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Is Kick-Ass Director Matthew Vaughn Stumping To Make A Sandman Movie?

With the release of Kick-Ass on the horizon, director Matthew Vaughn is wondering why no one has tried to make a movie base on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics yet. In an interview with Comic Book Resources, Vaughn praised his collaborations with Mark Millar on Kick-Ass and Neil Gaiman on Stardust and went on to say, “I think it's weird that hardly any Neil Gaiman stuff has been made. The idea that no one has made ‘Sandman’ yet is weird.” Vaughn also said, “You know what, I would love to do ‘Sandman...

Sgt. Rock Movie To Take Place In The Future?

I was thrilled to hear that DC Comics’ Sgt. Rock was being made in a feature film - especially given the success of WWII movies and shows like Inglorious Basterds, Band of Brothers and Flags of Our Fathers. The Sgt. Rock comics followed U.S. Army Sgt. Rock and his “Easy Company” squad of misfits throughout WWII with their missions primarily taking place in the European Theatre. Made famous by artistic legend, Joe Kubert, Sgt. Rock was a continual thorn in the side of the Nazis and even took time...

Could Push Be Coming To TV?

Summit Entertainment is currently working with E1 Entertainment to adapt the movie Push into a TV series. Screenwriter David Hayter (X2, Scorpion King, X-Men, Watchmen) is currently working on a pilot for the series with his Dark Hero production company. Hayter also voices Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid video games series. Push, a comic inspired movie that was released last year, was directed by Paul McGuigan and starred Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning. It’s a pretty good bet that neither st...

ComicCenter: The guys are more than pleased Sam Raimi is off Spider-Man

Watch ComicCenter as Griz and The Undercover Fanboy talk Spider-Man 4 and Thor news. Sony has signed director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) to direct Spider-Man 4 and rumors are circulating of Jim Sturgess (21, Across the Universe) may be asked to portray Peter Parker. Not a bad choice, but I think that they can do better.

Green Lantern Has Found His Sinestro

Now that the Green Lantern movie as officially been re-greenlit to shoot here in the U.S., casting and pre-production is in full swing. Sherlock Holmes and Stardust alum, Mark Strong, has been signed to play the mentor/villain to Ryan Reynolds’ Hal Jordan in the upcoming movie. Director Martin Campbell confirmed the news with MTV’s Splash Page and went on to confirm actress Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) had reached an agreement to appear as Hal’s girlfriend Carol Ferris as well. Campbell went on to...

Is THQ Shopping A Darksiders Movie?

Sure it's a certified hit on the video game market, but will you want to see it on the big screen? Darksiders creative director and comic book artist, Joe Madureira recently said in an interview that THQ is activily trying to sell the movie rights in Hollywood. Joe Mad continued by saying that while THQ is handling "that side" of the property, he was told that they had gotten some bites and that they were also planning on a possible comic book adaptation. Whether he will be able to pull himself ...

Check Out the Tron Legacy Poster

Please tell me there are people out who have seen Tron. A visual masterpiece in 1983 with effects that still hold up today (just not the fashions…). Disney broke serious ground with this movie and it’s taken over 25 years to gear up a sequel. Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski said in an interview with MTV that principle filming had already wrapped and the effects teams were hard at work on the 3D portions of the sequel. Picking up where the previous movie left off, Tron Legacy follows Sam Fly...

Sherlock Holmes Sequel Set To Start Filming This Summer

Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that director Guy Ritchie will begin shooting the follow-up to Sherlock Holmes this summer. The rumors of the film date started flying last week when Robert Downey, Jr. dropped out of buddy’s Jon Favreau’s movie Cowboys & Aliens. Seems like a pretty smart  move on Downey’s part; with the success of Sherlock Holmes, he’s now the star in two of the biggest franchises going. It’s been rumored that Warner Bros. immediately green-lit the sequel after the movie h...

Ivan Reitman & Sigorney Weaver Ready For Ghostbusters 3!

When last we heard, Bill Murray didn't know anything about a Ghostbusters 3, Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd were still gung-ho about making a sequel and the rumor-mill was working overtime. Over the last week, Ivan Reitman has confirmed that he would return to direct Ghostbusters 3 and Sigorney Weaver said she'd also be interested in reprising her role as Dana Barrett in the movies. Does that mean that our Peter Venkman won't be far behind? Will the Grinch decide to come out and play? I honestly h...

Wolverine Sequel to Start Shooting In 2011?

During a backstage interview at The People’s Choice Awards, Hugh Jackman was feeling chatty about the future of the Wolverine franchise. “Wolverine's going to be back. He's going to Japan. We shoot that probably in a year, year-and-a-half, something like that.” said Jackman. Once again referencing the classic Chris Claremont and Frank Miller story of Wolverine’s time in Japan, Jackman also stated that we would see Wolverine fight in a way we haven’t before. Having made his way to Asia (Madripoor...