Sometimes the actor can change a terrible production, but I doubt the foundations were too strong on that one

Mark Ruffalo talks motion capturing Hulk for The Avengers

“All the features are mine”

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/mark-ruff ... e-avengers

I see the Elektra film is on TV this week....have you seen it? Is it worth a watch?

I can barely remember a thing about it, which is never a good sign

No.

Avoid.

FYI: TDKR Spoilers Have Leaked

Heads up if you are avoiding TDKR spoilers! Some details of the film -- including a couple of plot points and characters -- have leaked online. All I'll say is that I've known this info for a few weeks now, so when it popped up, I knew that it was true and not BS. Thus, this warning/heads up to all of those who are avoiding all spoilers. However, if you want to know, I'm sure this info will be picked up by most outlets shortly -- if not already.

http://www.batman-on-film.com/batmovienews.html

I think I'd probably need to sleep until Summer 2012 to avoid them, but it's fair warning...

They've shot an AVENGERS trailer... oh and LATINO REVIEW claims to know the villains!!!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48710

I'll be utterly astounded if they can pull something that thematically-complicated off...

...

Here's Red Skull From Joe Johnston's CAPTAIN AMERICA Movie!!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48725

This film is starting to look like it might be worth seeing. Like the look of the Red Skull.

+1, but they'll have to tread a very fine line...

Shane Black talks direction of Iron Man 3 and whether or not to expect more Marvel cameos!

Published on: Mar 07, 2011 1:46:27 AM CST

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with juicy tidbits about Shane Black, Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel's approach to Iron Man 3 from Black's very own mouth!

I'll let our eyes and ours on the ground, Krullboy, give you the scoop and come back to discuss after:

Hey Harry--

I spent the weekend at the Omaha Film Festival where Shane Black was one of the featured panelists. He spent the weekend talking about his beginnings, his screenwriting process, and his opinions on various films and scripts he has been involved with over the years. Eventually, Iron Man 3 was brought up.

Some highlights:

He is scheduled to meet with Robert Downey Jr. this week when he returns to L.A. Downey will be contributing to the story and Shane will be writing it in addition to directing.

The studio was not happy with the direction Iron Man 2 took. Iron Man 3 will not be another "two men in iron suits fighting each other" film. Instead, it will be more like a Tom Clancy-thriller, with Iron Man fighting real world villians.

Iron Man 3 will be made after The Avengers and will not feature any other heroes from the Marvel Universe. Marvel is only doing crossover characters to lead up to The Avengers, and once that film is released, the plan is to go back to self-containted single-character stories.

You may call me Krullboy.

One, Marvel should be commended for going with Shane Black. I'm sure Downey had a little something something to do with the move, but it's an inspired choice that, if he's allowed to thrive within the system, should result in a fantastic flick.

Two, Black writing the script as well is great news, especially if he's working in collaboration with Downey.

Thirdly, taking Iron Man in a more political thriller direction is a fantastic choice. And methinks The Mandarin would make a great international baddie, yeah? I could see Black going with a more Nolan-ish take on him... less magic and more real-world threat. And we already know that Favreau has peppered references to him into the first two films (The Ten Rings, etc).

I am a little bummed at the absolute decision to stop crossing over franchises post-Avengers. One of the great things about the books and the ability to play in the Marvel Universe is that all these different stories and characters are happening in one reality (or multiple realities if that goddamned Watcher has anything to say about it).

So, that's the latest. Can't wait to see what Black and Downey bang out!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48768

by the sound of it, especially since IM2 was so mind-bendingly dull

Batman 3 may have another villain from way back:

http://batman-news.com/news/

Penguin? Calendar Man? The Hatter?

Duncan Jones' Mute will become a graphic novel before it's a film

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/duncan-jo ... t-s-a-film

Clever

This is from an actual Batman comic... And that's only the beginning of the madness :

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/03/0 ... ms-insane/

That sort of QC is why I think I'm done with Batman comics, at least for a while

Batman Suite in Taiwan: $50 for 3 Hours of Batman Heaven

http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/03/14/ba ... te-taiwan/

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