Big news today, the Walt Disney Company is going to purchase Marvel Entertainment Inc. for approximatly $4 billion dollars for its 5000 characters. These characters do include Spiderman, Iron Man and the X-Men. If you do the math that is about $800,000 per character. That’s a lot of moolah. In my talks today with many [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Stallone Ready to Roll with Rambo 5
Sometimes it seems that so much of what we write is in regards to a sequel, a reboot, or a re imagining. This news story is unfortunately no different. In unnecessary sequel news it is being reported via Variety that Sylvester Stallone is planning on a fifth installment of Rambo. Stallone will be returning to [...]
Web Crawler: How Twilight Should Have Ended
Web Crawler is a segment we run where we bring you fun Internet finds that include video clips, websites, and photos. Today we bring you a great picture of how the Twilight movie should have ended. This is the funniest thing you will see all day. Maybe all week. Check it out after the jump.
Bad Boys 3 in Development
The action franchise Bad Boys may be adding a third movie to its lineup. Columbia Pictures has reportedly hired screenwriter Peter Craig to pen a third installment about the Miami based police officers played by Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. There is no word if either actor will return to the roles they first created [...]
Box Office: Final Destination 4 Kills with $28.3M
Summer has finally ended. As Labor Day weekend approaches we begin a slow, painful descent into the lackluster fall movie season. May – August was a good run for the summer box office. Over one billion dollars in ticket sales isn’t too bad for one season is it? But all good things must eventually come [...]
Cover Of The Week: Deadpool #14
I really don’t get tired of Wade Wilson. Mr. Wilson if your nasty. And it’s hard for me to say any more about some of the amazing covers that have been coming out. You will just have to see it for yourself.
Fanboyz Podcast: The Z Cast- Episode 1: The Inglourious Podcast
The inaugural episode of the Fanboyz.net podcast has arrived. Titled The Z Cast, Jeff, Roman, and Jordan will be recording weekly about the latest movie news, exciting trailers, and the newest film reviews. Similar to the movie blog world, the world of Internet radio is just as crowded; but we feel now is the right [...]
Teaser Trailer for The Descent: Part 2
If you could not get enough cave diving terror from the first film, The Descent: Part 2 looks to capitalize on the strong critical success the first installment enjoyed. I thought it was a very well done film with a good emphasis on story and character, as well as good scares. The follow-up teaser hints [...]
Rob Zombie is Remaking The Blob
Here is probably yet another film that director Rob Zombie can add to his resume of some of the worst films ever made. That may be a presumptious statement but given Zombie’s track record I feel confident with that belief. Today the former rocker turned filmmaker released Halloween II, a sequel to his reboot from [...]
Three New Posters for Disaster Film 2012
Three new posters have been released for the new Rolland Emmerich disaster film 2012 via Yahoo!. Hitting theaters this November the special effect extravaganza stars John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, and Danny Glover in an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle [...]
Movie Review: Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
Michael Myers returns in Rob Zombies latest film Halloween II. Stabbing and slashing his way to get back to his sister Laurie, Michael turns her town into a blood bath again. Laurie still struggles with the events that changed her life last Halloween and this years October 31st looks to be more trick than treat.
Spielberg to Adapt Michael Chrichton Novel
Director Steven Spielberg has announced his next project that he will bring to the big screen. The talented director plans to adapt the Michael Crichton novel Pirate Latitudes into a full length feature film. USA Today is reporting that Spielberg chose the novel by Chrichton, who died earlier this year, to be next on his [...]
Beautiful Painted Inglourious Basterds Poster Found After Release of Movie
Usually we wouldn’t run a poster for a movie that has already been released but this was so cool it has to be shared. I wish this would have been a more prominenet poster for the marketing campaign for Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. The poster is beautiful and the significance of the girl running is important [...]
Christopher Nolan Wants to Shoot Third Batman Completely in IMAX
Earlier today we reported a HUGE rumor which was that Megan Fox had been cast as Catwoman in the third Batman film from director Christopher Nolan. That news has no truth to it but it is definitely a fun rumor that is floating around the net today. In more Batman news Aint it Cool News [...]
Video Game Review – Batman: Arkham Asylum
Contender for Game of the Year, Batman: Arkham Asylum hit game stores this week. Although many Batman games have been made over the years, this one offers what all of his previous titles have lacked: story and gameplay. This game has been worked on for a long time, and fans of both the Dark Knight [...]
Rumor: Megan Fox as Catwoman in Batman 3?!
It has been reported by The Sun, a British newspaper (more of a tabloid), that Megan Fox will be the next Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s sequel to The Dark Knight. She will join Christian Bale, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman to make what’s sure to be another blockbuster film. This news is still considered a [...]
Web Crawler: Watchmen vs X-Men Origins Wolverine
I know that this clip may be late, but that is one of the many functions of the Web Crawler feature on your Fanboyz website, to catch you up on videos or clips you, or we, may have missed. In the web today is a video from a very funny youtube series called “Hi, I’m [...]
Shutter Island Moved to February 2010!?
In a surprise move by Paramount the new Martin Scorsese movie Shutter Island has been pushed back from an October release to February of 2010. This move comes as a shock to many as this movie looked to be a promising Oscar contender with the pairing once again of director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonard [...]
Cover Of The Week: Blackest Night Superman #1
I just can’t get off the Blackest Night band wagon. Everything that is going on with this series and it’s tie ins are great. This weeks COW is just another gem in all things Blackest Night. Prepare for some good ol’ fashioned horror as we get a glimpse at the worlds greatest superhero as an [...]
Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds
During World War II Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) leads a group of Jewish–American soldiers into Nazi occupied France. Once there, they are instructed to strike fear into the Third Reich, through brutal torture and the scalping of dead Nazis. The Germans refer to this group as “The Basterds”. Writer/director Quentin Tarantino takes us on [...]
