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1. The God of Mischief speaks about Thor 2

(Fantasy films)

... now drifted from 26 July 2013 to 15 November 2013, allowing Marvel Studios a healthy 18 months for filming and post-production. It’s long been known that Kenneth Branagh would not be returning for ...

Created on 11 January 2012

2. First full trailer for Marvel’s The Avengers lands a knockout punch

(Fantasy films)

Seven months out from its highly anticipated theatrical release in May 2012, the first full trailer for Marvel’s The Avengers has arrived with AWESOME writ large in every scene! Marvel's short but ...

Created on 11 October 2011

3. Dimension Films preemptively acquires How To Defeat Your Own Clone

(Press Releases)

... D. Johnson.  Ed Ricourt who wrote the feature treatment is also set to adapt the script.  Ricourt was part of the Marvel writing program, and his script NOW YOU SEE ME is currently in pre-production, ...

Created on 11 July 2011

4. Kenneth Branagh’s Mighty Thor

(Fantasy films)

It’s fair to say that when Marvel Studios announced back in 2008 that noted Shakespearean actor and director Kenneth Branagh was to direct Thor, there was an outburst of hysteria from some quarters. Even ...

Created on 19 April 2011

5. Second official trailer for Marvel’s Thor: The Battle Comes to Earth

(Fantasy films)

My enthusiasm for Marvel’s Thor took a bit of a battering after the first full length trailer was leaked online (following its premiere at Comic-Con) back in August last year. Like most, I was surprised ...

Created on 20 February 2011

6. The Amazing Spider Man with Rhys Ifans as a lizard

(Fantasy films)

... Spider-Man Marvel comics, The Lizard was a gifted surgeon who went to war to help his country by performing surgery on wounded GIs. When his arm is injured in a blast and has to be amputated, he becomes ...

Created on 17 February 2011

7. Captain America: The First Avenger trailer

(Science fiction films)

There are so many comic book inspired movies in production that it's becoming quite difficult to keep up. Captain America: The First Avenger is the latest from Marvel comics and a new trailer reveals that ...

Created on 07 February 2011

8. Review: A God Somewhere, by John Arcudi, Peter Snejbjerg & Bjarne Hansen

(Fantasy books)

... confronting read, it's marvellous entertainment. The best comparison I can think of is Nicholas Winding Refn's thought-provoking and brutal masterpiece, Valhalla Rising: in both instances we're invited ...

Created on 09 December 2010

9. The Avengers directed by Joss Whedon due 2012: Edward Norton rejected

(Fantasy films)

The Avengers is the upcoming Marvel film directed by Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy and Firefly) that features a who's who of Marvel's popular super hero characters in a single, epic production. The confirmed ...

Created on 19 July 2010

10. Mass Effect game to become a movie

(Science fiction films)

... I Am Legend, is in talks to write the screenplay. Protosevich has also been working on the upcoming Marvel comic film Thor directed by Kenneth Branagh. Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce ...

Created on 26 May 2010

11. Iron Man 2 review: Robert Downey Jr.'s excellent comic adventure

(Science fiction films)

By now you may have read some negative early reviews of Iron Man 2, the sequel to Marvel Comics' first Iron Man movie starring the inimitable Robert Downey Jr. Empire claimed the sequel felt "inessential, ...

Created on 29 April 2010

12. Harrison Ford to join Cowboys and Aliens

(Science fiction films)

... has just finished directing the Marvel comic book inspired movie Iron Man 2. This tip was given added weight when Favreau reportedly posted a message on Twitter that read: "Some very cool Cowboys and Aliens ...

Created on 07 April 2010

13. New Iron Man 2 featurette

(Fantasy films)

... known. Watch the Iron Man 2 featurette here A joint production by Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures, Iron Man 2 is the second in a planned trilogy. While I had some reservations about the first ...

Created on 30 March 2010

14. Spider Man 4 scrapped: Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire out

(Fantasy films)

... roots and we look forward to working once again with Marvel Studios, Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin on this new beginning". Sony Pictures decided to reboot the Spider-Man franchise after director Sam Raimi ...

Created on 13 January 2010

15. Anthony Hopkins joins Branagh's Thor as Odin

(Fantasy films)

...  Filming begins 2010. Thor will be released in May 2011 and is based on Marvel's comic book version of the hammer-wielding Norse thunder god.  ...

Created on 31 October 2009

16. Chris Hemsworth cast as the lead in Marvel Studios' Thor

(Fantasy films)

Finally some news worth reporting about Marvel Studio’s upcoming Thor movie. Following months of speculation, with the names of big stars and unknowns rising and falling on a flood of rumour, the role ...

Created on 17 May 2009

17. Marvel pushes back the release of Thor and Captain America by a year

(Fantasy films)

Sony Pictures’ announcement of a 6 May 2011 release for Spider-Man 4 has dropped into the Marvel Entertainment universe like an A-Bomb with shock-waves forcing the big screen release of Thor and Captain ...

Created on 13 March 2009

18. Who watches the Watchmen? A review of Zack Snyder's Watchmen

(Fantasy films)

... of any similarity between Watchmen and most anything else emerging from DC Comics and Marvel. Set against an otherwise familiar real world backdrop, Watchmen takes a sledge-hammer to the concept of the ...

Created on 07 March 2009

19. Spider-Man 4: vampire villain combines supernatural with superhero

(Fantasy films)

... Marvel comics, Dr. Michael Morbius was a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who suffered from a rare blood disease. Experimenting with vampire bats and electroshock therapy, he ends up with super strength, ...

Created on 16 February 2009

20. Branagh breaks silence about Thor movie

(Fantasy films)

When news broke earlier this year that noted Shakespearean actor and director Ken Branagh had been selected to helm Marvel's Thor, a live-action movie about a disabled medical student whose alter-ego is ...

Created on 15 December 2008