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Video: DC: The New Frontier live action movie trailer.Original at YouTube
• Wed, Dec 3
By rss@youtube.com (kasperhauseredux) Author: kasperhauseredux Keywords: justice league jla DC comics New Frontier Darwyn Cooke Batman Superman Wonder Woman Green Lantern Justice League The superheroes dc Martian Manhunter Unlimited Flash miles pieri of America Watchmen Dark Knight Added: December 3, 2008
The Dark Knight Studio Brings Gravel to the Big Screen
Original at blogs.amctv.com
• Sun, Oct 25
By Nick Nadel Legendary Pictures knows what comic book fans want -- quality movies featuring their favorite characters. And so far they've delivered, bringing us The Dark Knight, 300, Watchmen, and the upcoming Jonah Hex. Now, the studio has optioned Gravel, a supernatural action series from hot com...
Bender’s Head, Comic Book Guy Dress Up Fall DVDs
Original at Wired
• Mon, Oct 19
By John Scott Lewinski Marvel Animation 6 Film Set: Just as Warner Bros. Animation made some of the best movies about DC Comics characters (at least until The Dark Knight), Marvel’s animated movies have often proven more entertaining than their live-action counterparts (at least until Iron Man). This six-DVD...
“Illuminati Movies:Batman,The Dark Knight,Watchmen”
Original at Hero Movies » Watchmen
• Tue, Oct 13
Illuminati Movies:Batman,The Dark Knight,Watchmen http://www.HollywoodInsiders ... Examining each movie's use of all-seeing eyes, pyramids, suns,..."
Warren Ellis Digs His Own 'Gravel'
Original at Cinematical
• Fri, Oct 9
By Elisabeth Rappe I like the cut of Legendary Pictures' jib. A company that produces Batman Begins, 300, The Dark Knight and Watchmen is one to salute, and their upcoming slate is nothing less than exciting. (Inception, Sucker Punch, Jonah Hex, Clash of the Titans, and Sam Raimi's Warcraft are just a few film...
The Losers Director Sylvain White Talks About His Potential Ronin Adaptation
Original at /FILM
• Mon, Sep 14
By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) In the early ’80s, Frank Miller prefaced his groundbreaking work on The Dark Knight Returns with a limited series called Ronin, which saw a feudal Japanese samurai and his demon antagonist brought forward to a ravaged, lawless modern New York. The story has been potential fodder for a fil...
/Film’s Guide to Podcasting: Tips and Tricks on How to Create Your Own Podcast
Original at /FILM
• Sat, Sep 12
By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Kevin Smith joined us for our Dark Knight episode, and again for our Watchmen reviewPaul Scheer joined us to discuss Death RaceStephen Tobolowsky joined us to discuss The Mummy 3Rian Johnson joined us to talk about Star TrekMarc Webb helped us review Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prin...
The Best Superhero Movie of ALL TIME Tournament! Round #8!
Original at Cinematical
• Thu, Aug 27
By Scott Weinberg The first big battles are done! Here's how the last round went down: Richard Donner's Superman smacked down Tim Burton's Batman Returns! Spider-Man 2 made easy work of Hellboy 2! The Dark Knight obliterated the 1989 Batman! (I'll say.) And in a wonderfully strange semi-upset, Pixar's Th...
The Best Superhero Movie of ALL TIME Tournament! Round #6!
Original at Cinematical
• Thu, Aug 20
By Scott Weinberg Batman Returns (1992) vs. The Incredible Hulk (2008) Darkman (1990) vs. Spider-Man 2 (2004) The Dark Knight (2008) vs. Batman: The Movie (1966) Blade 2 (2002) vs. Batman (1989) Blade: Trinity (2004) vs. Watchmen (2009) Bracket C Batman Begins (2005) vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Page 2Original at /FILM
• Tue, Jul 14
By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) FirstShowing has a full look at the cast of the big screen comic book film adaptation The Losers. Christopher Nolan will be returning to the Cardington Airship Shed (in which he filmed parts of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) to film sets for Inception. [nolanfans]
Cool Stuff: More Crazy4Cult Art - UHF and More
Original at /FILM
• Mon, Jul 13
By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) We’ve featured some of Tom Whalen’s art in past editions of Cool Stuff (posters, Dark Knight magazine cover, Watchmen art, The Shining and The Warriors, Predator, 80’s super villains). Whalen has created two pieces for the Crazy4Cult 3D show, the first of which is this poster for Sam Raim...
Opinion: 300 Sequel…301 or 300 Part 2?
