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J.J. Abrams Superman Flyby Script Lands Online
A new script that hasn’t been previously released for the J.J. Abrams defunct “Superman Flyby” has landed online. This reveal comes on top of the “Superman Lives” script from yesterday. SupermanHomePage got their hands on this again and says that this isn’t the 2002 script that has been online for quite a while, but something…
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Superman Lives Script Now Online By Wesley Strick
With the Superman Lives movie documentary being launched, some new items have recently popped up online. First, there is the new photograph of Nicholas Cage as Superman, and now we have a script from Superman Lives. The movie was originally written by Kevin Smith, but when Tim Burton came onboard, Smith’s involvement went sour with Burton…
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Mark Millar Says Superman Henry Cavill Was A Great Choice; New Costume Horrible For Comic Books
Comic Book scribe and no stranger to Superman, Mark Millar, recently took to his forums to offer his opinions on Henry Cavill, who stars in the Man of Steel this coming June. Henry Cavill actually studied up on Millar’s take on Superman, reading the “Red Son” graphic novel, and we see that the new Fox…
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H. Jon Benjamin Rumored For Rocket Raccoon In Guardians of the Galaxy Movie; Dwayne Johnson As Drax?
We have another batch of Guardians of the Galaxy movie rumors on top of the last ones that were about Gamora, but this time about Rocket Raccoon. It’s being stated (via CBM) that the rumors of Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler are true, but that another name might also be associated with Rocket Raccoon– and that…
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Exclusive: Darren Aronofsky Eyed For New Batman Movie; David Goyer Polishing Justice League Script & Release Date
Our DC Entertainment source has contacted Cosmic Book News with some more information about Warner Bros. upcoming plans. About the new Batman movie, our source previously informed us about talks that the reboot would center around the popular Arkham Asylum video game, tentatively titled “The Batman,” and we get more of that in the following. The…
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Exclusive: Matthew Vaughn Wanted For Justice League Movie; Rian Johnson, Sam Mendes & Gary Ross As Well
Yesterday saw the news surface that J.J. Abrams had been named to director Star Wars. Then it came out that Matthew Vaughn was in the running and even pitched Chloe Moretz as the lead. Our DC Entertainment source has provided us with some information that Vaughn previously turned down the Justice League movie when offered…
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Matthew Vaughn To Direct Justice League Movie?
With J.J. Abrams directing Star Wars Episode VII, does this leave Matthew Vaughn available? Though Vaughn is reportedly set to take on Mark Millar’s Secret Service, it was said that he pitched an idea to Disney with Chloe Moretz as the lead. So what we can take from that is, Matthew Vaughn at least wanted to…
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Chloe Moretz Was Matthew Vaughn’s Choice For Star Wars Episode VII Lead
We just learned that Star Trek Into Darkness director J.J. Abrams has been picked to helm Star Wars Episode VII, but a previous rumor strongly suggested that Matthew Vaughn was to take the gig. We now learn that apparently was the case as SlashFilm is reporting that Kathleen Kennedy was in talks with Mathew Vaughn,…
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Annette O’Toole In The Superman Man of Steel Movie? Listen For Yourself
Word surfaced the other day that a classic Superman actor will have a role in the upcoming Man of Steel movie. The possibilities are endless, but could the identity of the actor have already been known? Maybe we just had to look a little harder? Scratch that. Not look. Listen. CBN reader Andrew Francis pointed…
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Christopher Nolan Snuck Joker Into The Dark Knight Rises?
Did The Joker appear in The Dark Knight Rises after all? An image has landed on Reddit of a particular scene in the movie which may suggest that Heath Ledger’s Joker is on the cover of a book. We know that the Joker wasn’t officially in the movie, but he was at least mentioned in…
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Matt Fraction Admits Marvel Studios Interferes With The Comic Books
It’s not as if we didn’t know, but the former writer on Thor, Matt Fraction, comes out and admits that the Marvel Studios plans for their movies has a hand in the direction of the comic books. And if you read Fraction’s Thor, it explains a lot, and probably a lot of other books as…
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Movie Review: Gangster Squad (2013)
Not Quite Noir Enough A Film Review of Gangster Squad By: Lawrence Napoli Who doesn’t like a good crime/cop drama? Most Americans apparently do. The majority of our TV programming revolves around this subject matter whose popularity originates from the grittiness of the American film noir genre that began in the 1940s which was best…
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Avengers #9 Confirms New Universe & Features Star Brand (Hickman)
As we previously thought from the last batch of Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers covers, we now have confirmation that the New Universe will return and we also see the Star Brand on the cover of April’s Avengers #9. I wonder if Hickman will touch upon the fact that the Living Tribunal sealed off the Star Brand…
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Image Comics Reveals Invincible Universe #1 by Phil Hester & Todd Nauck
We can add another Invincible comic book to Robert Kirkman’s popular cosmic title as Image Comics revealed Invincible Universe #1 slated for this April. I’m also expecting a second The Walking Dead title to be added this year with the skyrocketing popularity it has achieved as of late. Here’s the cover and solicit followed by…
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SyFy Continuum Episode 2 “Fast Times” Preview
Did we check out the first episode to SyFy‘s new SF series, Continuum, that aired this week? Had some nice special effects and the time travel spin to the story was decent enough. I had a couple issues with it, such as: What happens when she captures all the escaped criminals as there seems to…
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Cosmic Book News Gets A Front Cover Quote On Archer & Armstrong #6
Thank you Valiant Comics! As we see below in the following preview pages for this week’s issue of Archer & Armstrong #6 from Valiant Comics, a quote from one of our reviews has been placed on the front cover. It comes from CBN reviewer Chris “DOC” Bushley’s review of Archer & Armstrong #5, with the…
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Exclusive: Justice League Movie To Feature New Genesis, Mother Box & M-Theory
Our DC Entertainment source who has provided us a batch of info on the upcoming Justice League movie as well as the Man of Steel, and the Batman reboot 2016 movie, and more, provided us the following tidbits. Previously it’s been said that Darkseid will be the villain in the movie with the plot said to…
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Major Loki Spoilers Revealed In Thor 2 By Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje & Kurse
We recently found out that Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje will be playing both Elgrim the Strong and Kurse in Thor 2, “The Dark World,” which could suggest a whole host of possibilities. Now we hear that those might not be his only roles in the Marvel Studios universe, as he talks with MTV and confirms the two characters…
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Exclusive: Justice League Movie Pushed Back To 2016? Ridley Scott Passes; List Down To 5
Cosmic Book News received an update about the Justice League movie from our DC Entertainment source. Our source previously provided us recent news on the cast of characters that might be a part of the movie, Aquaman movie news, Green Lantern 2 script details, as well as gave us some inside info about the Man…
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Ryan Gosling As The Flash In Justice League Movie? Actor Doesn’t Shoot It Down
With the Justice League Movie set to debut in 2015, fans have been waiting patiently for not only a director but any casting news they can get their hands on. It’s all but confirmed that Henry Cavill will play Superman, but what about the other Justice Leaguers? Well, how about Ryan Gosling as The Flash?…
