Author: Frank Palmer

Apparently, we were close to having a film with George Clooney returning as Batman, Nicolas Cage as Scarecrow and Courtney Love as Harley Quinn. The film would have been called Batman Unchained and would have been directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Mark Protosevich. Protosevich sat down with Hollywood Reporter to discuss the unmade sequel: “Its two villains had each hated a different aspect of Batman. The brilliant (and satanic) Prof. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow had a personal vendetta against Bruce Wayne, while Harley Quinn despised Bruce’s alter ego. Harley, a toymaker whom Protosevich describes as “sadistic in a mischievous, fun sense,”…

Bryce Dallas Howard has said she definitely wants to play Captain Marvel when speaking with Cinema Blend: “Oh my God, will you write that? Will you write that please?” Howard told reporter Eric Eisenberg after he told her he felt she could be a fit for the character. “Yes, let’s start a campaign now. That would be rad. Those movies are so fantastic, because talk about just these incredibly drawn characters! That’s the joy of the comics, is that you fall in love with these characters and it’s who they are that carries you from journey to journey to journey… it’s not…

Director Rupert Wyatt (Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes) has been chosen by 20th Century Fox to direct the upcoming Gambit movie which will star Channing Tatum. It’ll be interesting to see if Channing Tatum can pull off a solid performance for the X-Men character. According to the Marvel Wiki page: Abandoned at birth due to his burning red eyes, the mutant child who would one day become Remy LeBeau was kidnapped from his hospital ward by members of the New Orleans Thieves Guild who referred to the child as “le diable blanc” – the white devil. They believed…

Crushing even the most optimistic box office forecasts (most of the ones I looked at predicted numbers around $90-$110 million) Jurassic World has made a phenomenal $204 million in North America and $511 million worldwide in its first weekend. While the domestic number couldn’t quite beat the record set by The Avengers in 2012 ($207 million), the worldwide number is easily a new all-time record. A finish north of $1.5 billion is a guarantee at this point and I’m betting Jurassic Park 5 will be announced shortly. Between Furious 7 ($1.5 billion and counting) and this, it’s definitely been a…

[et_pb_section fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Fullwidth Header” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” /][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Fullwidth Header” title=”Mark Ruffalo Wants To Be A Part Of Captain America: Civil War” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” subhead=”By Frank Palmer” /][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”] 06/14/2015 Mark Ruffalo has said he’s most definitely interested in appearing in Captain America: Civil War – and I’m sure a lot of you want The Hulk to show up as well: Mark Ruffalo, like the rest of us, is hoping the Hulk pops up in Captain America: Civil War. Ruffalo, who plays the almost unanimously favorited version of Bruce Banner/Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently opened…

The Flash Actor Robbie Amell had a recent interview with ScreenRant in which he acknowledged he was a little worried about the upcoming Batman v Superman film: “I’m very interested in Ben Affleck as Batman. I actually think he’s a great choice. I’m a little worried about a Batman versus Superman movie just because it’s… I just think it’s really tough to pull off. I’m very excited about seeing it, but I think it’s really tough to balance those two characters in the same movie. But I’m a huge Ben Affleck fan. I think he’s a great choice…

[et_pb_section fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Fullwidth Header” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” /][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Fullwidth Header” title=”Marvel and Sony Planning A Spider-Gwen Movie?” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” subhead=”By Frank Palmer” /][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”] 06/12/2015 According to BleedingCool, Sony and Marvel may be planning a Spider-Gwen film. Here’s the just of what the report had to say: Recently, the Sony Wikileaks e-mails revealed a man who seemed reticent to make female-starring superhero movies, citing failures in the past. However later that year, he greenlit a Captain Marvel movie starring the Carol Danvers character. It may have been a power play over Sony’s plans to make an…

[et_pb_section fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Fullwidth Header” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” /][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Fullwidth Header” title=”Spider-Man Actor List Down To Two Candidates” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” subhead=”By Frank Palmer” /][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”] 06/12/2015 According to BirthMoviesDeath, a report saying that “heads are butting between Sony and Marvel” turned out to be false and that the actor to play Spider-Man is now down to two choices:  According to folks close to the situation there are no heads butting but rather everybody is exhibiting a lot of caution. This is major casting that they can’t screw up, and they want the third time they cast Peter…

Just because a movie doesn’t do as well as a studio expects it to in its theatrical run, it doesn’t mean the movie is done forever. In fact, numerous films have found great popularity since being available on a home viewing system (i.e Netflix, DVD, On Demand) and via great word of mouth. Today, we take a look at 5 of the best examples of movies that grew in popularity after their original theater run. Just because a movie doesn’t do as well as a studio expects in it’s initial theatrical run – that doesn’t mean the movie is done…

[et_pb_section fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Fullwidth Header” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” /][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Fullwidth Header” title=”Rumor: Marvel Skipping Comic Con Because They’re Scared Of Warner Bros.’ DC Comics Panel” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” subhead=”By Frank Palmer” /][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”] 06/10/2015 Sure, one would would assume that Marvel just felt that they simply didn’t have a reason to show up to Comic Con this year – for obvious reasons. But – a new report from Heroic Hollywood is saying something entirely different: According to multiple sourcing here in Los Angeles and through my connections at San Diego Comic Con (FYI, I’m an event planner…