Morning briefing: teaser images
Various teaser images for SPIDER-MAN 3 and FF2 have been going up here are a few. Click for larger images. Film Ick has the whole FF2 lot.
And from Spidey:
Shazam! Gyllenhaal was just dumb internet rumor!
CAPTAIN MARVEL screenwriter John August takes time on his blog to reveal that the "Jake Gyllenhaal is Captain Marvel" thing is 100% not true:
I can pretty much assure you he’s never heard of...
Трейлеры Звездная пыль = Russian Stardust Trailer
In English with Russian subtitles. this one won't last long.
Verdict: We would watch this movie right this moment if we could!
UPDATE: Neil Gaiman explains this is no way no how a real trailer:
I...
300 Second Life Press Conference
The WB held a 300 press conference in Second Life today with Zack Snyder, Frank Miller, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro and, yes, dear, dear Gerard Butler. Was it weird? Of course it was! The...
To do this weekend: WW LA
Wizard World LA kicks off this weekend and the buzz is pretty subdued, but we're sure folks will have a fun time anyway. The guest list is pretty extensive, there will be lots of...
Surrogates land at Disney
It's interesting to see just how many comics from smaller companies (many of them creator owned) are landing fairly sunstantial movie deals these days. This time it's Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele's THE SURROGATES,...
Gyllenhaal = Billy Batson
Didn't see that one coming:
According to a story in the New York Daily News, Jake is being courted to play Captain Marvel in the upcoming adaptation of the lame comic Shazam!. The film is...
Iranian politicos, US Marines differ on 300
It seems that in Iran300 has been viewed as an affront to Persian culture at least according to the staff of Pres. Ahmadinejad:
Javad Shamqadri, a cultural advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said it...
Perlman as Comedian?
Daniel Robert Epstein talked to Hellboy star Ron Perlman and got a few tidbits:
Daniel Robert Epstein: Besides Hellboy what has been necessary for your work in terms of reading comics?
Ron Perlman: Well, Frank Darabont...
“300 takes no prisoners”
Variety's warp up of 300's box office victory at the ticket selling gates has some interesting quotes -- the $70 mil take was a mere $30 million more than tracking predicted. Sheesh!
Playing in...
Indie Film: WRISTCUTTERS
We managed to miss this the other day, but here's a real indie comic to indie film adaptation: WRISTCUTTERS, based on PIZZERIA KAMIKAZE by Etgar Keret and Asaf Hanuka. The movie has been garnering...
300 BO update: lookin’ good!
300 took in another $24.5 million on Saturday for a total thus far of $52.2 million. Studio estimates put its weekend take at $70 million which would put it past ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN's...
