Archive for superhero movies
Bryan Singer No Longer Directing X-Men: First Class, Will Produce Instead
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Back in 2005, Bryan Singer was all set to complete his X-Men trilogy, after X2: X-Men United made over $200 million at the box-office and became known as one of the better superhero movies in recent memory. Then Warner Bros. wined and dined him so that he would ditch Marvel and re-vamp their dormant Superman franchise and direct Superman Returns. Then we all know what happened with X3: The Last Stand when Brett Ratner took over. Basically, it sucked. But ever since, Singer has wanted to return to the mutant superhero world that he loves so dearly. It’s been known for a while that Singer has been in talks with Fox to direct the first film in a new prequel trilogy of new X-Men films, titled X-Men: First Class.
Maguire and Raimi Are Out, So Is Spider-Man 4
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With rumors of disgruntled Director Sam Raimi surrounding the newest installment of the Spider-Man franchise for days now, Slashfilm.com has finally confirmed that Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios axed the sequel to Spider-Man 3. The next Spider-Man movie to hit the theaters (supposedly in 2012) will be a reboot of the franchise featuring a young adolescent Peter Parker.
Blake Lively Cast as Female Lead in Green Lantern…(disappointed sigh)
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We reported way back in July that Ryan Reynolds had beat out Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake (seriously) for the role of Hal Jordan in Martin Campbell’s big screen adaptation of Green Lantern. While I am a big fan of Ryan Reynolds and think he is a very talented actor with has a promising career ahead of him, I was not a supporter of his casting for two reasons: 1) Reynold’s previous credits and acting style thus far does not at all fit the personality of Hal Jordan and 2) He’s already headlining another superhero franchise as Deadpool in Marvel’s spin-off of Reynold’s character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
We Finally Have Our Green Lantern, It’s Ryan Reynolds (Disappointing Sigh)
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The Movie Mash has been discussing the ongoing Green Lantern actor search for a while now. After the Earth-shattering success of The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. decided to make a long-term commitment in developing the hundreds of superhero characters at their disposal into potentially successful movie franchises. The next hopeful money-maker for WB is the first mega-adaptation of the hugely popular Green Lantern comic series, which has been around for over half a century. Warner picked Bond director Martin Campbell (Golden Eye, Casino Royale) to bring GL to life in his first big Sci-Fi action spectacle.
