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Keeping Up With The Frank Millers
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Reviews, Television, DC Comics,
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In the tradition of Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo, legendary comic book artist Frank Miller appears tonight on TLC in the premiere of his own reality show: Meet the Millers.
In the debut episode, the award-winning creator and his current girlfriend Kimberly Cox interview a new assistant by testing her coping skills with hammers, phones and how many times she can watch the great one’s trifecta: Robocop 2, Robocop 3 and The Spirit.
Then hijinks ensue as Kimberly heads to a Korean deli to demand to speak to “kimchi,” whom she presumes is the owner, while Frank gives us a sneak preview of his latest graphic novel: The Right Winger & Hippie Puncher, a clever reworking of a rejected DC Comics pitch for The Dark Knight Returns Some More graphic novel.
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Weekend Reading: Olympics, Dark Knight, Ellis and Watchmen
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, DC Comics, Independent,
I know we're all very busy watching this running, jumping, swimming thing from London, but fortunately there's still time to see the gold, silver and bronze of the internets.
Warren Ellis’ tweets on the Olympics opening ceremony can’t be beat.
Award-winning novelist John Scalzi (Redshirts) blogs about his first experience at Comic Con International.
Now that Valiant’s back, you know who else is returning? A new incarnation of First Comics.
Bleeding Cool reports on a “lost” Alan Moore project seeing the light of day through Avatar.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s “Dark Knight” Role Revealed
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Sequels, Casting, Upcoming Releases,
When Joseph Gordon-Levitt was first reported to be re-joining forces with his Inception director, Christopher Nolan, for the next installment in the Dark Knight series, Dark Knight Rises, speculation ran rampant regarding the character he'd be playing. The two villains mostly mentioned were The Riddler, an iconic character in Batman's rogue gallery, and Deadshot. However, according to Variety, Gordon-Levitt will play Alberto Falcone also known as The Holiday Killer, the son of Mafia chieftain Carmine Falcone, a role played by Tom Wilkinson in Batman Begins.
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Anne Hathway: Batman’s New Catwoman
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Sequels, Casting, Celeb News, Upcoming Releases,
Alice in Wonderland's White Queen will soon be adopting a much darker wardrobe.
It's just been announced that Anne Hathaway has won the role of Selina Kyle (a.k.a. Catwoman) in the next Batman installment. The 28-year-old is now the latest Academy Award nominee -- following Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry -- to play the famous character.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Anne was chosen over a list of contenders that included Keira Knightley, Jessica Biel and Kate Mara.
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Read More | The Hollywood Reporter
Last Batman Movie for Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Sequels, Rumors, Upcoming Releases,
Whether or not Tom Hardy plays a villain The Dark Knight Rises (btw - it appears he is), there's one thing we should know about the next Batman installment: It may be the last for Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale.
At least that's what they're saying now.
In a recent interview with E!, Bale said the follow-up to Dark Knight will likely be his last turn as the Caped Crusader. "This will be, I believe -- unless Chris [Nolan] says different -- the last time I'll be playing Batman."
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Batman Sequel Gets a Name, Eliminates a Villain
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Sequels, Rumors, Technology,
The pieces of the Batman puzzle are finally starting to come together.
Today, we learned several new tidbits about the franchise’s next installment – which, from this point on, we will officially call The Dark Knight Rises.
Although we do already know that Tom Hardy will be joining the Christopher Nolan project, it’s been unclear which character he will play. We can now say with certainty which role he won’t be playing: the Riddler.
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Inception Star Cast in Batman Sequel
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Sequels, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Rumors, Upcoming Releases,
Director Christopher Nolan will be digging into his bag of favorites once again for the upcoming Batman sequel.
Nolan—who has worked with Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Cillian Murphy on a variety of projects—has tapped an Inception actor to star in his next film about the Caped Crusader.
According to Deadline, Tom Hardy has been given a “lead role” in the highly-anticipated film. It’s not known at this time which character he will play.
If the casting rumors are true, this film would reunite Hardy with Bale and Caine—two of his Inception costars.
The as-yet-untitled film is expected to hit theaters on July 20, 2012.
Read More | Deadline
Third Batman Movie in the Works
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adventure, Sequels, Casting, Upcoming Releases,
The caped crusader is finally set to return to the big screen.
The sequel to The Dark Knight, still untitled, will begin production in April 2011. Movie franchise stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Gary Oldman are all involved with the project.
Warner Bros. has scheduled the next Batman movie for a July 20, 2012 release date.
Director Christopher Nolan‘s current project, Inception, opened in theaters today.
Read More | Entertainment Weekly
Sequel News: Romy and Michele, Planet of the Apes and More
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks, New Line, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Filmmaking, Rumors, Scripts, Upcoming Releases, Videos,
Planet of the Apes: The apes will rise again in 2011 when Fox delivers a Planet of the Apes prequel. The movie - currently titled Rise of the Apes - will have photo-realistic apes incorporated into the cautionary tale. The story, written by The Relic‘s Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, will explain how genetic engineering experimentation lead to the apes’ development. The Rupert Wyatt-directed film will be set in present-day San Francisco.
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Moulin Rouge Tops Decade List
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Horror, Musicals, Period, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Lists,
Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge has been voted Best Film of the Decade in a poll conducted by LOVEFiLM.
The 2001 musical - which starred Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman - topped a survey of 150,000 movie fans, narrowly beating Batman epic The Dark Knight and British zombie spoof Shaun of the Dead.
Two movies from the Lord of the Rings franchise - Fellowship of the Ring (#4) and Return of the King (#6) - also made the list.
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