Kibbles ‘n’ Bits — 5/10/10

11 Comments POSTED ON May 10 2010 AT 3:00 am BY The Beat

§ If you're wondering wondering what happened to the Pepper-kisses-Iron Man's-helmet scene from the IRON MAN 2 trailer that was nowhere to be found in the movie, Gavok's Iron Man 2: The Deleted Scenes has a lot of answers by comparing the novelization of the movie (based on an early version of the screenplay) to the finished version: The most obvious removal is the scene of Pepper kissing Tony’s helmet and throwing it out the aircraft as he tells her, “You complete me!” ...Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t help but think that the combination of that scene would have led to a big wave of racial awkwardness if left unchanged. ...In a comic book store, if you're focusing primarily on periodical comics, and that's still a significant portion of everybody's business, every single week you're getting somewhere between 60 and 100 comics that aren't interchangeable the way chocolate ice cream is with another ice cream. ...A few images from the Conan set in Bulgaria have leaked out , and apparently ancient CImmeria has been dressed to look like Camden, New Jersey. § A New Zealand newspaper takes umbrage at the way J.

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What G. Butt can learn from Greg Heffley

3 Comments POSTED ON Mar 22 2010 AT 2:29 pm BY The Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Who’s more popular? A stick figure middle-schooler or a burly Scotsman who’s entranced everyone from Madonna to Gabourey Sidibe with his roguish charms? Take a wild guess. Like Nikki Finke, we take some fun in rubbing in the fact that the much hyped film THE BOUNTY HUNTER, which forced Butler and [...]

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300 sequel fact or fiction?

0 Comments POSTED ON Jul 01 2008 AT 11:04 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet News flooded out everywhere yesterday that Frank Miller is working on a graphic novel SEQUEL to 300, the pop culture phenomenon that added the cry “THIS IS SPARTA!” to the ranks of movie catchphrases for lunkheads. Zack Snyder wants to direct and Legendary is on board. While exciting news for [...]

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BLACK FREIGHTER will save DVDs

35 Comments POSTED ON May 27 2008 AT 8:03 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetWell, it’s not enough that comic book movies have saved the box office, now they are saving the DVD business, which fell 3.2% last year to a mere $15.9 billion. How? Well, using Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, of course. According to the NY Times, Warner is trying a bold new [...]

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Butler boards Black Freighter

5 Comments POSTED ON Feb 29 2008 AT 8:02 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetEveryone has been very, very sad that dear, dear Gerard Butler didn’t end up with a role in WATCHMEN, although he and director Zack Snyder had professed their undying love for one another many times. However, all is not lost! Empire reports that Butler will voice the captain [...]

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Beat ardor cooling for former hottie

2 Comments POSTED ON Feb 01 2008 AT 8:01 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetIt looks like Gerard Butler is blithely traipsing down the romcom path : Gerard Butler has signed on to star opposite Katherine Heigl in the battle of the sexes comedy “The Ugly Truth” for Lakeshore Entertainment….Story centers on a romantically challenged morning show producer (Heigl) who is reluctantly embroiled by her chauvinistic [...]

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Nim"s Island trailer

1 Comment POSTED ON Dec 20 2007 AT 8:00 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Oh dear. We knew DDGB would do anything that paid…but Jodie Foster too?

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