Who do you turn to for inspiration when you’ve already tackled the work of Lewis Carroll, Washington Irving and Roald Dahl? If you’re Tim Burton, the answer is Charles Addams. Considering Burton’s own eccentric ways on film, there isn’t anyone better suited to to bring the Addams Family to 3D …
Read More »Dynamite Entertainment Acquires Vampirella
Before Twilight. Before True Blood. Before Buffy. Before Blade. There was…Vampirella! Leading comic book publisher, DynamiteEntertainment, is proud to announce it has acquired the Vampirella property from Harris Publications. Vampirella will become part of Dynamite’s thriving comic book line-up, which includes Project Superpowers, The Boys, Green Hornet, The Lone Ranger, …
Read More »Square Enix and Wildstorm Team On Nier
Square Enix and DC Comics imprint Wildstorm have teamed to create a custom comic series that will explore the rich and mysterious back story of the upcoming Action-RPG NIER. NIER, whose unique content, characters and hidden, twisting storyline has transfixed gamers and media alike for months, will be available for …
Read More »Smurf Film Gets Smurfier
The cast of the Smurf film is growing. According to Entertainment Weekly, Hank Azaria has joined the cast as the voice of Gargamel, the evil sorcerer and sworn enemy of the Smurfs. Azaria is a veteran voice actor, with many animated characters to his credit. He voiced Bartok the bat …
Read More »McGowan Joins Cast of Conan
Monday,it was announced that Ron Perlman and Said Taghmaoui had joined the cast of Marcus Nispel’s Conan film. Today the news is that the last primary role of the film has been cast. According to Variety, actress Rose McGowan (Charmed, Scream) has been cast as “an evil half-human/half-witch” opposite Jason …
Read More »Scorsese Finds His Hugo Cabret Cast
Martin Scorsese is going full steam for his first foray into family films with The Invention of Hugo Cabret. As of yesterday, both Sir Ben Kingsley and Sasha Baron Cohen were in talks for the film, and today comes news that the young stars of the film have now been …
Read More »More Names Added for a Chance to be Captain America
Casting for Captain America has slowed down to a crawl. Last month, director Joe Johnston said casting of the title role was only a few weeks away and even hinted that the casting process would be over by March 1. Now it seems with each and every day, another name …
Read More »Green Hornet: Year One #1 Ships Early
Following the successful launch of Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet, Dynamite Entertainment is releasing Green Hornet: Year One #1 a full 3 weeks early! The very first days of the original Green Hornet and his faithful sidekick Kato begin under the masterful hand of writer Matt Wagner and artist Aaron Campbell! Follow Green Hornet …
Read More »Jango Fett Joins Cast of Green Lantern
With shooting beginning today, two roles that were still vacant for the Green Lantern film have now been filled. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Taika Waititi and Temuera Morrison have joined the cast ensemble for the film. Morrison will play Abin Sur, the Green Lantern who gives his power ring …
Read More »Perlman to Play Conan’s Father
Who do you get when Mickey Rourke opts out of your film? Get veteran genre film actor Ron Perlman. For the last few weeks, it looked as though Mickey Rourke was joining the cast of Marcus Nispel’s as yet untitled Conan film as Conan’s father Corin. Rourke has opted out …
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