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Archive for the ‘Movie News’ Category

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 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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July 14th, 2008

Hellboy II Takes Box Office Crown

In a battle of unconventional superheroes, Hellboy II: The Golden Army edged out Hancock to win the weekend. Hellboy brought in $35.9 million and became the third comic-book based movie to hold the no. 1 spot, following Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk.  A fourth comic property, Wanted nearly made it but was beaten […]

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July 11th, 2008

Favreau Signs On for Iron Man Sequel

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And a million Marvel fans just released their collective breath. Jon Favreau, director of the runaway hit Iron Man, has agreed to helm the sequel according to Deadline Hollywood Daily.
There was some concern on Favreau’s part about the extremely ambitious release schedule Marvel […]

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July 10th, 2008

Meet New Hulk, Same Take As Old Hulk

An interesting column at the Hollywood Reporter notes that in spite of much more positive reviews from fans and critics, the new Hulk movie will pull in about what the first one did.
I’ve mentioned that I think the revamp is a lot better and infinitely more “summer box office” film. Ang Lee’s take would […]

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July 9th, 2008

Did We Need Another Mummy?

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I’m actually a fan of the Brendan Fraser Mummy flicks. Fraser does a good job of playing the comedic Indiana Jones-inspired action hero Rick O’ Connell. But I’m worried they’re running the franchise into […]

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