When Heroes writers/producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander were ousted from the show, it was clear that series creator Tim Kring was looking to change things up. I personally stopped watching Heroes because it became needlessly confusing and overstuffed—a far cry from what it was throughout most of its first season.
Now Kristin dos Santos is reporting that Kring may be aiming to repeat the golden days of that first season by bringing back Bryan Fuller, an acclaimed television writer who has made a habit of creating cult shows. Fuller created Dead Like Me (though he left due to disagreements with the show’s drection), Wonderfalls (unjustifiably cancelled by Fox), and most [...]

The Dark Knight Meets Superman
The Pitch: “Batman faces his toughest adversary yet: real super powers.”

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Warner Bros.’ official Watchmen website has been updated with profile information for The Comedian, AKA Edward Morgan Blake (who will be played by actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan). You can read up on the character’s background as well as snag a wallpaper or buddy icon. The slick, flash-heavy site promises similar character pages on Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl II, Ozymandias, Rorschach, and Silk Spectre II in the days ahead. Head on over to the site to check it out.
Discuss: Which “Watchmen” character portrayal are you most looking forward to?

Entertainment Earth is taking preorders for DC Direct’s scale model replica of the Watchmen movie Owl Ship. This light-up, 1:24 scale replica of the Owl Ship is reproduced from the actual blueprints used to make the ship in the movie! In addition to the back-lit, photographic interior, this intricately detailed replica includes environmental aspects on the base that reflect Owl elements from the film. The entire piece (including the base) measures approximately 7-inches tall x 12-inches wide x 12-inches long and is packaged in a 4-color box. Preorder price is $249.99. Available March 4th 2009.

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Entertainment Weekly has an interesting story anylizing why Terrence Howard might have not been cast in Iron Man 2. While insiders cite Howard’s “difficult behavior” on the set of Iron Man, it might also have a bit to do with money.
Apparently, Howard was the first actor signed on for Iron Man, which somehow made him the highest paid actor on the project, above Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow and even… Robert Downey Jr. Pretty crazy, eh? But it was too late to renegotiate after the project fully came together, and EW sources claim that “Favreau and his producers were ultimately unhappy with Howard’s performance, and spent a lot of time cutting [...]

The Los Angeles Times has posted the final part of their interview with Christopher Nolan, who took the time to speak out about the crossover potentials of  the Nolanverse and the DC Comics universe:
“I don’t think our Batman, our Gotham, lends itself to that kind of cross-fertilization. It goes back to one of the first things we wrangled with when we first started putting the story together: Is this a world in which comic books already exist? Is this a world in which superheroes already exist? If you think of “Batman Begins” and you think of the philosophy of this character trying to reinvent himself as a symbol, we [...]

Sony is in final talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire to write Spider-Man 4. It’s unclear if Lindsay is doing an entirely new take on the material, or if he’s rewriting James Vanderbilt’s recent draft. THR claims that director Sam Raimi and stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are all expected the return for the fourth film.  As expected, plot details are non existent at this point.
Most of Lindsay-Abaire’s plays center around “outsiders in search of clarity”, a view of life which no doubt formed while being a lower-class student in the prestigious boarding school. Lindsay-Abaire is known for his character work, which might mean that Sony is trying [...]

Thor Freudenthal (Hotel For Dogs) will direct a big screen adaptation of Dave Roman’s graphic novel Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery for Paramount. The 136-page, black-and white trade paperback collects all of the Agnes Quill stories, which is illustrated by Jason Ho, Jen Wang, Jeff Zornow, and Eisner-nominee Raina Telgemeier. The official plot synopsis from the book follows:
“Agnes Quill is the story of a teenage detective, the haunted city she lives in, the strange cases she solves, and the ghosts who help, hinder, or just plain annoy her. Set in Legerdemain—a congested, fog-filled, cobblestone-paved Victorian city built around a cemetery the size of Central Park—Agnes’ adventures include confrontations with [...]

Mark Millar is known for telling stories, on and off the page. For the last year he’s been going around saying he is working with an unnamed big director on a pitch for Superman. While I’m not against the idea of a Millar-penned Superman movie, I just don’t believe it. But Millar keeps on talking to anyone who will listen, and this time tells Empire Magazine that his pitch is for an 8-hour saga told over the course of three films, each which he hopes would be released one year apart.
“It’s gonna be like Michael Corleone in the Godfather films, the entire story from beginning to end, you see [...]

Good news for comic book fans. It looks like Preacher might finally make its way to the big screen. Columbia Pictures has picked up the rights to adapt the series into a feature film, with American Beauty/Road to Perdition director Sam Mendes attached to helm the project.
Preacher has a long history of false starts, despite having a loyal following among geek filmmakers. Originally set-up at Kevin Smith’s View Askew with a $25 million budget and James Marsden attached as the title character, the project fell into limbo and later found light as an HBO television series helmed by Mark Steven Johnson (fans were not happy about this one). When the [...]

/Film reader Christopher M send over two new photos from the set of Matthew Vaughn’s Kick Ass. The photos feature our best glimpse yet at Aaron Johnson as Dave Lizewski aka the title character Kick-Ass, and our first real look at Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist.

Nearly two weeks have passed since it was reported that Don Cheadle would replace Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2, fans are still angry. Petitions have been launched, and even the website HowardNOTCheadle.com.
Of course, Paramount and Marvel aren’t going to to care even if the petition gets hundreds of thousands of signatures (Stop Uwe Boll petition stalled just over 300k). Sadly, the contracts have already been signed, and its a done deal. They released a press release today. I’m all for joining a cause, fighting the establishment, and I even believe that replacing Howard with Cheadle was a horrible idea.
But sometimes you just need to be realistic. Marvel isn’t going [...]

Quint over at AICN has a fascinating interview with Iron Man director Jon Favreau. I want to point out two key segments, one where he talks about IMAX, and the other when he talks about James Cameron’s Avatar. First up, IMAX. Favreau has said that after seeing The Dark Knight, he’s interesting in possibly shooting some sequences of Iron Man 2 using IMAX cameras. But after further investigation into the costs involved with the process, it doesn’t seem like it will happen after all.
“I think it works well for Dark Knight because a lot of that was just practical shots and helicopter shots or shots where there’s CGI in [...]

Universal has acquired the rights to adapt Viper Comics’ noir anti-superhero action-adventure series Villains for the big screen. Wonder Woman scribes Matt Jennison and Brent Strickland have been hired to pen the adaptation.
Villains is 4 issue mini-series written by Adam Cogan, drawn by Ryan Cody, with colors by Russ Lowery. The story follows Nick Corrigan, an aimless 20-something who discovers that his aging neighbor used to be the notorious supervillain known as “Hardliner”, now retired and living in hiding for the past few decades. Rather than turn him in to the authorities, Nick decides to blackmail him in exchange for lessons in the fine art of career super-crime. But [...]

Marvel Entertainment has just announced that Robert Downey Jr and Don Cheadle have signed on for both Iron Man 2 and The Avengers. Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau will also executive produce The Avengers. As previously reported, Cheadle will be replacing Terrence Howard as Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes.
The announcement also comes with the first look at a plot synopsis tease: ” “In a movie event, The Avengers will bring together the super hero team of Marvel Comics characters for the first time ever, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk and more, as they are forced to band together to battle the biggest foe they’ve ever faced.” Who [...]