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The Rock circling lead in big screen adaptation of comic Hercules: The Thracian War

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is circling the lead role in MGM film Hercules, which is to be directed by Brett Ratner, Variety reports. Ryan Condol adapted Steve Moore’s graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian War, which debuted in May of 2008 from Radical Publishing. MGM’s Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jonathan Glickman will produce Hercules with ….

Watchmen to return?

From a story that was originally reported on THR, I posted a preview on MyFantasyArt of the controversial upcoming DC Entertainment return to the Watchmen universe, the acclaimed 1986 graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. This summer, DC Comics will publish a seven comic book mini-series called Before Watchmen. Every week, ….

Fantastic Four reboot movie close to finding a director

Director Josh Trank is on the short list to direct Fox’s reboot of Marvel’s Fantastic Four franchise, according to Variety. That’s a major sign of confidence from the studio in Trank’s upcoming supervillain film Chronicle, which doesn’t hit theaters until February 3rd. According to the report, Trank has had several meetings regarding the Fantastic Four ….

The Amazing Spider-Man gets new movie poster

Sony Pictures has revealed a new poster for the Marc Webb-directed origin tale The Amazing Spider-Man, which hits theaters on 2012. According to reports, director Marc Webb has promised a grittier, darker Spider-Man story in The Amazing Spider-Man, where teenager Peter Parker grapples with both human problems and amazing super-human crises. The Amazing Spider-Man stars ….

Images from L.A. Comikaze

The Comikaze pop culture convention at the LA Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles was altogether a surprise hit even though it was the inaugural year. Typically first year shows have a hard time drawing crowds but in this case the high profile guests and low entrance fee made it an easy decision for convention ….