Original at Screen Rant
• Mon, Jun 29
By jake You Might Also Be Interested In:A Prequel/Sequel To 300!Has Watchmen Killed ‘Comic Book Movies?’Zack Snyder On Adapting The Dark Knight ReturnsWarner Bros. Wants A Lot More Batman MoviesWatchmen Wows At Wonder ConFirst Review of Watchmen Is In! The perfect sequel contains new and old...
Opinion: Watchmen Director’s Will Get Limited Theatrical Run
Original at Screen Rant
• Thu, Jun 25
By Kofi Outlaw You Might Also Be Interested In:Watchmen Director’s Cut Blu-ray Details RevealedZack Snyder Talks ‘Watchmen’ Box Office & The Director’s CutWatchmen DVD/Blu-ray Details Revealed4 New Watchmen FeaturettesWatchmen Will Trump The Dark Knight In RealismFirst Review of Watchm...
'Potter,' 'Avatar' or 'Star Trek': What fanboy film might get a best picture nod?
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Wed, Jun 24
By Jevon Phillips Jevon Phillips RECENT AND RELATED The Dark Knight" snubbed in Oscar race Is 'Watchmen' the 'Fight Club' of superhero films? Counting down to 'Harry Potter' Harry Potter' or 'Star Trek' may contend for best picture, if fanboys have their way.
The Reread Reviews — Avengers West Coast #102
Original at Comics Should Be Good!
• Sun, May 24
By Chad Nevett You know how in those expansive, career-spanning interviews, comics creators tend to, at one point, mention that one comic that changed it all for them? Not Watchmen or Dark Knight Returns, but some random anonymous issue that just happened to speak to them at a specific time. Thousands o...
WATCHMEN, and The Clothes That Make Them
Original at blog.spout.com
• Tue, Mar 24
By Alex Ross Perry Watchmen is a film that concerns itself with details that, while not strictly relevant to the narrative, result in a textile world that is remarkably richer and more realistic than recent superhero movies like The Dark Knight and Iron Man. With high regard paid to the nature of costumes, b...
Opinion: ‘South Park’ Episode Spoofs Watchmen & The Dark Knight
Original at Screen Rant
• Thu, Mar 19
By Kofi Outlaw Well, last night it was comic book movie-lovers’ turn to get it, as the newest episode of South Park’s thirteenth season, “The Coon,” took aim at the recent trend of “dark” comic book films like Watchmen and The Dark Knight and lampooned away.
9 Comics To Follow Watchmen [What Watchmen Did Next]
Original at io9
• Sat, Mar 7
By Graeme McMillan If You Loved The Denseness Of Watchmen: If You Loved The Adult Approach To Superheroes: If You Loved The Near-Future Setting Of Watchmen: 100% If You Loved The Cold War World-building of Watchmen: The Dark Knight Returns If You Want A More Optimistic Period Piece About Superheroes:
Will Mixed Watchmen Reviews Dim Dark Knight-Like Payday?
Original at Wired News
• Wed, Mar 4
By Scott Thill Is Watchmen Director Zack Snyder Really 'Visionary'?Legendary Comics Writer Alan Moore on Superheroes, The League and Making MagicArchaeologizing Watchmen: An Interview With Dave GibbonsReview: Alan Moore's Seminal Swamp Thing ResurfacesAlan Moore Will Be 'Spitting Venom All...
Opinion: Watchmen ruling: What Fox's legal victory could mean for the movie
Original at Coventry Telegraph
• Sun, Dec 28
By David Bentley The movie, an adaptation of an acclaimed graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, is shaping up to be another smash hit following Warner's mammoth success with The Dark Knight. But what does this latest ruling mean? Will we ever get to see the Watchmen movie?
Podcast: Friday’s Top Ten Moments of Comics-Related Happiness in 2008
Original at Comics Should Be Good!
• Fri, Dec 19
By Greg Hatcher Unless you were watching the old Marvel made-for-TV movies in the 1970’s like I was, I don’t think you have any idea how glorious it felt for this aging fan to see these characters realized on the big screen with such care and affection. 3. The Dark Knight. 2. Comics scholarship.
Fans Pick Up Oscar Slack as Warner Bros. Kills 'Dark Knight' Re-Release [Oscars]
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Dec 2
By STV Not to mention that profound Obama boost they'd forsake by diverting The Dark Knight solely to video. Please, Warners — listen to reason. The Dark Campaign [Dark Campaign] WB Drops 'The Dark Knight' Re-release Plans [Superhero Hype]
Times on John McCain as Self-Styled Knot of Fictional Characters
Original at New York Observer
• Mon, Oct 13
Do we know if John McCain saw The Dark Knight? If he did, that means he probably also saw the trailer for the film adaptation of Alan Moore's Watchmen, the comic book about a group of people who turn themselves into masked vigilantes in pursuit of desperate fantasies of being superheroes. Wa...
