Little things mean a lot. My favorite bit was the Green Goblin hitting on Harley Quinn. "I'm just saying you can do better!"
Man, this guy has really gotten away from his "I'm a Marvel, I'm a DC" days. How soon before we see a full-length movie with nothin' but action figures?
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Little things mean a lot. My favorite bit was the Green Goblin hitting on Harley Quinn. "I'm just saying you can do better!"
Me as well, H.B. On a whole, it's not his best but he injects those little moments that bring on a chuckle as the one you mentioned and the Sopranos' bit. The Joker crashing the party is always welcome for me.
I gave this one a C+. Hope he hasn't started to drink his own Kool-Aid and just become run-of-the-mill.
His freshness is what separated him from the pack.
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WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! X-(
Rogen to Write and Star in Green Hornet
Source: Variety July 19, 2007
Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) is finalizing a deal to write, and likely star in, Columbia's big screen adaptation of The Green Hornet.
He will executive produce, along with co-writer and frequent collaborator Evan Goldberg.
Rogen would play Brit Reid, millionaire publisher-turned-masked crime fighter. "The Green Hornet" started as a radio serial before being turned into a comic book, film and TV series by the 1960s. The TV show was notable for the presence of the late Bruce Lee as sidekick Kato, a kung fu expert with a killer car.
The film will be produced by Neal H. Moritz at Columbia, where Rogen's next film is Superbad, which he co-wrote with Goldberg.
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Oh, please tell me that's an April Fool's Day joke--nearly four months late! I like Rogen, but he's overweight and schlubby looking. After chasing down a bad guy, he'd need Kato to give him CPR!
Just a heads up for any fans of the WB animated superhero shows. I was a Best Buy today and the Batman, Superman, JLA, JLU and Batman Beyond DVD sets were all marked down to $15 each. At that price, there are some great bargains to be had. In particular, Superman Volume 3 has some great crossovers where Supes teams up with Batman, the Legion of Superheros, Green Lantern, and others. The two part series finale on this set involving Darkseid is also very memorable. Make sure to check 'em out.
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Oh, please tell me that's an April Fool's Day joke--nearly four months late! I like Rogen, but he's overweight and schlubby looking. After chasing down a bad guy, he'd need Kato to give him CPR!
To me, at least, this solidifies this project as a comedy. Shaolin Soccer anyone?
Rogen Wants Chow for Kato?
Source: Los Angeles Times July 21, 2007
The Los Angeles Times, which broke the news about Seth Rogen writing and starring in The Green Hornet, is now saying the Knocked Up star wants Kung Fu Hustle director and actor Stephen Chow to play Kato in his comedic take on the comic book.
The "Green Hornet" TV show was notable for the presence of the late Bruce Lee as sidekick Kato, a kung fu expert with a killer car.
Rogen would play Brit Reid, millionaire publisher-turned-masked crime fighter. The film will be produced by Neal H. Moritz at Columbia Pictures.
The Green Hornet deserves better than this and it's a disgrace to the great Bruce Lee himself...
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John August on Shazam!
Source: Los Angeles Times July 21, 2007
The Los Angeles Times talked to screenwriter John August about adaptating Shazam!, for which the movie will be set in present day. Here's a clip:
I mentioned to August that two years ago I chatted with one of the "Shazam!" producers, Michael E. Uslan, and he told me even then that any Captain Marvel movie’s great challenge would be answering one question: If you were a little kid who could turn into an all-powerful, handsome adult, why on Earth would you ever change back? August’s answer: "That's absolutely a key part of the movie. Billy doesn’t want to turn back, that’s central to the story. And a lot of the movie hinges upon that and Billy’s relationship with his best friend and that disparity. They are two teen friends and then suddenly one of them is 30 and a hero. So it creates tension. You know, as a screenwriter, that’s the thing, to take what seems to be a problem and make it a key element of the story. But Michael hit it on the head, that’s one of the emotional cores of this story. So to me it's a great problem to have."
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Oh, please tell me that's an April Fool's Day joke--nearly four months late! I like Rogen, but he's overweight and schlubby looking. After chasing down a bad guy, he'd need Kato to give him CPR!
I'd never even heard of Seth Rogen until this thread (what can I say, I live in a very deep cave) but I'm just scraping my jaw off the floor on this one. This is the most absurd piece of casting since Jack Black said he wanted to be Green Lantern. Oh well, let us find solace in the fact that better men than this have tried and failed to bring Green Hornet to the silver screen. If George Clooney and Kevin Smith couldn't pull it off, maybe Seth Rogan isn't as sure a thing as everyone fears.
Rogen to Write and Star in Green Hornet
Source: Variety July 19, 2007
Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) is finalizing a deal to write, and likely star in, Columbia's big screen adaptation of The Green Hornet.
He will executive produce, along with co-writer and frequent collaborator Evan Goldberg.
