Another image has leaked online of the Heath Ledger in full Joker getup. Take the jump for the whole thing!
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The cast for the Watchmen movie has been announced. Some of the names may be familiar to some and surprises to others. Jackie Earle Haley Rorschach Billy Crudup Dr. Manhattan Malin Akerman Laurie Juspeczyk (the Silk Spectre) Matthew Goode Adrian Veidt (Ozymandias) Patrick Wilson Nite-Owl Jeffrey Dean Morgan The Comedian Shooting will start this fall in Vancouver, and will be directed by Zach Snyder. If you are at the Warner Bros. Panel on Friday at the San Diego Comic-Con, don’t be surprised if the cast and director make an appearance. via Hollywood Reporter
If you are looking for publicity photos of Laura Vandervoort as Supergirl, look no further. The CW has released photos of the Canadian star who is set to debut as Kara in the upcoming season of Smallville. Yeah… you’ll want to take the jump.
He has the most recognizable face in the west, and now Warner Bros. Pictures has announced it will bring Jonah Hex to the big screen in an adaptation by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. “Hex” first appeared in the early 1970s in the issues of “All-Star Western” before graduating to his own series in 1977 that ran for about 10 years. A new series was launched in 2005. The character also had a run in the 1990s that combined the Western genre with supernatural elements. Unfortunately, this won’t be a direct adaptation of the western. Instead, the filmmakers plan on…
I…Can…Not…Wait! The New Frontier animated movie is set for direct-to-DVD release in February, and the New York Times posted an image from the movie in an article about the film. Mr. Cooke recalled another phone call, this time with Bruce Timm, a producer, writer and director on many of the animated cartoons featuring DC’s heroes. “Bruce said: ‘I told them not to make this! This is at least two DVDs!’ ” Mr. Cooke said.
Over at the YouTube, someone has posted video of the Dark Knight on location in Chicago. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt0ln9Cqi0o[/youtube] Superhero Hype! has a description of the trailer that will allegedly run before the Simpson’s Movie hitting theaters this week. What seems to be halfway through the commercial, it is interrupted by static, and blacks out. Out of nowhere a crystal clear image comes onto the screen of a blacked out man with large windows behind him. The camera slowly zooms in on him. He’s talking (about what I won’t say) and as he finishes he begins laughing. Lightning strikes, lighting up his…
The folks over at Film Wad have some images of Heath Ledger decked out in full Joker gear filming a scene for the Dark Knight. Woot! Looking pretty scary. I’m getting more and more excited about this movie as it draws near. Word has it, we’ll see a trailer for the film ahead of the Simpson’s movie, which just so happens to be the same day as the WB panel at the SDCC. Take the jump for another image, then head over to Film Wad for some video.
Comingsoon.net has a synopsis for the Warner Bros. Watchmen movie. “Watchmen” is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired…
Movie Hole has posted some of the sides for Zack Snyder’s Watchmen movie. If you think you have the chops, take a gander.
Word on the Interweb is Kevin Spacey will reprise his role as Lex Luthor in Superman: Man of Steel, set for a 2009 release. Spacey hopes to shoot his Luthor role in a six-week block, as he did on “Superman Returns,” after he completes his run in David Mamet’s “Speed the Plow” in April. I really really hope Lex Luthor in Man of Steel is not the central villain. I’m sick and tired of a watered down Lex Luthor in films. We need Braniac, a Parasite, a Darkseid. Heck, I’d be happy with a giant space gorilla. The film needs…
The Superman Doomsday direct to DVD animated movie is scheduled to arrive in stores on September 28, 2007, but until then you can head over to the official website to check out all sorts of goodness, including this sizzle reel. via Superman Doomsday
According to an article in the Hollywood Reporter, Richard Roundtree has joined the cast of Warner Bros.’s Speed Racer. Roundtree will play Ben Burns, a racer-turned commentator and a hero to Speed (Emile Hirsch). “Man, I hear that Ben Burns is one bad mutherfu-” “Shut your mouth!” “I’m just talkin’ ’bout Ben Burns. Can you dig it?” via Hollywood Reporter
When Warner Bros. dropped the ball and lost the rights to the Conan film franchise, New Line stepped up to score the rights to Robert E. Howard’s creation. After posting a bid of mid-six against seven figures for an 18-month option with one extension, the studio entered into negotiations after CAA staged an auction for rights holder Paradox Entertainment. The property drew the interest of several studios and monied producers including Hollywood Gang’s Gianni Nunnari and Millennium Films. Warner had been developing the movie for some time with everyone from the Wachowski’s to Robert Rodriquez making the adaptation. Even though…
Entertainment Weekly has a look at the new suit Batman will be sporting as he swings through Gotham City next year. Yes, someone scanned it, and yes, we “borrowed” it to show off. via Superhero Hype!