News for
Iron Man (2008)

photos

board

trailer

details

1-20 of 186 articles from 2008   « Prev | Next »

25 July 2008 11:34 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Samuel L. Jackson is just full of good news this week. The star of the upcoming graphic novel adaptation The Spirit is attending Comic Con in support of that flick (due out at Christmas), and there's news about another Afro Samurai project as well as a Nick Fury/Avengers update.

Ace Showbiz says that Jackson aims for us to see more of Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. in all the upcoming Marvel movies, culminating in "the big one," as he calls it, 2011's The Avengers.

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to making that character a bit more integral, in terms of the other stories that are happening," says Jackson, who'll be in his early 60s by the time The Avengers gets here. "Iron Man 2, Captain America, Thor, and hopefully the big one that's coming in 2011, when they put everybody together."

Apparently, Jackson's dying to start crankin' out the cameos,

Colin Boyd

25 July 2008 10:28 PM, PDT | From fantasymoguls.com | See recent Fantasy Moguls news

By Monday morning, The Dark Knight (Warner Bros) will likely be the no. 1 movie of 2008. Even the rosiest of forecasts could not have anticipated that the Christopher Nolan-directed Batman Begins sequel would surpass Marvel’s Iron Man (Paramount) and Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (Paramount) in only ten days, but it appears that the dark superhero/crime thriller hybrid will do just that. After grabbing a remarkable $238.61M in its first seven days, easily besting the previous mark set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Disney) by $42.6M, The Dark Knight seized an estimated $25M on its second Friday. That makes for a new 8-day cume of $263.61M, $50M more than Pirates 2 generated in eight days. That is almost 20% better than Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow sequel at the same point in its release. None of the usual rules seem to apply.

Steve Mason

23 July 2008 6:33 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

African-American actor Brandon T. Jackson has hailed his Tropic Thunder co-star Robert Downey Jr. for his portrayal of a black man in the comedy.

The Iron Man star plays a Caucasian actor who dyes his skin dark in order to land a film role written for an African-American.

Jackson admits he had reservations about Downey's character, Kirk Lazarus, in the initial stages of the project, but was won over by the 43-year-old's portrayal when they began shooting.

He says, "When I first read the script, I was like, 'What? Black face?' But when I saw him (Downey Jr.) (act) he, like, became a black man.

"To be honest, he played a black dude better than anybody I've seen!"

Permalink | Report a problem

23 July 2008 2:05 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

MGM released the latest movie trailer for the upcoming comedy ” How to Lose Friends & Alienate People ” by director Robert B. Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and starring Gillian Anderson ( The X-Files: I Want To Believe ), Clement Boulland, Jeff Bridges ( Iron Man ), Kirsten Dunst ( Sweet Relief ), Simon Pegg ( Star Trek, Grindhouse ) and Megan Fox. Synopsis: In this hilariously funny fish-out-of-water tale, “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People” tracks the outrageous escapades of Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in New York City. In spectacular fashion Sidney enters high society and burns bridges with bosses, peers and superstars. The film is [...]

Brian Corder

22 July 2008 3:12 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Robert Downey Jr. has returned the advance on his memoirs after postponing plans for a tell-all.

The actor had signed up to write about his life, his career and the drug problems that famously almost destroyed him - but now publishers at HarperCollins have been told the tome won't be written, according to the Associated Press.

Downey Jr's spokeswoman Britney Ross has declined to go into details about the Iron Man star's decision.

HarperCollins announced the project two years ago; the book was due to hit shelves later this year.

Permalink | Report a problem

22 July 2008 12:22 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Several years ago, I made a whimsical prediction that soon enough, there would be the "summer movie season" and the "Oscar season" and almost every movie would have to fall into one of those two categories. There are a couple of weeks on either side where absolute rubbish is released, movies like Code Name: The Cleaner and Wicker Man, which are so awful you can't fit them into one of the major categories.

It's looking more and more likely that we're headed that direction. Look at the big expectations this August, with The Mummy, Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Death Race all hitting theaters within four weeks. Rewind the tape back to 2004 and you'll see that August was filled with Collateral and Alien vs. Predator are the only major releases that are even remotely interesting. And I'm giving AvP a lot of slack in that regard.

Colin Boyd

22 July 2008 9:13 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Thanks to a promotional campaign over in Korea, we now can check out the opening 2 minutes of The Midnight Meat Train, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura and based on the classic Clive Barker story from his Books Of Blood: Volume 1. Sadly, The Midnight Meat Train is getting a limited release here in the States from Lionsgate on August 1st, 2008, but you can still enjoy the below clip, and support it if it's playing near you! The film stars Bradley Cooper (Alias), Brooke Shields (Nip/Tuck), Vinnie Jones (X-men 3), Leslie Bibb (Iron Man) & Roger Bart (Hostel 2). After the clip is our First Look review!

