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July 24th, 2008

Dark Knight Fastest Film to Hit $200 Million

Sorry Spidey, another one of your records just fell to the Caped Crusader. The Dark Knight hit the $200 million mark in just five days, surpassing the eight days it took Spider-Man 2 to get there.
Now experts are speculating it could make as much as $500 million and might even have a shot at finishing […]

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July 24th, 2008

Dark Knight’s Chin Han Is On A Roll

In The Dark Knight, Chin Han keeps a step ahead of the Gotham mob as Lau, a Hong Kong crime lord who launders the crooks’ money. In addition to snagging a role in the biggest film of the year, Han will also play a pivotal part in Roland Emmerich’s apocalyptic 2012. SF Universe got […]

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July 24th, 2008

Robot Chicken Gives Away Star Wars Script

Timed with the new release of “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Special” on DVD, co-creators Seth Green and Matt Senreich are giving away an autographed script and other great prizes.
Beginning at 12:00 a.m. EST on July 23rd and running through August 8th, the random drawing will give fans a chance to win one grand prize […]

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July 23rd, 2008

Sci Fi Channel Original Films - Sigh…

I’ve gone on record as saying I would love it if Sci Fi shut down its B-movie factory and used that money to salvage popular genre shows like Moonlight or Jericho. As my colleague Cynthia previously reported, the network has announced 36 movies for its Saturday and Sunday slots, including Lake Placid 3.
Oh, they […]

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July 22nd, 2008

Is Batman Really Crazy?

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The recent events surrounding Dark Knight star Christian Bale are tinged with quite a bit of irony. After all, many folks in Gotham want the police to bring Batman in for his vigilante acts. Then, the actor gets arrested in a family dispute. Between Bale’s arrest and Heath Ledger’s death, the word curse […]

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July 21st, 2008

Dark Knight Shatters Records

As most anticipated, Spider-Man 3’s record opening weekend fell at the hands of The Dark Knight. The long awaited Batman sequel took in an estimated $155 million over the weekend. It also had the biggest opening day ever with $66.4 million and the most money from midnight showings, $18.5 million.
Bat-mania reached an all-time high […]

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July 20th, 2008

Comic Book Movies Reach Another Level

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No less of a critical luminary than Roger Ebert has noted there’s something special going on with the comic book movie. Beginning with Spider-Man 2 and culminating (at least so far) with Dark Knight, Hollywood is being turned upside […]

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July 18th, 2008

The Dark Knight Is Simply Brilliant

The term “comic book movie” can’t even be used in connection with The Dark Knight. While its characters may have originated between the pages of DC Comics, Christopher Nolan has forged a masterpiece that is a gritty crime drama, a study in human behavior and a knockdown, dragout action flick.
Spoilers after the jump.
Tags: Batman, […]

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July 17th, 2008

Iron Man Sequel May Have Writer

                                                     The Hollywood Reporter tells us that actor turned scribe Justin Theroux is negotiating with Marvel Studios to be the writer for Iron Man 2. If things work out, it won’t be his first collaboration with Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. Theroux has story and screenplay credit along with Ben Stiller on the upcoming […]

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July 17th, 2008

Woo To Direct Caliber Comic Adaptation

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Acclaimed action-film director John Woo has signed on to helm the movie treatment of comic book Caliber, an adaptation of the Arthurian legend set in the American Wild, Wild West.
Caliber is a creation of Barry Levine’s Radical Comics.  They’re a very new player on the comic book […]

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