Source: Coming Soon The past few hours have rolled out some very interesting news about Marvel’s biggest superhero flicks. First, a new photo from Kenneth Branagh’s Thor has hit the web. It features Thor (with hammer), Loki (his adopted brother) and Odin their father and ruler of Asgard. But there’s some things that just feel [...]
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Edward Norton’s Statement about not Returning as the Hulk
The web has been buzzing with Marvel Studios decision not to bring Edward Norton back as the Incredible Hulk’s alter ego Bruce Banner in an Avengers feature film. Here is statement released to Hitfix from Marvel’s Kevin Feige: “We have made the decision to not bring Ed Norton back to portray the title role of [...]
Shyamalan Mystery Project Possibly UNBREAKABLE II?
Source: Heat Vision When it comes to M. Night Shyamalan, there are two things that run through people’s mind: what sort of crazy story/twist is he coming up with next, and “is that how you spell his name?” A lot of his haters tend to knock him on his original stories and endings, like LADY [...]
The Z Cast Episode 3 – “80′s Movie Weekend”
This coming weekend two big 80s franchises are getting the Hollywood Brazilian treatment. But before Roman and Jordan get to that, they hit up the highlights from the MTV Movie Awards (hint: there’s not any) and discuss some interesting casting news for Marvel’s upcoming hero flicks. However, Roman had a pretty hard time coming up [...]
Who will be Marvel’s Hawkeye and Dum Dum Dugan on film?
A lot of buzz concerning Marvel’s team-up flick THE AVENGERS has rolled out the past few days. First, IRON MAN director Jon Favreau confirmed The Hulk will be a main character in the film. Although Favreau himself isn’t directing the project his franchise films are directly tied to AVENGERS, so it’s safe to say he’d [...]
The Z Cast Episode 2 – “Eddie Murphy = The Seven Seals of the Apocalypse”
Roman and Jordan are back with The Z Cast, and with them, some grim news for movie fans. It looks like Hollywood just doesn’t get what’s good, and is settling for what makes the most money. They chat about the new Pirates of the Caribbean film with 3D fun!, Eddie Murphy talking about another Nutty [...]
First Look: Hector Hammond in GREEN LANTERN
Peter Sarsgaard must be letting the role of villainous Hector Hammond in GREEN LANTERN give himself a big ego, because he has one huge head! The photo below is a photo shot from the set between takes, presumably after he got out of make-up. It looks very strange and weird, but it fits the look [...]
Superhero Day 2010: Batman, Thor & Capt. America News
Apparently, today was a pretty big day in comic book movie adaptation news. Lots of stuff was floating around the net today, so I’ve done my best to pin it down. First, we got some news on the next Batman movie from Warner Bros. on the release date of the presumably final installment from director [...]
Square Off: Col. William Stryker from X-MEN
Throughout Hollywood history, countless characters have been played by various actors. While some have clearly been better than others, other times it is difficult to decide which actor does the best job in the role. Square Off takes two actors and puts them against each other, and determines the best. For our first match-up, we [...]
Will Liev Schreiber be in Wolverine 2?
At the beginning of the month we reported that a script for a Wolverine sequel had been finished and was set to start shooting in 2011. The film is supposed to pull from Chris Claremont’s and Frank Miller’s comic that takes place in Japan and, as I recall, doesn’t have Sabretooth in it. io9 reports [...]
Rumor:’Wanted 2′ Canceled, Angelina Jolie Leaves Project?
There are unconfirmed reports on the web that Angelina Jolie has left the cast of the planned sequel to Universal Pictures Wanted. In a report from New York Magazine Jolie has pulled out of the project and Universal has opted to cancel the film rather that recast the role of her character Fox. Apparently, Jolie [...]
Will Captain America Please Step Forward…
Several names got dropped today by The Heat Vision Blog concerning the actors being looked at to play Captain America in the upcoming First Avenger: Captain America movie as well as The Avengers. I usually yawn when it comes to these rumors on casting, but a few of the names listed really caught my attention. [...]
Penelope Cruz Joining Pirates of the Caribbean 4
Actress Penelope Cruz has reportedly joined the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie which is being directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Nine.) Reports from THR confirm that Cruz is in talks to play a role in the fourth Pirates movies titled Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. There are no details yet as to [...]
Tim Robbins Joins the Cast of Green Lantern
Actor Tim Robbins has joined the cast of Green Lantern along side Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, and Peter Sarsgaard. Robbins will play Senator Hammond who is the father of the movies villain Dr. Hector Hammond (Sarsgaard.) In the comics Senator Hammond has the ability of psychic powers. The cast for director Martin Campbell’s Green Lantern [...]
Mark Strong In Talks To Play Sinestro In ‘Green Lantern’
Rumors had been all over the web that Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen) had been tapped to play the great foe of the Green Lantern’s Sinestro. GL director Martin Campbell sat down with MTV during a press junket to talk about his latest film Edge Of Darkness and Campbell put that rumor to rest and also [...]
Stephen Lang As The X-Men’s Cable?
Could Avatar’s Stephen Lang play the X-Men’s favorite mutant from the future, Cable? Well, he definitely looks the part and judging by his performances is such films as Tombstone, Gettysburg and this holiday seasons Avatar he also has the chops. With 20th Century Fox’s X-Men film franchise in limbo right now Cable could be the [...]
Actress Brittany Murphy Dies at 32
TMZ is reporting that actress Brittany Murphy has died at the age of 32 after suffering cardiac arrest. The actress who starred in movies like Clueless, Just Married, Don’t Say a Word, and 8 Mile was rushed to Cedars-Sinais hospital in Los Angeles Sunday morning after her mother discovered her unconscious body. Continue reading for [...]
Rumor: John Malkovich to Play Villain Vulture in Spider-Man 4?
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Renner Talks Hawkeye In ‘Thor’ and ‘Avengers’
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) had been rumored online to possibly play The Avengers resident archer Hawkeye. MTV caught up with Renner at the Independent Film Gotham Awards where The Hurt Locker won various awards including Best Ensemble Performance and Best Feature. When asked about his possible involvement in The Avengers franchise Renner had the [...]
