Category: Movies

Who Should Be In JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie? A Comic Historian’s Take

Justice League #1 courtesy DC Comics
Justice League #1 courtesy DC Comics

DC’s biggest heroes will join together in a Justice League movie. Warner Brothers announced Zack Snyder will direct the super team sequel after the Superman vs. Batman sequel to Man of Steel.

 

It’s a given Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman will appear but which other DC icons should hit the big screen with the big three?

 

I reached out to Mike Madrid, author of The Supergirls and Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics. to get his take on which heroes deserve to be in a cinematic league of their own: Continue reading Who Should Be In JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie? A Comic Historian’s Take

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR And SERENITY at Seattle International Film Festival

courtesy SIFF.net
courtesy SIFF.net

Browncoats and science fiction have a very stellar reason to attend the Seattle International Film Festival. Acclaimed actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) will receive a SIFF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting prior to the screening of Half of a Yellow Sun on May 19th.

 

Ejiofor is a icon of sci fi from his role in Serenity. The stars of Joss Whedon’s Firefly blasted on to the big screen in this feature film that co-starred Ejiofor as the villain known simply as “The Operative.” Continue reading CHIWETEL EJIOFOR And SERENITY at Seattle International Film Festival

HUGH JACKMAN On WOLVERINE 3

Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine courtesy Marvel and 20th Century Fox
Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine courtesy Marvel and 20th Century Fox

Hugh Jackman will play Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past and is in talks for a third solo film as the fan-favorite X-Man.

 

“I still am very ambitious for the character. And tonally I feel like we corrected the ship with the last one. But I feel we can still go further, in a way. If I did another one I’m 99.9% sure it would be the last, so that will inform what it is for me,” Jackman tells SFX.

 

The Wolverine was based on the Chris Claremont and Frank Miller limited series so what could the third Wolverine movie take inspiration from? Continue reading HUGH JACKMAN On WOLVERINE 3

DANE DEHAAN of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

courtesy GQ, photo by Sebastian Kim
courtesy GQ, photo by Sebastian Kim

Dane DeHaan may ooze creepiness as Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 but is all cool in this upcoming issue of GQ.

 

DeHaan (Chronicle, Kill Your Darlings) plays Peter Parker’s friend turned twisted enemy in the sequel out this Friday. The actor left his Green Goblin uniform at the studio and suited up for a spread in the iconic magazine. Continue reading DANE DEHAAN of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

LEGEDARY STAR-LORD By SAM HUMPHRIES

Legendary Star-Lord #1 by Steve McNiven courtesy Marvel
Legendary Star-Lord #1 by Steve McNiven courtesy Marvel

Peter Quill blasts off in his own solo series this July. Legendary Star-Lord #1 by Sam Humphries (Uncanny X-Force) and Paco Medina (Nova, X-Men.)

 

Humphries, Executive Editor Mike Marts and Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso answered fan questions about the the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy and his solo adventures in a Marvel liveblog. Here are the highlights:

 

Who is Star-Lord: Continue reading LEGEDARY STAR-LORD By SAM HUMPHRIES

New CHRIS PRATT, KAREN GILLAN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Photos

 

Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy courtesy Marvel
Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy courtesy Marvel

Marvel revealed new photos of Chris Pratt and Karen Gillan from Guardians of the Galaxy.

 

Pratt plays Peter Quill aka Star-Lord (just ask him, he’ll tell ya.) The Earth man raised in space will eventually meet up with other rogues and form the Guardians.

 

Gillan shed her red locks after Doctor Who to go bald and blue as Nebula – a ruthless mercenary with a connection to Thanos, last seen as the mastermind of Loki’s invasion in The Avengers. Continue reading New CHRIS PRATT, KAREN GILLAN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Photos

Who Should Be In JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie?

Justice League of America #1 courtesy DC Comics
Justice League of America #1 courtesy DC Comics

Snyder is directing the Justice League movie after the Man of Steel sequel (aka Superman vs. Batman.)

 

It’s a given the DC Comics holy trinity of Superman (Henry Cavill) Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) plus Cyborg (Ray Fisher) are in but which other heroes should join the first big screen adventure of DC’s biggest team. Continue reading Who Should Be In JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie?