Last minute news notes
Don't forget those Marvel stamps!
AICN goes nerdtastic over Paul Pope
The Hollywood Reporter has a brief but trenchant interview with Neil Gaiman. The whole thing is worth reading, but this was the funniest bit:
THR: Did...
Morning Briefing: Y, Hex, Watchmen, UGO, etc.
Just a few entertainment briefs as we deal with last minute stuff:
§ The Y THE LAST MAN movie has a writer and director, D.J. Caruso and Carl Ellsworth, whose previous credits include DISTURBIA. Caruso...
SD07: Fox Atomic (#4429)
HYPE ALERT! HYPE ALERT! We should note that we'll be at the Fox Atomic booth sporadically, and if you're looking for us that's the best place to leave a message. There will be...
Chubby comic set to play Green Hornet
Judd Apatow repertory player Seth Rogen will take a break from getting KNOCKED UP to write and star in The Green Hornet, various entertainment sources are reporting. . Commentators who are as wise as...
Oscar® winner to direct WOLVERINE
Variety reports that South African director Gavin Hood is set to helm the WOLVERINE x-spin-off. Hood's TSOTSI won an Oscar for Best Foriegn film.
He was among several hot young directors vying for "Wolverine"...
Fox pulls out of Comic-Con — UPDATED
The Hollywood sheets were abuzz with word of Fox canceling their planned San Diego presentation:
The studio pulled out of Comic-Con on Wednesday, just a week shy of the massive movie fan convention in San...
LIVING CORPSE walks at Shoreline
Another obscure indie comic has been optioned: Shoreline has taken on THE LIVING CORPSE:
Shoreline Entertainment has optioned the film rights to adult indie comicbook "The Living Corpse," created by Ken Haeser and Buz Hasson.Shoreline...
SHAMELESS HYPE: Own The Hills Have Eyes 2 on DVD!
MovieWeb is running a contest to win a copy of THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2 dvd. Now why do I care? First off, I edited the very fine The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning...
Who blogs the Watchmen?
A couple days ago we linked to a couple of sites that seemed to be viral marketing sites for the WATCHMAN movie, Rorschach's Journal and The Veidt Method. Well there is more to the...
Mucho mucho linkage
§ Mike Baron tells us his blog "World of Mike Baron" is back up for real, just in time for the release of a new NEXUS !
§ ComiPress offers a detailed look at the...
Spacey returns as Luthor
Word that Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey will appear as Lex Luthor in the Superman sequel:
Kevin Spacey will return as Lex Luthor in "Superman: Man of Steel" and appear in "Telstar," Nick Moran's film version of...
Hollywood notes: Crudup, Hewlett, Miike
• Are you sick of Watchmen casting notices yet? We're not! The latest hot scoop is that Billy Crudup (Almost Famous) is set to play detached Dr. Manhattan:
This news comes courtesy of CHUD, whose...