Simon's Review of The Incredibles
Original at Film Fodder
• Mon, Oct 6
By Simon Comic book fans are truly blessed this year with a bevy of great comic book movies. From The Dark Knight to Iron Man to Hellboy 2 and even the under-rated Incredible Hulk we've been lucky this year. Now there has been a lot of talk that The Dark Knight is the greatest super hero movie of all time bu...
Watchmen Preview: Who Watches The Watchmen? We Do.
Original at blog.spout.com
• Wed, Oct 1
By Kevin Kelly We were invited to a Warner Bros. event tonight to see 26 minutes worth of footage from the Watchmen film that’s due out on 03.06.09 next year, and it was pretty impressive stuff. Even the ice cold comic book fan inside of me enjoyed it, and I didn’t think The Dark Knight was worth all the hype every...
Tpull's Weekly Marvel Comics Review – Part One
Original at Film Fodder
• Sun, Sep 21
By Travis The story itself actually reminds me a little of Maus, the only comic book to ever receive a Pulitzer prize. Maus was a great read, and most people who have been around comics long enough have probably heard of it almost as much as Watchmen and the Dark Knight Returns. In Testament, no matter wh...
'Max Payne' Director Blames Batman Bias for R Rating
Original at Cinematical
• Sun, Sep 7
By William Goss Talk about picking your battles: John Moore, director of the upcoming thriller Max Payne, has openly lashed out at the MPAA for granting the film a full-blown R rating instead of an hoped-for PG-13, explicitly calling out the ratings board for granting leniency towards The Dark Knight. H...
'Max Payne' Director Blames Batman Bias for R Rating
Original at Cinematical
• Sun, Sep 7
By William Goss Talk about picking your battles: John Moore, director of the upcoming thriller Max Payne, has openly lashed out at the MPAA for granting the film a full-blown R rating instead of an hoped-for PG-13, explicitly calling out the ratings board for granting leniency towards The Dark Knight. H...
Podcast: The DONK DONK Knight
Original at Comics Should Be Good!
• Wed, Aug 13
By Joe Rice Dark Knight failed for me as a superhero movie, mostly for taking itself too serious as you have pointed out ... Dark Knight failed for me as a superhero movie, mostly for taking itself too serious as you have pointed out ... I'd argue the opposite, it looks like it's ... At August 13, 2008, Dave wrote:
The Watchmen
Original at DeadGod Blogs
• Mon, Jul 28
By Glass Being the comic fan I am, I felt required to feature a small article on the upcoming movie 'The Watchmen'. It's trailer was first shown during The Dark Knight and if you sat there watching it going "this looks stupi- why are some people clapping??"; it's because The Watchmen was to comics lik...
Major Spoilers #32: The No Dark Knight Review Podcast
Original at Major Spoilers
• Tue, Jul 22
NEWS Watchmen Trailer Rocks Linkage Watchmen Trailer, Shot by Shot Comparison Linkage San Diego Comic Con this week Linkage Contest is giving away the Frank Miller inspired Limited Edition Dark Knight 2 Statue. You can win it and all it takes is a picture. Linkage
'Watchmen' Comics Live, Free
Original at G4 TV
• Mon, Jul 21
CA - Jul 21, 2008 saw The Dark Knight over the weekend, you probably caught the trailer for Watchmen, the upcoming film adaptation of Alan Moore's seminal graphic novel. ...
Movie Review: The Dark Knight
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Jul 20
By El Bicho Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is a fantastic film that has raised the bar on what superhero movies can be, much the same way Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore’s Watchmen did for comic books over twenty years ago. While the film has the familiar elements of a superhe...
Watchmen Movie Trailer in The Dark Knight
Original at Comic Book Bin
• Thu, Jul 17
Canada - Jul 17, 2008 By Hervé St-Louis Film goers will be able to watch a new teaser trailer about the film adaptation of the Watchmen comic book, featured just before the The ... Watchmen trailer! JoBlo.com all 2 news articles
IRON MAN debut spectacular
Original at PW: THE BEAT
• Sun, May 4
Despite the rise of the so-called graphic novel over the past few decades—self-contained, morally complex comic series like Alan Moore’s Watchmen and Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns—comic books are still widely regarded as kiddie stuff. And when X-Men and Spider-Man recently...
Podcast: Issue #2 - Love Interest
Original at Superhero Cinema Podcast
• Fri, Mar 16
Week of March 14th 2007 Corrections and Clarifications: 1. Jeff Bridges' part in Iron Man 2. Maggie Gyllenhal in talks for The Dark Knight 3. Bruce Timm is in the clear for Braniac Attacks 4. Teen Titans really is cancelled 5. Bionic Woman lead actress 6. TMNT voice cast 7. The original JLA lineup Pl...