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TRANSFORMERS, FANTASTIC FOUR, THE DARK KNIGHT, SPIDER-MAN 3: AUGUST 30TH COMIC REEL WRAP

by Hannibal Tabu, Staff Writer

Posted: August 30, 2006

TRANSFORMERS

Ain’t It Cool News has an extreme close up of Bumblebee’s face, apparently snuck off of the Michael Bay-helmed set.

Meanwhile, IMDB has an video interview
(Windows Media required) with producers Tom DeSanto and Don Murphy,
where they chat about both the adaptation and their work on “Teen
Titans Go!”

FANTASTIC FOUR

CBR caught the recent press conference
about the new animated series. Marvel’s Craig Kyle said, The look is
somewhat anime in its inspiration, but again this came from the guys in
France. What we found is — and you can see this in the model sheets –
the expressions of these characters are so awesome. There’s one sheet I
just love which is all the faces of Ben. They way they bring all this
great emotion to this big rocky character we just love. The look for
this series we think will appeal to all kinds of kids, but again we
want the older fans like me and Chris [Yost, who also took part in the
conference] to sit down and really enjoy this. We think this style has
great broad appeal.”

THE DARK KNIGHT

Director Christopher Nolan sat down with IESB
and talked about what he had planned for the next film. He said, “I
think what people responded to well about ‘Batman Begins’ is how
different it was from their expectations so I think we would be foolish
to not recognize that and to [try to replicate that now predictable
blueprint]. I think we’ll be doing something very different for the
sequel. I certainly wouldn’t have any interest in trying to repeat
experience or the formula we’ve made, because particularly being the
origin story, it’s a very unique thing, a very singular experience. My
interest would sort of be to move on from that and to do something
quite different.” He also quashed rumors of Hoffman as Penguin and
Phillipe as Harvey Dent. “No,” the director said, “not true.”

SPIDER-MAN 3

A rep from Sony told Superhero Hype that the film had not been audience tested, and that reshoots were for different reasons altogether.

THE BATMAN

Comics Continuum
has the network description of the fourth season premiere, an episode
titled “A Matter Of Family.” The description reads: “When the circus
comes to Gotham, ruthless crime boss Tony Zucco demands protection
money from the Flying Graysons, a family of trapeze artists. They
refuse to pay and Zucco exacts revenge, leaving, Dick, the youngest
Grayson an orphan. Having experienced a similar tragedy himself, Batman
is driven to take down Zucco and in the process discovers an unexpected
bond with Dick.”

Toon Zone
notes an interesting irony in this situation. “Mark Hamill, widely
known as The Joker from ‘Batman: The Animated Series,’ will voice the
role of Tony Zucco in the upcoming season of ‘The Batman.’ Zucco will
be responsible for the death of Dick Grayson’s parents; Grayson will,
of course, also grow up to become the famed Boy Wonder, Robin. Kevin
Conroy, voice of Batman in a host of animated DC programming, will play
the role of Dick Grayson’s father. Looks like the Joker will, somewhat,
finally get what he wants.”

SMALLVILLE

The aforementioned page
at Comics Continuum is also the first to report that “Pascale Hutton
will guest star as Raya in ‘Zod,’ the sixth-season opener of
Smallville, scheduled to air on The CW on Thursday, Sept. 28. She was
Susan Gallagher in the ‘Ageless’ episode during Season 4 … Look for
Clark and Raya to wear Middle East-inspired garb in the episode, which
will also introduce Aaron Ashmore as Jimmy Olsen, a love interest for
Chloe.”

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SMALLVILLE, THE SPIRIT, HEROES, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: AUGUST 29TH COMIC REEL WRAP

by Hannibal Tabu, Staff Writer

Posted: August 29, 2006

SMALLVILLE

The team at Kryptonsite have two new episode titles on their spoiler page.

