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  • Chris Cooper Cast As Norman Osbourn In The Amazing Spider-Man 2

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    Photo courtesy seat42f.com

    The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is apparently going for the record for Oscar winners and nominees to be in a comic book movie.

    Not content with just Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Sally Field or Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti, director Marc Webb has gone out and cast Oscar winner Chris Cooper to play the devious Norman Osbourn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Osbourn was merely mentioned in the first film and was shown as a shadowy figure on a large television screen inside the Oscorp building.

    This is quite the cast being put together for the sequel and whether or not you were on board with the reboot, this cast has to look very impressive. With Foxx playing Electro and Giamatti possibly playing Rhino it looks like Cooper’s Norman Osbourn and Dane Dehaan’s Harry may be getting set up for some big things in a third movie.

    Once again I will say…..Sinister Six??

    And also this……

    The Amazing Spider-Man releases on May 2, 2014.

  • Can’t Deny The Game Of Thrones Look With New Riddick Pic

     

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    Photo courtesy screencrush.com

    I will readily admit I am excited about Riddick. Despite all the crap I give Vin Diesel, I liked [amazon_link id=”B001RTCP1A” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Pitch Black[/amazon_link] and [amazon_link id=”B001RTCP10″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Chronicles of Riddick[/amazon_link]. Now this September he and director David Twohy are ready to finish their trilogy. Images have slowly been getting out on the new adventure which will see Riddick stranded on a planet being hunted by the alien inhabitants and hunters trying to collect a bounty on his head.

    The newest shot to make its way online has a decidedly Game of Thrones look to it except instead of the doomed Sean Bean on the Iron Throne we get Riddick sitting atop a throne of bones. Why I did not call it the Bone Throne should be painfully obvious to you or any woman I have gone out with.

    Riddick releases on September 6th.

  • Del Toro Ready To Get Dark Universe Rolling

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    Photo courtesy io9.com

    It may seem like Guillermo Del Toro has 65 projects going at once, but you would be wrong. It is closer to 80. Now the producer and director has given an update on his Dark Universe movie which will team up Swamp Thing, John Constantine, Deadman and more in a supernatural team-up film. In an interview with Total Film Del Toro had this to say:

    “I am going to be presenting my storyline to DC and Warners of where I want to take this universe. We do have a writer, but until that is firmed up, I have to keep it a secret. I hope it happens. It’s going really really well. It’s like meeting old friends. I grew up with Demon Etrigan, with Swamp Thing, with Deadman, so these are characters that are near and dear to my heart. I’d love to use the origins that are proper to each character. I love the idea of Jason Blood as a paladin and a knight…. I love the entire Constantine mythology, the Dead Man mythology, the Alex Holland Swamp Thing mythology. These are really rich things to well, and to dig.”

    OK fans of any of these characters you should really be hoping that Del Toro’s big summer flick Pacific Rim is a monstrous hit because this is going to be a hard sell for any director, but a big summer blockbuster may help Del Toro get into the minds of the Warner execs to give this movie a shot.

  • Pepper Potts Looks Somber In New Iron Man 3 Poster

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    Photo courtesy ComingSoon.net

    Hell wouldn’t you if you were holding your boyfriend’s metal shell of a head? Gwyneth Paltrow joins Don Cheadle, Guy Perace and Ben Kingsley to get the single poster treatment for Marvel’s threequel.

    Marvel can keep preaching that Iron Man 3 is not going to be a darker movie, but the trailers, posters and director (Shane Black) are saying otherwise. Now I am not saying this will go into Dark Knight “pit of despair” stuff, but it certainly looker to be much bleaker than the first two films.

    Iron Man 3 releases on May 3rd.

  • Fantastic Four Reboot Gains X-Men: First Class Director

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    Photo courtesy marvel.wikia.com

    Suddenly this Fantastic Four reboot is looking like the real deal. First they brought on Chronicle director Josh Trank to take head of the “world’s greatest comic magazine” and now it appears Fox’s head honcho for all things Marvel, Mark Millar, has pulled off another great move.

