Archive for July, 2009
Following in the footsteps of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, the Green Lantern is getting his own animated movie. Green Lantern: First Flight tells the origin story of Hal Jordan, arguably the most famous of the Green Lantern Corps. With the Blackest Night summer event coming up, DC couldn’t have timed the release of this ... [ READ MORE ]
Marvel has just announced something I never would’ve imagined happening: they’ve purchased the rights to Marvelman Miracleman. For those of you not familiar with the story, MarvelMan was the British answer to DC Comics’ Captain Marvel. He was originally created in the 50’s by Mick Anglo, but wouldn’t become widely known till the early 80’s, ... [ READ MORE ]
Here’s the “not-quite-official” Trailer for the newly renamed Tron: Legacy. Not the most orignal title, but WWWAAAAAAYYYYY preferable to Tr2n, which really just seemed like the result of asking a 13-year old girl what to call the movie. The best part is that both Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner are involved in the the film. ... [ READ MORE ]
So here is a first look at who will put together the first World of Warcraft movie. There is definitely a history of games-turned-movies not doing so well. It seems that the creators over at Blizzard are thinking that adding some “nerd-cred”(Smith, Mike) in the form of Sam Raimi will add to the clout of ... [ READ MORE ]
Tuesday is New DVD Day, and here are the DVDs you shouldn’t be without. Watchmen 2 Disc Special Edition – I must admit that when I first heard that Alan Moore’s most famous work was being made into a movie, I cringed. The last time this happened, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was the result, and we ... [ READ MORE ]