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‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ trailer promises non-stop carnage

Almost – almost – confirming that the long-delayed, production-plagued Mad Max: Fury Road actually exists and will be fit for release is this new teaser trailer, fresh from Comic Con. The clip is just a short excerpt of the lengthy sequence played at the Con, where director George Miller revealed that the entire movie would be one long […]

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Quentin Tarantino is making ‘The Hateful Eight’ after all

Quentin Tarantino, that tease, revealed at Comic Con he is indeed moving forward with The Hateful Eight, despite suggesting he would abandon the film after the script leaked early this year. According to Deadline, Tarantino made the confirmation after being prodded by a fan’s question at his Django/Zorro crossover comic panel. In an earlier report, Deadline suggested QT was […]

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Marvel reveals ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ concept art, announce ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’ at Comic Con; Joaquin Phoenix in talks for ‘Doctor Strange’

Marvel, the reigning kings of Comic Con, selfishly dominated the weekend’s news cycle with some juicy new details about their upcoming slate. First, over the course of the Con they unveiled some concept art character posters, which, when “assembled” make up the above image, showing the Avengers (plus newbies Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and Vision) in serious […]

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Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman debuted at Comic Con

The first image of Gal Gadot as Diana Prince (fitted out in full Wonder Woman garb) has been released online, following its debut at the Batman V Superman Comic Con panel. Her character portrait joins the previously released posters for Bats (Ben Affleck) and Supes (Henry Cavill), though neither was quite as rapturously received as this one […]

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Superman will face off against Batman in Man of Steel sequel

The biggest news from Comic-Con came courtesy of Zack Snyder, who took the stage at the end of Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures’ joint panel to announce that Superman and Batman would soon share the big screen. Snyder first confirmed he would be helming a sequel to Man of Steel. “I’ve pored through the DC […]

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Teaser Debut: Veronica Mars

A teaser trailer for the Veronica Mars movie was screened at Comic-Con over the weekend, delighting attendees (who likely paid for the flick themselves on Kickstarter). After a few minutes of behind-the-scenes footage featuring creator/writer/director Rob Thomas and stars Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Jason Dohring, Tina Majorino, and Ryan Hansen, we get our first look […]

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Joss Whedon announces Avengers sequel title and villain at Comic-Con

Joss Whedon returned to Comic-Con over the weekend to give Marvel’s upcoming Avengers sequel a fancy new subtitle. Christened The Avengers: Age of Ultron, the picture takes its name from a 2013 10-issue limited series comic by Brian Michael Bendis. In it, a mad, sentient robot named Ultron takes over Earth, leaving dead superheroes in […]

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Peter Jackson toys with turning The Hobbit into a trilogy

Speculation mounts that Peter Jackson wants to split the second Hobbit movie into two films, according to Slashfilm. Although Variety reported prior to Comic Con that Warner Brothers had denied The Hobbit would become a trilogy, Jackson told HitFix, “We have certainly been talking to the studio about some of the material we can’t film, […]

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Poster Debut: Man of Steel

The teaser poster for Zack Snyder‘s Superman reboot Man of Steel was unsheathed at Comic-Con over the weekend. Nothing too shocking here; just star Henry Cavill looking forlorn/reflective while wearing his mesh garment, emblazoned with the signature ‘S’. Sadly, not a glimpse of the impressive quiff that took the internet by storm in the film’s first official set picture. Man […]

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Marvel announce new slate of films at Comic Con

Marvel Studios drew a line under their first batch of films, collectively known as Phase One, with their epic ensemble flick The Avengers earlier this year.   We’ve long known that Shane Black‘s Iron Man 3 was set to be the first instalment of Phase Two, and would be followed by sequels to Captain America and Thor. At Comic-Con (reported by Slashfilm), Marvel president Kevin […]

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Poster Debut: The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey

The poster for Peter Jackson‘s first half of The Hobbit saga – An Unexpected Journey – has bowed at Comic Con (provided for our viewing pleasure by Slashfilm). No sign of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), but we do get to see Gandalf (Ian McKellen) alive and well in the green, green, grass of Middle Earth. But look out behind […]

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Spielberg says Jurassic Park 4 only “two to three years” away

Steven Spielberg has officially confirmed that he is working on Jurassic Park 4 while speaking on a panel at Comic Con over the weekend. According to Slashfilm, Spielberg said that a writer (likely Mark Protosevich) is currently working on the screenplay, and it should be ready in “the next two to three years”. Discuss: Good news […]

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First look at Lily Collins in The Brothers Grimm: Snow White

We’ve seen Kristen Stewart in character as a gritty Snow White in Rupert Sanders Snow White and The Huntsman. Now comes the first official photo of Lily Collins as Snow in Tarsem Singh‘s own take on the classic fable, The Brothers Grimm: Snow White. And it’s certainly got a different look! Singh’s version will star […]

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Teaser Debut: The Amazing Spider-Man

The teaser trailer for Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man has debuted online, offering us our first look at Andrew Garfield in action as Peter Parker/Spidey. The teaser has arrived ahead of the director and cast’s appearance at San Diego Comic Con. Although many will recognise the familiar origins of the Marvel webslinger, already documented in […]

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The Green Lantern character posters debut

Warner Bros have unveiled a batch of teaser posters for Martin Campbell‘s upcoming comic book adaptation The Green Lantern, featuring the main characters in all their half-faced glory. Fans of the comic will recognise the phrase “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight” as the beginning of the Lantern’s oath […]

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The Goon – Would you watch this movie?

