darklighter1 wrote: I read yesterday that Gordon Leavitt(?) I believe his name is will be the Cobra Commander (the kid from Third Rock from the Son). Why not just cast the kid from Malcolm in the Middle? Yeesh!
i'm just waitin' on them to announce that Duke will be played by Fred Savage from the Wonder Years.
HAHA! "What would ya do if I sang ya a tune, would ya pull an Uzi out and blow me away?"
-The GI Joe Years by Joe Cocker
Elliott and Rossio to Pen The Lone Ranger
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
March 28, 2008
Writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, best known for their work on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, are in final negotiations to write a live-action big-screen adaptation of The Lone Ranger for Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
The Hollywood Reporter says the project will be made by Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films in association with Entertainment Rights.
"Ranger," owned by Classic Media, began life as a 1930s radio show. Its popularity led to movie serials, TV shows, comic strips and comic books, toys, novels and more.
The hero's origin story begins with a group of Texas Rangers chasing down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish. The gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.
Writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, best known for their work on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, are in final negotiations to write a live-action big-screen adaptation of The Lone Ranger for Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
The New York Comic Con announced the following today:
New York Comic Con (NYCC) today announced Lionsgate will be at its 2008 event promoting "The Spirit," based on the classic comic book series created by Will Eisner and written for the screen and directed by Frank Miller.
At NYCC, production partners Lionsgate and Odd Lot Entertainment will present an exclusive first look at "The Spirit" on Saturday, April 19 in New York Comic Con's IGN Theater, featuring the world premiere of the film's teaser trailer. Mr. Miller and Ms. Mendes will be on hand to speak about their respective roles in the upcoming film, which is produced by Deborah Del Prete, Gigi Pritzker and Michael Uslan. Co-CEO of Odd Lot Entertainment Deborah Del Prete and Michael Uslan, President of Comic Book Movies, will also be speaking. MTV News Correspondent Kurt Loder will moderate the panel and the teaser trailer will debut to a global audience on MTV.com later that night in high definition, and on MTV the week of April 21. NYCC will also feature the debut of the film's first teaser poster, which Mr. Miller and Ms. Mendes will sign in a formal autograph session scheduled for 5:00pm.
New York Comic Con is the second largest popular culture event in the United States and features guests including Neil Gaiman, Mike Mignola, Grant Morrison, and T.M.Revolution.
Frank Miller is an American writer, artist, and director best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. He is one of today's most widely-recognized and influential graphic novelists. His works include "The Dark Knight Returns," "Sin City," and "300." Eva Mendes can be seen in films including "Training Day," "Once Upon A Time in Mexico," "Hitch," "We Own the Night," "Ghost Rider," and this fall's "The Women." She plays Sand Saref in the new film. "The Spirit," which debuted in 1940, chronicles the adventures of a masked vigilante working on behalf of the police and is still regarded today for its deep and diverse narratives spanning film noir and crime drama as well as adventure, mystery, horror, comedy and romance.
"New York Comic Con welcomes the legendary Frank Miller with open arms, and we're delighted to have an actress of Ms. Mendes's caliber join us," Show Manager Lance Fensterman said. "It is a true honor to have them with us, and we earnestly thank all our friends at Lionsgate and Odd Lot Entertainment who are making this spectacular event possible."
Adapted from the legendary comic book series created by Will Eisner, "The Spirit" is a classic action-adventure-romance written for the screen and directed by genre-twister Frank Miller (creator of "300" and "Sin City"). It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the Spirit (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) has a different mission: he's going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central City's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront... all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader. Surrounding him at every turn are Ellen Dolan (Sarah Paulson), the whip-smart girl-next-door; Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson), a punk secretary and frigid vixen; Plaster of Paris (Paz Vega), a murderous French nightclub dancer; Lorelei (Jaime King), a phantom siren; and Morgenstern (Stana Katic), a sexy young cop. Then of course, there's Sand Saref (Eva Mendes), the jewel thief with dangerous curves. She's the love of his life turned bad. Will he save her or will she kill him? In the vein of "Batman Begins" and "Sin City," "The Spirit" takes us on a sinister, gut-wrenching ride with a hero who is born, murdered and born again.
"The Spirit" will be released theatrically on January 16, 2009.
Sacha Baron Cohen spotted filming Bruno source: TMB
The new Cohen film Bruno is already rumoured to be under way. A sighting earlier this month was reported by FirstShowing:
Over the last year, reported sightings of Cohen and his suspicious film crew have cropped up many times. Earlier this month, “a film crew claiming to be making a film about culture in America” infiltrated a church and airport in Wichita, Kansas. Sounds like Bruno.
I first have to admit that I found Borat to be so intelligent and utterly hilarious. I say this so that you don’t think I am a Sacha Baron Cohen hater. But for every reason I loved Borat, I fear I will hate Bruno.
The actual title for Bruno is reportedly going to be Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt.
Furthermore, the concept of the film is that this culturally displaced character will be a Television Reporter filming a documentary about US Culture?
This sounds like it is the same movie… Wait. It IS the same movie. Is his career already over if he has to resort to just churning out a remake of his own movie? Despite his diverse character roster, I just can’t see this working the second time.
Academy Award winning makeup artist Rick Baker (Star Wars, American Werewolf in London) has been hard at work on the task of making a believable werewolf out of Benicio Del Toro, and now there are pictures to prove it. EW got two exclusive photos as well as an interview with the man who made it happen.
