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Watch: Clark Gregg Kicks Ass In Marvel Short 'A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Thor's Hammer'


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Update: Speaking of Marvel, you already heard about the company’s “phase 2” plan at this past weekend’s New York Comic Con which will begin with “Iron Man 3,” and will hopefully lead the way to “The Avengers 2.” Well, IGN caught up with Marvel head Kevin Feige and he said that he also hopes “Dr. Strange” will become part of that phase 2 plan. “Finally I can say sooner rather than later [in terms of] some announcements,” Feige said. “I would love to see him become part of phase 2.”
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What do they have to lose really? It's Thor...no reason that first one should have been as accessible as it was. So, they misfire on one, somehow I don't think it'll be a franchise killer. I think they have more leeway on this one then the others
 
I agree, it's unlikely to hurt the franchise even if it sucks and I know it's not like they're betting the survival of the studio on it, but still... they do love their money.
 
NYCC: Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor Diss First Film, Say ‘Ghost Rider’ “Re-quel” Has Huge Body Count > The Playlist

“We thought it was really cool to do a ‘Ghost Rider’ movie,” says Taylor. “Forget the first movie, just think it’s Johnny Blaze, and Nicolas Cage, and the demon, and motorcycles. And they wanted a whole new look, a whole new vision as well, as we did too. It’s more of a re-quel, where we can abandon everything about the first movie, except for Nic. There‘s no continuity. He did a deal with the devil, but it‘s a different guy, different devil.”

Taylor couldn‘t resist taking a jab at the first film, railing against how Cage‘s Johnny Blaze agreed to be the devil‘s minion. “They kinda did a pussy version of [the deal], where he kinda does it by accident,” complains Taylor. “He cuts his hand, he’s like, ‘Oops.’ And the blood falls on the contract. It’s like, what is that? So in this one, he grabs a bottle, breaks it in his hand, throws the blood onto the contract like a samurai flicking the blood off his sword, and he’s screaming at the Devil, ‘Do it, do it!’”
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I am really excited about this.

Working under the restriction of a PG-13 didn’t seem to hamper the sensibilities of the “Crank” directors, who stretched the boundaries of what could be seen in an R-rated picture in “Crank” and “Crank: High Voltage.” “Do you really need to have tits and f-bombs in a ‘Ghost Rider’ movie?” asks Neveldine rhetorically. “We got a couple of f-bombs, and our body count is huge in this movie. It’s just that you don’t see blood, because this guy kills you with Penance Stares and he tears you apart into ashes.” Added Taylor, “There’s a lot of fire. That’s a really good trick for directors who are trying to make really violent PG-13 movies. You can burn people all you want!”
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WIN.
 
NYCC: Kevin Feige Says ‘Iron Man 3’ Is The Beginning Of “Phase Two” Leading To ‘The Avengers 2’ > The Playlist

“We’re in preproduction on a movie called ’Iron Man 3’ right now. We’ve got a great director called Shane Black who’s taking the reins,” Feige said, discussing the possibility of future Marvel movies, specifically intergalactic offerings “Inhumans” and “Guardians of the Galaxy.” “It’s the first of what we refer to Phase Two of this Avengers Assemble talk, which will lead to an ‘Avengers 2.’ Those movies will be a part of that.”
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Lots more stuff about the Avengers movie at the link.
 
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Won’t Take Flight With ‘The Crow’ > The Playlist

Poor Eric Draven. No one wants to bring him back to life. The long gestating reboot of “The Crow” is once again on the skids, as a director has, once again, left the project.

Just to recap, the reboot started off promisingly with a script by Nick Cave, though with the worrisome choice of Stephen “I Made Sean Connery Retire” Norrington in the director’s chair (he was the dude behind the terrible “League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen”). Unfortunately (or fortunately) that version never got off the ground and it was in essence started over, with “28 Weeks Later” helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo signing on in April with Cave’s script out (boo!) and “Watchmen” writer Alex Tse taking over. Even more, Bradley Cooper was lining up for the lead role, but a lawsuit from the Weinsteins threw a spanner in the works (it has been since resolved), Cooper lined up “Paradise Lost” and with movement seemingly at a standstill, Twitch reports that Fresnadillo is moving on.
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Everyone keeps bailing on this... not a good sign.

Maybe the studio should bring the Nick Cave screenplay back onto the table. :)
 
Graphic Novel In The Dust Planned For Film Adaptation - ShockTillYouDrop.com

In the Dust, an upcoming graphic novel from Top Cow, has been planned for a feature film adaptation, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter.

The comic (the release of which has not yet been solicited by the publisher), offers an alternate history of 1930's Chicago wherein Dust Bowl storms are secretly a means by which vampires can travel and ravage wherever they wind up. The lead character is a G-Man investigating the sweeping attacks who is forced to team with Al Capone and his men.
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Priest meets Boardwalk Empire...this'll do well. Sheesh.
 
Fox Orders Pilot for THE PUNISHER TV Series

Marvel’s The Punisher flopped twice at the box office (even though the second movie is great) but they haven’t given up on the murderous vigilante. According to Deadline, Criminal Minds showrunner Ed Bernero has adapted the comic for a pilot commitment from Fox. The series would be an “an hour-long procedural” which would see Frank Castle (aka The Punisher) “as a rising star detective with the New York Police Department” who moonlights as a vigilante, “seeking justice for those the system has failed.” This character is also known as Dexter Morgan or Daredevil. Seriously, why not just adapt Daredevil? That movie flopped too and instead of cop procedural, you’d have a courtroom procedural. The unoriginality of network TV would prevail! Fox is also developing a series based on the DC comics hero The Spectre. I hope the character’s day job is in a hospital.
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A simple idea. Punisher = kill man's family+guns, lots of guns...yet, the minds of marvel just cannot get it right.
 
Universal Picking Up Mark Millar's 'War Heroes'

THR says that Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, currently writing Doctor Strange for Marvel, are in talks to write.

The film would be about “a U.S. military experimental program, developed in light of dwindling enlistments and the expanding war on terrorism, that gives ordinary soldiers superpowers. When a rogue group of the super-soldiers breaks off to form a criminal enterprise, one hero rises from their ranks to prevent catastrophic results.”
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but... I don't remember this book ever being finished.
 
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