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Posts Tagged ‘Rumor’


A Couple Of Juicy Marvel Movie-Verse Rumors To Start Off Your Week

by Jonathan Weilbaecher, Oct 8 2012 // 4:00 PM

Few people remember the time leading up to Iron Man 2 when the relatively new ‘it’ girl Emily Blunt was nearly cast to play Black Widow. Of course her schedule didn’t clear up and the role went to Scarlet Johansson, which has worked out well enough so far.

Now it seems like the lovely Ms. Blunt is getting another crack at the Marvel Movie-Verse with rumors starting to run rampant that she is going to be up for the role of Ms. Marvel. A popular member of the Avengers who has been a major player in the comics in the last decade.

Her set of super powers might sound familiar to any of you X-Fans who were confused when Rogue didn’t take off plying and punch things real hard in the X-Men movies. Ms. Marvel was zapped dry by Rogue in the ’80s setting up the version of that character who was popularized by the X-Boom in the early 90′s. Although it is not terribly likely that a Fox owned X-Character will be popping into an Avengers film to basically take out one of their new heroes.

Or is it?

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Posted in: 20th Century Fox · Action · Comics · Marvel · Marvel Studios · Movies · News · Rumor
Tagged: Avengers, Comics, Fox, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Ms. Marvel, News, Phase three, Phase two, Rumor, X-Men
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Michael Bay Clarifies His Statement On The ‘Teenage ALIEN Ninja Turtles’

by Jonathan Weilbaecher, Mar 20 2012 // 10:30 AM

Some days you just have to stand back and shake your head. The internet is a powder keg of misunderstanding and preconception. When a polarizing figure like Michael Bay makes an off hand comment about a beloved franchise that doesn’t meet perfect fan criteria, the whole things explodes in so much whiny status updates and forum threads.

Recently Bay, who’s Platinum Dunes is setting up a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle reboot, made a comment about the Turtles being of alien origin. He made the comments during the Nickelodeon up-fronts last week, and the internet has been all pissy about it since then.

Keen to clarify his original statement, Bay remarked on his official message boards about the subject:

Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world.

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Posted in: Action · Adaptation · Comics · Movies · News · Paramount · Reboots and Remakes · Sci-Fi · The Internets
Tagged: Adaptation, Internet, Live Action, Michael Bay, Movies, News, Nickelodeon, Platinum Dunes, Rumor, Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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‘Sherlock’ Star Benedict Cumberbatch Might Soon Be Facing Off Against Doctor Who

by Jonathan Weilbaecher, Feb 27 2012 // 12:00 PM

Steven Moffat is one of the best television minds working today. He is in charge of two of the most interesting, well written and generally fun shows on television, Doctor Who and Sherlock, and he might fancy bringing a bit of both together.

The Express is reporting that Cumberbatch is the desired choice to play the most recent incarnation of The Master, a renegade Time Lord who often butts heads with the good Doctor:

“It’s fitting that the Doctor comes face to face with his ultimate enemy, The Master, for the 50th anniversary and it’s felt Benedict is the perfect choice if schedules can work… Fans will love the idea of the man who plays Sherlock Holmes taking on the Doctor’’

This year Cumberbatch was in two highly regarded films stateside, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and War Horse, and the next year and a half will see him in at least two major blockbusters, Star Trek 2 and The Hobbit. So there is genuine concern about his upcoming availability for a multiple episode or even season long arc on the show.

The 50th anniversary year of the longest running sci-fi show in history is expected to be huge. No doubt bringing back the Master is only the tip of the iceberg of plans the Grand Moff and BBC have in store for us in 2013.

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Posted in: Action · BBC · Casting · Doctor Who · News · Rumor · Sci-Fi · TV
Tagged: BBC, Benedict Cumberbatch, Casting, Doctor Who, Matt Smith, News, Rumor, Sherlock, Steven Moffat, The Doctor, The Master, TV
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Harrison Ford Joining The Good Fight In ‘Cowboys and Aliens’?

by Matt Raub, Apr 6 2010 // 2:00 PM

While Harrison Ford is still sitting back in his chair, maniacally laughing at what he did to millions of Indiana Jones fans with the last film (I’m only assuming it was done with nefarious intentions), he has been pretty laid back on the “getting a job” front.