Rogen would play Brit Reid, millionaire publisher-turned-masked crime fighter. "The Green Hornet" started as a radio serial before being turned into a comic book, film and TV series by the 1960s. The TV show was notable for the presence of the late Bruce Lee as sidekick Kato, a kung fu expert with a killer car.
The film will be produced by Neal H. Moritz at Columbia, where Rogen's next film is Superbad, which he co-wrote with Goldberg.
"Wrong!Wrong!Wrong!" is Right!Right!Right!This movie will be dead on arrival.
Maybe Rogen will also write direct and star in Joel Silver's much promised Wonder Woman.He can play that famous slacker Steve Trevor to Katherine Heigl's knocked up Amazon princess.
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And the New Punisher is...
Source: Latino Review July 21, 2007
Ray Stevenson! Latino Review is reporting that the star of HBO's "Rome" has landed the title role in the new Lexi Alexander-directed Punisher movie. The comic book character has previously been played by Dolph Lundgren in the 1989 movie and by Thomas Jane more recently in the 2004 film helmed by Jonathan Hensleigh. Stevenson can next be seen in Screen Gems' horror actioner Outpost.
What do you guys think? I've never gotten a chance to sit down and check out ROME...think he'll be convincing?
I know I'm ready for another Punisher film. B-)
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What do you guys think? I've never gotten a chance to sit down and check out ROME...think he'll be convincing?
I know I'm ready for another Punisher film. B-)
I didn't stick with Rome. I can never take any of that centurion stuff seriously after Up Pompei with Frankie Howard. But Stevenson is a big guy. Much bigger than Thomas Jane, but as for his acting ability, I really haven't seen enough of him to comment. But I'm glad it looks like they are getting closer to putting a movie together.
I mainly know Ray Stevenson from the TV movie of Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native back in 1994. It wasn't particularly good, but it seems to have brought good luck to the principal actors. Stevenson and his two co-stars, Catherine Zeta Jones and Clive Owen, were pretty much unknowns at the time!
I mainly know Ray Stevenson from the TV movie of Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native back in 1994. It wasn't particularly good, but it seems to have brought good luck to the principal actors. Stevenson and his two co-stars, Catherine Zeta Jones and Clive Owen, were pretty much unknowns at the time!
I remember watching that. I can't place Stevenson in it though, it's been a while since I've seen it. Owen and Zeta-Jones were big-name TV stars at the time in the UK, thanks to Chancer (him) and The Darling Buds of May (her). Both were considered nothing more than eye-candy at the time. It's great to see Owen prove himself in the US. Some people are still a bit snippy about him over here. Zeta-Jones I can do without. I'm going to have to catch a few episodes of Rome to see more of Stevenson. He certainly looks tough enough to play The Punisher.
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I'm really, really happy about this piece of news...
Warner Bros. Saddling Up Jonah Hex
Source: The Hollywood Reporter July 24, 2007
Warner Bros. Pictures is saddling up to bring DC Comics' Western anti-hero comic book Jonah Hex to the big screen, with filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor on board to adapt, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Hex, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood.
"Hex" first appeared in the early 1970s in the issues of "All-Star Western" before graduating to his own series in 1977 that ran for about 10 years. A new series was launched in 2005. The character also had a run in the 1990s that combined the Western genre with supernatural elements.
The filmmakers are not making a straight-ahead Western but plan to develop the character with some of the supernatural overtones in the hopes of creating a franchise.
Neveldine and Taylor wrote and directed Crank, which starred Jason Statham.
I swear I was just talking to my son the other night on how it would be great to see Jonah Hex on the big screen.
Now if someone would have the gumption to put together Steve Ditko's THE QUESTION as a comic film. B-)
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The Leader to be in new HULK movie! It's about time. B-)
The Hulk to Face Tim Blake Nelson
Source: The Hollywood Reporter July 26, 2007
Tim Blake Nelson has joined the cast of Marvel Studios' The Incredible Hulk, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie, which Louis Leterrier is directing, sees Bruce Banner/Hulk on the run, trying to avoid capture long enough to cure the condition that turns him into a monster.
Nelson will play a scientist named Samuel Sterns. In Hulk lore, Sterns, aka "The Leader," is one of the Hulk's major antagonists, a menial worker in a chemical research plant who is bombarded with gamma radiation. He emerges from his accident not only green-skinned but also superintelligent, with an oversized brain.
Nelson joins a strong comic book movie cast that includes two-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton (Banner), Liv Tyler (Betty Ross), Tim Roth (villain Emil Blonsky/the Abomination) and William Hurt (General Ross, Betty's father).
Zak Penn wrote the latest big-screen adventure of the green goliath, which Universal Pictures is distributing domestically June 13, 2008.
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Frank Miller talks more about The Spirit project...
Here's a polaroid shot of the new Hulk teaser poster displayed at this week's Comic-Con. Not giving away much but pretty cool nontheless...
