The superstar comic book writer, who is currently penning Action Comics and is re-launching Batman Incorporated for DC, is at the center of MorrisonCon, a would-be comic convention that Morrison, who is curating it and acting as its creative core, hopes will alter the convention experience.
Battleship, Universal's new aquatic CGI smorgasbord, is about war, in so much as it involves the military and some major artillery. That said, it's not exactly a treatise on 21st century international politics; based on a board game and pitting angry aliens against humanity, questions of alliances, cultural misunderstanding and oil are largely set aside for a blast-the-invaders storyline.
That does not mean, however, that director Peter Berg doesn't have some strong feelings on the matter.
The Walking Dead will invade San Diego's Petco Park just in time for Comic-Con.
Publisher Skybound and writer-creator Robert Kirkman are teaming for The Walking Dead Escape: San Diego, an obstacle course where participants can do one of three things: be a survivor and race through a zombie-infested evacuation zone; be a walker who joins the ranks of the undead; or a spectator who watches from the sidelines during an Escape Party.
A version of this story appeared in The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
Marvel’s The Avengers is a global box-office sensation, but among studio executives, it’s being hailed as much as a triumph of smart dealmaking. After all, the famously frugal Marvel managed to corral six hot stars into one film without breaking the bank. But Robert Downey Jr., 47, seems to be the lone exception to Marvel’s strict cost controls.
The project continues the story set forth in last year’s critical and commercial hit movie featuring simians that are given human intelligence and subsequently break out of their facility. At the same time, a virus breaks out that causes the collapse of human society.
Fox’s Chronicle proved to be a surprise hit, both financially and critically, when it was released in February.
The movie about three teens who come across super powers was made for about $12 to $15 million, grossed $124 million worldwide and sits at an 85 percent score on movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
CBS Films has preemptively picked up the U.S. distribution rights to Ends of the Earth, an action thriller from Derek Lee and Clif Prowse.
The duo wrote and are directing the movie, which is currently shooting in Europe with unknowns in the lead roles.
Earth tells the tale of two friends on a trip through Europe. They encounter what is described as an “impossible phenomenon” that changes their lives. It is described as having elements of Lost Boys and Chronicle.
NEW YORK -- Paul Lee still wants the Hulk to smash on ABC.
The network's entertainment president told reporters Tuesday during a conference call ahead of his formal upfront presentation to Madison Avenue ad buyers in New York that he'd still like to "see some Marvel projects come to television."
The 2002 film that opened Sam Raimi's original trilogy saw its climactic battle fought on the Queensboro Bridge, with the Green Goblin tossing Mary Jane off the Manhattan-to-Queens skyway and forcing Spidey to somehow finesse grabbing his falling girlfriend while maintaining his web hold on a dangling Roosevelt Island Tramway car.
Channing Tatum, who is coming off the hit action comedy 21 Jump Street, is in negotiations to star in White House Down, Columbia’s action thriller being directed by Roland Emmerich.
Amid all the buzz about The Avengers' $1 billion box-office bonanza, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that, had it not been for one man, the superhero sonic boom might never have happened in the first place. And it's even easier considering that Jon Favreau, whose wildly successful Iron Man films set the stage for Marvel's Hulk-sized hero team-up, doesn't engage in much self-promotion even when offered the opportunity.
He will, however, speak at length about the projects he has on the horizon.
After the runaway box office success of The Avengers, fans won't have to wait long to satiate their appetite for more Marvel films. Kevin Feige, president of Walt Disney Co.'s Marvel Studios, told Bloomberg they have five more Marvel films in the works, two of which have yet to be announced.
A deal incorporating box office bonuses and back-end compensation for the man who plays Iron Man blows away the salaries of his superhero co-stars.
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