Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, Green Lantern, The Avengers, Captain America, Superman
Want to see even more set photos from The Dark Knight Rises? Curious to the budget of The Avengers? How do you really summon Batman? What's a possible title for the Captain America sequel? And do you find cosplayers in awkward positions completely hilarious? Read about all of this and more in today's Superhero Bits.
The DCU Movie Page (via Comic Book Movie) has stumbled up the UK Blu-ray art for Green Lantern. Reportedly, it'll be released October 25 in the US.
Topless Robot is among the many people totally behind the new cartoon Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and have come up a list of the 10 Avengers who need to appear on the show in the future.
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An unofficial Dark Knight Rises Facebook page (via Comic Book Movie) came across some more set photos from The Dark Knight Rises. Nowhere near as exciting as the ones of Bane and Bats but where else are you going to see three Tumblers?
Fans of Lou Ferrigno will want to check out the Kickstarter page for the film Liberator which features the former Hulk actor as a superhero. It sounds kind of cool. For more information, head over to that page or the official site.
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Another on the less exciting side of the incredible amount of Dark Knight Rises set photos coming out of Pittsburgh are these photos from Millionaire Playboy, including Christopher Nolan talking to his DP Wally Pfister. And if you want to know what the pair are talking about, Coming Soon has a video.
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In the comic books, you need only a Bat Signal to summon Batman. But in reality, it's a much more complex equation. Thanks to Reddit.
This isn't necessarily new, but off the news that The Dark Knight Returns is getting an animated movie based on it in the coming future, /Film reader Jonnie Chang alerted us to this old episode of Batman: The Animated Series that paid tribute to the classic story.
You've seen Lego Batcaves, but what about really detailed Lego Batmobiles? Alex "Orion Pax" Schranz (via Super Punch) created the above as well as a cool, retro Batcave. Check them out at the links.
Comic Book Movie found a quote in an interview with a Fuji Film cinematographer that may or may not have dropped a rumored budget on The Avengers. Here's the quote. Find out more at the above links:
Armagh-born McGarvey – currently in New Mexico shooting a $260m Marvel Comics' extravaganza, The Avengers – has come a long way for the kid who first got his film break when as a student at the local Christian Brothers school, he was given a Super 8 camera by an inspirational teacher.
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Life as a superhero is hard, so sometimes even Captain America and Spider-Man have to sleep. Thanks to Scotch Trooper (via Fashionably Geek).
And if you like that kind of cosplay awkwardness, Screenrant has a full gallery of images portraying people in costume in compromising positions.
Captain America: The First Avenger rides a Harley Davidson according to Autoblog (via Geek Tyrant). Check out the video above to learn more about the motorcycle in the movie as well as how they came up with the idea.
DC Comics (via Geeks of Doom) have posted this impressive Superman infographic that show you how most of the characters relate to the Man of Steel.Bleeding Cool has run another review of Batman Live and, as usual, it's decidedly mixed. Here's an excerpt:
The show was impressive at times with a fantastic use of mix mediums to tell the story. I was however bored at times with the long dialogue at the start especially as the scene was set. I cant help but think that it seemed lost in such a huge arena. Or could it be the constant squeals of excited fans had deafened me slightly (I was one of them).
Empire Magazine has a new look at The Amazing Spider-Man himself. Thanks to Comic Book Movie for the heads up.
Hot Toys has a 1:6 scale Batmobile from the Tim Burton Batman. And it's gorgeous. There are some great photos of it over on Toys Revil.
Do you think this will be mentioned in either The Avengers or Captain America 2? Probably not, but we were all thinking it. Thanks to Unreality Mag.
Munnys are cool, little, do it yourself models and Epic Customs has made some gorgeous ones including this brand new Logan custom that Toy Cutter alerted us to.
Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most famous paintings of all time. Well, one of the most popular Knights is The Dark Knight, Batman, and artist James Hance has blended the two in a very cool way. Thanks to Herochan (via Laughing Squid).