I also hear that DC will show the new Dark Knight teaser trailer this weekend during the festivities... B-)
Excellent Hulk poster. Can't see his face though. How can we be sure that's not Daniel Craig in his blue swimsuit? ) Good news about a teaser for TDK. Looking forward to it going online.
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Well, John Singleton has been approached to do Black Panther... A very cool character IMO created by Jack Kirby. B-)
JOHN SINGLETON NEWS
Singleton may do 'Black Panther before 'Luke Cage'
by Wilson Morales
July 27, 2007
While speaking to blackfilm.com about his producing duties for latest his film, 'Illegal Tender', which comes out on August 24th, he also spoke about the long-delayed film, 'Luke Cage' and that he may do 'Black Panther' first.
What's going with 'Luke Cage'? Seems that this is a never ending subject, especially since San Diego Comic Con is happening this week.
John Singleton: There is a race to see if I'm going to do 'Luke Cage' first or 'Black Panther'. I really wanted to do both of those pictures. I've always been a fan of Marvel comics, so it depends. I can do 'Cage' or 'Black Panther'. I've just been approached about doing 'Black Panther'.
What's the holdup with 'Luke Cage'? Is there even a script in place?
JS: There's scripts on it. Hollywood has a very limiting view on what makes a pop culture picture. If you put a black face on it, they think it's black thing; but yet we have all these movies that have come up and whenever they any black people in it, they make all this money. That's the thing that's holding 'Luke Cage' up. They think it's a small superhero movie. It's not going to be a small stupid movie like 'Meteor Man'. I'm trying to make 'Luke Cage'.
Personally, I'd rather see BP come to the big screen before Luke Cage because there's a little more to work with. If anyone has ever read the Christopher Priest's run on Panther back in 2000, you'll know what I mean.
Cage is just too filler of a hero unless you have Iron Fist somewhere in it. Then I'd be a little more pumped.
The guy gets very little respect in the comics and doesn't even have a decent costume currently... Of course I never cared for the yellow disco blouse and tiara... )
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Also, guys, the new HULK site is up. Like Tony sincerely is with Iron Man, I'm really rooting that this film will get great buzz and do well, too. B-)
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I think that Seth Rogen may have read some of the backlash from fans on some sites and recoiled to his comedic ideals for Green Hornet. His spin seems too transparent to me... :v
Seth Rogen Talks Green Hornet
Source: Edward Douglas July 28, 2007
Seth Rogen is arguably one of the funniest guys making movies right now, having played key roles in Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin and starring in Knocked Up. Next month, he will co-star in a teen comedy he co-wrote with high school buddy Evan Goldberg that they've been developing for years called Superbad, which solidifies that claim, as proven when he showed the movie at Comic-Con International for a packed audience with producer Judd Apatow and the entire cast in attendance.
Recently, it was announced that Rogen would be writing the script for a movie based on the radio and comic book hero The Green Hornet with his Superbad co-writer Evan Goldberg and though that may very well be the funniest movie of the year, in the Q &A that followed the screening, Rogen stated very clearly that the movie is "not a comedy, it's an action movie."
Considering what a great comic actor and writer Rogen is, it'll be interesting to see how far it's scaled back when they take on this lesser-known superhero, which always had more of a gritty pulp feel to it.
Rogen will also executive produce and star in The Green Hornet, which Columbia Pictures is planning for a summer 2009 release.
Even if this guy worked out extensively to prepare for the role, he's still doesn't come to mind when I think Britt Reid.
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Live from Comic-Con: The Marvel Studios Panel!
Source: Edward Douglas July 28, 2007
One of the most anticipated presentations at the 2007 Comic-Con International, if not the most, was the Saturday afternoon Marvel Films panel where they'd reshow the footage from Jon Favreau's Iron Man that was shown on Thursday, this time with Favreau joined by some of the cast, and to bring out the cast of Louis Letterier's The Incredible Hulk for the first time anywhere.
Here are some of the highlights, which were updated live at the presentation. Although it's done, Superhero Hype! will be doing interviews with Favreau and his cast which will be posted soon.
First up was The Incredible Hulk. Production started two weeks ago in Toronto so they had no footage, but they flew in just for the panel and will fly back immediately afterwards. Present were producer Gale Anne Hurd, Avi Arad, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, director Louis Letterier (who was there with a broken foot), Liv Tyler who plays Betty Ross, and the film's Bruce Banner Edward Norton.
Kevin Feige said where this fits into movie mythology: "This is Part 1, the beginning of a whole new Hulk saga."
Gale Ann Hurd: "We have a Hulk who's not going to be three different sizes in this movie. I think everybody will be very happy about that."
Edward Norton rewrote the screenplay and both he and Letterier talked about the influence of the "Hulk" TV show and the performance by Bill Bixby. Liv Tyler also said that she was a fan of the TV show because of the "humanity and what the man is going through." She was drawn to the love story between Bruce and Betty.
