Let me start this article by saying that I am not in favor of remaking Let The Right One In, the Swedish film considered by just about everyone to be the best horror film of last year. Whether I like it or not, Matt Reeves will be directing the film in English and it will come out in January of next year. All that aside, they couldn’t have picked a better top three for the billing. Read the rest of this entry »
Writer/director James Gunn hasn’t done work on a feature since 2006 with his underappreciated sci-fi horro Slither, but he is now hopping back in the directors seat for Super, a film “taking aim at the Superhero genre,” according to Variety. Normally, this would have my blood boiling, but seeing as the names “Jason Friedberg nor “Aaron Seltzer” appear anywhere in the article, it may actually be tolerable. Read the rest of this entry »
One of last summer’s surprise hits Wanted, based on Mark Millar (Kick-Ass) and J.G. Jones’ comic, may be getting back a fox. Director Timur Bekmambetov has made no secret of the fact that he wants Angelina Jolie back as her character Fox in the sequel to Wanted. In an interview with MTV he revealed just how he might make that happen. Read the rest of this entry »
Lionsgate Movies just announced the release dates for Kick-Ass and The Expendables via Twitter. Read the rest of this entry »
Wow, today is a good day for geek movies. District 9 opens at number one, Avatar Day tickets have come up online (not really, but more about that later) and Lionsgate has officially be chosen to distribute Kick Ass, the surprise smash from this year’s San Diego Comic Con and adaptation of Mark Millar’s series. From the press release: Read the rest of this entry »
Pretend that you are at a bar. You are doing pretty well for yourself, sitting with a couple of friends, sipping your drink. Then, crashing through the door, is the most beautiful woman/handsome man you have ever seen in your life. You’ve heard all about her/him from your friends: she/he is new in town, is not only beautiful, but smart as well, and she is looking for someone to show her/him around town.
That beautiful woman/handsome man is named Kick-Ass and you are a major film studio. I’m sure you can figure out where this is going. From Risky Biz Blog: Read the rest of this entry »
It certainly is a comic-book day.
I got in a bit of hot water last time I hosted some bootleg stuff from Comic-Con, but this time, instead of hosting, I’ll just share the love. Just as someone did for the Kick-Ass clips, somebody brought a camcorder to the Iron Man 2 panel and managed to get all of the footage that was shown (it was just a matter of time as to when this would show up). We probably aren’t that far off from seeing a teaser trailer, but if you are like me, you simply cannot wait any longer. Hit the jump to see five and a half minutes of glory from the highly anticipated film. The video isn’t great but you can tell what things are and hear most of what is said. And yes, that is War Machine firing like a maniac at the end of the clip.
You didn’t get this from me. Read the rest of this entry »
Last week, in my Comic-Con wrap up post, I mentioned that some of the best stuff was seen during the Kick-Ass panel where they screened four never-before-seen clips from the film. Thanks to an audience member, we now have those,albeit bad quality, clips. Because I’ve read the comics, I may be able to give you some better background on what is going on in each scene. Here they are:
Unfortunately, because I live in New Jersey, making it out to San Diego for Comic Con wasn’t really an option, but it can no doubt be said that some of the coolest movie news comes out of Hall H in the span of a weekend than comes out in some months. That said, with the wrapping up of Comic Con yesterday, here are my favorite bits that came out over the course of the week.
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