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A Revenge and X-Men Crossover – Updated

New X-Men #131 cover courtesy Marvel.com

  Tonight is the finale of REVENGE on ABC so I thought it was a perfect time to revisit this crazy idea I had:

 They’re rich, powerful, blonde, manipulative and can deliver razor sharp one liners like Hand assassin throws a dagger.

  Emma Frost is the reformed White Queen of the Hellfire Club and now co-leader of the X-Men.

  Nolan Ross (played by Gabriel Mann) is the witty, scheming, brilliant high-tech billionaire with too much time, money and tech on the hit ABC show Revenge.

  If ever too characters from similar worlds but different mediums should cross over it’s these two.  As I watch Revenge I can’t help but think if Emma had a long-lost twin it might be Nolan. Here’s to the “good” guys with an edge who keep us entertained.

 This is what happens when a geek has too much time his hands – spinning two of my favorite vices into a twisted idea. Disney does own both companies behind these properties and I can see Frost on holiday in the Hamptons crossing paths with Ross!

 

 

 

Goodbye to Comic Con Creator

One of the founder of San Diego Comic Con has died. Richard Alf from pancreatic cancer at age 59. Alf and volunteers created the famous comic book convention in 1970.

 

New Skyfall and Daniel Craig Photos

Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Berlin premiere

  While Daniel Craig is promoting The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo across Europe his James Bond co-stars and crew are busy working on Skyfall.

  The team filmed in London’s Trinity Square and Whitehall. MI6 captured Dame Judi Dench, Rory Kinnear, and Director Sam Mendes on set.  

  This may be Dench’s final appearance as M. The plot description is that “a secret from M’s past comes back to haunt her” and there are rumors that Ralph Fiennes is playing an MI6 agent that will become the Bond’s new boss. Kinnear plays M’s support staff member Bill Tanner.

Dame Judi Dench on the set of Skyfall courtesy MI6-HQ

   Dench took over the role of M in Pierce Brosnan’s first 007 film Goldeneye. You can see more photos here.

New Avengers Hero and Quinjet Images

Thor and Captain America in Marvel's The Avengers image courtesy USA Today

  A one, two punch of new images from Marvel’s The Avengers: Two of the super team’s heaviest hitters and the famous ride that delivers Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to fight evil.

  USA Today features Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Chris Evans (Captain America) in a shot that appears to be the aftermath of a battle.

 

Avenges Quinjet Concept Art posted by SpiderMan.RU

 

 

SuperheroHype is posting what SpiderMedia.RU is calling concept art of the Quinjet.

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter in Action

 

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter courtesy Collider

  In a summer of Avengers, Spider-Man and Batman – is there room among movie fans for our 16th President?

 Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter stakes out theater in August, 2012. Collider has the first image from the film – along with a first look at Men in Black 3. Tim Burton is producing the movie based on the literary mashup that envisions Abe as a vengeance seeking dark hero. Benjamin Walker is Lincoln and Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays his wife. Two actors with genre Dominic Cooper and Rufus Sewell are among the undead.

Here’s the official synopsis:

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter explores the secret life of our greatest President, and the untold story that shaped our nation. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (director of Wanted) bring a fresh and visceral voice to the blood-thirsty lore of the vampire, imagining Lincoln as history’s greatest hunter of the undead.

New Prometheus Photo

Prometheus still of Noomi Rapace courtesy 20th Century Fox and USA Today

  I’m a nerd possessed I admit it! Anything new about Ridley Scott’s Prometheus gives me excited chills!

  USA Today posed a new photo in their Notable Films of 2012 feature. Star Noomi Rapace in what appears to be the “Space Jockey” ship from Alien.

Kanye Meet George Jetson

Kanye and Jetsons image courtesy MTV

  I loved the Jetsons! Apparently Kanye West does too according to MTV. But alas I don’t have Kanye’s cred so I won’t be involved in a live action Jetsons movie…but West might.

  NME reports that the rapper is meeting with film executives to work on the project. Producer Denise Di Novi confirmed that the rapper did reach out to them and added,

 “We heard that we knew we were working on The Jetsons. He reached out and said he’s a huge Jetsons fan. There are a lot of Jetsons fanatics out there, especially people that are into either futuristic science or design, ” the producer went to add , “He was interested in creatively brainstorming what we were doing with the movie and what ideas he might have. It was a really friendly, preliminary conversation.”

  For more of West’s Twitter session about the project click MTV here.

Fatale #1

Fatale #1 cover courtesy Image Comics

  If you enjoy Ed Brubaker’s super hero work on Captain America, Daredevil, X-Men, Catwoman but never tried his crime noir (Criminal: The Sinners, Lawless, and more collections) take a shot with Fatale #1 new in stores this week. Brubaker teams with Sean Phillips for this new series that takes the duo into strange new territory.

  A funeral, a mysterious vamp that would make might make Hitchcock and Hammett blush, cult symbols, a Nazi flashback and some very gruesome killings are elements in this potent mix of crime noir and supernatural horror.

  This is an old Hollywood flavored mystery with stakes that aren’t just a matter of life and death but it could mean salvation. There’s a dark magic in this book and I’m hooked.