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Casino Royale director looking at Green Lantern comic adaptation

Warner Bros. is currently in discussions with Martin Campbell to helm the Green Lantern adaptation of the DC superhero, according to Variety. Campbell’s most recent projects include Casino Royale and the Mel Gibson film Edge of Darkness. According to the report, the hot DC properties headed to the silver screen include Green Lantern and the ….

Who is the Greatest Badass of all time – find out Friday at Comic-Con

MTV News is hosting a panel of celebrity guests who will answer, once and for all, one of fandom’s most notorious questions – Which movie character is the Greatest Badass of All Time? John McClane or Lara Croft? Batman or Wolverine? Celebrities and fans weighed in with their picks, now find out who made the ….

Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder world premiere at New York Comic-Con

The world premiere of the latest Futurama film, Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder, will be this Friday, February 6, 2009, at New York Comic-Con. The screening begins at 5:30PM in the IGN Theater, and is free for all attendees of the convention. More about Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder All the other galaxies ….

New York Comic-Con moves yet again for 2010 and organizers planning Chicago Comic Expo at McCormick Place

Reed Exhibitions announced today the launch of the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), which will take place April 16 – 18, 2010 at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago. The new show will be structured in the spirit of New York Comic Con (NYCC) which was launched by Reed Exhibitions in 2006 and saw attendance ….

Check out Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Superbowl spot online

Yet another trailer has surfaced from the Super Bowl, which will be tackling about 100 million TVs worldwide, in about 8 hours from now. This one is for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which will be in theaters on June 26, 2009, with Michael Bay at the helm and Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Rainn Wilson, ….

Zack Snyder launches new website and photo from Watchmen

Director Zack Snyder debuted a new photo from the Watchmen at Entertainment Weekly and has launched a new website for his production company Cruel and Unusual Films at CruelFilms.com. Rorschach is featured in the new image, and it is apparently one of the first glimpses of him in the storyline. Watchmen opens in theaters and IMAX on March ….

Watchmen exclusive DVD Tales of the Black Freighter release details and box art – it will include deleted scene from the movie

Everything seems to be about the Watchmen these days. There is a boat-load of great tie-in products being released with the film, and I hope to get my hands on some at New York Comic-Con next weekend. I have gotten a bunch of details from Warner Home Video, regarding the much talked about Tales of ….

Afterburn film adaptation heats up

Matt Johnson, who wrote the action films Torque and Into the Blue, has been attached to adapt the comic Afterburn for Relativity Media. The film is being produced by uber-producer Neal Moritz and actor Toby Maguire. This is according to The Hollywood Reporter. Afterburn, a sci-fi adventure based on books published by Red 5 Comics, ….

Exclusive black-and-white portraits of Watchmen characters online

Empire Online has posted some exclusive black-and-white portraits of Rorschach, The Comedian, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre and Nite Owl, from the new Watchmen: Portraits coffee table book, which contains 192 pages of posed shots of both the cast and crew of the upcoming film. The incredible photography is that of Clay Enos, and you can order ….

Sci-fi goes global with new Japanese VIZ Media imprint

VIZ Media has announced the launch of a brand-new imprint called Haikasoru, which will publish an array of contemporary Japanese science fiction and fantasy stories for English audiences. This is the first time an imprint with a dedicated focus on Japanese sci-fi has launched in North America. Haikasoru is scheduled to publish twelve books a ….

Win DVD copies of Repo: The Genetic Opera plus read Zack Snyder discussing golden rules and Benicio Del Toro talking deadly sins

An editor over at MovieMaker Magazine emailed me the great cover below for their upcoming issue, which I thought I’d share with you guys. It’s just a great magazine to read. MovieMaker has just the right mix of news and resources, and gets revealing material from filmmakers of all stripes – action, drama, horror, indie, ….

Win a limited edition copy of My Chemical Romance cover of Bob Dylan song from Watchmen

I posted last week that Warner Records is releasing a 12” vinyl picture disc of My Chemical Romance’s powerful cover of Bob Dylan’s Desolation Row, recorded exclusively for the upcoming feature film Watchmen, tomorrow, on January 27th. Well I placed orders immediately for three copies, and I’ve decided to give away one of these ultra-cool ….