After they showed a concept sketch of the direction they're going for, which looked similar to the previous version but with longer, mussed-up hair, Edward Norton told everyone why he was interested in the project "I came into this and wrote the screenplay. I was a Marvel kid. I had subscriptions to a lot of Marvel comics. I loved the early incarnation of the Hulk and then the television show, and then in later years, where they took it in the Bruce Jones Return of the Monster series. I always felt like it was like one of those great contemporary myths. Comes right out of the tradition of Greek mythology, notion of suppression of your inner demon. Initial idea of starting from scratch and reconceiving the story as a mythic saga was really appealing to me and I liked the idea of the lonely fugitive aspect of it."
Norton will be playing both parts of it, which makes one assume he'll be doing some sort of performance capture.
It was mentioned that in this story, they're looking for a cure for Banner.
Hurd on the new direction of the movie: "We have a great character story to tell in the tradition of the Hunchback and Frankenstein. We have a terrific misunderstood character at the heart of it. We have the technology now to have the Hulk come to life. We're very confident in Rhythm and Hues and Kurt Williams as our visual effects supervisor, that we're going to bring the humanity."
When asked whether there'll be a new origin story in the movie and whether it'll be based on the television show version, Norton replied, "I'd say two things about that. I don't even like the phrase origin story and I don't think in great literature and great films, that explaining the roots of the story doesn't mean it comes in the beginning."
He wasn't into the idea of doing an origin, rushing though it to get to the heart of the film. With that in mind, the origin will probably spool out over the course of the story rather than be at the beginning. It won't be completely based on the TV series, though, but spun together from all different versions of the Hulk.
There will definitely be a respect for Bill Bixby "in one way or another", and Letterier says to look for easter eggs.
Feige and Arad were then joined by director Jon Favreau, who introduced Terrence Howard, "a true fan of the books" who wanted to play Rhodey even before Favreau was involved who's dying to play War Machine if the franchise continues, Gwyneth "Pepper Potts" Paltrow who was escorted out by Robert Downey Jr. AKA Tony Stark, because she'd injured her foot.
They showed the footage that they showed on Thursday, which you can read about here, and we'll have an update on that in a second. Update on footage description: On second viewing, we noticed that James Rhodes was one of the military men being addressed by Tony in the opening scene. The first question that Stark is asked by the Vanity Fair journalist was how it felt to be the Da Vinci of his time. His response: "Utterly ridiculous. I'm not an artist." (It also looked like Rhodey was in this scene next to Favreau as Stark's bodyguard.) During the fighting sequences, the grey Iron Man armor is shot at a lot, but one guy shoots a rocket launcher at him (which misses), and we also get to see Iron Man using the armor's flame throwards. We also get see a glimpse of Jeff Bridges who plays the main baddie in the movie.
They've wrapped principal photography and because they used so many practical FX--they actually built a suit and haven't done any CG on the footage we saw and a lot of it was in-camera--they were able to show so much. They're pulling the CGI together with ILM.
Each of them talked about why they wanted to do the movie and mostly, they wanted to do it because of the other actors involved.
Jon Favreau talked about the casting: "Chris Nolan really opened the door a lot with Batman Begins. To have a filmmaker cast a movie like he would one of his independent films. If you make a good movie, the box office will be there. That's why we have the cast we have up here."
They were asked about how they researched their roles, and they gave fairly general actor responses.
Favreau then brought out Stan Lee who has a small part in the movie, just like he has in all Marvel Films. He was pretty excited to be there.
Downey Jr. said that he didn't have any apprehension about filling this character's shoes, but he took Stan to lunch and picked his brain, asking about the impetus to write this. Lee claimed he was the biggest name-dropper in the business and that he'd try to drop into every conversation, "as I said to Robert Downey Jr. just the other day." When Lee made the reservation, he said he'd be with Robert Downey Jr. "You're just happy I wasn't in the bathroom the whole time this time," Downey Jr. quipped. "I told you when I met you that I don't like to be topped," Lee responded without missing a beat.
Favreau said that Iron Man was never made to be a likeable guy. It was about how to push the person in a direction but still make him empathetic to the public. He then made a reference to how he liked Han Solo better when he shot first.
Stan Lee praised Favreau's writing, said that he wished they had him at Marvel Comics back in the days when they were losing business to DC.
The last question posed was about an "Avengers" movie and when Kevin Feige asked the audience if they'd like to see it, it got a huge round of applause, and he remarked, "That's the plan."
They then showed the footage again and ended the presentation to a standing ovation from a good majority of the 6,500 capacity audience.
Couple of pics. B-)
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Here's a YouTube snippet of the concept art on the upcoming The Incredible Hulk movie from Comic Con.
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Spider-Man 4 Looking for a New Writer
Source: Empire July 30, 2007
Back in January, we broke the news that David Koepp, screenwriter of the first Spider-Man, was in talks to pen the fourth installment, but now Sam Raimi tells Empire they are still searching for a writer.
