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Brandon Routh or Tom Welling may appear as Superman in superhero movie Green Lantern.  

It'll probably suck anyway.  I can't see an ensemble superhero movie working.  The best setup is one hero, one villain, some supporting characters.  The best superhero movies so far, Superman, Superman 2, Spiderman, Spiderman 2,  Batman Begins, and the Dark Knight, all have a relatively tight...  

Lionsgate has provided us with a look at the final poster for writer/director Frank Miller's The Spirit , opening in theaters on December 25. The adaptation of Will Eisner's comic book series stars Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Eva ...  

The Spirit is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the SPIRIT (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. Adapted from Will Eisner’s comic book series, THE SPIRIT is a classic action ...  

While superheroes might have taken over Hollywood, the video-game world has been harder for them to conquer.  

Superheroes have taken the spotlight at the annual Gingerbread Village in the lobby of the downtown Sheraton Seattle Hotel.  

Adapted from the legendary graphic novels, Will Eisner's "The Spirit" is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister Frank Miller (creator of 300 and SIN CITY). It is the story of a former rookie-cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as The Spirit (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime...  

... Cain's Superman costume from Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman ($8000-$10000), Sally Field's nun's habit from The Flying Nun ($6000-$8000), ...  

TV News: Stan Lee to produce hourlong series -- Showtime is developing an hourlong project from comicbook icon Stan Lee that tracks the life of a gay superhero.  

Universal has acquired the movie rights to Viper Comics' graphic novel "Villains" and hired Matt Jennison and Brent Strickland to write the adaptation. Sean Bailey is producing via his Idealogy, says The Hollywood Reporter . The graphic novel, by ...  

EVEN superheroes took time out to support Children in Need.  

Showtime is developing an hourlong project from comicbook icon Stan Lee that tracks the life of a gay superhero. Project is being exec produced by Lee and the president and CEO of his Pow! Entertainment banner, Gill Champion. Story, which focuses on an up-and-coming superhero who struggles to...  

For a great selection of superhero and pop culture apparel, check out TShirtGurus.com and 80sTees.com . New York Comic Con today revealed another Guest of Honor who will participate in its 2009 event -- Michael ...  

Two more notable comic book celebrities will be joining the festivities at New York Comic Con (NYCC) this year as Guests of Honor. Affording thousands of fans the opportunity to meet them in person, Geoff Johns, who is well-known as a comic book writer of a number of DC Comics characters...  

Comic book creator Stan Lee, the co-creator of iconic superheroes such as Spider-Man and The Hulk, is at work creating a new kind of champion of justice: a gay superhero.  

Undoubtedly what editor Denis Kitchen calls the 'primary treatise on the theory and mechanics of modern comics', Eisner's influential textbook Comics and Sequential Art and its two companion guides get a makeover for the digital age. Honed from lectures…  

Here comes Bolt, the four-legged hero in the new 3D animated movie from Walt Disney Pictures. Bolt is a canine star who plays a superdog on a hit TV show, but he has never been outside Hollywood studios and believes he has superpowers even off the ...  

Filed under: Industry, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-FreeFrom gangsters and serial killers, it looks like cable television is preparing to tackle another adult subject: superheroes (or rather, homosexuality in the guise of superheroes). Showtime, along with Stan Lee's Pow...  

Reporting from San Francisco -- No comic-book creator has seen his work brought to the screen with more reverence than Frank Miller, whose ultra-violent graphic novels "300" and "Sin City" were adapted to film practically panel by panel. "It is very ...  

Spirit looks awesome has all the elements of Sin City and 300. Next year DC Comics blockbsuter Watchmen which has Sin City and 300 elements as another comic books adaptation, will be much better than Spirit. Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez and Zack ...  

BRIAN WOOD HAS told wonderful tales about Vikings , superheroes and future worlds.  

... has starred as a superhero fighting crime in a comic book inspired advertisement. The pop star plays a series of superheroes in the commercial to promote the release of her ...  

Victoria and David Beckham are set to be turned into superheroes. Stan Lee, the legend behind comic books including 'Spider-Man' and 'Fantastic Four', thinks the soccer player and his former Spice Girls star wife would be perfect candidates for his ...  

