Superhero Bits: Green Lantern, Captain America, Batman: Arkham City, Thor, Powers
What’s the hugeSpider-Manspoiler that’s all over the mainstream media today? What’s Robin going to look like inBatman: Arkham City? Was thatDark Knight Risestrailer real? When will the finalCaptain America: The First Avengertrailer appear? And are people devoting a lot of time to making fun ofGreen Lantern? The answers to these questions and more in today’s Superhero Bits!
The biggest news of the day is that several major media outlets are running aHUGE SPOILERfor theSpider-Mancomic books. If you are readingUltimate Comics Spider-Manand don’t want to be spoiled, or haven’t seen theAssociated Press, USA TodayorNew York Posttoday, fair warning thatthe spoileris the first story on page 2 of this article.
Comic Book Moviefound this YouTube video analyzing that fakeDark Knight Risesteaser that popped online over the weekend. If you weren’t convinced it was fake, maybe this will change your mind.Captain America: The First Avengermovie trailer news: according toSuperHero Hype, the new trailer, along with one forMission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, should be attached toTransformers: Dark of the Moon. NoAmazing Spider-Mantrailer though.
We’ve already heard that Robin would be a playable character inBatman: Arkham Cityand now, thanks toArkhamCity.co.uk(viaCBM) we’ve got this full image. Looks pretty awesome.
Hulk have sex! Another comic book porn parody has popped up, pun intended.Vivid EntertainmentpresentsThe Incredible Hulk XXX A Porn Parody.
Chris Evansdoes a little preliminary shield caressing in this brand new image fromCaptain America: The First Avengerthat comes to us fromE! Online.
Did theGreen Lanternmovie make you mad? Maybe this new Cartoon Network show will be better.CBMfound this teaser trailer for the new show:Green Lantern The Animated Series!
ScreenJunkiesspoke toCaptain America: The First Avengerco-writerStephen McFeelyabout the eventual sequel. He said though it will likely be a modern story, they left gaps to go back to World War II, wouldn’t comment on the villain and they are already discussing ideas back and forth with Marvel.
Paramount is already looking towards theThorDVD/Blu-ray release andCBMthinks this is the first look at the cover art.
Lucy Punch(Dinner for Schmucks,You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger) has been cast as the female lead, Deena Pilgrim, in FX’s upcoming TV adaptation ofPowers.Deadlinebroke the casting news.
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SPIDER-MANComic bookSPOILERCOMING.
Yup, Spider-Man dies inUltimate Comics Spider-Man #160. Head over toBleeding Coolto see some more spoiler panels from the comic and read the story line. Here’s what the writerBrian Michael Bendissaid:
Listen, I sat there typing this thing with tears in my eyes like a big baby! I went upstairs to my wife, and I go, ‘I am so embarrassed. I think I’ve literally been crying for 45 minutes.’ I’ve had real things happen in my life I didn’t cry about, and yet I’m crying about this. I became very proud of it, and that’s not an adjective I often put on myself.
Conan O’Brienhas been having some fun at the expense ofGreen Lantern. As you’re able to see in the above clip, he set up starRyan Reynoldsgood. And then…
Yup, another video just slammingGreen Lantern. Really funny. Thanks toTeamCocofor that one.
TheSan Diego Comic Conexclusives are coming and this is a very cool one.Gentle Giant’sCaptain America: The First Avengerbust.
Mark Millarmight talk a bunch of crap about movie adaptation but he knows about writing comics and the comic book business. Here’s a sampling of a larger interview byComicBookGRRLin which he talks about theDC Comicsreboot:
Excited forThe Avengers? Disappointed that several other Marvel properties, such asX-MenandFantastic Four, will never be part of the mix because of complicated rights issues? There were no such issues in these clips, found by Fanboy, of the Seventies animated show which featured Magneto meeting the Fantastic Four.
Andrew Garfieldhas finally finished shootingThe Amazing Spider-Manafter a grueling shoot. In an exclusive interview withE! Online, he talks a bit about it. Here’s a sample, head to E! for more:
More fun at the expense ofGreen Lanternas little kids reenact the film. Thanks toBabelGum(viaFilm Drunk) for the heads up.
Topless Robothas some funny breakdowns of the “best scenes” inGreen Lantern. Here’s one short example:
Military Guy: Huh? Why would you do that? Why would we be okay with that? You could have told your pilots to lose on purpose so we buy your drones. If you were even slightly intelligent, you would have definitely done that.Blake Lively’s Dad: Don’t worry, gentlemen. Hal Jordan is such as a**hole, he will be unable to resist trying to win. I promise.
