Our friends over at io9 attempted to price out what it would cost to construct Iron Man’s movie armor using real world technology. Annalee Newitz concluded, “So, what’s the final price tag? $100,420,000 “To put that in perspective, the cost of the F-35 fighter plane is estimated at $95 to $113 million. So this suit…
It’s personal history time folks. This is 100% guilty pleasure from me to you. Ultraforce was the cartoon that led me to my love of comics. You see I saw this cartoon, and days later, my best friend (Unshaven Comics’ own Matt Wright) bought me issue 1 from the back issues at our local comic…
Sony has announced a release date, a director and a writer for the next (3-D) SPIDER-MAN film. But who will wear the costume? Meanwhile, in snowy New York Toy Fair is underway and we’ve got plans to take you there and SECRET AVENGERS? Really? PRESS THE BUTTON to Get The Point! And be sure to…
As the worlds of film and comics grow ever closer, Marvel this afternoon released this image of Iron Man’s new armor. If it looks awfully similar to the movie version of shellhead, that’s no doubt intentional. Ryan Meinerding, designer on the Iron Man and Thor films helped adapt the movie suit for comics and this…
No, not the new one coming out in a few years– the 1990 one. Starring Matt Salinger as Steve Rogers, we bring you this film as a reminder of how comic book movies used to be. (Hat tip: David Gallaher.)
After twenty-two years, Rene Russo is coming back to properties based on comics. She’s joining the cast of Marvel Entertainment’s film Thor, taking on the role of Thor and Loki’s mom, Frigga, the Queen of Asgard (Odin’s wife). Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the movie also stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Tom…
IGN has four character posters for the Matthew Vaughn-directed comic book adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s Kick-Ass, opening in theaters on April 16. Go look.
Quick Picks for a slow Sunday: Today was former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter’s 58th birthday. Thanos was unavailable for comment. Comic book movie Surrogates flopped in theaters, earning only $15 million over its opening weekend–which is nothing for a big-budget movie like this. They announced the winners of the Ignatz Awards, given for achievement in…
They’re quick, they’re…picked, they’re the stuff we didn’t get to today: The Venom movie may or may not be moving forward. Maybe. Well, they wrote a script. That they may not use. Exciting, right? A Minnesota high school encouraged its students to dress up as superheroes during their Homecoming week. At last, the LARPers weren’t…
There was a lot going on today, so let’s see if we can get these Quick Picks done in ComicMix Six words or less. A lawyer explains the Kirby lawsuit. Heroes ratings nosedive, its worst ever. Peanuts lookalike kids can win big. Daredevil movie reboot coming, no Affleck. Whedon confirms Buffy: Season 9 comic. Ghost…
A semi-deep thought re: San Diego: I can’t be the first person to make this observation, but if they keep spending more and more time promoting movies and TV shows, regardless of whether they have anything to do with comics or not, we’re going to have to start calling it the San Diego Comic Cannes….
After months of speculation and jerking around, Warner Bros. announced the casting of Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern in their forthcoming movie of the same name. No stranger to the world of super-characters, Reynolds most recently played Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He will be reprising that character in the forthcoming solo movie. He also…