After a few bombs like Extraordinary Measures, Firewall, and Hollywood Homicide, one would think that the actor would make Oscar-worthy career moves like his peers Bill Murray or Jack Nicholson. Instead, it seems he’s possibly taking the more popular route, and signing to do a comic book film.

In a recent article from Latino Review, they threw out the statement that Ford is about to join a “huge comic book movie to be directed by a director coming off a soon to be released huge comic book movie.”

With hard-hitting journalism like this, we’re led to believe that Ford is either going to be cast in Christopher Nolan’s Superman, or Jon Favreau’s upcoming Cowboys and Aliens.

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Posted in: Action · Casting · Comics · Movies · News · Paramount · Rumor · Sci-Fi
Tagged: Cowboys & Aliens, damon lindelof, Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Jon Favreau, Mark Fergus, Olivia Wilde, Rumor
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Rumored and Unconfirmed Apple Tablet Delayed Until Late 2010

by Joe Gillis, Nov 19 2009 // 2:30 PM

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The Apple Tablet, a device that Apple has neither announced or confirmed, has reportedly been delayed and will go into production later than expected. This means that you can line up for the mythological device sometime in late 2010 now instead of the rumored and unconfirmed early 2010. Don’t you feel better knowing that information?

The release delay, according to DigiTimes, is reportedly being caused by last minute design change, specifically, the use of a 9.7″ OLED LG display. The article also speculates that the delay is a strategic move by Apple due to the current cost of the OLED panels, which run around U.S. $500.00 wholesale. The price of LG’s panels are expected to drop quite a bit in late 2010 as they revamp production with newer facilities and equipment.

Of course, this whole Apple Tablet is still just a rumor, so delays in manufacturing a product that doesn’t actually exist should not be much cause for concern. Although, you might want to tell that to publisher Conde’ Nast, who are reportedly already grearing up to feature their magazine content on the device, starting with their flagship publication Wired. Hey, maybe there is something to this Apple Tablet thing? Guess we’ll find out sometime late in 2010. That is if it isn’t delayed again by a shortage of something like pixie dust.

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Posted in: Apple · Gear · Geek · Hardware · News · Rumor · Software
Tagged: Apple Tablet, Conde' Nast, OLED, Rumor, Wired
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Justin Timberlake As Green Lantern?

by Matt Raub, Jul 10 2009 // 6:30 AM

justin-timberlakeA few weeks ago, blog-o-sphere guru Rick Marshall was a guest on The Flickcast, and on the show we discussed how monotonous it can be when a rumor starts and every news site and it’s mother decides to post about it. We’ve decided to feed the bottomless machine here by giving slightly more stock to the rumor that pop star Justin Timberlake screen tested and is being “seriously considered” for the role of the Green Lantern in a big screen adaptation.

The rumor comes from big, red Harry Knowles over at Ain’t it Cool News, who supposedly got the news from Leavesden Studios, the company who will be working on the film. There’s no telling if this information is legit, or just another rumor like Cher as Catwoman and Eddie Murphy as The RIddler. Either way, it seems to be a way better choice than Jack Black, who was rumored to be playing the titular role a few years back.

The actual film, which isn’t a rumor, will be written by Greg Berlanti (Eli Stone) and Michael Green (Heroes), with Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) in the director’s chair. Other names that have been tossed around for the main role range from Bradley Cooper to Common to Ryan Gosling. The next thing Timberlake has on his plate is Shrek Forever After and 46 more appearances on Saturday Night Live.

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Posted in: Action · Casting · Comics · DC · Movies · News · Rumor · Warner Bros
Tagged: Bradley Cooper, Green Lantern, Greg Berlanti, Justin TImberlake, Martin Campbell, Michael Green, Rumor, Warner Bros
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