Comic Film/TV/Stage – Roundup – May 2009 – Week 2
Sam Mendes Says ‘Preacher’ Script Is Half-Done, ‘Plenty Left Over’ For Sequels
“You have to try and get one [film] really good and then, if you’re lucky, you can make a second or a third,” said Mendes. “You can create something that’s going to run. But I think that there’s certainly more than enough for one good movie and plenty left over.”
Sam Rockwell Describes New Look For His ‘Iron Man 2′ Character, Hints At ‘A Lot Of Improv’
“They wanted to go with a rival for Tony Stark who is closer to his age, and make him American.”
‘Deadpool’ spinoff in works at Fox
Ryan Reynolds to reprise role in “Wolverine” spinoff
It is understood that Reynolds would regain the ability to mouth off, with the movie going back to the roots of the character known for his slapstick tone and propensity to break the fourth wall.
Sin City 2 Moving Forward
Robert Rodriguez looks ahead to the comic-based sequel.
As for the story in the film, Rodriguez said that it will include the Sin City story “A Dame to Kill For” as well as new additional material written by Miller himself.
Thor, Captain America and Avengers Updates
“Zak Penn is already on board The Avengers [as writer] and he’s spending a lot of his time looking into what we’re doing with Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, seeing how we’re tying it all together. And he’s beginning to outline the script now – he’ll be doing that over the summer.”
Exclusive: President of Production Kevin Feige On Marvel’s Plans
He talks Avengers, Thor and more…
“All of the Marvel movies leading up to The Avengers will be based in our new facility in Manhattan Beach, in LA. There will be location work that will take us out occasionally, but our home base will always be here. ”
Todd McFarlane Sees Venom in ‘Spider-Man 4,’ Offers Sam Raimi Some Advice
“When I first created him, I made him huge. That would’ve been the first thing for me; I would’ve wanted somebody who looked like he was three times the size of Spider-Man, so it was almost like Spider-Man going against the Hulk. [I want] someone who is really formidable; whenever you have a skinny character against a big one it’s like ‘Woah, I’m going to have to work today.’ But instead, the two of them were about the same size.”
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Wanted’ Screenwriter Chris Morgan Explains His Departure From ‘Wanted 2′
“We knew we wanted to do ‘Wanted 2,’ so we started developing a take and came up with a story that’s pretty good and develops the characters,” said Morgan. “But in the process of developing it, I also had commitments to ‘Gears of War’ and the samurai movie I’m doing at Universal.”
Exclusive First Look at Brandon Routh as Dylan Dog
An exclusive look at star Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) as “nightmare investigator” Dylan Dog from the live action feature film Dead of Night based on Tiziano Sclavi’s Italian comic books.
Helmer found for ‘Billy Smoke’
‘Traitor’s’ Nachmanoff set for WB comic book adaptation
Jeffrey Nachmanoff (“Traitor”) is signing up to direct the adaptation of the Oni Press comic book for Warner Bros. Matthew Fox is attached to star in the assassin thriller. The story centers on an elite hit man who is nearly killed during a botched job. He realizes that his only way to find redemption is to rid the world of all assassins.
BS Films acquires rights to ‘Station’
Comicbook miniseries is published by Boom!
In “Station,” five nations have sent their finest astronauts to operate Earth’s first multinational space station, but when one turns up dead, the remaining personnel race against time to discover if it was sabotage, an accident or murder. The comicbook was created and written by Johanna Stokes.
Nicktoons Renews “Wolverine and the X-Men”
New S1 Eps Resume May 22, 2009
Nicktoons Network has renewed Wolverine and the X-Men, acquiring the next 26 episodes of the series after it helped garner the network’s highest April ratings in its history. New episodes of the first season of the show will resume on May 22, 2009, at 8:00 PM (Eastern).
Steve Niles Says ‘Freaks Of The Heartland’ Script In, ‘Pineapple Express’ Director Perfect For Horror Tale
The story in “Freaks of the Heartland” follows a freakishly deformed boy and his brother who run away together and help a band of other mutant children from their community do the same.
Green Lantern Casting Rumors
“Who the hell is Bradley Cooper?!”
HitFix can exclusively report that Bradley Cooper (“Alias,” “The Hangover”) is now one of the guys most likely to don the suit and slip on the power ring as The Green Lantern.
Exclusive Green Lantern Update: Actually, who the hell is Shawn Roberts?!
Roberts (“Edge of Darkness”) has auditioned for [Green Lantern director] Martin Campbell various times and has even taken a couple of meetings with Campbell concerning the Hal Jordan role.
Sam Worthington talks Green Lantern
‘I’ve been talking to (director) Martin Campbell about it”, Worthington says. ”It’s one of those things where they’re still doing the script. I said, “Give me a script. Let me have a look at it.”
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