Morning briefing: You wouldn’t like Ed Norton when he’s angry
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While IRON MAN has been everywhere, this summer's upcoming HULK movie has been a little publicity shy. A few stills have been released, a very brief teaser trailer is up on YouTube, with...
This and that
§ Chris Butcher is on a tear this week, first with a calling-a-spade-a-spade . post
So yeah, most of the 3300 graphic novels released in 2007 sucked. Godwin’s Law Sturgeon’s Law is that 95% of...
BONE to Warner Bros.
Jeff Smith's BONE has been picked up for development by Dan Lin, who is also working on the JUSTICE LEAGUE movie. This paragraph should tell you all you need to know:
Deal is a mid-six-figure...
Snaked goes to Hollywood
SNAKED, a mini series by Clifford Meth and Rufus Dayglo, published by IDW, is the latest comic to get an option, with producer Richard Saperstein (1408, Rob Zombie’s Halloween, The Mist, John Q, The...
Saul Bass vs Star Wars
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We're reasonably sure that the highly erudite folks who read The Beat get this joke, but just to give a little background, Bass was the immensely influential and highly imitated graphic designer whose...
Butler boards Black Freighter
Everyone 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...
More film and TV news
§ IGN has the new Iron Man Trailer in high def.
§ Should there be a VENTURE BROS. feature film? Hell yes!
Really, the fact that one of the show's creators, Jackson...
WIMPY KID movie planned
Fox 2000 has optioned the phenomenally successful WIMPY KID books. Nina Jacobson will produce. According to the article, five books are eventually planned, with Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw to...
Movie update: Norton Hulks out, Armie Hammer Jr. IS Batman again!
§ While IRON MAN has been everywhere from the Super Bowl to Lost, this year's INCREDIBLE HULK movie has had relatively little publicity. This may not be a bad sign: one theory we've heard...
More males cast for Wolverine
In yet more WOLVERINE casting news, Dominic Monaghan and Daniel Henney have signed up as, respectively, Barnell/Beak and Agent Zero. Monaghan, of Hobbit and Lost fame, continues his ground zero nerd-friendly career, and as...
More TV and FILM news
§ Principle photography on WATCHMEN has wrapped. Director Zack Snyder celebrates by releasing a still. /Film does the hard work of comparing it to the comics shot.:
§ SHOOTING WAR by Anthony Lappé and Dan...
Fincher tagged for BLACK HOLE
Cult director David Fincher has been attached to a few comics comics movies (notably TORSO) and now he's attached to another: Charles Burns' BLACK HOLE. The film was adapted by Neil Gaiman and Roger...
