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29 September 2008 8:51 AM, PDT | From Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news

In a move that may be construed as either a gift from the Gods or the coming of Ragnarok itself, Variety has announced that Kenneth Branagh is in negotiations to direct Thor for Marvel Studios. Branagh's previous directing and acting credits include Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing. He also starred as Gilderoy Lockart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

The trade reminds us that Branagh is joining a pantheon of well established directors such as Bryan Singer, Chris Nolan and Jon Favreau that have crossed from arthouse film to big studio projects. What they aren't emphasizing nearly enough is that Branagh is a Shakespearean actor at his core, bringing the kind of gravitas that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan lended to their roles in X-Men.

The movie has been written by Mark Protosevich basing it on the early Journey into Mystery stories by Stan Lee and

Josh Wigler

26 September 2008 5:27 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

At age 85, Stan Lee is seeing a renaissance of comic book characters he created 30, 40, and almost 50 years ago. Among his superheroes that have made the transition to films are Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men, Hulk, Daredevil, and Fantastic Four, with Thor on the Marvel Comics to-do list for 2010.

Moviefone recently chatted with Lee about the past and the future of these characters. He talks about being in the shadow of The Dark Knight this summer, though he says all it means to him is that Iron Man 2 will have to outgross the next Batman movie.

And while he says that he's not in the loop on the high-level discussions anymore, he anticipates full cooperation from the current Marvel stars when it comes to The Avengers.

"I would certainly expect to have all the stars back. Downey just has to be Iron Man. And Ed Norton has to be the Hulk.

Colin Boyd

11 September 2008 12:56 PM, PDT | From Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news

Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel told investors at Merrill Lynch that their debut this year was” arguably the most successful" in modern history. He touted facts and figures for the smash success of Iron Man and coupled it with the so-so performance of Incredible Hulk to show their dominance.  While claiming Iron Man is the 21st top grossing film in domestic history, adjusted for inflation, it’s actually 113th.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, he has compared their 2010 Thor film as akin to The Lord of the Rings.  At present, no director or cast has been attached.

Maisel also indicated the films will continue to seed characters and threads from film-to-film comparing it with the Star Wars films as opposed to the organic manner in which Stan Lee populated the Marvel Universe. The cameos were "a taste of what's to follow."

While announcing nothing new, he reiterated the planned 2010 releases

Robert Greenberger

10 September 2008 9:42 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

On Wednesday, September 10, Spike TV has revealed their full list nominees for the 3rd Annual Scream Awards entitled "Scream 2008". From the announcement, it is revealed that the hit summer blockbuster movie "The Dark Knight" has led the pack with an astounding 21 nominations from The Ultimate Scream to Most Memorable Mutilation category.

Aside from collecting gongs for its installment, "Dark Knight" has also brought in nods for its cast and crew. Four of the Warner Bros. Pictures action movie' lead cast ensemble, Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Heath Ledger and Maggie Gyllenhaal, have been receiving counts for Best Superhero, Best Villain, Best Actor and Actress, while helmer Christopher Nolan is up for Best Director and Best Screamplay, the latter he gets along with Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer.

Though dominating the list, "Dark Knight" still has to battle tough competitions since other multiple nominees include "Iron Man", "Hellboy II: The Golden Army

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27 August 2008 1:26 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

It would be inaccurate to say that Ang Lee has ever been a lazy filmmaker. One of the very few successful directors to genuinely roll the dice every time he makes a movie, Lee is now set to take on one of the seminal moments in American pop culture history.

It was 39 years ago that Woodstock forever changed the course of rock n' roll, at once the apotheosis of 1960s counter culture and effectively the end of it. But for three days in August of that year, hippies and music lovers congregated on a farm in upstate New York by the hundreds of thousands to hear performances by The Who, Ccr, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Sha-Na-Na (?), The Grateful Dead, and more.

Lee will dramatize the events leading up to that fateful weekend in his next film, and his longtime collaborator James Schamus recently outlined the production to Rolling Stone.

Colin Boyd

25 August 2008 1:59 AM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Universal Pictures' "The Wolfman" is most likely to have found its music composer. Sharing their latest discovery on the horror thriller remake project, AICN noted that the Joe Johnston-directed movie has picked up celebrated songwriter Danny Elfman to produce scores for "Wolfman".

Elfman is the musical genius behind the music of "Spider-Man" series, "Chicago", "Men in Black II", Ang Lee's "Hulk", "Wanted (2008)", "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" and many others. He has also scored Tim Burton's movies, such as 1989 "Batman" for which he earned an Academy Award, "Edward Scissorhands", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", etc.

