Comic Based

Frank Miller’s 300 Exclusive

Based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City, The Dark Knight Returns, Ronin), the brutal 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae between 300 Spartans and a massive Persian army will hit theaters on March 16, 2007. Zack Snyder (upcoming: Watchmen and Rainbow Six), who did an unexpectedly great job on theDawn of the Dead remake, even satisfying hardcore fans of the George ….

Thor and Fantastic Four 2 Updates

While speaking at Charlotte’s Heroes Convention 2006 J. Michael Straczynski let slip that David Goyer, writer of Blade and Batman Begins, is set to write a treatment for a Thor film. It’s not known whether that means he’s rewriting the script that Mark Protosevich has already written, or coming up with something completely new. Based on the legendary thunder deity, Thor might not seem like the perfect superhero-comic-to-film. The story ….

Superman Returns Shatters IMAX Records

Largest domestic seven-day total at $6.83 million Largest domestic seven-day per screen average at $89,804 Largest international seven-day-day per screen average at $67,888 IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Superman Returns grossed $108 million at the domestic box office in 4,065 locations over the extended fourth of July weekend, and that Superman Returns: ….

Snyder Gets Watchmen

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Zach Snyder, who is currently working hard on Frank Miller’s 300 and also developing Rainbow Six, based on the Tom Clancy best-selling book and video game series, has stepped up to the plate to develop and direct Watchmen, the seminal DC limited series created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Alex Tse, who wrote the Spike Lee-directed Showtime gang drama Sucker Free City, is writing the script ….

New Ghost Rider Trailer Breeds Fear

The general reaction to the new Ghost Rider trailer seems to be positive. It looks like a film with heart, and a character that people will believe in. I am cautiously optimistic about what will happen when Ghost Rider opens in theaters on February 16, 2007. I’ve seen the best, goose-bump raising trailers just get slaughtered by the full-length ….

Superman Returns Trailer 2

The thundering smooth pulse of Superman theme music, as the Man of Steele returns to the sky, and theaters, on June 30, 2006. Bryan Singer’s Superman is sure to bring something completely new to the franchise, and there is certainly a lot to live up to (well… at least parts 1 and 2). But I know Singer is up ….

Movie trailer madness

That’s right, it’s madness… madness I tell you. Get ready to close your office door, get the emergency screensaver cocked (in case the boss shows up) and call your client back after a very, very important “meeting”, because the trailer gods have smiled upon us tonight. Now, some of these trailers have been around a ….

RIPD Coming to Theaters

David Dobkin (Clay Pigeons, Shanghai Knights, Wedding Crashers) is set to direct RIPD, which is an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic of the same name, for Universal, according to the Book Standard. Written by Peter M. Lenkov, the 1999 comic centers on the Rest in Peace Department, the dedicated and very dead police officers, made up of the deceased who refuse to go quietly. The story ….