"I want to help contribute to the production," he said. "I don't know if I'll just be a producer on it but if I can work with the writer in such a way so that directing would be right for me, I don't know. We've had our first meeting on Spider-Man 4 and we're looking for the writer."
Will he come back as the director? Hopefully we'll find out soon.
Okay...is this all about money from here on out? Clearly the passion wasn't there for 3; I just can't believe that they're considering to carry on. Won't viewers get fatigued just a little?
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Okay...is this all about money from here on out? Clearly the passion wasn't there for 3; I just can't believe that they're considering to carry on. Won't viewers get fatigued just a little?
It could work, but I think they'll need to adopt a simplier approach to it. They can't have three villains and they shouldn't have too many sub-plots (if any.) I think it should be direct, simple and very fun. I also think that Raimi should direct no matter what and Tobey Maguire should continue to play Spidey. (I love Dunst, but I don't think she's as vital as Maguire.)
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
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I also think that Raimi should direct no matter what and Tobey Maguire should continue to play Spidey. (I love Dunst, but I don't think she's as vital as Maguire.)
Raimi...I don't know anymore; this looks like a job for Brett Ratner.
Maguire...definetely
Dunst...should've been gone after the first one. She's gotten uglier ever since...
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Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing an entirely new creative team take a stab at Spiderman. I thought the three movies pretty much told us everything we needed to know about these characters; and with Harry's death and Peter & MJ cementing their relationship, it's a good place for Raimi, Maguire and Co. to step away and give it to somebody else to run with. After all, how many more times can they dredge up the ghost of Uncle Ben or have Aunt Mae give Peter sage, motherly advice, or have Peter & MJ wrestle with their relationship. While I don't think a complete reboot is necessary, some fresh faces might give a future film a bit more freedom to juggle things around a bit.
For me, I just hope a future Spiderman film has fewer villains, less crying, no musical / dance numbers, better pacing, and a running time under 2 hours.
And I wouldn't mind if they lost the old bag.
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Well, she sure as heck ain't no Alfred. But seriously, I don't know what more that character could bring to a future movie. Listening to her wax lyrical about the the good old days with Ben got old fast, as did her attempts at giving advice. And she's already been placed in danger several times. By recasting all the parts they could relegate her character to the background, as they did in the old TV show.
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Man, this guy has really gotten away from his "I'm a Marvel, I'm a DC" days. How soon before we see a full-length movie with nothin' but action figures?
Me as well, H.B. On a whole, it's not his best but he injects those little moments that bring on a chuckle as the one you mentioned and the Sopranos' bit. The Joker crashing the party is always welcome for me.
I gave this one a C+. Hope he hasn't started to drink his own Kool-Aid and just become run-of-the-mill.
His freshness is what separated him from the pack.
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Rogen to Write and Star in Green Hornet
Source: Variety July 19, 2007
Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) is finalizing a deal to write, and likely star in, Columbia's big screen adaptation of The Green Hornet.
He will executive produce, along with co-writer and frequent collaborator Evan Goldberg.
Rogen would play Brit Reid, millionaire publisher-turned-masked crime fighter. "The Green Hornet" started as a radio serial before being turned into a comic book, film and TV series by the 1960s. The TV show was notable for the presence of the late Bruce Lee as sidekick Kato, a kung fu expert with a killer car.
The film will be produced by Neal H. Moritz at Columbia, where Rogen's next film is Superbad, which he co-wrote with Goldberg.
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To me, at least, this solidifies this project as a comedy. Shaolin Soccer anyone?
Rogen Wants Chow for Kato?
Source: Los Angeles Times July 21, 2007
The Los Angeles Times, which broke the news about Seth Rogen writing and starring in The Green Hornet, is now saying the Knocked Up star wants Kung Fu Hustle director and actor Stephen Chow to play Kato in his comedic take on the comic book.
The "Green Hornet" TV show was notable for the presence of the late Bruce Lee as sidekick Kato, a kung fu expert with a killer car.
Rogen would play Brit Reid, millionaire publisher-turned-masked crime fighter. The film will be produced by Neal H. Moritz at Columbia Pictures.
The Green Hornet deserves better than this and it's a disgrace to the great Bruce Lee himself...
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Source: Los Angeles Times July 21, 2007
The Los Angeles Times talked to screenwriter John August about adaptating Shazam!, for which the movie will be set in present day. Here's a clip:
I mentioned to August that two years ago I chatted with one of the "Shazam!" producers, Michael E. Uslan, and he told me even then that any Captain Marvel movie’s great challenge would be answering one question: If you were a little kid who could turn into an all-powerful, handsome adult, why on Earth would you ever change back? August’s answer: "That's absolutely a key part of the movie. Billy doesn’t want to turn back, that’s central to the story. And a lot of the movie hinges upon that and Billy’s relationship with his best friend and that disparity. They are two teen friends and then suddenly one of them is 30 and a hero. So it creates tension. You know, as a screenwriter, that’s the thing, to take what seems to be a problem and make it a key element of the story. But Michael hit it on the head, that’s one of the emotional cores of this story. So to me it's a great problem to have."
