Articles by wade-gum
Wed Feb 27, 2008 — by Wade Gum
Galactus to Appear in 'Silver Surfer' Film?
The purple-headed giant returns to menace the Silver Surfer
Galactus' appearance in Fantasic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was a little underwhelming. Then again, so was the entire movie, so it was just par for the course.
When people think of Galactus, they think of a giant man in a purple and blue suit eating planets, not a vacuous gassy cloud that threatens to give Earth the dutch oven treatment.
Fans of the old school Galactus may be in luck. At Wondercon, Silver Surfer screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski commented on the status of Galactus in the upcoming film, which will be a prequel and detail the origins the giant planet eater and his silver herald.
According to Straczynski, the last Fantastic Four film refrained from showing Galactus in all his glory in order to leave his origin for the Silver Surfer film. Will we get to see Kirby's version of Galactus or will we be subjected to another storm cloud? We won't know for sure until 2009, when the movie will supposedly be released.
(via SHH)
Tue Feb 26, 2008 — by Wade Gum
More Animated 'Spectacular Spider-Man' Art Revealed
Artist Sean Galloway shares some of his character designs
The WB's new Spectacular Spider-Man animated series doesn't premiere until March 8, but artist Sean Galloway has posted some character designs from the show to hold you over until then.
The art depicts teenaged versions of Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker, along with Parker in his web-slinger duds. Spider-Man looks limber and ready to do some crime fighting, but what's with Harry's pose? Perhaps he likes to dazzle his classmates by doing "the robot" at random moments.
Tue Feb 26, 2008 — by Wade Gum
Martian Manhunter Cast in 'Justice League' Film
The Nightrider meets the Manhunter
If Warner Bros. decides to move Justice League out of Australia, a few friends from down under will be tagging along for the ride.
Director George Miller has cast Hugh Keays-Byrne in the role of the Martian Manhunter. Byrne is known primarily for his work in Australian film and television.
Miller first worked with Byrne a scant 29 years ago on the original Mad Max , which was released in 1979.
Byrne played Toecutter, the main villain of the film responsible for murdering Max's family and turning him into the post-apocalyptic vigilante we all know and love. Now he's playing a Martian superhero. The two characters actually share a common bond - a fear of exploding cars and fires - making it easy for Byrne to step into J'onn J'onzz's green skin and blue underwear.
(via Moviehole)
Mon Feb 25, 2008 — by Wade Gum
'Justice League' Movie Heads To Canada
The JLA head for the great white north
Warner Bros.' Justice League movie seems to be facing far deadlier villains than the Legion of Doom before it even gets off the ground. A rushed script and casting issues supposedly put the film's status in jeopardy, but a dispute over filming incentives in Australia may damage things further.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that production on the film may be moving to Canada due to a dispute with the Australian Federal Government. The country's new film incentive program gives a 40-percent rebate to Australian producers, but there is debate as to whether or not it should apply to movies with budgets exceeding $30 million dollars.
Director George Miller wants to keep the production based at Fox Studios in Australia in order to work with the same team responsible for the Oscar-winning Happy Feet.
"One of the reasons for doing Justice League in this country is the opportunity to bring back all the people we lost on Happy Feet who went overseas," Miller said. "We spent four years developing this talent and the cream of them left because they didn't have another film to go on to ...
"The idea is to say come back, start off on Justice League then move onto Happy Feet 2."
Miller described the film's current state as "precarious" and said that Warner Bros. is looking overseas for filming locations, with Canada being the likeliest destination.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine production is starting in Australia while the Justice League are leaving it and heading for Wolverine's home country. Don't superheroes have any national pride anymore?
