October 25th, 2008 by liveandroidz
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We’ve been hearing rumours of a possible Captain America cameo in The Incredible Hulk recently (apparently its nothing more than serum), but one we haven’t heard of before is that fellow Marvel character Peter Parker could also have been in The Incredible Hulk.
Marvel are doing the cool thing of crossing characters over films, we’ve seen Captain America’s shield in Iron Man, then we will see Tony Stark in Hulk and now director Louis Leterrier revealed to MTV information on another interesting cameo…that didn’t happen…
“The University at the end [where Banner meets with Samuel Sterns] is Columbia University. Columbia University in the Marvel world, especially in the ‘Spider Man’ world, is Empire State University,” the director explained. “I wanted some kind of shot where you’re like, ‘Oh my god. Is that Peter Parker?’ That would have been fun!”
Unfortunately for Leterrier, crossovers begin and end with the properties Marvel has total control of – no matter how hard you ask. And “Spider-Man” all its many names, places, and stories therein, belong to Sony. But while he quickly realized that he wouldn’t be able to get Tobey Maguire (no matter how much he wanted to), Leterrier thought a compromise could be reached. No dice, he sighed.
“I just wanted to call it Empire University – to treat it like a coherent world,” he recalled. “And Sony, who has the rights to Spidey, didn’t want us to do that. It was a small thing but something we couldn’t do.”
Still, Leterrier is such a fan of comics, and the new combined Marvel universe in particular, he’s already jealous of the director who one day, he knows, will get to do what he couldn’t.
“Marvel is pretty good at doing their own movies and so eventually the studios will allow them to chaperone the production of [all of them],” he said. “Years from now you’ll see Peter Parker meeting Bruce Banner.”
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October 25th, 2008 by liveandroidz
According to Latino Review, Warner Bros have an idea about who they want as Hal Jordan aka The Green Lantern. His name is Ryan Gosling, the Oscar nominated actor who has starred in The Notebook, Stay and Fracture. He was also going to play the lead in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, however at the last minute…
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According to FirstShowing, the Green Lantern movie could start filming as early as next spring.
Earlier today I caught up briefly with producer Donald De Line, who is developing the Green Lantern film, and asked him for an update. He told me that “a new draft of the script came in” and they’re “gearing up to start…
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Last week we got some cool concept art (which you can see here) and this week we have a few words and sentences from Green Lantern writer Marc Guggenheim.
From ComicCon.com
“I’ve been working my ass off on Green Lantern,” he said, then laughed. “I’m ready for a weekend off. I really can’t say too much…
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Illustrator Brian Murray posted a number of images that he created for Green Lantern screenwriter and (potential) director Greg Berlanti on his official website. The images were part of the presentation package Murray created for Berlanti Television which won them the Green Lantern movie.
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October 25th, 2008 by liveandroidz
Today Marvel released their plans for the next 3 years. following the success of Iron Man. Here’s what we are getting!
Iron Man 2, April 30 2010
Thor, June 4 2010
The First Avenger: Captain America, May 6 2011
The Avengers, July 2011
This means…
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October 25th, 2008 by liveandroidz
Very interesting bit of news today! Terrence Howard, who played Col. James Rhodes in Iron Man earlier this summer, has decided not to reprise the role for the sequel. Don Cheadle will step in to replace him in the upcoming Iron Man 2 which is currently in pre-production. Apparently Howard decided not to return due to “financial differences, among other reasons.” Marvel then decided to take the role in another direction and approached Don Cheadle. Might that other direction eventually be a War Machine spin-off? Rhodes is expected to play a larger part in the sequel, which is rumored to “go beyond high-tech villains.” Huh? There are some rather intriguing statements being made about Iron Man 2 tonight.
This sounds similar to what happened with Rachel Dawes’ replacement in The Dark Knight. Except Cheadle doesn’t seem like as smooth as a transition, especially when I was a huge fan of Howard and couldn’t wait to see his version of War Machine. Interesting observation, however, is that Howard has never actually had a major leading role in any film (give or take Hustle & Flow). But Cheadle on the other hand definitely has, although I don’t think that necessarily makes him any more qualified. This might just mean they’re leaning towards the idea of the War Machine spin-off down the line. Either way, I’m not that excited for this change, especially because I really loved Terrence Howard as Rhodes in Iron Man.
Fans will certainly remember that scene near the end when Rhodes looks at the Mark II armor in Tony Stark’s lab and mutters “next time.” Interestingly, Howard made a revealing statement back in May regarding War Machine: “The question is whether we will take the time to put on the Iron Man suit first and then have to fight with Iron Man to take it off me and then ultimately build a new suit for Rhodey or whether they go right into the second one of them building the suit. I would prefer to wait for the third one. I’d prefer to let it grow a little bit and then after the third one, they could go into its own franchise of War Machine later on. I don’t want to introduce War Machine too early for my own monetary benefits.”
All I can say right now is that I’m very weary of this switch. What do you think of this? Will Don Cheadle be able to fill Terrence Howard’s shoes and eventually lead a War Machine spin-off?
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