To be filed under the heading of "Probably Not Exciting to Anyone But Me," Moviehole.net recently announced that casting for a big-screen version of the classic 1980s television sitcom "The Greatest American Hero" is now underway.

The film’s director, Stephen Herek (“Dead Like Me”, “The Mighty Ducks”), has put out a call for high-profile actors interested in playing the parts of Ralph Hinckley and Bill Maxwell. Chris Matheson ("Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey") and Ryan Rowe ("Charlie’s Angels") are the writers for the project.

Here’s what they’re looking for in a Ralph Hinckley:

29-39, an all-around good guy, with boyish handsome good looks, smart, decent, honorable and resilient, Ralph is a high school history teacher in Tempe, Arizona, a bachelor who hasn’t yet found the right girl. Selected by a bunch of aliens as the perfect hero to champion the rights of humankind against an evil nemesis, Ralph gets a superhero suit and a rather gruff squire in the form of FBI agent Bill Maxwell – neither of which yield easily to his control. Stuck inside the suit while awaiting for a duel-to-the-death challenge from his sinister opponent, Harve Lundy, Ralph proves to be honest, upright, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent as he prepares himself to do or die, without losing his Eagle Scout-ish honor or his suit in the process. Oh, and he gets a girlfriend along the way.

On yesterday’s edition of "Fresh Air," Terry Gross interviews Adrian Tomine (Optic Nerve) about his latest project, Shortcomings.

From the book’s plot synopsis, courtesy of publisher Drawn & Quarterly:

Ben Tanaka has problems. In addition to being rampantly critical, sarcastic, and insensitive, his long–term relationship is awash in turmoil. His girlfriend, Miko Hayashi, suspects that Ben has a wandering eye, and more to the point, it’s wandering in the direction of white women. This accusation (and its various implications) becomes the subject of heated, spiralling debate, setting in motion a story that pits California against New York, devotion against desire, and trust against truth.

You can listen to the 20-minute interview here on NPR.

Neil Kleid of Rant Comics stirred up some debate in the comics scene Wednesday when he posted an open letter to New York ComicCon calling the decision to schedule the event on the first days of Passover "frankly insulting."

Now, I’m a realist and I understand that the majority far outweighs the minority here. Holding the convention on Passover won’t really affect con attendance one way or another. The number of Jewish attendees who will choose to forgo NYCC this year won’t even make a dent in the turnout. But as a Jewish cartoonist/creator, I have to admit to being a bit annoyed that the folks at Reed didn’t even take the holiday into account. I could understand if they’d scheduled it for the following week, the second days of Passover which are less religiously observed… but the first two days of Passover, the Seder nights, are almost like… Christmas Eve. But with more guilt. And matzah.

The message produced a fairly active discussion on Kleid’s website, with some interesting back-and-forth about the potential effects of the decision.

Shortly thereafter, NYCC Con Director Lance Fensterman posted a response on the event’s official blog.

Needless to say, I’m none too happy about the Passover situation either, so let’s get that out of the way right off the bat – we are really sorry about this and certainly intended no disrespect towards anyone. The unfortunate reality is that these were the dates we were given at the JavitsCenter. Javits is unlike most places in that the demand for the space far outstrips the availability, so customers, such as NYCC, are left with little to no choice as to what dates we are given. To that point, I’ll announce here first that the show will be moving back to February next year – because we want to be in February? Not really. Quite simply, these are the only dates we can get next year.

Billy Batson will have his work cut out for him if "Shazam!" director Peter Segal has his way.

According to this report on IGN, the "Get Smart" director likes the idea of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson donning the pointy ears of Captain Marvel nemesis Black Adam. And Johnson doesn’t sound opposed to the idea, either.

According to Segal:

We were looking for something else to do together. [Johnson] said, ‘What are you working on?’ And I told him among other things Shazam!. And he said, ‘Do you think I can read a draft when you’re ready?’ And I said, ‘Yeah.’ John August is writing it and then we went on strike, so I don’t have a draft to show him yet. But I just started telling him the story and I thought that he might be a great Black Adam.

Segal also teased that "Shazam!" wouldn’t be the light-and-fluffy affair that "Fantastic Four" turned out to be. Instead, he said Batson’s desire to avenge the loss of his parents would provide a more serious

tone to the film.