One of the most intriguing projects featured at Comic Con this year was The Goon, an adaptation of Eric Powell’s oddball zombie comic book of the same name. A promo reel was screened by producer David Fincher – and here’s the kicker – despite the fact that no feature length film is in production. Yes, […]

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First look at Cowboys and Aliens

The first image from Jon Favreau‘s comic book adaptation Cowboys and Aliens has debuted online, featuring star Daniel Craig as one of the titular characters (I’ll leave it to you to guess which one). Despite only having begun shooting four weeks earlier, Favreau cut together a short sequence to show Comic Con attendees over the […]

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Sucker Punch character posters debut!

Warner Bros have unveiled a bunch of character posters from Zack Snyder‘s Sucker Punch, an action epic that he describes as “‘Alice in Wonderland’ with machine guns“. The film stars Australia’s own Emily Browning as Babydoll, a young girl who uses her imagination to escape from the mental institution in which she is confined. Abbie […]

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Guillermo del Toro’s next film: The Haunted Mansion

Guillermo del Toro, suddenly with a lot of free time on his hands, has revealed his next project at Comic Con. The man behind Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy will try his hand at turning Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride into a feature film. Del Toro discussed the project with The Hollywood Reporter before announcing it to […]

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New TRON: Legacy trailer debut

A brand new trailer for TRON: Legacy has debuted online, and it is just as glossy and shiny as you would expect. The trailer for Joseph Kosinski’s follow up to the classic 1982 flick TRON gives us a better glimpse at Jeff Bridges’ role in the film. Check out the trailer below and let us […]

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Joss Whedon directing The Avengers! Also, cold weather is cold!

Sure, it’s the worst kept secret in Hollywood, but at least we finally have confirmation from the man himself. Joss Whedon announced on-stage at Comic Con that he would be directing The Avengers for Marvel. He offered no further details on the project. Whedon was asked about his involvement in the highly anticipated project during […]

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Kick Ass secures Australian release date

Universal Pictures have acquired the Australian distribution rights to Matthew Vaughn‘s highly anticipated superhero flick Kick Ass. The film will hit Australian cinemas April 8th, 2010. That is one week before its American release. Kick Ass is based on Mark Millar’s comic book series of the same name. It stars Aaron Johnson as a teenage […]

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Here’s Freddy! See the first pics from A Nightmare on Elm Street!

source: slashfilm.comThe first images of Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger from the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street remake have debuted online. Click the images to see them in high resolution. The remake will be directed by Samuel Bayer, and comes from Michael Bay‘s production company Platinum Dunes. The images originally debuted at Comic Con […]

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Twilight fans out-geek the geeks at Comic Con

source: aintitcool.com COMIC CON! It’s a Comic Con update blitz today as we report on the biggest stories to come out of San Diego’s legendary geek-gasmic festival. Twilight mania struck Comic Con over the weekend, as devoted fans waited in line a full 24 HOURS for the New Moon panel. 24 HOURS! Do you know […]

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Behold The Green Hornet’s Black Beauty

source: slashfilm.com COMIC CON! It’s a Comic Con update blitz today as we report on the biggest stories to come out of San Diego’s legendary geek-gasmic festival. The team behind the upcoming Green Hornet adaptation turned up at Comic Con to debut the stunning vehicle of choice for the playboy billionaire/secret avenger Britt Reid – […]

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Commissioner Gordon claims Dark Knight sequel starts shooting next year

source: slashfilm.com COMIC CON! It’s a Comic Con update blitz today as we report on the biggest stories to come out of San Diego’s legendary geek-gasmic festival. After The Dark Knight grossed a zillion dollars at the box office, the rumour mill sprung into action about the potential villains for the sequel. Of course, no […]

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TRON Legacy trailer coming at you from right angles!

source: traileraddict.com COMIC CON! It’s a Comic Con update blitz today as we report on the biggest stories to come out of San Diego’s legendary geek-gasmic festival. Walt Disney have finally debuted the teaser trailer for TRON Legacy, the surprise sequel to the original 1980’s cult classic. The teaser originally screened at Comic Con 2008 […]

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Megan Fox invited to make a sex tape

source: slashfilm.com COMIC CON! It’s a Comic Con update blitz today as we report on the biggest stories to come out of San Diego’s legendary geek-gasmic festival. Look, it had to happen sometime. A bunch of horny, adolescent fanboys given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to talk to Megan Fox. Of course one of them was going […]

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Avatar Day is coming! See the 3-D trailer for free!

COMIC CON! It’s a Comic Con update blitz today as we report on the biggest stories to come out of San Diego’s legendary geek-gasmic festival. James Cameron announced at the Avatar panel at Comic Con that the world will get its first look at his long-awaited sci-fi epic on August 21st. The trailer will debut […]

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Run away kids! Burton’s Alice in Wonderland trailer debut!

source: traileraddict.com COMIC CON! It’s a Comic Con update blitz today as we report on the biggest stories to come out of San Diego’s legendary geek-gasmic festival. The trailer for Tim Burton‘s Alice in Wonderland debuted at Comic Con last week to a rapturous response. Now you can check it out yourself in all its […]

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