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Adapt This: 'Atomic Robo' By Brian Clevenger & Scott Wegener
23 December 2009 6:46 AM, PST
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The Story: "Atomic Robo: " by Brian Clevenger (W) an'd Scott Wegener (A) – Red 5 Comics
What It's About: Unveiled by Nikola Tesla in 1923, the automatic intelligence known as Atomic Robo receives full United States citizenship after completing a top-secret mission predating America's entry into World War II. After the war, Robo founds Tesladyne, a world-renowned think tank entrusted to stand against the kind of threats that personify speculative science fiction.
With a brilliant mind, near-invulnerable fists and a laser-sharp wit, Robo and his action scientists face down the impossible on behalf of all mankind.
Why It Works: "Atomic Robo" has the heart of a pulp and the head of a utopian sci-fi franchise, making it feel at home somewhere between J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" reboot, Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" films and every Indiana Jones movie that doesn't involve crystal skulls.
Like Hellboy, Robo is an outsider who protects mankind
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- Caleb Goellner
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From director of ‘Hellboy’ comes a trilogy on vampires
17 December 2009 9:17 PM, PST
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New Delhi, Dec 18 (Ians) Oscar-winning Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, known for making films like “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “Hellboy”, is all ready to spook the audience, but this time he is using his pen instead of the camera with his book on vampires “The Strain”. But he has no plans to make a movie on the subject.
“No, it is not a film. Cinema is far too compressed a form … I believe it would be ideal to create a limited cable series out of it and not to extend it into a network run, where characters die only.
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Secret Identity: Five Comic Book Characters Sam Worthington Could Play
17 December 2009 1:32 PM, PST
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Even though he hasn't been contacted by Marvel Studios, Sam Worthington would kill to play Captain America. Still, the actor — who stars in tomorrow's massively hyped "Avatar" from director James Cameron — understands that some fans would have a problem with an Australian assuming the most iconic American superhero's mantle.
That's not to say that Worthington should be ruled out from playing Steve Rogers — I personally would have no trouble with that casting, even if that's not the majority opinion — but in the spirit of finding an amicable resolution, I think we should explore some other comic book options for the up-and-coming actor, who is already signed on for "The Last Days of American Crime."
If the role of Cap goes to another actor, here are five other comic book heroes that Worthington could play fantastically.
Aquaman: Of all the prominent Justice League members, Aquaman probably has the roughest reputation. The
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- Josh Wigler
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Tobey Maguire Not Starring in The Hobbit (But He Is Interested)
16 December 2009 1:52 AM, PST
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Producer Peter Jackson recently stated that a "casting sweep" was underway for the lead part in his production of The Hobbit, the prequel to The Lord of the Rings (Lotr). However, despite Jackson's comment that the Lotr movies are not "star-driven," a new rumor has been making headlines by linking one of Hollywood's most-successful franchise actors to the role of the adventurous Hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
Popular film site Latino Review reported on Monday that Tobey Maguire's (Brothers) recent comments about wanting to work with director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy) referred to his involvement with The Hobbit.
Could Peter Parker be playing Bilbo Baggins?
I checked with agency sources and yep, it's true!
Apparently, we're in the early stages of talks between CAA and the producers of the Hobbit film for Tobey to topline the film as Bilbo Baggins!
The news quickly became a topic of blog posts and forum
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Best Of 2009: Comic Books, Webcomics And Graphic Novels
15 December 2009 9:31 AM, PST
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As 2009 draws to a close, it's time to look back on best and brightest comics, comic book movies, comic book swag and, well — everything else that found its way into our bookshelves and longboxes this year. Over the next few days, we'll be rolling out a trio of "Best Of 2009" features, starting with today's list of the best comics in print and digital form released in '09.
Best Of 2009: Comics
Best New Series
"Chew" (Image)
As is the case with cooking, comic books require the right blend of ingredients in order to fully flourish. Thankfully, that's exactly what John Layman and Rob Guillory's "Chew" specializes in. The series focuses on Tony Chu, an Fda agent who solves crimes by gleaning psychic impressions from anything he eats. Readers embraced the book's food-centric premise by sending "Chew" back into the kitchen for multiple sell-outs and reprints. If the new year brings a similar level of quality,
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Official Season Of The Witch Website Goes Live
14 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST
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Lionsgate let us know that the official website for the upcoming film “Season of the Witch” by director Dominic Sena and starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan and Christopher Lee has gone live. While your at it, check out the facebook fan page for the film.
Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Season of the Witch.
Synopsis: In the supernatural thriller Season of the Witch, Nicolas Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport [...]
