Posted by Matthew Todd, on September 26th, 2011
Courtesy of TV Guide. Fans of the animated DCU it’s time to REJOICE!!! Today we learned the voice cast for the next DCU animated movie, Justice League: Doom, and it is amazing!!! Kevin Conroy and Tim Daly are returning as Batman and Superman respectively. Green Lantern: Emerald Knights star Nathan Fillion returns to the role of Hal Jordan. Michael Rosenbaum is back as the Flash, Susan Eisenberg reprises her role of Wonder Woman, and Carl Lumbly is Martain Manhunter. Talk about an A-List voice cast. I’m really...
Posted by Ian Candish, on June 15th, 2011
2012 will be bringing us a number of exciting comic book movies, one of them is the new Superman reboot, Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder.
Variety reported today that in the forthcoming Superman film, the role of Jor-El, Superman’s birth father, will be played by Academy Award winner Russell Crowe.
Crowe will be joined by Henry Cavill in the titular role, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Diane Lane as Martha “Ma” Kent, Kevin Costner as Jonathan “Pa” Kent and Michael Shannon as General Zod.
The role of...
Posted by Susan Damon, on April 20th, 2011
This morning, “Heat Vision” courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter announced the casting for the animated adaptation of Batman:Year One. This series by Frank Miller has become a staple in the Batman universe, including its story being referenced in Batman Begins. Warner Bros. Animation has been having a lot of success recently with their animated features and with Bruce Timm producing, this should be no exception.
Ben McKenzie of Southland will be taking the helm as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Joss Whedon’s girl, Eliza...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 11th, 2011
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have announced actor Michael Shannon has been cast in the role of General Zod for their upcoming Superman movie titled Superman: Man of Steel. General Zod first appeared in Adventure Comics #283. When Superman II came out back in 1980 starring Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve and Terence Stamp who played Zod in that film I was in love with General Zod.I am so happy that he will be one of the villains in the upcoming Zack Snyder Superman film starring Henry Cavill as Superman...
Posted by Ian Candish, on March 28th, 2011
Speculation has been crazy over the past few months as to who will portray Lois Lane in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman reboot, Superman: Man of Steel. Names such as Natalie Portman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and even Twilight’s Kristen Stewart have been rumored to be in the running for the role.
Yesterday, the LA Times’ Hero Complex provided confirmation that Academy-Award nominee, Amy Adams will be playing Lois Lane in the upcoming superhero reboot. Adams will be joined by Henry Cavill in the title role...
Posted by Ian Candish, on January 30th, 2011
After months of speculation following the announcement of plans for a Superman reboot, Warner Bros. revealed today who will be donning the iconic blue and red costume in director Zack Snyder’s upcoming film.
Playing the titular role in Superman shall be Henry Cavill, who has also appeared in Showtime’s The Tudors. The film is a reboot, which will be taking Superman back to his origins, that has been masterminded by the Christopher Nolan and David Goyer, the creative team behind Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
Cavill...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on January 19th, 2011
So, it was confirmed today that Anne Hathaway will be Selina Kyle and Tom Hardy will play Bane in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, The Dark Knight Rises. Last time we saw Kyle in a Batman film she was played by Michelle Pfeiffer in 1992’s Batman Returns. Today’s press release from Warner Bros. only lists Hathaway as Kyle, making no mention of Catwoman. Hopefully, the film will feature Kyle as the famous, feline, femme fatale as well.
Last time we saw Bane in a Batman film it was in 1997’s Batman &...
Posted by Ian Candish, on October 5th, 2010
Earlier this week we reported about a story at Deadline that said that Emma Stone has been offered the role of Mary Jane Watson in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot.
Today Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Matt Tolmach, president of Columbia Pictures, gave a press release saying that Stone has actually been cast as Gwen Stacy in the reboot.
Marc Webb, the director of the new Spider-Man film, added:
“The chemistry between Andrew and Emma was stunning and made Emma the clear choice. At the heart of...
