Iron Man.  The Hulk.  Thor.  After years of lackluster superhero movies (Daredevil, anyone?  Anyone?), Marvel turned the knob up to eleven the past few years, and has kept it there with a string of well thought out films that weave together a shared mythology as well as an ever-growing fan base.  Captain America: The First [...]

But why cover comic book awards, you ask? Well, because comic books (aka Graphic Novels) are awesome. Because the award ceremony will be here in Baltimore during the Baltimore Comic Con. And because there are so many movies being made from online and print comics nowadays. So, herewith: BEST LETTERER ____ Scott Brown, BOX 13, [...]

Weed Road and Imagine Entertainment are seeking the rights to Stephen King’s seven-book series The Dark Tower. An intermingling of spaghetti westerns and fantasies like Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings, The Dark Tower is set in an alternate world which resembles the Old West, but adds magic into the mix. The series focuses on [...]

It has been a struggle worthy of the funny books. The casting search for the next Captain America has been well documented the web over, including right here at AP. At one point our little geek hearts leapt up when Jensen Ackles was briefly mentioned, or Chris Pine looked poised to grab the mask and [...]

Here’s an interesting rumor. Sources over at Cinema Spy has reporting that Chris Pine (Star Trek) may be one of the actors in the running to play Steve Rogers. For those not in the comic-book know, Steve Rogers is the secret identity of Marvel’s Captain America who is heading to the big screen soon in [...]

A few weeks ago DC Comics and Warner Brothers got together and realized that they need to fix their broken comic book to movie formula. Except for 5 movies in 30 years, they have had tons of problems with the rest. Superman: The Movie (1978), Superman II (1983)Batman (1989), Batman Begins (2005), and The Dark [...]

This just in from the Wall Street Journal…Warner Bros to reboot Superman for the big screen. Look for Brian Singer to not be involved with this new take on the Man of Steel as the bad taste that was 2006′s “Superman Returns” is still lingering in the water. Realizing that Marvel Comics has been hitting [...]

The summer of 2008 will be known as the starting point for something great. This will be the time we look back and see how Marvel Comics was able to take their properties and move them forward into one big movie universe. Some will say Spider-Man started it, but it didn’t start to merge till [...]