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12 October 2008 10:38 AM, PDT | From Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news

Marvel Comics released the cover and preview pages to Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel, due on sale November 5.

Writer Kevin Grevioux (New Warriors) and Mat Broome (The End League), penciller and cover artist, produce the six-issue miniseries that introduces a new character, the Blue Marvel.

The Blue Marvel operated in the 1960s, after the Agents of Atlas’ time and before the arrival of the Fantastic Four around 2000 (following Marvel’s subjective timeline).

A release proclaims, “Once the greatest hero of the 1960s, the Blue Marvel existed during a time of political and racial turmoil. Now, as New York City is overrun by the rampaging Anti-Man, and not even the Avengers can take this monster down, it falls to the Blue Marvel to make a stand once again. But what is the secret behind the return of this Golden-Age hero?”

This is perhaps the first time the 1960s was referred to as the Golden Age.

Robert Greenberger

10 October 2008 11:04 AM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

Fantasy author Neil Gaiman would love it if someone turned his 8-part comic series, 1602, into a movie. That's what he told MTV anyway, and I gotta tell you I'm right there with him. For people like me who aren't so into the color and flash of superheroes in spandex, 1602 offers a grittier more lived in world in which the very same heroes exist. I don't know, planting Nick Fury, The X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom, Magneto and a pre-superpower Spider-man firmly in Elizabethan England just works for me on some intriguing stream-punk level. Said Gaiman about a possible movie from Marvel.

"I would love it if somebody made a 1602 movie. I would love to go and see that. That is something I would just love to sit in the audience and eat my popcorn on the first night and feel proud. "

"I think it's getting more and more likely

7 October 2008 9:47 AM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

Chris Evans enjoyed fast fame thanks to Fantastic Four but Teardrop Diamond reveals artier ambitions The first bit of news from Chris Evans, the handsome actor best known as superhero Johnny Storm from the Fantastic Four movies, is guaranteed to sadden his action fans. "I think were done," Evans said, leaning back in his chair at the Sutton Place Hotels restaurant. "Yeah, I think were done." The natural expectation is that Evans would be disappointed by the idea, considering that the Fantastic Four movies were big hits for Evans as well his super-hero costars Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba and Michael Chiklis.

26 September 2008 5:27 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

At age 85, Stan Lee is seeing a renaissance of comic book characters he created 30, 40, and almost 50 years ago. Among his superheroes that have made the transition to films are Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men, Hulk, Daredevil, and Fantastic Four, with Thor on the Marvel Comics to-do list for 2010.

Moviefone recently chatted with Lee about the past and the future of these characters. He talks about being in the shadow of The Dark Knight this summer, though he says all it means to him is that Iron Man 2 will have to outgross the next Batman movie.

And while he says that he's not in the loop on the high-level discussions anymore, he anticipates full cooperation from the current Marvel stars when it comes to The Avengers.

"I would certainly expect to have all the stars back. Downey just has to be Iron Man. And Ed Norton has to be the Hulk.

Colin Boyd

23 September 2008 11:33 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

The Big Picture had the chance to talk to Dennis Quaid this morning about his new film The Express, in which he plays legendary Syracuse University coach Ben Schwartzwalder opposite Rob Brown in the role of Ernie Davis, the first African-American Heisman trophy winner.

Saying the film did not want to be politically correct, Quaid told us that he tried to play Schwartzwalder "honestly and not idealistically."

So how does the firm Schwartzwalder compare to General Hawk, his character in next summer's G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.

"General Hawk is a little bit more lighthearted," he laughs. "General Hawk is kind of a combination of Patton and...Hugh Hefner."

"Yeah, supermodels are his aides-de-camp," jokes Quaid.

But he was tightlipped on any specific plot details. "That was a lot of fun to do, [but] all I can tell you is knowing is half the battle."

In a way, I'm happy

Colin Boyd

22 September 2008 1:07 PM, PDT | From Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news

So we’re more than half-way through Secret Invasion, the event that’s supposed to be the biggest thing to rock the Marvel Universe since Civil War, where the question was “whose side are you on?” Secret Invasion’s question is “who do you trust?”, which is almost the same question as Civil War’s but not as grammatically correct ( it's "whom", people!) and concerns the revelation that several Skrulls (shape-shifting aliens who’ve had their asses kicked many times) have secretly been living among us for a while. This story is the brain-child of Brian Michael Bendis, who has been praised for his series Powers and his run on Ultimate Spider-Man and who has been writing New Avengers and Mighty Avengers since both titles were created.

This plot has been done before to lesser degrees. In the early 90s, the Fantastic Four discovered that the Human Torch's wife had

Alan Kistler

20 September 2008 12:08 AM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Hope for the development of "Fantastic Four 3" has once again being put out. Taking his turn to comment on the possibility of "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" sequel being materialized, Michael Chiklis pointed out even further to MTV News suggesting that the movie project may not see the light after all.

