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Men in Black 3 is a Go in 3D

Screenrush.com has reported that not only will there be a third Men in Black movie, but it will be in 3D and stars Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are both confirmed to return as agents Jay and Kay. MIB2 came out in 2002 and director Barry Sonnenfeld is looking at a 2012 release, making a ten year span between movies. While I haven’t been hearing anyone gagging for another sequel, the general feeling is that the movies were a fun ride. Jones and Smith have a great on-screen buddy chemistry and th...

New Jonah Hex Movie Pics

I honestly can’t understand why this movie isn’t getting more hype. Sure westerns are kind of out of vogue in Hollywood right now, however Warner Bros. has not only tapped Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men, Goonies) to bring DC’s Jonah Hex to life, but also Megan Fox (Transformers) as his love interest and John Malkovich (really? if you don’t know, leave…) as the villain. Let’s see… A-list talent, a hottish leading lady, a rich character history and cowboys mixed with the supernatural. Here’s ...

Dungeon Masters, Rejoice! IDW Nabs D&D License

The current “king of all licenses” (IDW Publishing), has acquired the rights to Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons Universe. IDW is planning to dive into the world of D&D with both feet, already announcing a comic based on the core world, a Dark Sun based title and a Forgotten Realms series in addition to deluxe reprints of material printed at other companies. Renowned fantasy painter Wayne Reynolds will be supplying covers for the launch of the new series. The D&D lic...

Is a Live-Action Bleach Movie in Our Future?

MTV’s Splash Page is reporting that director Peter Segal (Tommy Boy, Get Smart) and his Callahan Filmworks partner Michael Ewing are negotiating to produce a live-action version of the hit anime, Bleach, with Viz Media and Warner Bros. Seems Segal is trying to prove he can do a dark action movie as well as goofy comedies… even though his has no plans to direct Bleach. // Creator, Tite Kubo, began Bleach in Japan in 2001 and it has since become both a hit manga and anime series. Bleach fol...

Marvel’s X-23 One-Shot is a Must Pass

X-23 ONE-SHOT - Being an X-Fan, I had some hope for this book. Even with the whole “Women of Marvel” thing they are trying to pull to shell out more money each month (in addition to the Siege/Heroic Age, Second Coming and Hulk crossovers. Just keep bleedin’ us dry Joe…). The Alina Urusov cover was a great draw on the shelf and where there’s X-23, there’s sure to be Wolverine. Should be a can’t miss, but it’s really a don’t bother. X decides to revisit her past life after the events of...

The Undercover Fanboy Interviews Writer Tom Taylor

I was recently able to sit down with writer Tom Taylor to talk about his upcoming comic, Star Wars: Invasion - Rescues and some other projects he’s been working on. UcFb: Star Wars: Invasion - Refugees was a hit with comic fans. Now that the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series has ended, will Invasion become a regular series or just a series of mini-series? Tom Taylor:  With the amount of story I’d like to tell, I’d like to see it go weekly… or maybe hourly. For now, we will just...

Review of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger #1

CLOAK & DAGGER #1 - I’ve lost track of how many times that Marvel has tried to launch this series. Folding them into the X-Men was a great idea… especially given the fact that that can play well with others, great power sets and the whole “we’re tired of living on the streets” thing. But, are they mutants or not? In the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, Cloak & Dagger were billed (along with Spidey) as “non-mutants.” In their history, that designation has gone back and forth to the whims of whoever is wr...

Review of X-Force #25

X-FORCE #25 - Thank God the Nechrosha storyline is over. The longer this story went on, the more I could tell that Craig Kyle and Chris Yost had this thrown on them from Marvel High Command. Sure Blackest Night made some money for DC, but that doesn’t mean you have to pump out a crappy story to weakly compete. Does anybody else remember when comic panels had backgrounds drawn into them? I thought Rob Liefeld was bad, but Clayton Crain is the new master of the no background style. Stick to covers...