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You're the first wave of generation X, I think, born somewhere in the sixties, followed by my peeps born in the seventies.

Awesome! :dancing-smiley:

 
orpheus said:
You're the first wave of generation X, I think, born somewhere in the sixties, followed by my peeps born in the seventies.

Awesome! :dancing-smiley:

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Ugh. I prefer Gen Ecchhhh. Gen X sounds like I should be razor scootering whilst sucking down a Mountain Dew EXTREEEEEEEMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!!!!!
 
Comic-Con: Legendary Comics Panel Recap with THE TOWER CHRONICLES, SHADOW WALK, and THE MAJESTIC FILES

Legendary Pictures has spent the last decade taking over the Hollywood scene, co-financing films as varied as The Dark Knight and The Hangover while quickly establishing itself as one of the premiere locations for elevated genre content. Not satisfied to simply make comic books into movies, the studio has branched out into making comic books. But like, as comic books.

On Friday afternoon at Comic-Con 2012, the newly minted Legendary Comics – which previously released Frank Miller’s controversial Holy Terror! – took to the stage in Ballroom 6A to discuss their new line of graphic novels including The Tower Chronicles from Matt Wagner and Simon Bisley with cover art by Jim Lee and Alex Ross, Shadow Walk from Max Brooks, Mark Waid and Shane Davis, and The Majestic Files by J. Michael Straczynski. Hit the jump for the details.



After a brief introduction from moderator Chris Hardwick and executive Bob Schreck (Thomas Tull was scheduled to appear but bowed out in order to deal with pressing business matters involving Legendary proper), fans were shown concept art, cover art and finished pages from The Tower Chronicles, which Wagner described as a story about an, “Aloof mercenary who tracks down monsters for money. […] He teams up with a female FBI agent who comes to him with a case she cannot solve.”

Everyone on the panel had a different take on the graphic novel’s protagonist. Wagner framed the assassin in terms of Clint Eastwood’s various anti-heroes while Schreck intoned The Fugitive and Bisley characterized the arc as being similar to that of The Borne Identity, in reverse.

“He starts out as a sort of super hero, but as we go we discover that he’s a real guy,” said Wagner.

The first edition hits in September, with three graphic novel collections planned, each made up of four volumes. Wagner is currently over 500 story pages in and Bisley has 140 pages of art completed which will enable the comic to come out in a timely fashion instead of trickling out months late. “The train will hit every stop on time,” said Schreck. The first issue has a cover drawn by Jim Lee. The second comes from Alex Ross.

Up next was Shadow Walk, a supernatural thriller that sprung from an idea hatched by Tull, who developed it with Brooks before handing it off to Waid to write and Davis to draw. The creatives were sparse with their details, saying only that the series deals with the real world repercussions of discovering that a well-known fictional location is actually very real. Though they would not divulge the specific location, Brooks noted, “Everyone is familiar with it from childhood…and Sunday school.” Judging by the art style, it looks like they find hell.

Complete Speculation; I think that the series will deal with the discovery of a place that is first thought to be the Garden of Eden or possibly Heaven. But, when scientists arrive to investigate, they discover that it is more a mixture of Heaven, Hell and the Garden of Eden mashed together. Several statements also seemed to allude to both The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost, the latter of which was previously in development at Legendary with Alex Proyas set to direct and Bradley Cooper starring before it was aborted because of budgetary concerns.

I have no idea what Shadow Walk is actually about, and the one piece of promo art on display was decidedly mediocre, with unfortunate looking ‘bio-suits.’ However, Brooks is a preeminent talent and his previous novel, World War Z is so much better than one could possibly expect that I am still optimistic about this one. The graphic novel hits stores in the third quarter of 2013.

Finally, the crew brought out surprise guest, J. Michael Straczynski and announced that he has begun work on a new series called The Majestic Files that appears to take an Altman-esque approach to Roswell Conspiracy theories. The nascent project is still fairly sketchy, but the cover art shown promises little grey men.
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Interesting...
 
jerseydevil said:
I think Idris Elba should be Black Panther, I like Mackie as Black Falcon, and Michael(Black Dynamite)Jai White as Luke Cage.
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I like this line of thinking. Elba's presence and intensity is much better suited for someone like Black Panther. He'd be perfect for it.
 
adgy-san said:
I like this line of thinking. Elba's presence and intensity is much better suited for someone like Black Panther. He'd be perfect for it.
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Not to mention, he's older(adds more weight to the character) and the english accent actually plays well. I don't think it's going to happen though. These roles make stars out of those that play them and he's already a bigger fish than I think they eventually go after.
 
Dredd (2012) | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central

And speaking of 3D, Dredd has a crisp and immersive look to it, mostly due to Travis shooting the flick in 3D and not post-converting the project. It's not a movie whose success solely lies on the format being used so Dredd shouldn't disappoint in 2D either for those of you out there who have given up on seeing 3D movies. But with Travis' use of slow-motion throughout the film, Dredd 3D ends up being a visual feast when experienced in all its three-dimensional glory, and this writer definitely recommends seeing the movie in 3D if you're willing to pony up a few extra bucks.