IESB.net caught up with Superman Returns star Brandon Routh, who has a role in Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno , and asked about the "Dylan Dog" comic book adaptation Dead of Night (Routh says they start filming in mid-January) and possibly ...  

'The Incredible Hulk' truly was an awesome movie. When compared to other superhero blockbusters that came out this summer, such as 'Iron Man' and 'Dark Knight,' this film was slightly overlooked.  

DC Comics released issue No. 681 of the comic Batman on Wednesday, entitled Batman R.I.P. It marks "the end of Bruce Wayne as Batman," Grant Morrison told comic book news Web site Comic Book Resources.  

This sequel to the 2004 film based on the Marvel comics series now has Ray Stevenson in the title role, and the movie's better for it. But action sequences could have been harder-hitting. "Punisher: War Zone," the gory follow-up to 2004's "Punisher" based on the Marvel comic book series, hangs...  

SUPERHATCH FOR SUPERHEROES: Opel's Corsa OPC not only delivers the goods powerwise but seriously looks the part two with its extensive body kit.  

"Punisher: War Zone," the third film based on Marvel's antihero Frank Castle/The Punisher, is the best and closest to the source material.  

Comic book legend and budding film director Frank Miller recently spilled the beans on the two comic adaptations he's currently working on - Will Eisner's The Spirit , and the second film adapted from his own ...  

Hollywood likes big, loud comic-book movies and the critics mostly don't, and that's just the way life is, like cats and dogs, or cows and McDonalds.  

It was named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Novels of All-Time and won the Hugo Award for its achievement in Science Fiction. Now, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel, Watchmen, is one of the most anticipated movies of 2009. Since Warner Bros. will tease audiences at this year's Comic-Con...  

A new poster for Frank Miller's film adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit has hit the net. by Larry_Chimp_Man I was initially excited for a Frank Miller-directed The Spirit. Miller is a visionary in the comic book world and I was interested to see how he would translate the iconic character...  

Author and illustrator Brian “BMAN” Babendererde's popular action adventure web comic, Soul Chaser Betty, is set for release to comic stores this February in graphic novel format.  

Cinema's obsession with superheroes is to get a Kiwi twist with a movie to be shot in New Zealand next year.  

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Comic book publishing studio eigoMANGA (http://www.eigomanga.com), has announced the upcoming release of a special graphic novel publication — Sakura Pakk Versus Rumble Pak Graphic Novel — for the first time features a combination of shonen (male-oriented) and shojo (female...  

WILTON -- The sky was the limit for Scott Wegener, who went to school to fly planes at Daniel Webster College, but ultimately it was another calling that kept his head in the clouds: comic book illustrator.  

Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq:GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, today announced that it will be publishing a mobile game based on the forthcoming Warner Bros. Pictures super hero film Watchmen. The game will launch worldwide in conjunction with the film’s U.S. premiere in March 2009...  

You'd normally think that superheroes and videogames make a perfect fit. Bashing up bad guys, executing amazing powers, rescuing people and saving the world are what we do fairly regularly in gaming anyway, ...  

Through September, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art is offering the “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” exhibit, taking a look at the influence of comic book costumes upon high fashion and sportswear. The symbolic and metaphorical associations between fashion and the superhero are...  

Kenji Yanobe, Biografen i skoven, 2004. Photo: Seiji Toyonaga. Courtesy: Yamamoto Gendai. HUMLEBAEK.- The Japanese comic-book phenomenon manga has a fascinating global appeal today, with millions of comic books sold month after month. In the exhibition Manga!  

MOUNT CLEMENS -- A pretrial conference today for alleged "comic book killer" Michael George, whose murder conviction was overturned in September, was rescheduled until after the first of the year because the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office has an appeal in the case pending before the Michigan...  

One of this year’s surprise action hits featured both an unlikely hero and villain, plus another cinematic adaptation of a successful comic book/graphic novel series.  

"The Dreamer," set during the American Revolution, has earned fans worldwide. The love story is being made into a graphic novel.  

An unimpressive collection of a dozen Simpsons Halloween tales Say what you will about The Simpsons: while it may not live up to its former glory, I still love the show, and have since day one. I have also been wise enough to stay away from comic books that capitalize on The Simpsons but...  

