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‘Captain Canuck’ Movie Wants Less Canuck, More Bieber
We reported yesterday that a Captain Canuck movie might be in the works (according to the creator), and it might ring in for a $15 million budget. Now, the story gets weirder as Richard Comely (said...
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Zach Galifianakis Might Join Ryan Reynolds As the Deceased Cop Duo For...
We announced a year ago that Universal was pushing to get R.I.P.D. off the ground in a major way. If they can close Zach Galifianakis for a co-starring role, that ground is going to be a memory....
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First Look: Red Skull Rips Off His Face for ‘Captain America’
As disappointed as some might be that Hugo Weaving won’t be wearing the Halloween costume made for his character Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger, this look seems to be doing him a lot...
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Imagine a D.J. Caruso-Directed ‘Preacher’
That comic book all the kids seem to love, “Preacher,” has been tied with “Y: The Last Man” for Closest To Becoming a Movie Without Actually Becoming a Movie for what seems like a few years (because it...
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7 Directors Better Suited For ‘Preacher’ Than DJ Caruso
With DJ Caruso directing Preacher, it becomes the second cult western literary adaptation to be taken on by an averagely talented, workhorse director (although Caruso doesn’t even come close to Ron...
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How Shane Black Will Salvage the ‘Iron Man’ Franchise
Iron Man 2 wasn’t a mess. It was a Jenga tower that had already been played with for too long. Scenes and motivations didn’t quite fit together, but the real problem was the lack of fun. If you’re...
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Culture Warrior: Why Studios Need to Fail
Somewhere hidden away in the mid-1990s, there’s a young man reading a “Star Log” in his bedroom foaming at the mouth at the words on the glossy magazine page. There they are. The words “Watchmen” and...
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Ray Stevenson Might Punish Audiences Again
When I was in 3rd grade, I discovered the magic of the merry-go-round at a local park. Shortly after that, I discovered the magic of throwing up after going around one too many times. I can’t help but...
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12 Astonishing Fan-Made Posters for ‘X-Men: First Class’
Since the most recent character posters for X-Men: First Class were so abominably bad, we decided to sponsor a little contest to see which of our design-minded readers could do better. The bar was...
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Finally Out of Comic Books to Adapt, World Turns Back to ‘Daredevil’
In all fairness, Daredevil is not a bad movie to take a mulligan on. Plus, if the rumor is true, they’ve got a solid talent at the wheel. According to Variety, David Slade will be directing a new entry...
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The First ‘Captain America’ Trailer Definitely Works
There’s nothing like seeing a super hero fire a gun. It breaks all the rules but still makes sense, especially if that hero is firing a weapon against Nazi(-like) scum. There are a few things that...
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Batman Forever: What the Batman Reboot News Really Means
Anyone, including me, that wrote about the downfall of the comic book trend was just proven dead wrong. Warners president Jeff Robinov just took anyone curious about the future of comic book movies,...
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Boiling Point: The Green Lantern’s CGEyesore
The Green Lantern movie has an uphill battle from the start. Why? Because it’s not starring Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, the X-Men, or anyone remotely near that level of recognition to the average...
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See the Chairs the ‘Avengers’ Cast Will Be Super Sitting In
With shooting under way for The Avengers, the world is one step closer to seeing Marvel’s ultimate plan come to fruition. To celebrate the occasion, Marvel shot out a press release featuring the first...
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Second ‘X-Men: First Class’ Trailer Wants To Stop A War
Brimming with bleak melodrama, the new X-Men: First Class trailer has hit, showing off the glowering characters and huge action that will hopefully add up to a hell of a movie. It builds on the...
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The Pros and Cons of Moving Ahead with ‘Green Lantern 2′
We live in a movie-making world where performance doesn’t matter nearly as much as it used to. The audience as judge and jury is an outdated concept, and if you’re movie doesn’t earn its money back,...
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‘Thor 2′ Will Play ‘Game of Thrones’ To Win Its New Director
While Monster director Patty Jenkins would have been a fascinating choice to direct the upcoming Thor 2, she dropped out after some creative disagreements with Marvel. C’est la vie. Now, after a brief...
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Blur’s Tim Miller Tapped to Direct Warren Ellis Dark Magic Adaptation ‘Gravel’
You’re familiar with Tim Miller‘s work if you’ve seen The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo‘s ingenious title sequence (and if you haven’t, you can see it below). His visual effects company Blur has also...
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A Cut of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Now Exists
There’s something incredible about knowing that a movie exists. Especially now. After years – years! – of speculation, glimmers of set photos and vague comments mined for meaning, there is actually...
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In Soviet Russia, ‘The Red Star’ Directs Josh Trank
Chronicle director Josh Trank is already looking to bring the drooling dark visage of Venom to the big screen, but Deadline Lamar is announcing that he’s officially on board to bring another comic...
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‘MacGruber’ Director Jorma Taccone to Helm Image Comics Adaptation ‘The Great...
There’s maybe never been any other film that looked as bad in its advertising and went on to be as deeply loved as MacGruber. People are into that movie big time. Which is impressive, because it...
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You Wanted a Female Hero: ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ Gets a Powerful Origin...
They tried to make Wonder Woman happen (but it didn’t because she’s a bizarre character with lame powers), Elektra and Cat Woman just weren’t good enough to count, but after a decade the dearth of...
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7 Ways Warner Bros. Can Avoid Disaster on Their Way to a ‘Justice League’ Movie
Last week, the utterly shocking news broke that not only was Warner Bros. pursuing a Justice League movie, but it also was in no way at all ever influenced by the unbridled financial success of...
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Saturation Point: How the Race for Studio Supremacy Could Kill Off Superhero...
The next three years in the theater will be inundated with mutants, aliens, sorcerers, gods both good and evil, and sentient machines, all vying for your fandom and dollars. The reign of the comic...
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Required Reading: Comic Books On TV and The Melon Farmer of ‘Wall Street’
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “How TV could still be the best format for comic adaptations” —...
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