Comic Book Resources: WATCHMEN, STARDUST, SPEED RACER, TRANSFORMERS: JUNE 5TH COMIC REEL WRAP
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WATCHMEN, STARDUST, SPEED RACER, TRANSFORMERS: JUNE 5TH COMIC REEL WRAP
by Hannibal Tabu, Staff Writer
Posted: June 5, 2006
WATCHMEN“X-Men 3: The Last Stand” composer John Powell posted an interesting note on his MySpace blog
that he’s in the early stages of piecing together his score for the
upcoming Warner Brothers adaptation of Alan Moore’s superhero
masterpiece. “The second project [I'm currently working on] is still in
preliminary stages,” Powell wrote. “It is entitled ‘The Watchmen,’
based off the famous graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. No
release date has been set for the film, but I’ll be sure to update you
if you’re terribly curious … I am working on the next ‘Bourne’ score,
for the record. Filming for the movie hasn’t quite begun yet, but, like
‘The Watchmen,’ I’ve begun to scribble a few things down.”
STARDUST
Eagle-eyed reader Kevin Bradsher wrote in to point out this link where the transformation of an English street into a fantasy world is chronicled.
SPEED RACER
IGN’s FilmForce has an interesting rumor
about the “Matrix’s” Wachowski Brothers looking at writing and
directing the live-action, feature film version of Speed Racer for Joel
Silver Pictures and Warner Bros. Silver Pictures said it would not
comment about any potential project that may or may not be in an early
stage of development. Now, given that two years ago
actor Vince Vaughn sold Warner Brothers his pitch on the property (with
Vaughn as Racer X), there’s no telling where the truth actually lies
(his reps at UTA had “no comment”).
TRANSFORMERS
According to the Hollywood Reporter (subscription required) comedian Ronnie Sperling has joined the cast of the Dreamworks film, playing “a lead scientist.”
FANTASTIC FOUR 2
Moviehole has a new rumor claiming that a Fox Australia media schedule lists the new film as “Fantastic Four: The Next Chapter.”
CONSTANTINE 2
Keanu Reeves spoke to Comingsoon.net
about getting sized up for a fresh trenchcoat. “It’s kind of in the
air,” he said of sequel hopes. “Maybe. I’d love to, but I don’t know if
the producers would want to do it … It’s a long story. We’ve got to
figure it out.”
SPIDER-MAN 3
New set reports continue to fly in from Superhero Hype (and from a scooper’s blog), even with more photos.
SUPERMAN RETURNS
Men.Style has a set of new production stills from the Bryan Singer-helmed DC adaptation, and also has samples from the script along with some analysis of that material.
GHOST RIDER
Comingsoon.net also talked to actor Nicolas Cage
about his incendiary Marvel movie. “They were just tweaking certain
things towards the end,” he said. “The reason the movie was delayed, I
know that’s been on people’s minds. There were some effects that
finally got authorized by the studio which [writer-director] Mark
[Steven Johnson] really wanted and they’re pretty big and it took time
to put them together and design them. So we had to delay it and I think
it’s good because it’s something we really wanted to fight for with
Ghost Rider going into battle with a helicopter.”
SMALLVILLE
Comics Continuum has a summary
of the Erica Durance panel at Wizard World Philadelphia, where she
talked about limitations from editorial. “DC Comics has really clamped
down on Lois,” she said. “You can’t do a dream sequence (with her and
Clark) or any of that sneaky stuff.”
ULTIMATE AVENGERS 2
The new trailer for the direct-to-DVD sequel is online at IGN.
X-MEN 3
In our continuing coverage of the financial fortunes of the film, “The Break Up” overtook the top box office spot,
dropping “X-Men 3″ to second place, $175.7 million after 10 days,
compared with 18 days for its 2003 predecessor. In other news, we found
images of unused character designs for Stacy X as well as Dark Phoenix and Smoke. Finally, producer Lauren Shuler Donner told USA Today that an Emma Frost related project is in the works with “Three Kings” director David O. Russell.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
Here’s where you get in
on the action. Did you see a link we didn’t catch? Have you snuck into
a closed movie set, and have inside data? Maybe your cousin is dating
somebody who knows something, and they had to tell you? Whatever it is,
we wanna know it all — fire off an email
and let us know whether you want your name used or your contributions
to geekdom to go down anonymously. Broadcasting live from Los Angeles,
this is novelist/karaoke host/all-around lunatic Hannibal Tabu
saying thanks for your time and indulgence, and [tagline sent back to
development hell until something hipper can be dreamed up].
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