London, Nov 29 : DC comics' superhero Batman who breathed his last in the latest comic 'Batman R.I.P.' gets murdered by a man claiming to be his father, who he thought was dead.  

Batman is gone, the victim of a helicopter explosion that has deprived Gotham City of the Caped Crusader for the first time in 69 years.  

Batman is dead, long live Batman. The protector of Gotham City, Bruce Wayne, apparently dies in the current DC Comics publication Batman RIP. Or does he? It's more a question of how the Batman will be reborn, not to mention what grisly adventures Bruce Wayne will meet beyond the grave. The...  

Batman is dead, long live Batman. The protector of Gotham City, Bruce Wayne, apparently dies in the current DC Comics publication Batman RIP. Or does he? It's more a question of how the Batman will be reborn, not to mention what grisly adventures Bruce Wayne will meet beyond the grave.  

As comic book fans around the world know all too well, the cinematic version of Mark Millar and J.G. Jones' Wanted strayed in a number of ways from the source material.  

The intriguing relationship between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni is the subject of a new comic book.  

If one can believe comic book hype, Batman dies in this week's Batman #681, the conclusion of the "Batman R.I.P." arc by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel.  

D.C. Comics bosses have dismissed rumours BATMAN is to be killed off in their popular comic book, insisting reports of the crime-fighting superhero's demise have been blown out ...  

If you can believe it, there is currently an in-progress comic book story arc involving Batman which will end in the death of... Bruce Wayne. Written by Grant Morrison and penciled by Tony Daniel and Alex Ross, the series is a cheap response to Marvel's recent killing off of Captain America...  

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe: Fighting game Developer: Midway Amusement Games. Publisher: Midway Games. $59.99 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. ESRB Rating: Teen. At first, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe looks like a dying franchise's...  

The comic-book superhero Batman may have finally found his match – and he happens to be a plain-spoken mayor from southeast Turkey.  

DC Comics artist Jim Lee is one of the driving forces behind DC Universe Online, an MMO game. It's not everyday that I get to interview one of the most successful comic book artists in the known universe.  

IDW Publishing has joined with Paramount Pictures, J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions, Kurtzman/Orci Productions and CBS Consumer Products to publish a four-issue limited comic book series tied to next summer's new Star Trek movie, which will be released in theaters on May 8, 2009.  

DC Comic’s iconic Sgt. Rock is back in a story ripped not from today’s headlines, but from history books.  

Batman is set to be killed off after 70 years of crime-fighting in the comic book which created the cartoon superhero. Rumors are rife that in the next issue of DC Comics' Batman , published on Thursday, Bruce Wayne will meet a grisly end. The latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight , starring...  

A companion piece to the most successful graphic novel of all time, soon to be a movie. In 1986 The Watchmen was first published; a 12-issue limited series from creators Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. It was a smash success and has had numerous printings over the past 20 years. It is not only...  

ComingSoon.net's Superhero Hype! has your exclusive first look at the second issue of WildStorm's action-packed comic book miniseries that serves a prequel to Push , the action thriller hitting theaters on February 6, 2009. The action-packed comic was written by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman...  

Batman is set to be killed off after 70 years of crime-fighting - in the comic book which created the cartoon superhero.  

BATMAN is set to be killed off after 70 years of crime-fighting - in the comic book which created the cartoon superhero. Rumours are rife that in the next issue of DC ...  

The future first lady will be featured in the third book of the Female Force comic-book series.  

KENTWOOD — A suspect in the April 25 robbery and shooting of a comic book store owner has pleaded guilty to a role in the crime and must testify against a co-defendant in order to have two felony counts dismissed,...  

COLUMBIA — Mid-Missouri collectors will have a chance to whet their appetites for comics and collectibles at Columbia's first-ever comic book convention from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday. The event is free and open to the public and will be held in the Quality Inn, 1612 N. Providence Road...  

Get Smart director will helm a film version of DC Comics' Captain Marvel , part of a three-year deal among Warner Brothers, Segal and his Callahan Filmworks partner Michael Ewing, Variety reported.