When Robert Downey Jr. appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel grilled the Iron Man star on if there was going to be an Iron Man 4. Robert Downey Jr. said, “Well, you know the funny thing is you have this kind of weekend, and then instantly Monday morning, you think there’s going to be the next announcement.” Robert Downey Jr. continued, “But I mean the economy really is weird, and I was thinking if we were
While Robert Downey, Jr. made at least $50 million on Marvel’s The Avengers, it’s pretty likely that he’ll want even more to come back for The Avengers 2, especially now that his contract is up with Marvel. That could be a financial problem for Marvel Studios and parent company Disney, according to Yahoo! Movies, who say that members of the cast are hoping to line up behind Downey to renegotiate their deals. In a new article full of confidential sources,
Warning: The video below contains potential spoilers for Star Trek Into Darkness. There is another potential spoiler in the story itself but not the Cumberbatch identity. A little under an hour ago, TBS talk show host Conan O’Brien ran a Star Trek Into Darkness parody video during the Conan opening monologue. The joke hinged on the idea that some critics had reported the movie as being a little dry, full of too much technical jargon and inside baseball. You can
Earlier today, ComicBook.com were the first to report that Man of Steel features a well-hidden “Easter egg” in the background of one of the trailers, indicating that the film will have a stealth Booster Gold reference in the form of Blaze Comics, the in-universe publishing company that publishes the tales of Booster, The Teen Titans and others. The publisher, who originally appeared in the first volume of Booster Gold comics (written in the ’80s by Dan Jurgens), represents the second
DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Jim Lee just tweeted out the image at right, which is his We Can Be Heroes variant cover to Batman/Superman #1 by Greg Pak and Jae Lee. The anticipated series, one of a pair of new Superman-related titles launching around the release of Man of Steel, kicks off with a story that features Superman and Batman in their first meeting, back when Superman was wearing a t-shirt and jeans, and Superman was new to the game. This
Summit Entertainment has released the first full trailer for Ender’s Game, which is directed by Gavin Hood. Ender’s Game stars Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin, Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, and Hailee Steinfeld. In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International
Shane Black will go from the Iron Man to the Man of Bronze, as he’s signed on to direct Sony’s big-screen adaptation of Doc Savage, according to The Wrap. A popular pulp fiction hero of the 1930s and 40s, Doc Savage has also appeared on radio and TV. A 1975 film adaptation starred Tarzan’s Ron Ely and is currently available on video through the Warner Archive. Savage is a scientist and adventurer trained since birth to be nearly superhuman, with
While there has been lots of speculation over what type of Easter Eggs might be included in Man Of Steel related to other DC Comics characters, it turns out that the first Easter Egg was already revealed in the third Man Of Steel trailer. At the two minute and twenty-seven second mark in the third Man Of Steel trailer, Superman and General Zod are shown flying directly at each other with the Metropolis skyline in the background. In the Metropolis
Ray Harryhausen, master of stop-motion animation and award-winning special effects guru, has died. He was 92. Harryhausen, whose name is synonymous with films like Mighty Joe Young and the original Clash of the Titans, passed away in London, according to The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation Facebook page. “Harryhausen’s genius was in being able to bring his models alive,” said a statement on his official Facebook page. “Whether they were prehistoric dinosaurs or mythological creatures, in Ray’s hands they were
In anticipation of the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, the Cinema Sins folks have set their satire to stun and aimed it at J.J. Abrams’s 2009 Star Trek film. To boldly go where many of you have been asking us to go… J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. Does it have sins? Of course! Did we do a Bonus Round of lens flare? No we did not, because that would be too obvious. And also it’s already been done. If you
Things are heating up when it comes to established celebrities and directors using Kickstarter to raise money for film projects, and Kevin Smith is starting to look like a wise prophet. When Kickstarter was used to raise money for a new Veronica Mars movie, fans rallied to support the film. There was a little backlash about Veronica Mars, but most seemed accepting that the film would never get made without Kickstarter. The Veronica Mars Kickstarter became the most successful Kickstarter
While Star Trek fans in the United States still won’t get to see Star Trek Into Darkness as early as several other countries will, Paramount has moved up the U.S. release date for the movie. Paramount initially announced Star Trek Into Darkness sneak peek shows in IMAX theatres on Wednesday, May 15th. Since the IMAX showing have completely sold out in several major cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, Houston, San Diego
Man Of Steel is a movie filled with mysteries. Will there be other superheroes from DC Comics referenced? Will Lex Luthor be appearing in the movie? What role is Mackenzie Gray playing? Mackenzie Gray’s role is so mysterious that Warner Bros. hasn’t even given him a fake name to cover up his true identity. In fact, if not for Mackenzie Gray making a passing reference to being in Man Of Steel, then probably no one would even know that he’s
Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy square off in this clever new ad from Audi, tying into Star Trek Into Darkness‘s release with two Spocks and quite a bit of lens flare. In the ad, Quinto calls Nimoy and challenges him to a round of golf–but who will get to the club first? Watch out for the Shatner-style singing…
X-O Manowar and The Eternal Warrior square off in this preview for X-O Manowar #15, the “Summer of Valiant” issue that the publisher promises will kick off “The Road to Unity.” Unity, teased as coming at the end of 2013 in the recent Free Comic Book Day issue, was originally a company-wide crossover that heavily featured some characters still not part of the modern Valiant Universe, like Turok and Rai. At the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo a couple of
