuted online today at 10am (it was seen first in theaters on Friday in front of The Day The Earth Stood Still). But just in case you didn’t rush out to see that on opening weekend…Here you go!
Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar – as the fierce fighting machine who possesses amazing healing powers, retractable claws and a primal fury. Leading up to the events of X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine tells the story of Wolverine’s epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe whose appearances in the film series have long been anticipated.
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Guessing the frozen kid, Jason Stryker, the loose interpretation of Mastermind?
trailer via TrailerAddict
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The League is a superhero noir co-written and directed by Kyle Higgins and Alec Siegel with the aid of Windy City Pictures and the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. This Thesis Project for Chapman University was mentored by writer/director Tom Mankiewicz (Superman, Diamonds are Forever, Dragnet).
Promotional posters by video game senior character artist Eoin Colgan followed by the official synopsis.
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With the 1946 formation of “The League of Heroes” in Chicago, the country is introduced to the first ever Superhero Labor Union. Founded by The Grey Raven, his kid sidekick Sparrow, and the amazing Blue Blaze, The League of Heroes was a beacon of hope against evil and tyranny in Chicago. Now twenty years later, as The League is about to expand nationally, an old adversary makes a murderous comeback. Drawn by the rampage, the former sidekick Sparrow returns to the city–and The League–for the first time in years.
The League 2
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via MyCuppaJoe, TheLeagueFilm and TheComicsWaitingRoom
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The latest Punisher movie may suck, but Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s return to the character looks to be just as bizarre, entertaining and possibly even more disturbing than their original run.
“THE RESURRECTION OF MA GNUCCI,” PART 1 The latest offering from the red-hot Marvel Knights line is a weekly-shipping 6-part limited sequel to their legendary story arc, “Welcome Back, Frank.” It all starts when two mobsters take a trip to the zoo and piss off the wrong monkey. Limbs are lost (the kind you can’t easily replace), vultures are fed (with said appendages), and then things get, like, really crazy. Like back-from-the-dead crazy. That’s right — she’s back and she wants payback. Ma Gnucci. Eighty-five pounds of hairless, armless, legless evil.
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I bet it will be a lot better than Punisher War Zone the movie – which opened abysmally, coming in at #8 over the weekend with a mere 4 Million.
Newsarama explains the poor reception to the following…
the weekend after Thanksgiving is traditionally a soft box office weekend, the movie had no bankable stars, and War Zone suffered from nearly unanimous poor reviews from critics, scoring only a 17% (4/10) on Rotten Tomatoes.com which averaged 65 reviews.
But fails to mention that there have been 2 other Punisher movies before and neither of them was all that big a hit either. Even if you follow a bad movie with a good one (Hulk and The Incredible Hulk for example) the first movie will put off viewers. I kind of liked the last Punisher movie (with Tom Jane), but the first one (with Dolph Lungren) was laughable. The previews for Punisher War Zone didn’t really impress me.
via Newsarama and TrailerAddict
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We’ve seen a plethora of comic book superhero movies lately. This one is a bit different. Special is the story of Les Franken (MICHAEL RAPAPORT), a somewhat meek, kind-hearted, completely average and virtually invisible comic book fan. Les’s life changes the day he begins an drug study for the anti-depressant, Specioprin Hydrochloride. The experimental drug has an unusual side-effect… the delusion of the ability to levitate, to read peoples’ minds, and even walk through walls.
As any real self-respecting comic fan would, when faced with his new powers, Les makes a suit and set out to protect the world from the forces of evil.
But he soon finds himself opposed by the pharmaceutical companies mysterious “suits” who are probably just trying to do damage control on the nutball who went crazy on their new drug.
Not sure where this roller coaster ride can lead. I’d think nowhere good fror poor Les who runs into walls and gets hit by cars, but it will at least be well-acted and entertaining.
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