The upcoming Marvel Studios production, THOR, has been put on hold due to the WGA Strike currently taking place in Hollywood. Director Matthew Vaughn (Stardust) has confirmed that the strike has forced Marvel to halt production, which is ironic considering the director’s desire to shoot the film in the UK, over 3,000 miles from Tinseltown. [...]
Co-braaaaaaaa! The news from Variety is that actress Sienna Miller has been cast as “the film’s female lead, described as a raven-haired baroness and sexy femme fatale skilled in espionage.” The release date for the film is August 7th, 2009
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Fox is in negotiations with Mark Wahlberg over the starring role in the Max Payne live action movie.
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Intel, today, is shipping its 45 nanometer processors (more details on TechMeme). A tour of the fab is here where you get to meet many of Intel’s top technologists behind Penryn.
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“Star Trek” is beaming up Winona Ryder.
Paramount Pictures and director JJ Abrams have set Ryder to play the human mother of a young Spock (Zachary Quinto).
Scripted by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the film revolves around the Starfleet Academy days of the crew of the Starship Enterprise. Chris Pine has been set to play Capt. [...]
MTV chats up Heath Ledger, who talks about how ‘A Clockwork Orange’ inspired his portrayal of The Joker in ‘The Dark Knight’
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Comic Book Biz: Sony film carries company to big earnings — Spider-Man’s third bigscreen adventure at Sony helped Marvel Entertainment spin boffo earnings in its third quarter, beating Wall Street expectations.
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The big man at Marvel, Joe Quesada, its Editor in Chief, was recently questioned regarding the chances of an Avengers film. After a few follow up corrections from news sources, the verdict is out; Avengers yes: Marvel team-up, not so much.
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Marvel is pleased to announce that the hotly-anticipated X-Men: Messiah CompleX One-Shot has sold out at Diamond (though copies may be available at the retail level).
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In June/July, DC are killing off Batman. Or rather, Bruce Wayne. Robin will inherit the Batman cowl. One of the Robins anyway. Tim Drake. Jason Todd. Or possibly Red Hood.
Either way, the book will relaunch with a nice shiny #1.
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