Fire and Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics
PopCultureShock (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
I just read this essay on ScreenRant.com about casting the movie version of Captain America. It’s very well thought out and worth the read. It reflects the perspective of someone not necessarily fanboy-obsessed with continuity, but definitely excited about the film–which I think is exactly the audience mentality Marvel is going to want to appeal to [...]
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
§ Are they really gearing up for a second GHOST RIDER film? Looks like it. Star Nicolas Cage and writer David S. Goyer are expected to jump on the flaming motorcycle again. The move is part of a flurry of activity regarding Marvel characters at rival studios now that Disney has bought the Marvel library: Fox [...]
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
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Switched (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
When news started breaking on Monday morning about Disney's purchase of Marvel, artists, designers, and animators immediately began creating mashups of their favorite cartoon and comic characters. The animation aficionados at Super Punch have thankfully eliminated extensive searching and surfing by assembling an impressive arsenal of mashup creations . The collection features some obvious concoctions...
Comics Should Be Good! (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Who needs logic and details when you can have wild speculation? Let's hit it! 5. The next Kingdom Hearts game could feature "Marvel world." For those of you not up on your vidjagames, Kingdom Hearts is an RPG (that's role-playing game) series that takes young, androgynous protagonist Sora, teams him up with guys like Goofy and Donald [...]
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
If its bid for comic book company Marvel Entertainment goes through, Disney will inherit about 5,000 comic book characters for the media giant's movies, television, action figures and amusement parks. When the deal was announced Monday, Disney said it was particularly interested in bringing some of the lesser-known characters to the forefront. "The Marvel name gives movies quick credibility,"...
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
Disney said its purchase of Marvel Entertainment will allow it to bring many lesser-known comic characters to the forefront.
Kryptonian Warrior (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
I'm running low on brain power here so I'm going to list a few news stories currently floating around the web. Sorry, I would have posted some of this separately but I'm fading fast! I've highlighted the essential key words in red so you can scan quickly over the next few lines. Legendary Pictures set to " reboot " Godzilla LINK Bryan Singer to produce and possibly direct a new Battlestar...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
Director Jonathan Mostow reveals that the proposed Sub-Mariner film could still go ahead.
Michael May's Adventureblog (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
Almost everyone agrees that Marvel’s Sub-Mariner (aka Namor) is more successful than DC’s Aquaman. Using their early Silver Age stories as reference, I’m trying to figure out why that is. Part One . Part Two . First of all, I'm sorry about not posting all week. Yuck. Trying to get caught up from last weekend got the best of me, so I'm gonna do some double-posting over this weekend...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Good news, Sub-Mariner fans -- director Jonathan Mostow says Universal's long-in-the-works adaptation is still moving along, and just needs the right script.
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
Prince Namor The Sub-Mariner is one of the Marvel characters to still have their movie rights held under option to a movie studio, in this case Universal, and not be part of the 'crossover club' sheltering under the Marvel Pictures roof. That disqualifies him from appearing in the Avengers film in any way, of course, but the ongoing appetite for Marvel movies means Universal have been keeping their...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
Even more Marvel movies? Of course! Though we haven't heard much about Sub-Mariner in a long time. It was first announced way back in 2006, but since Universal owns the rights, it's their little feature, and it won't be a part of the Marvel Universe that Marvel Studios is developing on their own. Collider caught up with Surrogates director Jonathan Mostow recently and coaxed him into talking about...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
While we've all been drooling over the news circling THE AVENGERS and the standalone movies that go along with it like THOR, CAPTAIN AMERICAN and IRON MAN 2, one in-development Marvel movie seems to be forgotten about: SUB-MARINER. Jonathan Mostow has been attached to direct the film since 2006 and our own Jenna Busch caught up with the man at a SURROGATES press day and tried to weasel some intel...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
Yet another bit of exciting news coming out of Comic-Con that will have hardcore Marvel fanboys reeling with excitement. A few days back, we ran article with a quote from Marvel's Kevin Feige that included a basic list of who we could expect to see in The Avengers movie - but let's take a step back. One year before The Avengers hits theaters, we'll be seeing The First Avenger: Captain America, which...
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