What I often hear from people who enjoy the films under the Marvel Studios banner–”Iron Man,” “Thor,” “The Incredible Hulk” and the upcoming “Avengers,” among others–is: Why it is that characters like Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, or the X-Men are being done by Sony and Twentieth Century Fox–who have shown a tendency to frak them up–instead […]
It appears that The Weinstein Co. and Relativity Pictures have settled a lawsuit over the reboot of Alex Proyas’s 1994 film, “The Crow,” and both instead intend to work on the film. The question I have is why, since the various sequels (“The Crow: City of Angels,” “The Crow: Salvation,” and “The Crow: Wicked Prayer,” […]
Remember that Green Arrow TV show that Greg Berlanti is writing–if for my seemingly endless whining, if nothing else–that I mentioned a week or so ago? It’s been green lit, pardon the pun, for a pilot on the CW network, to be called “Arrow.” I am not quite sure why the “Green” part is being […]
“Green Lantern,” a film that should have been the first salvo of DC Comics assault on the box office, and Marvel Studios, has almost reached the $220 million mark worldwide. That’s a lot of money, though when your production budget is $200 million, we aren’t necessarily talking about sequel material, despite what Warner Bros. says (by the […]
Someone wiser than I said that “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” Looking at what some of the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are saying, there’s perhaps some truth to that adage. Though I am not here to talk politics, so let’s apply that famous saying to the movies. Recently Rev. Bob […]
Many blogs, this one included, have commented upon how difficult it is to understand Bane (Tom Hardy) from the trailers so far released from Christopher Nolan’s upcoming “The Dark Knight Rises.” It seems that Nolan was aware of the sound problem was well, though the approach he has taken is a somewhat novel one. Here’s […]
I had no idea that the rights were being contested, but according to the New York Times, Marvel Entertainment owns the rights to the character, which were being challenged by Gary Friedrich, a freelance writer. It’s probably not a coincidence that Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is coming out February 17 of next year.
The first trailer below my first two paragraphs is the official Russian trailer for “The Avengers.” For some reason the characters seem more rounded (as rounded as one can get in two minutes and 13 seconds) and less like they were just posing. It strikes me as odd because I would think that more Americans […]
According to Deadline, Alan Taylor, of HBO’s “A Games of Thrones,” will be helming Marvel’s “Thor 2” after Patty Jenkins left the project for “creative reasons.” “Creative reasons” is in quotes because whatever was the real reason that Jenkins left the project, I am not sure that creativity had anything to do with it.
The web site for Marc Webb’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” has been live for a few days now, and from what I have heard about the film–beyond a basic plot synopsis–I find disappointing because it appears that they’re going to tackle his origin. Again. For the most part I enjoyed Sam Raimi’s take on the character–with […]
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