Wondering what The Abomination, Hulk’s nemesis in the upcoming "Incredible Hulk" film, will look like? Well, a photograph of a flier posted by SuperHeroHype should provide you with a good idea of how the villain will appear on screen in the June 2008 film. Although the story posted by SHH seems to have vanished from…
Marvel Studios appears to be sowing the seeds for an Avengers film with the latest news regarding this summer’s Incredible Hulk. William Hurt, who portrays General Thaddeus Ross in the film, revealed to MTV that his character will appear in a scene with Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr. Hurt went on to discuss…
Those of you brave enough to come out from under your beds after seeing Cloverfield might even bravely venture over to the keyboard to run down a couple of hot links we gathered for you this week: Top Cow Productions pulled in over 2.5 million votes at the official home of Pilot Season here, all in…
Over at Blog@Newsarama, The Fifth Color deconstructs the nature of a "Cult Classic" by examining the convoluted, often contradictory history of Marvel’s favorite "Merc with a Mouth," Deadpool. "It’s not that they guy is simply funny; let’s face it, if pop culture quips and fourth wall humor was what it took to make a cult…
A Hero’s Hero Originally, ComicMix Radio planned to survey the usual round of comic book insiders as to who their favorite characters were: artist, writers, etc. But when we had the chance to pose the question to an actual costume wearing crusader, we leapt at the chance. Find out who The Defuser – the winner of…
Man, the Hulk really has to watch out for those niacin overdoses. On the other hand, it would explain why he’s so irritable…
The summer is now officially over and our minds are already beginning to turn to… the Christmas movie season. But first, let’s take stock and see where we are with comic book-based movies. We have just one left for release this year, the feature version of Steve Niles’ 30 Days of Night, but that’s waiting…
Comic books turned into motion pictures tend to be expensive exercises given the need to create costumes, simulate super-powers and make things sufficiently larger than life to appeal to filmgoers of all ages. The traditional rule of thumb is that a movie has to earn three times its budget in domestic revenue to be considered…
Peter David notes on his blog that according to Corey Tacker, keeper of Peter’s bibliography with a completism that borders on mania, this month’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man marks his 1000th comic book published. For those of you scoring at home (or even if you’re alone) that comes out to about 40 comic books out a…
For next June’s new Incredible Hulk movie, William Hurt (Lost in Space, Altered States) has been signed to play General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross. NBC has announced that Dania Ramirez (Callisto in X-Men: The Last Stand) has been added as a regular on Heroes. Ramirez’s character is name Maya but her place in the tapestry and…
Step-sibling Cinematical (say that three times fast) is reporting that: “Bruce Banner and his massive green alter ego will be played by Oscar nominee Edward Norton! Best known for his superlative work in movies like Primal Fear, Rounders, American History X and Fight Club (oh, and Death to Smoochy), Norton steps into a role vacated…
With 300’s $70 million opening weekend, everyone’s eyes lit up. No one expected this number, with the best estimates at least $20 million lower. Now everyone is scrambling to read the tea leaves and try to understand what just happened. A few thoughts from our corner of the universe. First, this will make 2007 the…