From the "Road to Perdition" writer David Self and the acclaimed "Se7en" scribe Andrew Kevin Walker comes a reboot of 1941 horror thriller classic about an American man who goes to his ancestral homeland to find the murderer of his brother but instead gets bitten by a werewolf and becomes one.

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22 August 2008 9:11 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

After sparking a major question of where they are going to bring the next "Superman" movie, Warner Bros. Pictures have finally confirmed to start the project right from the scratch once again meaning that they are going to reboot the franchise. The confirmation of the remake has been offered by Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov to Wall Street Journal.

In Wall Street's recent article, Robinov stated that the decision to reintroduce the 'man of steel' has to be taken after the considerable failure of "Superman Returns". "Superman [Returns] didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to," Robinov said. "It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned. Had Superman worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009. But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all.

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6 August 2008 6:25 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Australian actor Eric Bana is making a documentary about his favourite car - the 1974 Ford Falcon Coupe.

Beast, the car-loving Hulk star's directorial debut, has taken Bana two years to shoot, as he explores man's obsession with motor vehicles.

The 39-year-old describes the experience as "an unexpectedly emotional journey".

Beast is scheduled for release in Australia early next year.

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4 August 2008 12:49 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

Alec Baldwin, of whom you may have heard and heard and heard - especially when he's talking about co-parenting the daughter Ireland he had with ex-wife Kim Basinger - you're about to hear from some more. You maybe know he's written a book about his eternal forever unending never-to-be-over fight with his divorced missus. As steamy and passionate as their early days, that's how steamy and anguished are their last years. Anyway, St. Martin's publishes this Sept. 23.

Alec, never one to compromise, insisted on the lousy title "Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce.

By CINDY ADAMS

1 August 2008 9:14 AM, PDT | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news

I never in my life though I would use those words in the same sentence. ‘Paris Hilton’ and ‘Working’ However, an even bigger shock to the system is that Paris Hilton and Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, The Hulk, Iron Man and the X-Men, are working with MTV on a mutant-geared animated series. “We’re developing that right [...]

Liam

9 July 2008 3:30 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Marvel's latest comic book film The Incredible Hulk is unlikely to get a sequel, says Reuters. The Louis Leterrier-directed movie has so far grossed similar box office numbers to Ang Lee's Hulk, which was considered a commercial flop on its 2003 release. Despite taking a more action-oriented approach to the character, The Incredible Hulk has accumulated $$125 million at the Us box office after a month on release. Its predecessor finished its theatre run with $$132 million. A Marvel insider said: "We're happy with the financial results, even if they [only] reach the first film's levels. Having a sequel is not the definition (more)

By Simon Reynolds

8 July 2008 3:06 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Wild and wooly, there was little to love, but a lot to look forward to... A lot has happened in the past six months and while there may not have been very many good movies and there were plenty of bad ones there was much more to remember as well as a lot to look forward to. First off, the writers'strike was finally settled, but as we move into the second half of 2008 the actors are now threatening to shut down Hollywood with a strike of their own. We learned of a new kind of woman out in the wild and she is known as a "Twilight Mom", a term that proved it could wreck havoc on your server should you decide to bash any part of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" novels or the film based on said material. I wrote an article called "I Wanna Be a 'Twilight' Mom!

Brad Brevet

8 July 2008 2:30 PM, PDT | From FantasticFest.com | See recent FantasticFest news

The Alamo Drafthouse/Ain't It Cool News advance screening of The Incredible Hulk was a tendon-busting success, and we have the photos to prove it courtesy of the great Mary Sledd, master Austin photographer!

Alamo-goers were invited to bounce in our parking lot, eat radiation-colored snacks, don giant green fists and box a lifesize Hulk in our lobby and more! The screening was presented by director Louis Leterrier, producer Gale Anne Hurd and co-star Tim Roth, who also sat in for a Q&A after the screening. It was an unstoppable behemoth of comic book-fueled cinematic emerald-colored intensity!

Here's the link to the Photos!

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3 July 2008 5:47 PM, PDT | From OriginalAlamo.com | See recent AlamoDrafthouseCinema news

The Alamo Drafthouse/Ain't It Cool News advance screening of The Incredible Hulk was a tendon-busting success, and we have the photos to prove it courtesy of the great Mary Sledd, master Austin photographer!

Alamo-goers were invited to bounce in our parking lot, eat radiation-colored snacks, don giant green fists and box a lifesize Hulk in our lobby and more! The screening was presented by director Louis Leterrier, producer Gale Anne Hurd and co-star Tim Roth, who also sat in for a Q&A after the screening. It was an unstoppable behemoth of comic book-fueled cinematic emerald-colored intensity!

