Movie news: WANTED, COVENANT
The movie version of Mark Millar and JG Jones' WANTED hasn't been much heard of since the Eminem kerfluffle, but it is moving forward and James McAvoy, who played kiddie-fiddler Mr. Tumnus in...
Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer
That's the official name of FF2 according to Superhero Hype:
In the sequel, the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the...
Box Office watch: The secret of SUPERMAN’s non-success
Meanwhile, the disappointment of SUPERMAN RETURNS' worldwide grosses continue to cause vague, disquieting unease in Hollywood:
Now that Warner Bros.' "Superman Returns" has flown around most of the world, the question is: What was the...
Box Office watch: ZOOM crashes
Biggest comic book movie bomb of the year? ZOOM which came in at a dismal 7th place.
"Zoom" opening was one of Tim Allen's worst, ahead of only "Joe Somebody" and "Big Trouble." Per-play...
Variety on CGI toon glut
A string of CGI box office duds has proven that the magic of technology will not make lame stories and sloppy storytelling any more palatable Variety reveals:
In 2004, the average box office for an...
MARVEL: Industry writers miss Avi
Marvel held another invester conference call this morning, this time to introduce its new production heads, Michael Helfant and Kevin Feige. But reading between the lines of Variety's report, you can see it just...
Comics films lead summer BO underperformers
Movie City News' Dave Poland rounds up this summer's hits and misses at the box office, and two of the biggest problems are, ulp, Superman and- wha?!--Garfield.
Superman Returns. It's still not clear how much...
300 footage online
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The quality is low, but a bootleg version of the 300 fooatge shown at San Diego is online for the moment. Hurry!
HELLBOY 2 at Uni
But there is a sadder, darker side to the Hollywood/comics relationship. You see, sometimes you can make a very successful indie superhero movie that everyone enjoys greatly despite its flaws, and have your studio...
Leading Man comic book to be turned into movie
As if on cue, Universal announces an option on THE LEADING MAN, by B. Clay Moore and Jeremy Haun, and published by Oni Press.
Marc Platt will produce through his Marc Platt Productions along...
Graphic novels serving as inspiration for movies
Have you heard???Graphic novels serving as inspiration for movies? It's true!
Graphic novels serve as rich source material for film producers looking for ready-to-visualize stories, and they're viewed as product extensions of comic book publishers,...
If only Mel Gibson liked STAR WARS
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Watching this anti drunk driving PSA may have saved a lot of heartache and shame for the boozing star.
