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October 8th, 2008

Marvel Announces Avengers Cartoon

Today at Marvel.com,the company announced the production of a new animated series, “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.” Film Roman, the company that produces The Simpsons and King of the Hill, is already at work on a 26-episode first season. The new series is expected to hit the air in 2011. It won’t be alone as […]

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October 4th, 2008

Jeff Bridges Confirms Tron Sequel

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You know, I’m often nervous when Hollywood discusses remakes of/sequels to the classics. But with the advances made in special effects these days, it would almost be a sin not to do a Tron sequel.
In an interview with The Guardian, Jeff Bridges says he had to step back into the world […]

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September 30th, 2008

Iron Man Blasts Onto DVD Today

Today’s DVD offerings are dominated by the unlikely combination of an actor many had written off and a comic book hero that was solidly C-list before his movie debut.
That’s right, today on DVD is the release of Fox TV movie Nick Fury:Agent of Shield starring David Hasselhoff. Oh, and there’s some movie about a […]

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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 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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June 25th, 2008

Avengers Movie Lineup Being Discussed

After teasing a movie about Marvel superteam The Avengers in both Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk, now they’ve got to determine who will round out the squad.
Iron Man director Jon Favreau told USA Today he and Marvel Studios are looking at Captain America, Thor and Ant Man. That’s in addition to Hulk and […]

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June 23rd, 2008

Iron Man and Indy Propel Paramount

Buoyed by a new hit franchise (Iron Man) and one of its oldest (Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) Paramount Pictures has passed the $1 billion mark in domestic box office.
That’s right, make your Dr. Evil face, one billion dollars. That’s a lot of movie tickets. The surprise hit Iron Man […]

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June 19th, 2008

Iron Man, Wolverine Joining Walk of Fame

If you needed any further proof that his star turn as Marvel superhero Iron Man has resurrected Robert Downey Jr’s career, he’s now getting his own star on the Walk of Fame.
He won’t be the only superhero joining the fold, as Wolverine himself Hugh Jackman will be immortalized as well. If this were a […]

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June 16th, 2008

Hulk Rocks Weekend Box Office

The word from critics as well as thousands of moviegoers over the weekend was that Marvel’s Incredible Hulk is a blockbuster. The Hulk pulled in $55 million over the weekend, easily seizing the no.1 spot from last week’s champ, Kung Fu Panda.
That’s two straight hits from Marvel Studios, now setting up a much anticipated […]

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June 5th, 2008

Who’s Cooler: Batman or Iron Man?

                                       Now that Tony Stark is on his way to becoming the same kind of household name that Bruce Wayne has always been, we have to ask the tough question.
Who’s your favorite billionaire crimefighting playboy? Who would win in a drinking contest? Will The Dark Knight shatter Iron Man’s box office take? I’m not going […]

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