Here's the link to the Photos!

Zack Carlson

24 June 2008 9:58 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Rumor is beginning to circulate about which of its top-shelf heroes Marvel plans to recruit for the upcoming, and much-hyped, Avengers movie. Some choices are obvious, due to not-so-subtle foreshadows dropped in both Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. And with the internet recently abuzz with news that Marvel studios was pushing to snag A-list stars for its Captain America movie, that character’s inclusion in the Avengers project is certain. So that’s three Avengers we can expect to see, but who else will make the roster?

According to Iron Man director Jon Favreau:

“the ones Marvel is talking about now are Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and Iron Man. I would love to see that.”

Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige has also alluded to the fact that Marvel hopes to establish a cinematic continuity in which its characters would be able to “cross into each

Kofi Outlaw

18 June 2008 12:07 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Jennifer Aniston's publicist has been quick to kill reports the actress has fallen out with Hulk star Jennifer Connelly.

According to U.S. magazine reports, Aniston wanted to keep her He's Just Not That Into You co-star Connelly from appearing on the cover of an upcoming issue of Marie Claire magazine.

But Aniston's representative insists the rumour is "absolutely absurd," adding, "There is no drama whatsoever."

The spokesperson tells Us Weekly magazine, "Marie Claire wanted Jennifer alone. It was our idea to make it a group cover.

"The magazine only wanted to put three of them (actresses) on the cover, and definitely wanted Drew Barrymore.

"We recommended Ginnifer Goodwin because she is basically the lead role in the film... Jennifer got along great with Jennifer Connelly."

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17 June 2008 7:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Original Hulk Lou Ferrigno is planning to cash in on the 70s TV show's memorabilia, which has been gathering dust in his attic.

The 56-year-old bodybuilder collected everything available when he appeared as The Incredible Hulk on TV from 1978 to 1982 and, with the success of the latest movie adaptation, he feels sure it's time to sell up.

Ferrigno, who appears briefly as a security guard in the new Hulk movie and gives the angry green giant his voice in the film, says, "I think it might be time to sell it.

"I have the largest collection of Hulk memorabilia in the world - everything from toilet paper, wallpaper, bicycles... It's all boxed up at my house in Northern California."

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17 June 2008 7:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The original TV Hulk Lou Ferrigno is a huge part of the latest film about the mean green giant - he provided the grunts and roars for Edward Norton's angry alter-ego.

Ferrigno, who also plays a pizza-loving security guard in the new blockbuster, never got the chance to give The Hulk a voice in the original 1970s TV series or the much-maligned 2003 movie adaptation but he's more than making up for it now.

The 56-year-old bodybuilder says, "The (original) growl was done by Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch on The Addams Family."

Ferrigno's voice track was one of the last things to be completed for The Incredible HUlk, which hit the top of the U.S. box office at the weekend.

He adds, "I just recorded the voice for the film two-and-a-half months ago."

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16 June 2008 10:41 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Movie theaters across North America saw a lot of green inside and out over the weekend as The Incredible Hulk debuted with an estimated $54.5 million. It marked the second superhero movie from Marvel Entertainment to open at No. 1 at the box office in just over a month. Iron Man hauled in over $100 million in its debut on May 2. Although most critics agreed that the latest film version of the Marvel classic was an improvement over Ang Lee's Hulk five years ago, the new film actually earned less than its predecessor, which took in $62.1 million. Meanwhile, M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening, starring Mark Wahlberg, opened with a better-than-expected $30.5 million, according to Media by Numbers. Most box-office forecasters had predicted an $18-22-million opening for the thriller. Last week's top film, Kung Fu Panda, fell to second place with $34.3 million, while You Don't Mess With the Zohan, the latest Adam Sandler comedy plunged to $16.4 million. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers:1. The Incredible Hulk, $54.5 million; 2. Kung Fu Panda, $34.3 million; 3. The Happening, $30.5 million; 4. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $16.4 million; 5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $13.5 million; 6. Sex and the City, $10.2 million; 7. Iron Man, $5.1 million; 8. The Strangers, $4.1 million; 9. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $3 million; 10. What Happens in Vegas, $1.7 million.

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16 June 2008 2:38 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

The Incredible Hulk has entered the Us box office chart at number one. The sequel, starring Edward Norton as the green superhero, collected $$54 million in ticket sales over the weekend. The film's gross was slightly less impressive than Ang Lee's first franchise entry, which opened to $$62 million in 2003. Animated comedy Kung Fu Panda slipped a place to number two, while M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening came in at number three with a $$30 million take. The top ten in full: 1. (-) (more)

By Simon Reynolds

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