Posted by Ian Candish, on October 2nd, 2010
One of the biggest comic book movie shocks of 2010 has been the sudden firing of Sam Raimi from the Spider-Man films and the proposed “reboot” of the franchise.
Today, Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures will “imminently offer the role of Mary Jane Watson” to actress Emma Stone (Zombieland, Easy A) in the upcoming reboot. The role was filled by actress Kirsten Dunst in the previous three Spider-Man films.
Stone has been on a short list of actresses for Peter Parker’s love interest (or interests)...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on July 5th, 2010
Happy 4th of July(yeah I know I am a day late!!)! If your not from America then you are Un- American but that doesn’t matter in the end because EVERY ONE gets to enjoy good old American movies Huuuuuu Rahhhh!
First of all we have a lot of updates for Marvel Films. The first being Captain America: The First Avenger. Here is the current cast list.
Captain America/Steve Rogers - Chris Evans
Bucky - Sebastian Stan
Dr. Erskine - Stanley Tucci
Col. Phillips - Tommy Lee Jones
Nick Fury - Samuel L. Jackson
Dum Dum Dugan - Neal...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on July 2nd, 2010
Who is Andrew Garfield? that is the question a lot of us where asking last night when we found out that Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios have officially announced that the 26-year-old British actor Andrew Garfield is going to be Spider-Man.
IMDB shows he was in such film’s as Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus (which is now number#1 on my netflix queue) he was also in a few episode of Dr Who (Evolution of the Daleks,Daleks in Manhattan) I don’t recall seeing him in those episodes and I know...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on May 27th, 2010
Recently announced as the latest actor to join the ranks of the cast in the upcoming Captain America movie, is iconic actor, Tommy Lee Jones. Jones, the infamous American actor of 63 years, will star along side Chris Evans (Captain America ), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Hugo Weaving (Red Skull) in a currently unconfirmed role in Marvel’s upcoming blockbuster hit.
So far, the actors announced as signed on for this film seems to be pretty prolific stars. Tommy Lee Jones was most recently seen in the Coen brother’s...
Posted by Dana Shukartsi, on May 7th, 2010
Toby Jones is said to be wrapping up negotiations to play Arnim Zola in Captain America: The First Avenger. Jones is a British actor who you might recognize from Frost/Nixon or you may recall his role voicing Dobby the House Elf in the Harry Potter films.
The character Arnim Zola was created by Jack Kirby making his first appearance in Captain America #208. Zola is a mad scientist, a biochemist who has teamed up a number of times with Red Skull to promote the nazi agenda. He also engineered several artificial bodies which...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on May 6th, 2010
Let’s face it, I love Batman. I love porn also, so when I first heard about this 1960s parody porn movie, I was thinking it was a dirty joke from a few of my friends but now that I have seen a trailer for this, I still can’t believe that it is coming out.
Also, it does not help that Lexi Belle is in this film playing Harley Quinn and Batgirl is in this film as well, and we know how I feel about Batgirl. I find her so sexy. Well I think it is great that the porn industry is poking fun at one of the best...
Posted by Christina Flores, on April 19th, 2010
It seems the AMC television adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead has found it’s leading man. The role of Rick Grimes has been awarded to English actor Andrew Lincoln. Lincoln hasn’t done much in the United States but was part of the hit British tv show This Life as well as doing many voice-overs for radio and television advertising.
I have only seen him in Love Actually and have no idea what he will be like as Rick but according to The Hollywood reporter, Kirkman had this to say. “Andrew...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on April 12th, 2010
Spider-man…whew where do I begin. I wrote an article about Amazing Spider-man and my feelings on that about 2 weeks ago and now they break some news on the reboot of the franchise. First off let me say to all the fan boys whining about how bad they think this is going to be and how having a young kid doesn’t make since……..go out and buy or watch 500 Days of Summer. Why you ask? Well I am glad you did because Director Marc Webb (Hey his last name is Webb) will be taking the helm as Director for this new...