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- Brian Corder
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Merry Christmas from Gladys from Legion
12 December 2009 11:39 PM, PST
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Sony Pictures just posted this promo clip featuring Gladys from the upcoming horror film “Legion” by director Scott Stewart (Priest) and starring Doug Jones (Hellboy 2, Carnies), Dennis Quaid (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Pandorum), Kevin Durand (Robin Hood, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Kate Walsh (Hot Tub Time Machine).
Synopsis: After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanity’s last line of defense when they discover the diner’s young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.
Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Legion” and director Scott Stewart.
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New Season of the Witch Movie Poster
11 December 2009 11:13 PM, PST
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Shocktillyoudrop.com got their hands on this brand new movie poster for the upcoming film “Season of the Witch” by director Dominic Sena and starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan and Christopher Lee.
Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Season of the Witch.
Synopsis: In the supernatural thriller Season of the Witch, Nicolas Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a [...]
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- Brian Corder
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Guillermo Del Toro Updates Us on Hobbit
11 December 2009 11:06 PM, PST
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In a recent post over at Theonering.net, director Guillermo Del Toro updates us on “The Hobbit” written and produced by Peter Jackson and directed by visionary film director Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth). Guillermo Del Toro’s recent work includes “Hellboy 2″ starring Ron Perlman and Doug Jones (Hellboy, Carnies).
Guillermo Del Toro Writes:
So, now that Pj’s Lovely Bones tour is almost over, I thought it wise- seeing how some can whip up into a frenzy- to drop by and chat a bit.
A) About Only 3 actors returning: I think the emphasis on “only” is what slant the news the wrong way. I cannot imagine Gollum being played by anyone but [...]
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Peter Jackson Talks Returning Characters in The Hobbit.
9 December 2009 4:40 PM, PST
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Many fans and moviegoers have been waiting for a reliable source to reveal details about which Lotr characters will be returning for The Hobbit: Part 1. Peter Jackson finally went on record with MTV (Collider noticed and told us) and gave us what we wanted.
The Academy-Award winning director, who’s executive producing and co-writing the coming Hobbit flick, is very busy these days with producer-related responsibilities for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and The Lovely Bones (which he also directed). For those of you who’ve been in serious hiding, The Hobbit: Part 1 is to be directed by Guillermo Del Toro, who’s probably best known for his direction on the Hellboy movies along with Pan’s Labyrinth.
Check out who Jackson says could return from the Lord of the Rings trilogy below.
“Gandalf, being a 2,000-year-old wizard, is still around and plays
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Rumor Patrol: ‘Hobbit’ Producers Eyeing Tom Waits?
8 December 2009 12:34 PM, PST
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The Hobbit, the much-anticipated film from director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy) may feature a turn from Tom Waits, or so says AICN. Waits would inject some creepy fun into a cast that so far consists of Ian McKellan (Lotr) – although casting of The Hobbit has begun as of this week.
If you can survive the jump, there’s a quote on the other side!
Contact Music claims the following quote was given to AICN, although AICN doesn’t have this bit of info in quotes themselves (the mysteries of cyberspace!):
“As much as I’d like to say he’s a lock (certainty), I’m told he’s simply someone the production is talking about – but they seem to be talking about him pretty seriously.”
Where did this quote come from? A source. Would a talking banana qualify as a source? Probably.
Cinematical used their noggins and speculated that
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Legion Extended Movie Trailer
2 December 2009 11:10 PM, PST
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Sony Pictures just released this new extended movie trailer for the upcoming horror film “Legion” by director Scott Stewart (Priest) and starring Doug Jones (Hellboy 2, Carnies), Dennis Quaid (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Pandorum), Kevin Durand (Robin Hood, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Kate Walsh (Hot Tub Time Machine).
Synopsis: After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanity’s last line of defense when they discover the diner’s young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.
Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Legion” and director Scott Stewart.
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- Brian Corder
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First Glimpse Of Del Toro Produced Julia's Eyes
30 November 2009 9:34 AM, PST
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Now a little over a month into production, the first artwork has just been released from Guillem Morales' Los Ojos De Julia. A Spanish production backed by Focus Features in what looks to be a similar arrangement to how Focus was involved with Park Chan-Wook's Thirst, this one has an automatic leg up in that it is being produced by Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro. Because, you know, he's not already busy enough prepping The Hobbit. The story follows a young woman (played by Belen Rueda) dealing with the slow erosion of her sight while investigating the suicide of her blind twin sister. And judging from that image I'm guessing there's something unpleasant behind the sisters' blindness.
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Hobbit Filming Next Summer... Hopefully!
