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Power Rangers Fan Film Under Fire From Saban
Power/Rangers Director Joseph Khan with fight coordinator Don Thai Theerathda setting up a fight in the Power/Rangers fan-film Earlier saw a Power Rangers fan-film released starring Katee Sackhoff and James Van Der Beek. The video is up on YouTube with over 2.6 million views, but it’s learned that Vimeo has taken it down at the request…
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Watch: Katee Sackhoff Power Rangers Fan Film
Post by Adi Shankar. Check out a cool Power Rangers fan-film above starring Katee Sackhoff and James Van Der Beek. Power/Rangers was created by producer Adi Shankar, who was also responsible for the Venom “Truth in Journalism,” short and The Punisher: Dirty Laundry short. Shankar also produced Dredd, A Walk Among The Tombstones, The Grey…
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James Gunn Responds To Superhero Movie Criticisms
Apparently the latest “in thing” amongst the Hollywood crowd is to knock superhero movies. Dan Gilroy, who happens to be married to Thor and Thor 2‘s Rene Russo, recently compared superhero movies to a tsunami. And last night on the Oscars saw also Jack Black (of all people) throw jabs at superhero movies during his…
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Watch Will Arnett As Batman At Oscars
Will Arnett, voice of Batman in The Lego Movie and the upcoming LEGO Batman Movie, made a special appearance dressed as the Dark Knight for a skit during the Oscars. The Dark Knight Rises‘ Marion Cotillard introduced the song “Everything Is Awesome,” which featured Will Arnett dressed as Batman singing and playing the guitar. It appears…
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Dan Slott Says A Black Peter Parker Spider-Man Is Possible
With Spider-Man being shared by Sony and Marvel, there is question whether or not they will be using the classic version of Spidey (a white Peter Parker) or go with a version that would be black, latino, or both. Rumors of a racially diverse Spider-Man kicked up when a reporter for the Hollywood trade site,…
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Thor’s Mom’s Husband Dan Gilroy Slams Superhero Movies
While accepting the 2015 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, director Dan Gilroy’s acceptance speech gave superhero movies a quick jab. Gilroy finished his speech with: “Independent film, the foundation and everybody here today, I think are holdouts against a tsunami of superhero movies that have swept over this industry. We have survived and we have…
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Gal Gadot Wonder Woman Movie Begins Filming This Fall
It’s learned the Wonder Woman movie set to star Gal Gadot will begin filming in the Fall. In their report about Gadot’s next possible movie, Keeping Up With The Joneses, Deadline states Gal Gadot will play Wonder Woman in Batman Vs. Superman and then films Wonder Woman in the fall. The Wonder Woman movie has a 2017 release…
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Avengers 2 Not Backing Down From Floyd Mayweather Vs. Manny Pacquiao
It’s on! Marvel Studios and The Avengers: Age Of Ultron are not backing away from what is being said to be one of the most anticipated fights in boxing history with Floyd Mayweather set to take on Manny Pacquiao on Saturday, May 2nd, which will unify the welterweight world titles at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.…
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Review: Birdman (2014)
The Perpetual Pissing Contest between Cinema and Stage [Continuing Our 2015 Academy Award Roundup] A Film Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Writer, director, producer, Alejandro González Iñárritu has taken it upon himself to make some social commentary regarding the entertainment industry as it pertains to the acting slice of the pie…
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Watch: Top 7 Sinister Joker Moments
With the Joker appearing on this past week’s episode of Gotham, how about going over the top seven “sinister” Joker moments from the DC Comics? Above you can watch as the latest episode of DC All Access provides a look a the Joker. Viewer warning: some images may be considered distrubing, so proceed at your…
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First Look At Jason Momoa As Aquaman
Check out our first look at Jason Momoa as Aquaman. Batman vs. Superman director Zack Snyder shared the image on Twitter adding: “There is only one true King. #unitetheseven.” Momoa posted the image to his Instagram account as well with: “E hui Ka Hiku! Unite the seven. It’s on kanaka maoli suppa hero. Aloha.aquaman BOOM.…
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Dan Slott Talks Spider-Man In Marvel Movies
Writer Dan Slott is fast becoming known as the go-to guy for Spider-Man in the Marvel Comics universe having first written Spidey in an issue of Ren and Stimpy back in 1992 and most recently with the well-received Spider-Verse storyline. As Marvel and Sony recently announced a joint venture for Spider-Man movies, who else is there…
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James Arnold Taylor Cast As Yondu & Cosmo In Guardians of the Galaxy Animated Series
The next announcement video up for the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series is by James Arnold Taylor who will be voicing both Yondu and Cosmo. Taylor is known for Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Other Guardians of…
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Vanessa Marshall Cast As Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy Animated Series
The latest announcement video for the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series is for Gamora as Vanessa Marshall will be voicing the character. Marshall is known for Star Wars Rebels, Avengers Assemble, for voicing Wonder Woman in Infinite Crisis and Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox and for Black Canary in Young Justice. The Guardians of…
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Star-Lord & Drax Announced For Guardians of the Galaxy Animated Series
Voice actors for Star-Lord and Drax have been announced for the Disney XD Guardians of the Galaxy animated series. Will Friedle will voice Star-Lord, and David Sobolov will voice Drax. Friedle was the voice of Lion-O in Thundercats; Sobolov is known for Mighty Med, Skylanders and voices Drax for the Disney Infinity video game. Trevor Devall…
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Jim Starlin Dreadstar TV Series On The Way
It’s reported that Dreadstar is coming to TV from Universal, Benderspink and creator Jim Starlin. Variety reports Starlin will serve as both an executive producer on the Dreadstar TV series as well as a writer. Starlin’s Dreadstar centers around the last survivor of the Milk Way, Vanth Dreadstar, who forms a motley cast of crewmates that get caught between two powerful…
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Andy Lanning & Andy Schmidt On Guardians Team-Up In May
Andy Lanning returns to writing Rocket Raccoon this May in Guardians Team-Up #5. We also see the issue will be co-written by Andy Schmidt, who was the editor behind the fan-favorite Marvel Cosmic relaunch back in 2005/6 with Annihilation. Hopefully we’ll get to see more from these two. Lanning co-wrote the Annihilation: Nova series for…
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Watch: Superman Lives Costume Test Footage
If you haven’t seen it, above you can check out the Superman Lives costume in action as the suit for the movie is featured in test footage. Superman Lives was cancelled in the ’90s and said to feature the likes of Lex Luthor, Brainiac and Doomsday with Nicholas Cage selected to play Superman, based in part on the “Death of Superman” DC Comics…
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Watch: The Joker Revealed On Gotham
Last night on Gotham saw what may eventually be The Joker. Above you can watch the clip from the episode where The Joker is revealed, with an obvious spoiler warning. So is Jerome, fabulously played by Cameron Monaghan, the actual Joker? Well, it turns out Gotham might be trolling us a little bit as executive producer Bruno…
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Scarlett Johansson Talks Why Black Widow
We’ve seen the images from W Magazine, now check out what Scarlett Johansson has to say about playing Black Widow. “People were surprised that I wanted to play a comic book heroine. But I loved Iron Man, and I met with Marvel to see what was possible. I had done my research, and the Black Widow character…