It's Friday again, so the usual slow down on news is to be expected. Interestingly, almost all the news is SuperHero related...
Kevin Bacon Joins X-Men: First Class
Yes, that's right, rumours have now been confirmed that Kevin Bacon is to take the villain role for X-Men: First Class.
And that's about it...still no confirmation as to which villain he is meant to play, or when this villain is to appear (is he part of the Magneto/Xavier storyline, or the actual First Class?).
There are rumours that he'll be playing Mister Sinister (pictured below), a villain tied in to the past of Cyclops, but these are just rumours for the moment.
Thanks to TotalFilm for the news.
A New Thor Image
A new image has surfaced from the upcoming Thor film. People aren't entirely sure where it comes from, with guesses being at either the latest Entertainment Weekly, or a promotional piece for San Diego Comic Con.
Either way, here it is:
Source: JoBlo
Latest Superman Rumours
Rumours broke about a week back that Chris Columbus was in negotiations about taking the helm on the Superman reboot. These rumours have since died down and spread on over to Jonathan Nolan, the brother of Batman director Chris Nolan, taking the helm for the series.
According to a "very reliable source" within the area (Warner Bro's, Studios, etc), these latest rumours are very close to the truth.
"You know, some of that is true. Jonathan Nolan is not onboard yet, but it looks like he will get the job. Jonah wants to direct, Chris wants to land him that gig, WB doesn't want to upset Chris. That said, it is far from a done deal -- but with Chris and Emma producing, the odds are with Jonah - kind of like Michael Mann producing his daughter's first feature: "How bad could things go?"".
What I find really interesting is the idea of WB not wanting to upset Chris Nolan...with Batman meaning to be only a trilogy before Nolan leaves for other films, I have to wonder if they're hoping to keep their hands on him for future projects.
I'll keep you all up to date as the news progresses.
Seth Grahame-Smith Scripting Dark Shadows
Seth Grahame-Smith, the man behind Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, has started work on scripting the movie adaptation of Dark Shadows.
Dark Shadows is a Supernatural Soap Opera that aired on ABC from 1966 to 1971, featuring Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, Ghosts, Time Travel, and many other interesting supernatural ideas. The movie adaptation is to be directed by Tim Burton, with Johnny Depp taking the role of Barnabas Collins the Vampire.
Depp is said to be a big fan of the original series, and had been wanting to play the role of Barnabas for many years. It's kind of lucky that Burton picks Depp for near enough every film he does, isn't it?
Green Lantern
Entertainment Weekly have nabbed themselves an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Green Lantern this month, with the front cover image (above) showing Ryan Reynolds (who previously appeared as Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine) fully kitted up as Hal Jordan, the ring wearing superhero of the film.
I'm sure when the issue is widely available, scans will appear online soon after...so expect more updates soon.
That's all for this week, I'll keep you all updated as more news comes in.
Check back Monday for more Linkorama!
ok- That Thor picture so needs caption competition :D
ReplyDeleteRyan Reynolds in a tight-fitting costume? That'll do me :)
Not sure how dark Shadows will turn out but it will be interesting to see and really- unless they do something evry very drastic with Superman- which has bored me to tears for years due to its dripping with USA sentimentality and anachronisms- then I won't be bothering to watch it- I mean- how on earth are they going to revamp something that is basically about the USA being all drippy with heroes and sentimentality? They had to pick it apart drastically to get it to work on TV and have so far removed the TV version from anything else as for it to be basically unrecognisable as Superman - at least when they were revamping Batman they had something to work on