"No one's really given it the kibosh to me, but the silence has been deafening. The fact that no one's mentioned it or asked a question says that, more than likely, that's not going to happen," he noted. "I know that both of them were tremendously successful from a box office standpoint, but we've all moved on into other areas and other films."

Nevertheless, unlike his co-star Chris Evans who insisted earlier that the third film won't be pursued, the actor, who played Ben Grimm in "Fantastic Four" and its sequel, won't call the movie 100% off. "I

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19 September 2008 11:08 AM, PDT | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news

When Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer made less than the original, it was a sign that maybe Fantastic Four wasn't the franchise Fox wanted it to be. We are nearly a year on and there has been no movement from Fox to complete a trilogy. The fact that Marvels future line-up doesn't contain the…

Liam

15 September 2008 8:30 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Photo: Paramount Home Entertainment Last week Jon Favreau held a press conference to promote the release of Iron Man on DVD and Blu-ray hitting shelves on September 30. I just reviewed the Blu-ray version right here, but the first film isn't the news. Nope, no one cares about that. The first Iron Man is old news. Been there, done that, buy it when it hits the shelves and forget about it. How about that sequel? Gimme trilogy news! I want to know what is next so I can complain about how right, wrong and indifferent I may be. Well, that's what I've got. Favreau broke down the franchise and his plans for Iron Man 2 and beyond as Devin Faraci at Chud gives us the run down and he even got some DIGGs for it and perhaps shared a "tweet" or two. What we know is that the script is being

Brad Brevet

13 September 2008 1:22 PM, PDT | From Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news

Marc Guggenheim, Greg Berlanti and Michael Green are just about done with a rewrite to their Green Lantern feature film script and told Moviehole they anticipate turning it in this coming week.

One of the things that excited Warner Bros. about the proposed project were the production drawings from former comic book artist Brian Murray.  He based Hal Jordan on actor David Boreanez, known for Angel but also was Jordan’s voice on the New Frointier animated movie released earlier this year.  Carol Ferris was modeled after Sin City’s Carla Gugino.

Boreanez, currently starring on Fox’s Bones, has tested for super-heroes before, first as The Thing in Fantastic Four and later as Superman for Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns.

Now word is bubbing that he may be considered for the live-action version as well.

For George Miller’s stalled Justice League film, Gl was going to be John Stewart

Robert Greenberger

9 September 2008 10:22 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

We warned you yesterday not to put too much stock in what Derek Luke said regarding Will Smith's potential casting as Captain America. For starters, he said "I heard," which is usually suspect, and for another, why would Derek Luke have the scoop on that?

Late last night, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News confirmed that there's nothing whatsoever to that rumor. "Marvel never offered the part, nor did they approach or entertain a conversation about Will Smith for Captain America."

So there you go. Harry adds, "I'm sure they have a few parts that they'd like him for, just not Captain America," which, of course, stands to reason. But Harry and I disagree over the value of this particular rumor. He apparently thinks Smith is a lousy choice for the role, and I happen to think it's probably the best casting for Cap I've heard yet.

Not

Colin Boyd

8 September 2008 8:53 AM, PDT | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news

No, Fantastic Four 3 is not happening, although Jessica Alba has just joined a movie with a slight connection. Alba will lead An Invisible Sign of My Own, a film that revolves around a young woman who has retreated from the world and is consumed by numbers and math. Things begin to change when she becomes a second-grade…

Liam

7 September 2008 5:26 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Is it that time already? Yeah, even with a couple of weeks of possibly distressing news about the release of Watchmen (Fox wants to stop Warner Bros. from releasing the film, destined to be a big hit, because of its own contractual obligations with the property), we're back here on or around the sixth of the month, and that means we have another video journal from the set.

It's actually been a very educational series of videos, if you go back and take a look at them. They're very process-oriented, and I don't think we've heard from a movie star yet. Billy Crudup is seen here but he's not the focus at all.

In the sixth of twelve Watchmen journals, which premiered at IGN, we're hanging around with Larry Fong, the director of photography, who discusses how he and director Zack Snyder are achieving the very specific look of the graphic novel on film.

Colin Boyd

4 September 2008 2:01 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

I was skeptical of even writing this article since I honestly don't believe a sequel to Ghost Rider (review) will ever actually see the light of day. But since Nic Cage insists on talking it up, even claiming he's spoken to the studio about returning for a sequel, I guess it's news-worthy.