THE SPIRIT

There’s an article
at ICv2 where Denis Kitchen, who represents the Will Eisner estate,
talks about finding the project a home with the help of producer
Michael Uslan. “Michael Uslan at Batfilm, Inc. had acquired ‘The
Spirit’ from Will about 10 or 11 years ago, knocked on every door in
Hollywood and no studio was interested … Finally Odd Lot
Entertainment opens its office, he goes in and introduces himself to
Deborah Del Prete and says, ‘I’ve got the best comic book property
that’s never been made into a movie.’ And she put her hand up and said,
‘Stop, don’t tell me you’ve got ‘The Spirit.’ He said, ‘It was love at
first sight,’ and that’s how it happened.”

HEROES

Actor Greg Grunberg talks about some of the more practical uses for telepathy in a note at Sci Fi Wire.
“We’re about to shoot a scene today where I use my ability to satisfy
my wife, [Janice, played by Lisa Lackey,] which is going to be very
interesting,” Grunberg said. “That’s the scene we’re shooting at the
end of the day. And I’m like, ‘OK.’ My wife read it, and she was like,
‘What?!?’ I said, ‘Come on! If I knew everything that turned you on and
everything, it would be incredible!’ So that’s one thing that we’re
doing, and it’s going go be crazy. Let me tell you this: 95 percent of
the time, I don’t want to be inside my wife’s head. I just don’t want
to know what’s going on in there. But, yeah, 5 percent of the time,
sure.”

30 DAYS OF NIGHT

The fourth behind the scenes video clip has been posted at Ghost House Pictures’ site.

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

Ain’t It Cool News has an early review of the upcoming DVD release.

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TRANSFORMERS, GHOST RIDER, SUPERMAN RETURNS 2, LUKE CAGE: AUGUST 28TH COMIC REEL WRAP

by Hannibal Tabu, Staff Writer

Posted: August 28, 2006

TRANSFORMERS

There were a batch of set reports posted this weekend, including IGN’s FilmForce (describing a battle scene in Los Angeles and talking about Megatron voice casting) and Sci Fi Wire (which talks about Bay’s philosophical approach to making the film and discusses destroying Furbys).

SMALLVILLE

Fresh spoilers about this season’s sixth episode, get ‘em while they’re hot.

GHOST RIDER

The sixth video blog for the project has been posted at the official site, focusing on Blackheart, while actor Nicolas Cage talked to Now Playing magazine
about his passion for this project. “From an early age, I would always
imagine how exciting it would be to be able to transform myself into
one of those characters that scare the neighborhood bully away,’ Cage
tells Now Playing. ‘To be able to be in the Ghost Rider movie is like a
dream come true. I think it’s a lot fun. It’s a chance to blend the
horror genre, in the classic Wolf Man sense, with the comic-book genre.
So this way I’m doing two of my favorite things at once.’”

SUPERMAN RETURNS 2

The sequel’s half way made from a financing perspective, according to this article
at Variety (subscription required). Their story stated, “Like Warners,
Legendary insists it will turn a profit on ‘Superman Returns,’ and has
given all indications that it’s on deck to co-finance a sequel. Like
Legendary, all the funds argue that they won’t be made, or broken, by
just one pic. By investing in a slate of pics over the course of
several years, they’re virtually guaranteed a return of 10%.”

LUKE CAGE

From his work on the “Transformers” set, actor Tyrese Gibson told Sci Fi Wire
of his interest in the project. “They’re doing a rewrite on the film,”
Gipson said. “And [director] John Singleton’s got me at the top of his
list. I’m not full-on committed to the project, but it’s something that
I’m extremely interested in. Met up with [producer] Neal Moritz a few
times about it. Met up with [executive producer and former Marvel
chief] Avi Arad a few times about it. And, you know, we’ll see what
happens. It’s not my movie, for the record. It’s something that
[they're] really interested in me being a part of. I’m interested in
being a part of it. And I think, you know, we’ll be able to determine
if John Singleton, if me, or whoever else is going to be on the
project, we’re waiting on the product. You know what I mean? We …
can’t do a movie without a good bible. What we going to read?”