    Millar tweeted that Matthew Vaughn, director of X-Men: First Class and early favorite for the new Star Wars film, has been brought on to produce the film. It does seem like an odd move for Vaughn. He was set to return for the First Class sequel Days of Future’s Past, but dropped out without warning and was replaced with Bryan Singer. Now he is back in with Marvel and Fox only as a producer.

    Casting has not begun or a release date given for the new Fantastic Four.

  • Spidey’s New Costume Revealed For Amazing Spider-Man 2

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    Photo courtesy comingsoon.net

    The good folks over at ComingSoon.net have revealed the first shot of Spider-Man’s new duds. Maybe the people that complained about Spider-Man’s costume in [amazon_link id=”B008QZ5PY2″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Amazing Spider-Man[/amazon_link], even though it looked quite great, will be pleased.

    Is this more to your liking?? Bigger eye holes that are decidedly white and a more 3-D looking spider on the chest straight out of Ultimate Spider-Man.

    Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone return for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 which sees Spidey facing off against Electro played by Academy Award winner LaWanda from In Living Color, Jamie Foxx. Paul Giamatti may or may not play Rhino which has to be a better gig than his Sideways co-star Thomas Hayden Church got in Spider-Man 3 as Sandman right?

    The Amazing Spider-Man 2 releases on May 2, 2014.

  • Jason Momoa Turns Down Guardians

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    Photo courtesy theactionelite.com

    Well it seems like the allure of a big box office wasn’t enough to lure Khal Drogo to the Marvel Universe.

    Jason Momoa has turned down the role of Drax the Destroyer in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Reports are that the Marvel offer to the actor was quite low, but that has been the story with a lot of actors in Marvel movies (see: Terrence Howard).

    I understand the move by Momoa wanting more money, but let’s face it, sometimes you should bite the bullet to get the exposure. Conan and Bullet to the Head didn’t exactly burn up the box office and seeing as how Khal Drogo was a one season affair in Game of Thrones, being in a Marvel flick would have been serious exposure.

    Marvel will now go back to their previous list of actors for the role that included Dave Bautista, Isaiah Mustafa and Brian Patrick Wade.

  • New Posters For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Photo courtesy IGN
    Photo courtesy IGN

    The Victory Tour has begun for Katniss and Peeta as the first posters for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire have gone online.

    The two faux loves are thrust back into the games for the 75th annual event which takes previous winners and has them fight it out again as civil unrest begins to rise up between all the districts.

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire releases on November 22nd.

    Photo courtesy IGN
    Photo courtesy IGN

  • Check Out These Awesome Fan Made Posters For Star Wars: Episode VII

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    Doing a bit of trolling on the web today and came across three of the better fan made posters I have seen for the next Star Wars adventure. I am sure that this is only the beginning of this with Episode VII being three or more years away from release, but it is nice to imagine what could be.

    If you have come across some more fan made posters for Star Wars Episode VII leave a link in the comments below so everyone can have the opportunity to see them.

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  • Challenge Accepted: Watch The Gallowwalkers Trailer

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    Photo courtesy movieweb.com

    I extend the same challenge to you. Watch this trailer for Gallowwalkers, a 2006 Wesley Snipes movie that is just now being released. Snipes stars in this zombie western where a famous gunslinger’s dead enemies all begin to come back to life as zombies. How bad can one movie sound? Better question being, how soon can I watch this thing??

    You read that right. Here is the rundown again:

    Wesley Snipes

    Zombies

    Cowboys

    Wesley Snipes

    Zombies

    I will unashamedly say that I will be renting this just for the mere fact that five years from now when someone asks, “Holy crap, have you heard of a Wesley Snipes zombie killing western?!” I will say, “Yes. And it was glorious”.

    http://youtu.be/ylfZl22YiWs