What’s the huge Spider-Man spoiler that’s all over the mainstream media today? What’s Robin going to look like in Batman: Arkham City? Was that Dark Knight Rises trailer real? When will the final Captain America: The First Avenger trailer appear? And are people devoting a lot of time to making fun of Green Lantern? The answers to these questions and more in today’s Superhero Bits! Read More »
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Internet comic book lore tells a tale that Robert Smigel, the famous comedy writer who created The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and more, once wrote a comedy screenplay for Green Lantern with Jack Black pegged to star. The hypothetical film is right up there with J.J. Abrams’ or Tim Burton’s Superman as projects that actually were developed but never got off the ground. With the new, serious Green Lantern currently the #1 movie in America, Vanity Fair took some time to sit down with Smigel to discuss some specifics about his mythic screenplay, its ideas, the process and, ultimately, its fate. Read More »
Want to see a photo of Christian Bale on the set of The Dark Knight Rises? What’s the rumored next phase of the viral campaign, how many people showed up at a recent casting call and what is Michael Caine saying now? Has someone seen 15 minutes of The Avengers? And what did Mark Millar think of Green Lantern? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits. Read More »
Will The Hulk be naked in The Avengers? What’s the other Captain America movie coming out next month? Just how extensive were the changes to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark? How does Ryan Reynolds feel about negative reviews of Green Lantern? Want to watch what Siskel and Ebert thought of every single DC Comic book movie? Read about all of this and more in today’s Superhero Bits. Read More »
What’s the name of the USO montage song in Captain America The First Avenger? How can you get Marvel to bring a VIP screening of the film to your town? Does Mr. Fantastic, Ioan Gruffudd, think a new Fantastic Four reboot is a good idea? Want to see what the Batman Live Batmobile looks like? What does the cover of Batman Arkham City look like? And what happened to the second page of yesterday’s column? Find out all that and more over three epic pages of Superhero Bits! Read More »
How can you be a part of Zack Snyder‘s new Superman movie Man of Steel? What’s the best motion comic book of all time? Why did Ryan Reynolds have to encounter something big and green that wasn’t wearing a ring on the set of Green Lantern? Want to see an alternative costume from Captain America: The First Avenger? And what is Chris Evans like if you’re a flirty, cute, magazine reporter? Find out all of these things and more in today’s Superhero Bits. Read More »
What did Total Film rank as the Best Superhero Movie of All Time? When and where will Cowboys & Aliens have its world premiere? Did you ever think you’d be able to create energy out of nowhere like Cyclops? How much did Green Lantern cost and what’s it on track to make? And what the heck is that image about? Find out about all of this and much more in today’s Superhero Bits. Read More »
The new way to sell effects-heavy tentpoles isn’t to keep everything secret and behind the curtain until the day of release. It is, in emulation of the new music business model, to give away a great many samples. Even Super 8, which used a marketing strategy predicated on secrecy, gave away clip after clip in the runup to this week’s opening. We don’t often present all the clips that are out there, because I think it is a lot better to preserve some of the mystery of a film. But sometimes one is just too tempting.
Warber Bros. opens Green Lantern in just over a week, on June 17, so the clip deluge has really hit. Meanwhile, Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger still has over a month until release, so we’re stuck looking to TV spots for new footage. But the latest TV spot is a nice one. Check out both movies below. Read More »
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