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I'd never even heard of Seth Rogen until this thread (what can I say, I live in a very deep cave) but I'm just scraping my jaw off the floor on this one. This is the most absurd piece of casting since Jack Black said he wanted to be Green Lantern. Oh well, let us find solace in the fact that better men than this have tried and failed to bring Green Hornet to the silver screen. If George Clooney and Kevin Smith couldn't pull it off, maybe Seth Rogan isn't as sure a thing as everyone fears.
"Wrong!Wrong!Wrong!" is Right!Right!Right!This movie will be dead on arrival.
Maybe Rogen will also write direct and star in Joel Silver's much promised Wonder Woman.He can play that famous slacker Steve Trevor to Katherine Heigl's knocked up Amazon princess.
Source: Latino Review July 21, 2007
Ray Stevenson! Latino Review is reporting that the star of HBO's "Rome" has landed the title role in the new Lexi Alexander-directed Punisher movie. The comic book character has previously been played by Dolph Lundgren in the 1989 movie and by Thomas Jane more recently in the 2004 film helmed by Jonathan Hensleigh. Stevenson can next be seen in Screen Gems' horror actioner Outpost.
What do you guys think? I've never gotten a chance to sit down and check out ROME...think he'll be convincing?
I know I'm ready for another Punisher film. B-)
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I didn't stick with Rome. I can never take any of that centurion stuff seriously after Up Pompei with Frankie Howard. But Stevenson is a big guy. Much bigger than Thomas Jane, but as for his acting ability, I really haven't seen enough of him to comment. But I'm glad it looks like they are getting closer to putting a movie together.
I remember watching that. I can't place Stevenson in it though, it's been a while since I've seen it. Owen and Zeta-Jones were big-name TV stars at the time in the UK, thanks to Chancer (him) and The Darling Buds of May (her). Both were considered nothing more than eye-candy at the time. It's great to see Owen prove himself in the US. Some people are still a bit snippy about him over here. Zeta-Jones I can do without. I'm going to have to catch a few episodes of Rome to see more of Stevenson. He certainly looks tough enough to play The Punisher.
Warner Bros. Saddling Up Jonah Hex
Source: The Hollywood Reporter July 24, 2007
Warner Bros. Pictures is saddling up to bring DC Comics' Western anti-hero comic book Jonah Hex to the big screen, with filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor on board to adapt, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Hex, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood.
"Hex" first appeared in the early 1970s in the issues of "All-Star Western" before graduating to his own series in 1977 that ran for about 10 years. A new series was launched in 2005. The character also had a run in the 1990s that combined the Western genre with supernatural elements.
The filmmakers are not making a straight-ahead Western but plan to develop the character with some of the supernatural overtones in the hopes of creating a franchise.
Neveldine and Taylor wrote and directed Crank, which starred Jason Statham.
I swear I was just talking to my son the other night on how it would be great to see Jonah Hex on the big screen.
Now if someone would have the gumption to put together Steve Ditko's THE QUESTION as a comic film. B-)
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The Hulk to Face Tim Blake Nelson
Source: The Hollywood Reporter July 26, 2007
Tim Blake Nelson has joined the cast of Marvel Studios' The Incredible Hulk, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie, which Louis Leterrier is directing, sees Bruce Banner/Hulk on the run, trying to avoid capture long enough to cure the condition that turns him into a monster.
Nelson will play a scientist named Samuel Sterns. In Hulk lore, Sterns, aka "The Leader," is one of the Hulk's major antagonists, a menial worker in a chemical research plant who is bombarded with gamma radiation. He emerges from his accident not only green-skinned but also superintelligent, with an oversized brain.
Nelson joins a strong comic book movie cast that includes two-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton (Banner), Liv Tyler (Betty Ross), Tim Roth (villain Emil Blonsky/the Abomination) and William Hurt (General Ross, Betty's father).
Zak Penn wrote the latest big-screen adventure of the green goliath, which Universal Pictures is distributing domestically June 13, 2008.
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969170.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
I really hope that his Batman: Holy Terror NEVER gets off of the ground....
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I also hear that DC will show the new Dark Knight teaser trailer this weekend during the festivities... B-)
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Excellent Hulk poster. Can't see his face though. How can we be sure that's not Daniel Craig in his blue swimsuit?
JOHN SINGLETON NEWS
Singleton may do 'Black Panther before 'Luke Cage'
by Wilson Morales
July 27, 2007
While speaking to blackfilm.com about his producing duties for latest his film, 'Illegal Tender', which comes out on August 24th, he also spoke about the long-delayed film, 'Luke Cage' and that he may do 'Black Panther' first.
