Superhero Cinema

Direct from the Starfest 2007 convention, Michael, Jefferson, and Jonathan go over most of the upcoming Movie and TV projects out there. All the stuff coming next including, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man 3 and many, many more.

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Direct from the Starfest 2007 convention, Michael, Jefferson, and Jonathan go over most of the upcoming Movie and TV projects out there. All the stuff coming next including, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man 3 and many, many more.

This is a great first issue to listen to.

Week of April 17, 2007

Emails:

1. We received another Fake news story from Blake, keep ‘em coming.

Corrections and Notes from the previous show:

1. Nova was a member of the Nova Corps. and bore a very strong resemblance to Green Lantern.

2. The Sandman is unlikely to be a movie any time soon.

3. Secret Wars was done as storyline in the 90s Spider-Man animated series.

4. Thanos was used in the 90s Silver Surfer series.

News:

1. Ed Norton cast as Bruce Banner in the Incredible Hulk.

2. Laurence Fishburne is the voice of Galactus in FF2. (Since we recorded this, this has since been corrected, he’s actually playing the voice of Silver Surfer).

3. Christina Ricci joins the cast of Speed Racer as Trixie.

4. Bill Smitrovich cast in Iron Man.

5. First picture of Iron Man in the first model “Grey Armor” has hit the web.

6. A new screenwriter on Punisher 2.

7. Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor) talks Smallville Season 7

8. The creator of Ghost Rider is suing Marvel, Sony and anyone else with an address.

9. The Tribeca film festival will host the US premiere of Spider-Man 3 next month in all 5 boroughs of New York City, http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org

10. The festival will also have two panels on Superhero Movies.

11. A Will Eisner documentary will also debut at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Discussion Topics:

1. Heroes is back April 23, watch it, we love it.

2. Read the graphic novels at http://nbc.com/heroes/novels we discuss how NBC has really created an active world outside of the show with the novels and the interactive text messages.

3. The next show will be in front of a live audience at Starfest http://www.starland.com

Week of April 11th, 2007

First we apologize for the amount of time since the last issue. Then we talk about our very cool new logo image provided by Cory Gray of thegraydomain.com.

The apology for this week’s show is that there’s a really bad echo on Jefferson’s microphone. We got Jonathan a new headset mic after the first 3 shows, and he sounds much better ever since, we’ve ordered the same one for Jefferson.

Emails:

1. Fake casting notice for the Superhero Guys in The Dark Knight, sent in by Blake.

2. We also answer Blake’s question about rumored villains in the next Superman sequel, as part of that we get a little into the history of Brainiac.

3. Jason asks us an entry on Wil Wheaton’s where he is asked about being in Watchmen, we discuss the possibility and the quote from the movie’s directory Zach Snyder about the direction the casting will take.

4. Jason also asks about Heroes and whether the hiatus is too long and if that can hurt a show, we have several different opinions on this one. We compare Heroes to Lost, X-Files and 24.

5. Jeff from Thornton CO asks about what characters would we like to see made into movies and TV shows. Not a small subject.

News:

1. One last 300 box office report.

2. Incredible Hulk updates, new effects company, etc.

3. Eric Johnson (Smallville) will be Flash in SciFi Channel’s Flash Gordon TV series.

4. Leslie Bibb cast in Iron Man.

5. First set pictures from Iron Man are out, are Tony Stark and Pepper Potts an item in the film?

6. Lauren Shuler-Donner producing DC’s The Metal Men.

7. Ben Stiller producing an animated film for Dreamworks Animation called MasterMind.

8. Ghost Rider on DVD June 12.

9. The Secrets of Isis complete series on July 24.

10. New David Goyer project, Super Max, must be heard to be believed.

Rumor Treadmill:

1. Returning cast and director for Spider-Man 4?

2. John Goodman and Susan Sarandon in talks to play Speed Racer’s parents.

3. Nadia Bjorlin is not Wonder Woman.

4. Jason Schwartzman in a possible cameo in Spider-Man 3.

5. Orlando Bloom in a future Superman film? Based on a lunch sighting.

Week of March 28th, 2007 (This was uploaded 2 weeks late, the next show will follow very quickly)

Corrections and additions from last issue:

1. Michael does a mea culpa about Captain Marvel/Shazam

2. Episode counts for the Superman 1966 and Batman 1977 animated series DVDs

3. Additional details on Whiteout and the Surrogates

4. Bud Collier’s history playing Superman

5. Joel Silver quote about the Wonder Woman Movie

News:

1. Box Office TMNT, 300, and Ghost Rider all on the charts

2. Gatchaman next animated film from makers of TMNT

3. Final Spider-Man 3 Trailer

4. Robot casting finally for Transformers

5. Emile Hirsch cast as Speed Racer

6. Original Birdman and Space Ghost series coming to DVD July 17

7. Masked Magician graphic novel coming, yes, really

Rumor Treadmill:

1. Alan Dale not in The Dark Knight

2. Simon Pegg and Jackie Earle Haley for Rorshach?

3. Is Shaun Toub the Mandarin in Iron Man?

4. Johnny Depp and Antonio Banderas in Sin City 2

5. Matthew Modine likely to be in The Incredible Hulk, part unknown

We answer an email from Jared of Pensacola Fl, and talk about who the villain Morlun is from Spider-Man and could he be a future movie villain.

Week of March 21st 2007 (The show was uploaded very late, that will not happen this week, promise!)

Notes on last weeks show:

Frank Miller corrections.

News:

1. Green Hornet optioned by Columbia.

2. Jefferson talks about some other comics properties optioned, Whiteout and The Surrogates.

3. We talk a lot about movie options.

3. Joss Whedon is off the Wonder Woman movie.

4. David Goyer is off The Flash.

5. What's up with DC?

6. New DVD releases this summer, animated Batman from 1977, animated Superman from 1966.

7. A big discussion about an interview Zack Snyder (300 director) did this week about Watchmen.

We get on the Rumor Treadmill and discuss rumors about:

1. Watchmen

2. Shazam!

3. The Dark Knight

4. The next Superman sequel

We also discuss whether the Transformers movie will suck, and why the Hellboy animated movies rule. We also whine about Cartoon Network's scheduling.

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

Plus we answer our first ever (and only so far) email.

New items discussed:

1. Box office returns for 300 and Ghost Rider

2. Jefferson reviews 300 and we discuss hopes for Watchmen

3. Frank Miller's storytelling

4. A new screenwriter for Shazam

5. A new Batsuit?

6. Spiderman/Venom trailer

7. Hellboy animated updates

8. Special edition Fantastic Four DVD

9. Speed Racer details, release date and not much more

10. Lynda Carter cast in Smallville

Our first issue, welcome to Superhero Cinema!

Week of March 7th 2007

News stories:

1. Iron Man

2. Fantastic Four: Rise of the SIlver Surfer

3. Hellboy 2

4. Dark Knight Returns

5. Superman/Doomsday Animated DVD

6. The Amazing Spiderman Animated Series

7. Spiderman 3

8. New TV pilots

9. TMNT

Discussion:

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