30 November 2009 2:44 AM, PST
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The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has told the German site Movie Reporter that the The Hobbit films will not start shooting until at least halfway through next year.
Questioned whilst on promotional duties for The Lovely Bones, the Tolkien adapter-extraordinaire said that production is pending both a final draft of the script and that all-important studio green-light.
Jackson will not be taking the helm for these films which represent a sort of prequel to the Rings trilogy but instead has drafted in fellow fantasy-monger Guillermo Del Toro (director of Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy) to do the honours.
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New Legion Photos featuring Doug Jones
26 November 2009 11:00 PM, PST
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Take a look at a few brand new movie stills featuring Doug Jones in the upcoming horror film “Legion” by director Scott Stewart (Priest) and starring Doug Jones (Hellboy 2, Carnies), Dennis Quaid (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Pandorum), Kevin Durand (Robin Hood, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Kate Walsh (Hot Tub Time Machine).
Synopsis: After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanity’s last line of defense when they discover the diner’s young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.
Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Legion” and director [...]
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DVD Review: ‘North By Northwest’ 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray
26 November 2009 10:00 AM, PST
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One of the most visually stunning, action packed, clever and suspenseful of all Alfred Hitchcock movies, his 1959 masterpiece North By Northwest finally gets the Blu-ray treatment it deserves. Featuring a terrific remastering with lots of great supplemental material and beautiful packaging the movie really shines and Warner Bros. has clearly pulled out all the tops to bring this classic film to a new generation of audiences.
Just in case you’re not familiar with this Hitchcock masterpiece, it stars Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and a young Martin Landau in a story featuring one of Hitchcock’s signature conceits: the wrong man. Grant’s Roger Thornhill, mistaken for superspy George Kaplan by a group of sinister agents led by James Mason’s Phillip Vandamm, is taken to a county house, forceably intoxicated and almost murdered. He barely manages to escape with his life, mostly due to his high
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New Movie Clip from Legion
25 November 2009 5:42 AM, PST
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This Thanksgiving, don’t forget to set a place at the table for Grandma. Sony Pictures just released this awesome new movie clip from the upcoming horror film “Legion” by director Scott Stewart (Priest) and starring Doug Jones (Hellboy 2, Carnies), Dennis Quaid (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Pandorum), Kevin Durand (Robin Hood, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Kate Walsh (Hot Tub Time Machine).
Synopsis: After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanity’s last line of defense when they discover the diner’s young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.
Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the [...]
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Silver Surfer Movie (Sort of) Happening [Updated]
25 November 2009 4:42 AM, PST
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[Update: Silver Surfer isn't as dead as first reported. See post for details.]
The last significant update we heard on the proposed Silver Surfer movie was last summer when director Alex Proyas said he’s definitely not working on the project, emphasizing that he’d never work with Fox studios again.
Since then, we have found out that Fox is pushing forward with the Fantastic Four reboot and that it would feature an entirely new cast. What does that mean for the Silver Surfer spin-off many were hoping for? Well, it’s unlikely to happen anytime soon.
Writer J. Michael Straczynski recently spoke with Collider last week and touched on the subject, saying that the not-so-hot reception to Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer made the studio put plans for the Silver Surfer character on hold.
Straczynski’s script has been done for a while and is in the hands of Fox, however it’s tied into the last Fantastic Four movie
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J. Michael Straczynski Says 'Silver Surfer' Script Stalled, Reveals Story Details
24 November 2009 8:22 AM, PST
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“Babylon 5” creator and noted comic scribe J. Michael Straczynski said his “Silver Surfer” script is in limbo at Fox thanks to the lukewarm response received by “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.”
“What happened was when ‘FF2’ didn’t do as well as they hoped it would do, it caused them to call into question a ‘Silver Surfer’ movie,” noted Straczynski in an interview with Collider during last weekend’s “Ninja Assassin” press junket. “The script that I wrote picked up right where ‘FF2’ left off. So if they do a ‘Silver Surfer’ film down the road, it’ll have to be its own separate things.”
Straczynski added, “It was definitely adult fare. I wanted to tell the origin of the Surfer and get into that whole thing.”
Last month, actor Doug Jones (“Hellboy”) expressed his desire to reprise his role as the Silver Surfer even though the
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New Season of The Witch TV Spot
21 November 2009 11:14 PM, PST
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Lionsgate just released this new movie trailer for the upcoming film “Season of the Witch” by director Dominic Sena and starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan and Christopher Lee.
Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Season of the Witch.
Synopsis: In the supernatural thriller Season of the Witch, Nicolas Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes [...]
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