What's going with 'Luke Cage'? Seems that this is a never ending subject, especially since San Diego Comic Con is happening this week.
John Singleton: There is a race to see if I'm going to do 'Luke Cage' first or 'Black Panther'. I really wanted to do both of those pictures. I've always been a fan of Marvel comics, so it depends. I can do 'Cage' or 'Black Panther'. I've just been approached about doing 'Black Panther'.
What's the holdup with 'Luke Cage'? Is there even a script in place?
JS: There's scripts on it. Hollywood has a very limiting view on what makes a pop culture picture. If you put a black face on it, they think it's black thing; but yet we have all these movies that have come up and whenever they any black people in it, they make all this money. That's the thing that's holding 'Luke Cage' up. They think it's a small superhero movie. It's not going to be a small stupid movie like 'Meteor Man'. I'm trying to make 'Luke Cage'.
Personally, I'd rather see BP come to the big screen before Luke Cage because there's a little more to work with. If anyone has ever read the Christopher Priest's run on Panther back in 2000, you'll know what I mean.
Cage is just too filler of a hero unless you have Iron Fist somewhere in it. Then I'd be a little more pumped.
The guy gets very little respect in the comics and doesn't even have a decent costume currently... Of course I never cared for the yellow disco blouse and tiara...
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Seth Rogen Talks Green Hornet
Source: Edward Douglas July 28, 2007
Seth Rogen is arguably one of the funniest guys making movies right now, having played key roles in Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin and starring in Knocked Up. Next month, he will co-star in a teen comedy he co-wrote with high school buddy Evan Goldberg that they've been developing for years called Superbad, which solidifies that claim, as proven when he showed the movie at Comic-Con International for a packed audience with producer Judd Apatow and the entire cast in attendance.
Recently, it was announced that Rogen would be writing the script for a movie based on the radio and comic book hero The Green Hornet with his Superbad co-writer Evan Goldberg and though that may very well be the funniest movie of the year, in the Q &A that followed the screening, Rogen stated very clearly that the movie is "not a comedy, it's an action movie."
Considering what a great comic actor and writer Rogen is, it'll be interesting to see how far it's scaled back when they take on this lesser-known superhero, which always had more of a gritty pulp feel to it.
Rogen will also executive produce and star in The Green Hornet, which Columbia Pictures is planning for a summer 2009 release.
Even if this guy worked out extensively to prepare for the role, he's still doesn't come to mind when I think Britt Reid.
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Source: Edward Douglas July 28, 2007
One of the most anticipated presentations at the 2007 Comic-Con International, if not the most, was the Saturday afternoon Marvel Films panel where they'd reshow the footage from Jon Favreau's Iron Man that was shown on Thursday, this time with Favreau joined by some of the cast, and to bring out the cast of Louis Letterier's The Incredible Hulk for the first time anywhere.
Here are some of the highlights, which were updated live at the presentation. Although it's done, Superhero Hype! will be doing interviews with Favreau and his cast which will be posted soon.
First up was The Incredible Hulk. Production started two weeks ago in Toronto so they had no footage, but they flew in just for the panel and will fly back immediately afterwards. Present were producer Gale Anne Hurd, Avi Arad, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, director Louis Letterier (who was there with a broken foot), Liv Tyler who plays Betty Ross, and the film's Bruce Banner Edward Norton.
Kevin Feige said where this fits into movie mythology: "This is Part 1, the beginning of a whole new Hulk saga."
Gale Ann Hurd: "We have a Hulk who's not going to be three different sizes in this movie. I think everybody will be very happy about that."
Edward Norton rewrote the screenplay and both he and Letterier talked about the influence of the "Hulk" TV show and the performance by Bill Bixby. Liv Tyler also said that she was a fan of the TV show because of the "humanity and what the man is going through." She was drawn to the love story between Bruce and Betty.
After they showed a concept sketch of the direction they're going for, which looked similar to the previous version but with longer, mussed-up hair, Edward Norton told everyone why he was interested in the project "I came into this and wrote the screenplay. I was a Marvel kid. I had subscriptions to a lot of Marvel comics. I loved the early incarnation of the Hulk and then the television show, and then in later years, where they took it in the Bruce Jones Return of the Monster series. I always felt like it was like one of those great contemporary myths. Comes right out of the tradition of Greek mythology, notion of suppression of your inner demon. Initial idea of starting from scratch and reconceiving the story as a mythic saga was really appealing to me and I liked the idea of the lonely fugitive aspect of it."
Norton will be playing both parts of it, which makes one assume he'll be doing some sort of performance capture.
It was mentioned that in this story, they're looking for a cure for Banner.
Hurd on the new direction of the movie: "We have a great character story to tell in the tradition of the Hunchback and Frankenstein. We have a terrific misunderstood character at the heart of it. We have the technology now to have the Hulk come to life. We're very confident in Rhythm and Hues and Kurt Williams as our visual effects supervisor, that we're going to bring the humanity."