The interview is actually a pretty good read if you have the time. Baker takes a few seconds to brag about making Eddie Murphy look like an old Chinese man in Norbit. He also says that it's hard to make Del Toro look more lupine as he already has some wolf-like features, which on some level I understand and yet I can't place why. It's not like he has an elongated snout and paws. I suppose it's got to be all the silver and black hair on his head. Anyway, without further ado, here are the two pictures.Baker is clearly going for a similar effect to the original Lon Chaney, Jr. makeup as opposed to the more modern look he employed in An American Werewolf in London:
Shawn Ashmore on Iceman's Return
Source: Edward Douglas, ShockTillYouDrop.com
March 31, 2008
Last week, Superhero Hype!'s sister horror site ShockTillYouDrop.com had a chance to talk to Shawn Ashmore about DreamWorks' new horror flick The Ruins, based on the novel by Scott Smith. Inevitably, the interview turned to Ashmore's most famous character, Bobby Drake aka Iceman, who the actor has played in all three of 20th Century Fox's "X-Men" movies, having the most to do in the most recent movie X-Men: The Last Stand, which saw Iceman in full ice mode for the first time.
Of course, we were really curious to know if he thought we'd ever see Bobby Drake's return after such a cool moment in the last movie.
Shock: You mentioned Bobby Drake earlier, so do you think we'll ever see you play him again, especially with the way he was developed so much in the last "X-Men" movie?
Ashmore: Yeah, it was great. I was waiting to do some of that stuff since the first movie. It was five years, six years in the making to really shoot ice and be in a battle and all that stuff, but honestly, I don't know. I would love to do another film, but I think they're doing these spin-offs and origin stories, so I can't see in the near future there being an "X-Men 4" but I have no idea to tell you the truth, it's really hard to say. I'm holding my breath, waiting for it to happen, but I'm not sure if it will or not.
Shock: Hopefully, they won't wait too long if they do get back into it, because as I said, they really turned Iceman into someone we'd want to see more of and some of the other new characters.
Ashmore: Yeah, and again, it's a blast. I love the fact that there is such a huge audience for "The X-Men", characters I love and characters I've lived with so long that it's really exciting when people are like, "Aw, man, I want to see another one." That's great, and that gives me a boost to hear that stuff, so that's really cool."
Marvel Partners with Reebok for Upcoming Pics
Source: Marvel Entertainment, Inc.
March 31, 2008
Marvel Entertainment announced the following this morning:
Marvel Entertainment, Inc., a global character-based entertainment licensing company, has partnered with Reebok, a leading worldwide designer, marketer and distributor of sports, fitness and casual footwear, to launch an exclusive collection of children’s sneakers featuring two of the most renowned Super Heroes in the Marvel Universe, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. The partnership with Reebok expands Marvel's presence into new consumer goods distribution channels thereby extending the reach of its popular Super Hero franchises to new audiences. The new line of sneakers will be available exclusively at Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker stores this spring, coinciding with the releases of Marvel Studios’ event films Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk.
Designed exclusively for Foot Locker, the lines – which each include low and mid style shoes – feature bold materials and design that capture the look and feel of these two larger-than-life Super Heroes. The retail price will range from $45 to $65. Reebok and Foot Locker are supporting the Marvel introduction with in-store signage and window displays.
“We are excited to partner with Reebok and launch an amazing collection of children’s sneakers around these two major event films,” said Paul Gitter, President of Consumer Products for North America, Marvel Entertainment. “The retail exclusive with Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker enables Marvel to further maximize the retail exposure for these two phenomenal properties. This partnership bolsters our overall strategy to elevate the stature of our character brands, and we anticipate expanding this relationship with other franchises in the coming year.”
“Reebok is very excited to partner with such an iconic brand like Marvel. This opportunity gives us a chance to bring these all-American action heroes closer to the kids that love them by putting them on our Reebok product," said Reebok’s Head of Kids, Matt Feiner.
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Michael Bay released a statement to the press late last night announcing the lineup for Transformers 2!Paramount Pictures says:
The official cast has been announced, though voice actors for each have yet to be signed. In addition to many of the returning cast, the following are the Transformers you can expect to see in Transformers 2:
Autobots:
Grimlock - A military grade Hummer
SkyLynx - Formerly a Space Shuttle, now a DC10
HotRod - Concept Corvette
Blaster - Pimped out Van with small team of minibots
Wheelie - SmartCar (Fourtwo) with the personality of a child - talks in rhyme
Decepticons
Galvatron - A rebuilt Megatron, post Allspark incident
Soundwave - Pimped out Compact sports car with small team of minibots
Laserbeak - Galvatron’s parrot
Devastator - A rebuilt version that breaks down into four separate bots.
Some scenes we can look forward to include a showdown between Blaster and Soundwave with their minibots in a big brawl.
Disney and Stan Lee Team on Three Pics
Source: Variety
April 1, 2008
Variety reports that Walt Disney Pictures and Stan Lee have set three projects that will be executive produced by Lee and Gill Champion and their POW! Entertainment.
The three projects will each be based on a story by Lee.
Nick Ratchet will be written and directed by Richard LaGravenese. Larry Jacobson and Sonny Grosso are in talks to produce.
Blaze will be written by Gary Goldman.
Tigress will be written by Zoe Green. State Street Pictures' Robert Teitel and George Tillman will produce.
Shit, Transformers 2..? I'll be there w/bells on buddy...I can't wait to see Galvatron kicking ass...
That werewolf movie looks like it will be awesome too...And I hope Rick Baker has trained an apprentice or two, cause he's the fucking man when it comes to makeup...You can almost pencil his name in when someone needs a makeover...
Borat was hilarious...If he's making another movie, I don't care how similar, I'm watching that shit, sorry...I have never seen any of his characters aside from a glimpse of Ali G, and I bout died when I watched Borat for the first time...