THE DARK KNIGHT

Is the production heading back to the Cardington hangars? The UK’s Times & Citizen
wonders. “The Times & Citizen understands Warner Brothers has
renewed its lease on the shed for a further 12 months, and could now be
in residence until December next year. Intriguingly, signs of activity
at the shed in recent days, and glimpses of cables and a lighting
gantry through the massive opened doors, have prompted speculation the
hangar is being freshly rigged for another film shoot. Top of the rumor
list is the sequel to ‘Batman Begins,’ the title of which was unveiled
by Warner Brothers last month as ‘The Dark Knight.’”

FANTASTIC FOUR

Reed Richards gets animated? You can check out a bevy of images from the series at Comics Continuum.

THE CASTING COUCH

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TRANSFORMERS, GHOST RIDER, SUPERMAN RETURNS 2, LUKE CAGE: AUGUST 28TH COMIC REEL WRAP

by Hannibal Tabu, Staff Writer

Posted: August 28, 2006

TRANSFORMERS

There were a batch of set reports posted this weekend, including IGN’s FilmForce (describing a battle scene in Los Angeles and talking about Megatron voice casting) and Sci Fi Wire (which talks about Bay’s philosophical approach to making the film and discusses destroying Furbys).

SMALLVILLE

Fresh spoilers about this season’s sixth episode, get ‘em while they’re hot.

GHOST RIDER

The sixth video blog for the project has been posted at the official site, focusing on Blackheart, while actor Nicolas Cage talked to Now Playing magazine
about his passion for this project. “From an early age, I would always
imagine how exciting it would be to be able to transform myself into
one of those characters that scare the neighborhood bully away,’ Cage
tells Now Playing. ‘To be able to be in the Ghost Rider movie is like a
dream come true. I think it’s a lot fun. It’s a chance to blend the
horror genre, in the classic Wolf Man sense, with the comic-book genre.
So this way I’m doing two of my favorite things at once.’”

SUPERMAN RETURNS 2

The sequel’s half way made from a financing perspective, according to this article
at Variety (subscription required). Their story stated, “Like Warners,
Legendary insists it will turn a profit on ‘Superman Returns,’ and has
given all indications that it’s on deck to co-finance a sequel. Like
Legendary, all the funds argue that they won’t be made, or broken, by
just one pic. By investing in a slate of pics over the course of
several years, they’re virtually guaranteed a return of 10%.”

LUKE CAGE

From his work on the “Transformers” set, actor Tyrese Gibson told Sci Fi Wire
of his interest in the project. “They’re doing a rewrite on the film,”
Gipson said. “And [director] John Singleton’s got me at the top of his
list. I’m not full-on committed to the project, but it’s something that
I’m extremely interested in. Met up with [producer] Neal Moritz a few
times about it. Met up with [executive producer and former Marvel
chief] Avi Arad a few times about it. And, you know, we’ll see what
happens. It’s not my movie, for the record. It’s something that
[they're] really interested in me being a part of. I’m interested in
being a part of it. And I think, you know, we’ll be able to determine
if John Singleton, if me, or whoever else is going to be on the
project, we’re waiting on the product. You know what I mean? We …
can’t do a movie without a good bible. What we going to read?”

THE DARK KNIGHT

Is the production heading back to the Cardington hangars? The UK’s Times & Citizen
wonders. “The Times & Citizen understands Warner Brothers has
renewed its lease on the shed for a further 12 months, and could now be
in residence until December next year. Intriguingly, signs of activity
at the shed in recent days, and glimpses of cables and a lighting
gantry through the massive opened doors, have prompted speculation the
hangar is being freshly rigged for another film shoot. Top of the rumor
list is the sequel to ‘Batman Begins,’ the title of which was unveiled
by Warner Brothers last month as ‘The Dark Knight.’”

FANTASTIC FOUR

Reed Richards gets animated? You can check out a bevy of images from the series at Comics Continuum.

THE CASTING COUCH

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
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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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