Geek Daily: Iron Man 2 Lifts Off, Wolverine Leaks, Ron Howard's H.P. Lovecraft, and More!
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If you're on Twitter, you need to follow Jon Favreau. He's generally up late, he posts photos of his house, and he spills Iron Man 2 tidbits like they were nothing. The latest was that the cast and crew has arrived in L.A., and Iron Man 2 will begin shooting on Monday. It's going to be a crazy year.
Meanwhile, it was a bad day for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. You may have heard that the entire film leaked onto the Internet, which has pretty much ruined Fox's day. The sad part? No one believed it. Everyone thought it was an April Fool's joke! Incidentally, if you're curious as to how this can happen, check out Devin Faraci's expose on the lax security that surrounds a finished film.
And before you ask ... no, I didn't get a copy. I'm going to be a good girl and just wait until May 1st for a screen big enough to contain Hugh Jackman's muscles. Speaking of those muscles, a bunch of hi-res photos hit the net this week from X-Men Films, and I've only just now had an excuse to post them. I think we're just getting variations on a theme now ... how about one of Logan in his Canadian tuxedo, Fox? (And please, if you watched the leak, don't spoil the film for fans in our comments section. Thanks.)
Meanwhile, it was a bad day for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. You may have heard that the entire film leaked onto the Internet, which has pretty much ruined Fox's day. The sad part? No one believed it. Everyone thought it was an April Fool's joke! Incidentally, if you're curious as to how this can happen, check out Devin Faraci's expose on the lax security that surrounds a finished film.
And before you ask ... no, I didn't get a copy. I'm going to be a good girl and just wait until May 1st for a screen big enough to contain Hugh Jackman's muscles. Speaking of those muscles, a bunch of hi-res photos hit the net this week from X-Men Films, and I've only just now had an excuse to post them. I think we're just getting variations on a theme now ... how about one of Logan in his Canadian tuxedo, Fox? (And please, if you watched the leak, don't spoil the film for fans in our comments section. Thanks.)
The news that Ron Howard would be directing Image Comics' The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft caused a bit of a stir last week, enough that its authors Mac Carter and Adam Byrne were compelled to defend him to the MTV Splash Page. Says Byrne: "Ron Howard is a great dramatic director. He cares about making the audience connect with the characters. "Frost/Nixon," "Cinderella Man," etc, are great indications that Ron can nail a time and a place and ground you in a character's universe. That's key for introducing Lovecraft's biography. If you don't care about him as a person, you're not likely to care about the horror unfolding around him." They also have a preview of the comic up if you're interested.
Entertainment Weekly is reporting (per DreamWorks and DiCaprio's rep) that Leonardo DiCaprio is not attached to DreamWorks' adaptation of Button Man. He is, however, attached to everything else in production at this time.
And because it's April Fool's Day, let's look in on poor Ben Affleck. He still bears the scars of being Daredevil. So much so that he will never appear in another superhero / comic book movie. "No, I would not do another. I was cured of that. "One of the things about doing [a superhero movie] is that ... No, that is not something I would want to do." Poor, poor Affleck. [MTV Splash Page]
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4-01-2009 @ 10:25AM
Arthur said...
Its a good thing you didn't waste your time on Wolverine. It was terrible. I stayed up late last night, so excited to watch it. Excepted I got to witness some bad acting, bad dialog, and a horrific final act. The last act was terrible. The comic book Deadpool sometime during the production of the movie was taken out back and shot.
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4-01-2009 @ 2:34PM
Terry said...
You are a moron. Spoil the movie that most of the people will go to see to theathre is an act of idiocy. You didn´t like it, OK, but shut up next time and don´t spoil.
4-01-2009 @ 2:49PM
Arthur said...
Hey Terry, explain how I spoiled it for you when the trailers give away way more then I have. I didn't mention how Deadpool was different. Just that he was from the comicbooks. I guarantee every single other review will say the same thing when its actually screened. I didn't give away any key plot lines. The only thing I told you is that it is a bad movie. Why? Because it is.
4-01-2009 @ 10:32AM
Arthur said...
By the way Cinematical. I trust you guys. Don't rat me out to FOX. If they ask for my email, don't give in. Resist the evil that is FOX. Wait, you guys aren't owned by FOX are you? I'm getting really nervous now.
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4-01-2009 @ 1:32PM
Batzarro said...
We at Fox are incredibly saddened by your choice of illegally stealing our copyrighted material.We take this very seriously. We have already sent your E-Mail to the proper authorities, and plan to to make a civil suit available to you by the end of this day.
4-01-2009 @ 1:36PM
Batzarro said...
Or maybe not. April Fools!
4-01-2009 @ 2:51PM
Arthur said...
You actually kinda had me there for a second. I don't know how far FOX's power stretches.
4-01-2009 @ 12:29PM
RTMS said...
It amazes me after reading that expose, that the MPAA gets all worked up over pirates online when it sounds like alot of the stuff is because of the studios own incompetence to police their own product. Are post production houses so expensive that they can't have one of their own on site and keep the DVD copies under lock and key?
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