Wednesday, April 2

• Iron Monger villain emerges in new Iron Man pics

  The fine folks at Marvel.com just debuted three new images from the new Iron Man movie that provide the first real glimpse of Iron Man's nemesis Iron Monger, the creation of billionaire industrialist and Tony Stark rival Obadiah Stane (played by The Big Lebowski's Jeff Bridges). Stane's suit of futuristic armor, while less fashionable than Stark's nifty orange and gold combo, is far more evil and menacing. It's a matter of personal taste, I guess.

  Oh, how I wish real-world billionaires behaved more like their comic book counterparts instead of wasting their time buying sports teams or running New York City. It would make life so much more interesting.

  Head over to Marvel for some sweet pics of the Iron boys playing catch with a car.

  
  
  

  Iron Man - Trailer

  Coming to theaters May 2, 2008.

  Posted 04/02/2008 by Thomas

  Jeff Bridges | Iron Man

Tuesday, September 11

• Finally, an unnecessary sequel I can get behind: Tron II

  Just when I thought the folks in Hollywood couldn't be any more bereft of creativity, flooding the Cineplex with an endless array of uninspired sequels, remakes and so-called "updates," they go and do something like this...and totally redeem themselves!

  Ladies and gentlemen, Tron II has gotten the go-ahead.

  17 years before Keanu Reeves and pals were prancing around in black leather fetish apparel in The Matrix movies, it was Disney's Tron that first explored the idea of humans doing battle in cyberspace, without the help of overlong Kung-Fu fights or creepy rave sequences. The groundbreaking 1982 film, which starred Jeff Bridges and Cindy Morgan (known best as Caddyshack's Lacey Underall), was also the first to utilize true CGI (albeit with Commodore 64-quality results). On top of that, it was freakin' awesome, man!

  25 years later, a follow-up is finally in the works. According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Joseph Kosinski has signed on to helm "the next chapter" of Tron, with writing duties assigned to Lost veterans Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Thanks Disney; this totally makes up for Underdog.

  
  

  Posted 09/11/2007 by Thomas

  Jeff Bridges | Thomas Leupp | Tron

Wednesday, July 11

• Movie Dealz

  Footloose, Superman, and Dracula - Oh My!

  In today's dealz...

  ...Paramount will be doing a musical remake of Footloose (a la the musical remake of Hairspray that comes out next week). Movie musical crowned prince Zac Efron (High School Musical, Hairspray) is in talks to star as Ren McCormack (i.e. Kevin Bacon's part) and Kenny Ortega (High School Musical) is in talks to direct...

  ...A film adaptation of journalist Toby Young's amusing memoir about his time at Vanity Fair, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, is being made by British film company Number 9 Films. It will star Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges as Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, and will be directed by Bob Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm)...

  ...Animated French feature Persepolis will be given a new cast to do an English language version. The cartoon, which is based on the bestselling graphic novel about Marjane Satrapi's experience growing up during the Iranian revolution of 1979 will include Sean Penn, Iggy Pop, Gena Rowlands, and Catherine Deneuve...

  ...There's a bevy of Dracula films swirling about town, including Dracula Year Zero, which will be about Vlad the Impaler--the Romanian royal who inspired the whole dracula myth to begin with. Alex Proyas (I, Robot) is set to direct...

  ...And finally Kevin Spacey has signed to reprise his role as Lex Luthor in Superman: The Man of Steel, director Bryan Singer's sequel to Superman Returns...

  Source: Variety.com.

  
  

  Posted 07/11/2007 by Heather

  Bryan Singer | Jeff Bridges | Kevin Spacey | Zac Efron | Alex Proyas | Kenny Ortega | Footloose | How to Lose Friends and Alienate People | Superman Returns | Dracula Year Zero | Superman: The Man of Steel