Shooting has now begun on Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and the studio has released the first photo from the set, seen above. With production underway, Marvel Entertainment has announced the final cast for the film, including Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson reprising their roles, and confirming a previously reported role for legendary actor Robert Redford.
Siskel & Ebert’s Rave Review of ‘Batman: Mask of the Phantasm’
By Andy Khouri
As these unfortunate events tend to do, the recent passing of influential film critic and pop culture icon Roger Ebert inspired his legions of readers and fans to reflect on the work he did that entertained them the most or had the biggest impact on them personally. Naturally I found myself re-reading (or in some cases, reading for the first time) many of his thoughts on films based on comic books. Although Ebert’s opinions were sometimes divisive, I think I agreed with the late critic more than not, but never more strongly than in the case of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
Along with his late partner Gene Siskel, who passed away in 1999, Ebert included the fan favorite animated feature in a mid-’90s episode of their widely watchedtelevision show. What’s remarkable about this is that not only did both of these famously disagreeable critics agree that they loved the film, they basically apologized for not reviewing Mask of the Phantasm when it was released in cinemas a couple of years earlier.
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‘Dream Thief’ Artist Greg Smallwood Illustrates Crime Movies And The Cast Of ‘The Wire’
By Lauren Davis
Greg Smallwood is drawing Dark Horse’s upcoming Jai Nitz-authored title Dream Thief, about a man who steals an Aboriginal mask only to discover that murderous spirits are taking possession of his body while he sleeps. It’s appropriate, then, that Smallwood has such a fascination with crime stories. In between posting sample panels from Dream Thief, he’s been sketching up moments from crime movies old and new, as well as a handful of characters from The Wire.
New ‘The Wolverine’ Poster And Pics Reveal New Baddies, Abundant Ninjas
One thing we can rest assured director James Mangold’s The Wolverine will have plenty of, at least if the newest poster for the movie posted today at SuperHeroHype is any indication, is ninjas. But what about shirts?Previous images have shown that Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine may have unleashed his famous berseker rage at the concept of upper-body wear or, as he often does, lost all memory of shirts.
Alas, a new set of stills from Entertainment Weekly prove that Wolverine will be shirted, at least a few times, during the film, which is set for release July 26. The evidence, along with looks at Viper (Svetlana Khodchenkova), Mariko (Tao Okamoto) and Yukio (Rila Fukushima) is at ComicsAlliance.
Ed Brubaker & Bryan Lee O’Malley Talk Comic Book Movies
By Andy Khouri
I’m a big fan of the Badass Digest video features Devin Faraci creates for the Cinefix network. Hardly the typical movie hype clip you see everywhere, Faraci likes to assemble panels of interesting guests for roundtable discussions (often with booze) of variously zeitgeisty topics concerning the world of cinema. The latest episode of Badass Digest crosses over into one of this blog’s specific interests, the process of adapting comic book stories and characters for film. Faraci’s guests include noted YouTuber comicgirl19 as well as ComicsAlliance favorites Bryan Lee O’Malley (cartoonist, Scott Pilgrim) and Ed Brubaker (writer, Criminal,Sleeper), who share their personal experiences in bringing their comic book work to the big screen and reveal their all-time favorite comic book movies.
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Rafa Toro Animates The Movie Versions Of Batman’s Foes
By Lauren Davis
Rafa Toro pays tribute to Batman movies great and not-so-great in a series of animated GIFs featuring the rogues from Tim Burton’s Batman through Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. With just a handful of frames, he captures what separates Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney’s enemies and anti-heroes from the ones Christian Bale battled.
Check out Rafa Toro’s awesome Batman villain GIFs on ComicsAlliance!
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Nicolas Cage ‘Done’ With Ghost Rider Movies, Marvel Left to Pick Up the Pieces
By Andy Khouri
In what is truly disastrous news for cinephiles around the world, actor Nicolas Cage has made it plain that hewill not reprise the role of Johnny Blaze in any future films based on the Marvel Comics antihero Ghost Rider, the character who all right thinking people agree Cage was truly born to play. “Personally, I’m done,” the actor told MTV. “I’ve done what I had to do with that part. You never say never, but right now, today, I would say that I’m done.”
ComicsAlliance Reviews ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III’ (1993), Part Two
By Chris Sims & Matt D. Wilson