Looks pretty damn epic, I'm definitely going to see it in theaters.
I was expecting the worst but it actually doesn't look half bad. Hell the game has potential to be good! Now If only it didn't have that T rating......
We've seen plenty of superhero movies, but what about one actually centering around a bad guy? Well that's finally coming to fruition as Universal has scooped up the rights to an upcoming Viper Comics graphic novel titled "Villains". The graphic novel, by Adam Cogan and Ryan Cody, puts super bad guys center stage. The plot, told from the baddies' perspective, follows a young man who is failing at life and finds purpose when he meets a Svengali-style villain who takes him under his wing. Universal paid mid six figures for the movie rights and have tapped Matt Jennison and Brent Strickland (their currently working on "Wonder Woman for Warner Bros.") to pen the adaptation. Sean Bailey is producing via his Idealogy banner.
The graphic novel hasn't even been released yet, so I really can't give any thoughts other then I hope its good!!
In early September, comic book writer, Mark Millar, stated that he was working with a big time movie director to pitch his Superman idea to Warner Brothers. The idea consists of an 8-hour saga which will be split into 3 films and released a year apart from each other similar to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Millar stated, "It's gonna be like Michael Corleone in the Godfather films, the entire story from beginning to end, you see where he starts, how he becomes who he becomes, and where that takes him...I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago, and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as the yellow sun turns red and starts to supernova, and he loses his powers."
There hasn't been any word on whether or not Warner Bros will accept the idea. Cerebronews will definitely keep you posted on this story. Until then, head over to firstshowing for more info on Mark Millar's epic idea.
Honestly, this idea sounds freakin amazing. If they can do the story right, and allow Superman to actually fight in the movie instead of having major action scenes centered around shoulder pressing a mountain of kryptonite (Superman Returns= ridiculous), this may indeed become the Godfather of superhero movies. Its going to be very hard to contend with a movie like The Dark Knight though. Lets hope that Warner Bros will accept the idea.
Head over to firstshowing to see new exclusive pics of the Angels & Demons film. Tom Hanks will portray the main character, Robert Langdon once again. Angels & Demons is a prequel to Dan Brown's famous novel, The Da Vinci Code. The director and screenwriter of the Da Vinci Code film (Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsmen) are back to their respective duties for Angels & Demons.
Robert Downey Jr. has agreed to not only be in the Iron Man sequel and The Avengers films, but to also come back for a 3rd installment of the Iron Man franchise. Iron Man 2 is set to be released on May 7, 2012.
According to superherohype, it is now official that Iron Man will indeed be a part of The Avengers film. The full superhero line up for the movie will be Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Hulk. Jon Favreau will be executive producer of the movie. It is planned to be released on July 15, 2011.
The highly popular anime film, Ninja Scroll is in the process of being turned into a live action feature. WB has obtained rights to the anime and have planned to have Alex Tse write the script for the movie. Ninja Scroll was released in 1993 and is amongst the most popular anime movies outside of Japan. Lets hope the live action film can live up to the anime's reputation.
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