When asked whether there'll be a new origin story in the movie and whether it'll be based on the television show version, Norton replied, "I'd say two things about that. I don't even like the phrase origin story and I don't think in great literature and great films, that explaining the roots of the story doesn't mean it comes in the beginning."
He wasn't into the idea of doing an origin, rushing though it to get to the heart of the film. With that in mind, the origin will probably spool out over the course of the story rather than be at the beginning. It won't be completely based on the TV series, though, but spun together from all different versions of the Hulk.
There will definitely be a respect for Bill Bixby "in one way or another", and Letterier says to look for easter eggs.
Feige and Arad were then joined by director Jon Favreau, who introduced Terrence Howard, "a true fan of the books" who wanted to play Rhodey even before Favreau was involved who's dying to play War Machine if the franchise continues, Gwyneth "Pepper Potts" Paltrow who was escorted out by Robert Downey Jr. AKA Tony Stark, because she'd injured her foot.
They showed the footage that they showed on Thursday, which you can read about here, and we'll have an update on that in a second. Update on footage description: On second viewing, we noticed that James Rhodes was one of the military men being addressed by Tony in the opening scene. The first question that Stark is asked by the Vanity Fair journalist was how it felt to be the Da Vinci of his time. His response: "Utterly ridiculous. I'm not an artist." (It also looked like Rhodey was in this scene next to Favreau as Stark's bodyguard.) During the fighting sequences, the grey Iron Man armor is shot at a lot, but one guy shoots a rocket launcher at him (which misses), and we also get to see Iron Man using the armor's flame throwards. We also get see a glimpse of Jeff Bridges who plays the main baddie in the movie.
They've wrapped principal photography and because they used so many practical FX--they actually built a suit and haven't done any CG on the footage we saw and a lot of it was in-camera--they were able to show so much. They're pulling the CGI together with ILM.
Each of them talked about why they wanted to do the movie and mostly, they wanted to do it because of the other actors involved.
Jon Favreau talked about the casting: "Chris Nolan really opened the door a lot with Batman Begins. To have a filmmaker cast a movie like he would one of his independent films. If you make a good movie, the box office will be there. That's why we have the cast we have up here."
They were asked about how they researched their roles, and they gave fairly general actor responses.
Favreau then brought out Stan Lee who has a small part in the movie, just like he has in all Marvel Films. He was pretty excited to be there.
Downey Jr. said that he didn't have any apprehension about filling this character's shoes, but he took Stan to lunch and picked his brain, asking about the impetus to write this. Lee claimed he was the biggest name-dropper in the business and that he'd try to drop into every conversation, "as I said to Robert Downey Jr. just the other day." When Lee made the reservation, he said he'd be with Robert Downey Jr. "You're just happy I wasn't in the bathroom the whole time this time," Downey Jr. quipped. "I told you when I met you that I don't like to be topped," Lee responded without missing a beat.
Favreau said that Iron Man was never made to be a likeable guy. It was about how to push the person in a direction but still make him empathetic to the public. He then made a reference to how he liked Han Solo better when he shot first.
Stan Lee praised Favreau's writing, said that he wished they had him at Marvel Comics back in the days when they were losing business to DC.
The last question posed was about an "Avengers" movie and when Kevin Feige asked the audience if they'd like to see it, it got a huge round of applause, and he remarked, "That's the plan."
They then showed the footage again and ended the presentation to a standing ovation from a good majority of the 6,500 capacity audience.
Couple of pics. B-)
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Source: Empire July 30, 2007
Back in January, we broke the news that David Koepp, screenwriter of the first Spider-Man, was in talks to pen the fourth installment, but now Sam Raimi tells Empire they are still searching for a writer.
"I want to help contribute to the production," he said. "I don't know if I'll just be a producer on it but if I can work with the writer in such a way so that directing would be right for me, I don't know. We've had our first meeting on Spider-Man 4 and we're looking for the writer."
Will he come back as the director? Hopefully we'll find out soon.
Okay...is this all about money from here on out? Clearly the passion wasn't there for 3; I just can't believe that they're considering to carry on. Won't viewers get fatigued just a little?
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Raimi...I don't know anymore; this looks like a job for Brett Ratner.
Maguire...definetely
Dunst...should've been gone after the first one. She's gotten uglier ever since...
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For me, I just hope a future Spiderman film has fewer villains, less crying, no musical / dance numbers, better pacing, and a running time under 2 hours.
And I wouldn't mind if they lost the old bag.
You and this Aunt May thing...
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Well, she sure as heck ain't no Alfred. But seriously, I don't know what more that character could bring to a future movie. Listening to her wax lyrical about the the good old days with Ben got old fast, as did her attempts at giving advice. And she's already been placed in danger several times. By recasting all the parts they could relegate her character to the background, as they did in the old TV show.