In addition to his regular pencilling job on Marvel NOW!’s Captain America, John Romita, Jr. is in the rare position of having a creator-owned comic that is arguably the subject of even more conversation than his Marvel work. In his case, that book is Kick-Ass, currently entering its fourth volume....
Academy Award winner Robert Redford is in talks with Marvel Studios to star in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Deadline reports. The report indicates that Redford will be brought in to play a “senior leadership role in S.H.I.E.L.D.,” which leads us to wonder whether the aging actor may be a...
Kick-Ass 2 has got a new release date and will hit theaters on August 16, 2013, according to the image at right, which was turned up by CBM. This puts the film in conflict with the upcoming fantasy sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, but keeps it clear of the...
The red band trailer for Kick-Ass 2 has been officially released online by MTV. Here’s the description for Kick-Ass 2. Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2. After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked...
Last week, Comicbook.com reported that it looked like the first trailer for Kick-Ass 2 would be released this week. That information has now been confirmed by Kick-Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow. On March 11, Jeff Wadlow tweeted, “Underoos still on? Good, ’cause domestic trailer hits Wednesday morning at 9 AM...
While all the talk has been about Iron Man 3 this week with Disney releasing an incredible new trailer, there are quite a few other comic book movies scheduled for this summer. While Man of Steel has also wowed fans with an excellent trailer, fans have been waiting anxiously for...
While Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige is describing Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor The Dark World as cosmic, he offered up a very different description for Captain America The Winter Soldier. According to SFX magazine, Feige said, “We hired our directors on Cap because they loved our...
Not that it should be a surprise to anyone who’s read the comic book source material upon which the film is at least partially based, but actor Sebastian Stan jokingly teased the idea of Bucky Barnes, the titular Winter Soldier, as a villain in the next Captain America movie, which...
Sebastian Stan, who played Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger and will return to the role in next year’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, has reportedly been replaced as The Mad Hatter on the ABC drama Once Upon a Time. The character, who is reportedly being eyed for...
During a recent interview with Variety, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige spoke about what makes superhero movies so successful–and why they’ll endure in spite of the seemingly never-ending parade of doomsaying media reports. “If it is a fad, it’s one that lasts 30 to 40 years, as the Western did,...
With the recent Super Bowl ads for various movies generating buzz, now everyone is wondering when more new movie trailers will be released. The Academy Awards, which air on Sunday, February 24, usually bring a couple new movie trailers. But for comic book fans, we’ve found a list of release...
The first image for Kick-Ass 2 was released recently, now we have our first look at the character posters for Kick-Ass 2. Of course, it appears to be an unofficial low resolution photo from a trailer screening that has been making the rounds on social media. In Kick-Ass 2, Kick-Ass,...
While it’s been rumored for a while that filming on Captain America: The Winter Soldier would begin in March, Comic Book Movie spotted a casting notice that suggests that date has been pushed back to June, which syncs up with remarks made by one of the film’s stars earlier this...
DC Entertainment’s Arrow has been called a male-led, superhero-flavored take on Revenge, the hit ABC drama that debuted a year earlier, by a number of fans and critics. Well, now DC’s competition in the superhero business have nabbed the original, as Deadline reports that Marvel Studios are set to cast Revenge...
As part of Empire magazine’s big superhero spectacular this month, Mark Millar is getting quite a bit of play. The co-creator of Kick-Ass, whose fan-favorite, low-budget superhero flick is getting a sequel this year and an infusion of Jim Carrey is also serving as an executive producer on The Wolverine,...