As a whole, longtime Judge Dredd fans can now breathe a sigh of relief; someone has finally gotten it right, and Dredd 3D makes for the perfect reintroduction of the iconic character to a new generation of cinema-going audiences. Sure, there are bound to be countless comparisons of Dredd to the recent indie action flick The Raid, but that's pretty unfair since Travis' film certainly stands on its own two feet (besides, Assault on Precinct 13 did it first back in 1976).

While not exactly a revolutionary story, it's Urban's stellar turn as the no-nonsense law enforcer and Travis' somber and brutal approach to the world of Judge Dredd that should make for a brutally fun time at the theater for both the longtime fans and the uninitiated as well.
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Is Mother Russia a Villain in KICK-ASS 2?

At the end of Kick-Ass, it looked like Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) was being set up as the villain for the sequel. The actor is slated to return for Kick-Ass 2, but he won’t be the only baddie. According to Moviehole, the production is currently casting for the role of “Mother Russia”, who serves as Red Mist’s bodyguard. Casting directors are look for an “extremely tall, large, fit female of 25 to 40 to play the part.” If you take away the height factor (something that can be remedied with cinematography; just ask Tom Cruise), then the answer seems pretty obvious.

Hit the jump for more on the character. Written and directed by Jeff Wadlow, the film also stars Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz. Kick-Ass 2 starts filming in September.

Here’s the description the production is sending out to agencies [via Moviehole]:

“Classic Villain. An ex-KBG officer who is now being paid by the week by Chris to fight in his group — she is easily the most skilled and just a ruthless killer in general. Described as a ‘roided-out female bodybuilder, she needs to be extremely physically imposing and muscular, though still come across as feminine. As tall as possible (6ft and over only). Indicate height on submission.”

Again, I’m not sure why the height thing is such a big deal. It looks like the production is looking for the second-coming of Brigitte Nielsen, and I wouldn’t hold my breath. The production should try and land Gina Carano even though she’s 5’8″. It’s harder to be physically imposing and muscular than it is to be tall.
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sure sounds like it...
 


Joss Whedon Slays Giant Monster in Short Film SCARY SMASH Based on a Story by a 5-Year-Old Kid

What do you do after co-writing one of the best horror films in years, directing an incredible superhero movie, and presiding over a highly-emotional Comic-Con panel? If you’re Joss Whedon (and I don’t know anyone else who has accomplished those three feats in a row), then you star in the short film, Scary Smash, which is based on a story by a 5-year-old kid named Brett Baligad. To Brett’s credit, his story about a S.Q.U.A.T. leader (Whedon) facing off against a giant one-eyed monster (leave your sick minds at the door) after the death of a milkman (Dave Foley) is more entertaining than most movies you’ll see. It’s got a good set-up, strong dramatic tension, obstacles, and a clear resolution. Some screenwriters would do well to take notes from young Brett.

Hit the jump to watch the short film, which was directed by not-a-five-year-old-kid, Daniel Strange (The Ballad of G.I. Joe). If you need more convincing to watch the short, it was produced by Felicia Day (The Guild).
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Simon Kinberg Talks ELYSIUM and the X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Sequel at Comic-Con

X-Men: First Class Sequel quotes:

“I wish I could tell you about it, but literally, it’s like the most guarded state secret I’ve ever been around. I can tell you that it’s going really well, and I can tell you that I’ve been working closely with Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman on the script of the movie and that we hope to be shooting in Spring of next year to come out in July of 2014 and that I’m really excited about it, because the only thing I can say, because I have to be extraordinarily vague about it, because the last time I talked to anybody about it, I got in trouble…big trouble…what I can tell you is [that] it’s extraordinarily ambitious. It is unlike the other X-Men movies and yet very much a celebration of the X-Men movies.”

“I don’t know enough of what he [Vaughn] has or hasn’t talked about. I can tell you it’s been a very fluid process in the sense of we really went into it, Matthew, Jane and myself, just wanting to create a movie that was as…I’m very proud of First Class…as dramatic as that movie, I think it is as dramatic as that movie, but more epic, mythic in a way as well. So, there are ideas that we’ve started with that haven’t survived, there are ideas that we started with from conversations we had from making First Class that are going to be in the sequel. So, it’s vague but…”

“It’s one of those movies that, because it’s such a big deal for the studio, they have some sense of what it is that we’re writing and they are ambitious about the movie, too. I don’t know what the budget’s going to be, we’ve got to finish the script before we have a budget, but I would assume that it is a bigger movie than the last in physical scope, and that we have the license to do that because of the success of First Class. And because I think Fox has had success with interesting movies in the last couple of years in the genre, like Planet of the Apes was a really good movie, Chronicle was a cool movie, First Class, they’re just narratively or creatively a little bit more ambitious. So they’ve encouraged us to do that with the sequel.”
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so...Magneto:Nazi Hunter is still a possibility Doc. Keep Hope ALive!!!!!
 
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