'Wire' Star Idris Elba Joins 'Thor' Cast As Heimdall
Submitted by Blair Marnell on 11/20/09 11:23am EST - Commented on 0 times

As production on director Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of “Thor” continues to heat up, Idris Elba is the latest addition to the cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Elba will portray Heimdall, the guardian of the Bifrost bridge to Asgard. In Marvel’s “Thor” mythology, Heimdall is also the brother of Sif. Elba — who is perhaps [...]
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Fan-Made 'Batman 3' Trailer Casts Johnny Depp As Riddler, Philip Seymour Hoffman As Penguin
Submitted by Rick Marshall on 11/20/09 10:47am EST - Commented on 0 times

Mining the multitude of fan-made trailers on the 'Net occasionally yields a real gem (for example: "Thundercats: The Movie"), and that's definitely the case for this "Batman 3" mash-up trailer that offers up a hypothetical brawl between Christian Bale as Batman, Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin. Created by YouTube [...]
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SECRET IDENTITY: Five Comic Book Characters Rachel McAdams Could Play Instead Of Black Cat
Submitted by Josh Wigler on 11/19/09 5:51pm EST - Commented on 0 times

The cat is out of the bag for Rachel McAdams, who recently debunked rumors that she'd appear in "Spider-Man 4." However, that hasn't stopped the rumor mill from speculating on other actresses who could play Black Cat, but it has seemingly dashed McAdams' comic book movie prospects. And just because McAdams isn't suiting up as Felicia [...]
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Must Have: 'Usagi Yojimbo' 25th Anniversary T-Shirts!
Submitted by Splash Page Team on 11/19/09 5:01pm EST - Commented on 0 times

By Steven Roberts It’s not every day that an Eisner Award-winner teams up with a Los Angeles streetwear company, but judging by Stan Sakai’s collaboration with The Hundreds, it might not be a bad idea. The Hundreds will release two t-shirts Saturday, November 21 at their flagship store in Los Angeles and their store in San [...]
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'Twilight' Meets 'Youngblood' (Again): Rob Liefeld Describes 'Badrock' Screenplay By 'New Moon' Director
Submitted by Rick Marshall on 11/19/09 3:31pm EST - Commented on 0 times

The worlds of comic books and "Twilight" overlapped unexpectedly back in August when "Youngblood" director Brett Ratner mentioned a desire to see "Twilight Saga" star Robert Pattinson in the lead role for the superhero team-up movie. Now, on the eve of the "New Moon" premiere, we have another "Twilight"/"Youngblood" crossover for you. "Youngblood" creator Rob Liefeld [...]
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Mark Sable's 'Unthinkable' Optioned For Big-Screen Adaptation
Submitted by Josh Wigler on 11/19/09 2:43pm EST - Commented on 0 times

Something unthinkable is happening in Hollywood, as Mandalay Pictures has picked up the rights to "Unthinkable," a comic book series from Boom Studios. According to The Hollywood Reporter, writer Mark Sable's "Unthinkable" will be produced by Mandalay's Peter Guber and Cathy Schulman, with Boom's Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby producing as well. "Unthinkable" marks the latest [...]
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Animation + Tom Waits & Kool Keith = 230% Awesome
Submitted by Rick Marshall on 11/19/09 2:02pm EST - Commented on 0 times

This one veers off our normal subject matter a bit, but it's so full of awesome I had to pass it along. Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin alerted me to the recent debut of an animated music video for "Spacious Thoughts," a collaboration between Tom Waits and Kool Keith (no, seriously!) created by the N.A.S.A. (North [...]
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Rob Liefeld's 'Twilight' Connection And Brian Bendis' 'Thor' Set Visit In Today's Twitter Report
Submitted by Brian Warmoth on 11/19/09 1:01pm EST - Commented on 0 times

The last 24 hours have been exciting for comics-related movie watchers on Twitter. Not only did some behind-the-scenes posts pop up from "Thor" and "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World," two of the biggest upcoming releases in the genre, but Rob Liefeld dropped an eye-opening bomb about his defunct "Badrock" film — which he says almost [...]
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'Spider-Man 4' Black Cat Casting: What About Eliza Dushku?
Submitted by Rick Marshall on 11/19/09 11:31am EST - Commented on 0 times

Sure, Anne Hathaway is the latest in a long line of rumored contenders for the role of Black Cat in "Spider-Man 4" (even though there's no confirmation the character is even in the film), but does anyone remember another rumor from a few years back that cast an entirely different actress in the role? Well, even [...]
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'Thor' Set Reports From Joe Quesada And Brian Bendis
Submitted by Blair Marnell on 11/19/09 10:29am EST - Commented on 0 times

Marvel Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada and “New Avengers” writer Brian Michael Bendis have offered first hand accounts of their recent visit to the set of director Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of “Thor.” “I could listen to Branagh talk about ‘Thor’ all day long,” related Quesada on Twitter. “Cast is in place, sets are being built and screenplay is [...]
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