After much speculation about the cast of the upcoming superhero extravaganza, “The Avengers,” it appears some solid bit of news has surfaced, and this is thanks to writer/director Joss Whedon himself. Jeremy Renner, the Oscar-nominated star of Kathryn Bigelow’s much-ballyhooed Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker” last year will be playing Hawkeye. Take a look.
Remember that super high tech user interface Tom Cruise uses in Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report”? You know, the one where he scrolls through and manipulates unthinkable amounts of data with his bare hands in three dimensional space? The same concept that has been copied in dozens of films since, including “Iron Man”? Well, that’s not [...]
John Favreau doing Michael Bay doing Robert Altman doing Dostoyevsky doing Shakespeare. “Iron Man 2″ is as elegant as it sounds. After battling a pre-Oscar, double-crossing Jeff Bridges in the first film, Robert Downey, Jr.’s Tony Stark finds himself pitted against Ivan Vanko, the metal-mouthed Muscovite brainiac version of Mickey Rourke, who is intent on [...]
BURBANK, Calif., April 1, 2010 – As part of its ongoing strategy to provide original creative content where and how consumers want it, Disney will offer applications from all of its businesses on the new Apple iPad. The Marvel Comics App includes over 500 of Marvel’s greatest comic books, from classic stories to modern tales, [...]
Sick of vampires yet? Well get ready for more, this time with Iron Man himself as the lead bloodsucker. Bloody Disgusting has just learned that Universal Pictures is looking to reinvigorate Anne Rice’s popular vamp series, “The Vampire Chronicles,” which centers on a nobleman/vampire named Lestat Du Lioncort in the late 18th century. Robert Downey [...]
Speculation on which villain Mickey Rourke would be playing in the upcoming John Favreau-directed sequel, “Iron Man 2″ has been circulating for months. When it was announced that he would take on the moniker, Whiplash, we were all eager to see just how Rourke would look in costume. Well, the wait is over. The first [...]
The folks behind the 2008 hit “Iron Man” have upped the star power ante landing Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke for the sequel, tentatively scheduled for release on May 7th 2010. According to Johansson’s people she is “thrilled” to be playing the Black Widow opposite Robert Downey Jr. Director John Favreau and his Marvel crew [...]
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