Honestly though, is there anyone out there truly clamoring for another Ghost Rider aside from Cage? I mean, yeah, if there was hope they might do it right this time, but I think we all know that's not going to be the case. After seeing Iron Man, The Dark Knight, and even the Incredible Hulk reboot this past summer, how much worse does a movie like Ghost Rider look in retrospect? I come across more positive word-of-mouth about the Fantastic Four flicks. Sure, technically speaking, Ghost Rider did make money at the box office. Technically speaking, so did Meet the Spartans.

Foywonder

4 September 2008 9:02 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren were wracked with nerves when they took baby Honor Marie on her first flight - because they feared the tot would cry throughout the journey.

The Fantastic Four star and film producer Warren boarded a plane from Los Angeles to Denver, Colorado last week (ends29Aug08) to attend the Democratic National Convention.

And they brought three-month-old Honor along for the ride - but need not have worried about the noise.

Warren writes on his blog, "It's always nerve-wracking for new parents to fly with their child because you never know if you're going to ruin everyone else's flight with a screaming baby.

"We sit down and cross our fingers that she will sleep. She does... Nothing really exciting happened on the flight except the energy of what was to come was already palpable."

But Warren admits their firstborn has always been a well behaved baby: "To date, Honor has been a great baby. Rarely crying. Opting to express herself through simple Haiku's or interpretive dance instead... yeah right!"

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1 September 2008 11:27 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Jeez-Louise, 20th Century Fox, you are not doing so hot these days. First comes word that you had the lowest box office totals for summer 2008; next furious fanboys worldwide want to rip you a new one over your Watchmen lawsuit; and now some acclaimed directors are beginning to speak out about what a soul-crushing, creatively stifling cabal of evil your company truly is.

Babylon A.D. director Mathieu Kassovitz had no qualms about pointing the finger at executive meddling as the reason his film sucks. And now acclaimed director Alex Proyas is throwing up the finger (so to speak) in Fox’s face–and his displeasure is a veritable death sentence for what might have been one of the coolest comic book movie adaptations of all: The Silver Surfer.

Alex Proyas (Dark City, which if you haven’t seen, run, don’t walk and get the DVD) tried to play coy at first,

Kofi Outlaw

31 August 2008 2:43 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

We know a few things about Alex Proyas now that we didn't know a few months ago. To begin with, his director's cut edition of Dark City is damn near perfect (Ok, I could've guessed that a few months back). This past week, we learned that Proyas would be making a bloody Dracula movie, and good for him. We also know, thanks to \film, who was clearly paying attention last month at Comic Con, that he won't be directing a Silver Surfer movie. What we didn't know until late this past week is the reason why Silver Surfer is out of the question.

Let's back up: The talk that Proyas would make Silver Surfer was just that, and the director never had a deal in place and doesn't even know where the rumor started. And after he revealed last month that he would not take the project, MTV asked him

Colin Boyd

30 August 2008 12:34 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Alex Proyas has vowed that he will never direct a Silver Surfer movie. Proyas, who has previously been linked to the director's chair for the Fantastic Four spinoff, said he will turn down any offers to direct the comic book adaptation after clashing with studio 20th Century Fox over his last film I, Robot. He told MTV: "[Silver Surfer is] a Fox picture. And I'm determined never to work with them ever again because of (more)

By Simon Reynolds

29 August 2008 7:56 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Awaited by many, the first trailer of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" reportedly won't be attached to any upcoming movies. Instead, it has a big possibility to be debuted on DVD. Recently, Superhero Flix made notes that the Australian Classification Board have approved a 2 minute "Wolverine" video for a forthcoming DVD.

Aside from letting out the fact that the ratification has been made, it was not mentioned to what DVD the video is going to be released or what is the type of the footage will be used. However, if the footage is indeed put on a DVD, it could mean that 20th Century Fox are taking the same route they were using in presenting the behind the scenes featurette for "X-Men: The Last Stand" which appears on the "Fantastic Four" DVD.

Telling the origin story of the tri-blade superhero, "Wolverine" centers its story on the epically violent and romantic past of

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28 August 2008 4:03 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

You have to feel bad for the Silver Surfer. Everyone else is getting their own spin-off and franchise, and he can't even get the green-light. J. Michael Straczynski already said that his script was dead, but rumors continued to swirl that Alex Proyas was attached to direct.

But as reported by Slashfilm, Proyas shot that down at ComicCon. He didn't even know where the rumor originated. And while he's very fond of the character, he told MTV this week that he will never even consider directing a Silver Surfer movie. Why? "Because it's a Fox picture. And I'm determined never to work with them ever again because of my experience on I,Robot." Nor is he happy with the way the character was handled in Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer. "It's like the origin of Silver Surfer was in that movie, and I'm going, 'This is such a f-king great story,

Elisabeth Rappe

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