22 July 2008 3:28 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

DVD Links: Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Spaced: The Complete Series I am only three episodes into "Spaced" so I don't really feel comfortable giving you any kind of review of the show, but Domenic should have a full review for us very soon. The show is a BBC comedy series starring the likes of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and directed by Edgar Wright. For those of you that don't see those names and immediately get interested they are the boys behind Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. For those of you still drawing a blank I can do nothing more but feel sad for you. Everyone is ranting and raving about how excited they are the complete series is coming to DVD (two seasons worth) and looking at the back of the packaging I can tell you there are plenty of commentaries including guest

Brad Brevet

21 July 2008 10:08 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Christopher Nolan on set of The Dark Knight

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures Finally, after posting six other interview pieces with eight different people we get to the top of the totem pole with co-writer/director/producer and all-out Dark Knight mastermind, Mr. Chris Nolan. Meeting Chris Nolan was something of a treat considering I love Memento, enjoyed The Prestige and am a fan of Batman Begins and loved The Dark Knight. Nolan is a different kind of a film director in more ways than one, but when it comes to comic book adaptations he has changed the game. His vision of Batman Begins inspired to bring together heavy talent for comic book movies instead of cheap B-list actors. His Batman is the reason we have Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man and Ed Norton in The Incredible Hulk. He proved that treating a comic book movie as more than just

Brad Brevet

21 July 2008 8:21 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

Back in early May (when the most we had all seen so far was Iron Man), filmmaker Adam McKay had confirmed that they were indeed working on a sequel to Anchorman, but that it was dependent on the return of the cast and so much more. As time has gone on, we've heard rumblings of interest from both Will Ferrell and Steve Carell, but it's still not official or even close to moving into production. ComingSoon recently caught up with both McKay and Ferrell at the Step Brothers junket and got a quick update from each on the status of the sequel. Unfortunately, it hasn't truly progressed anywhere yet, but they're all very enthusiastic about it. Ferrell says that they "just had so much fun making that movie" and that "it's just one of those that feels like an evergreen thing that we can go back and do it again.

Alex Billington

19 July 2008 3:38 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Cruel, devious and pure as venom, MGM Home Entertainment presents a terrifying tale from the mind of legendary Academy Award winning special effects artist Stan Winston (Iron Man, Aliens) when Pumpkinhead Collectors Edition arrives on DVD September 9! Inside you'll find the full specs for the release, which are sure to make the uber-fans ecstatic. The 20th anniversary celebration of late Stan Winstons directorial debut stars Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Millennium) as Ed Harley, a storekeeper raising his young son in rural Nevada. When a group of inner-city bikers arrive in the small town on vacation, a tragic accident occurs leaving Harleys child dead. Driven by a childhood demonic vision, he seeks the aid of a reclusive witch who conjures that same demon, Pumpkinhead, to kill those responsible for his sons death. .

18 July 2008 6:38 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

I can be a pretty unreasonable guy. I'll give you that much. But when I see a project start to come together the way How to Lose Friends and Alienate People has to this point, I have to pat Hollywood on the back. Nice job. You're taking a clever yarn (even though some of this ground has been covered in The Devil Wears Prada and Ugly Betty), putting it into the hands of an actor who should be a lot more publicized (Simon Pegg), and you're surrounding him with Jeff Bridges, Kirsten Dunst, and the woman with the most eyes on her at the moment (Megan Fox).

That's smart casting, and that's more than we can say for a lot of movies, particularly comedies.

There's a new trailer for it now over at Moviefone, and I think it has plenty of potential. Here's hoping it allows more people to find Simon Pegg,

Colin Boyd

17 July 2008 2:36 PM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Matt Singer

When the "Batman" movie franchise had grown too swollen with campy performances and benippled costumes to survive, Warner Brothers went back to the drawing board. But they didn't just bring on a new director or actor to play Batman; they restarted the entire franchise. And if 2005's "Batman Begins," directed by Christopher Nolan, could have been written off as an elaborately reimagined prequel - since Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman" did not fully explain how Bruce Wayne became Batman or feature "Begins" villains the Scarecrow or Ra's Al Ghul - there could be no lingering doubt with Nolan's new Bat-follow-up, "The Dark Knight," where we get a totally new take on The Joker, courtesy of the late Heath Ledger.

Starting over a movie franchise based on a comic book from scratch is a fitting move; comic books have been doing the same thing for years. When these lumbering

Matt Singer

17 July 2008 10:31 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Box office analysts are forecasting record ticket sales this weekend when the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight, opens in 4,366 theaters -- the largest number of theaters ever to show any film. The record number of theaters is expected to offset the limited number of screenings imposed by the film's 2 1/2-hour length. Online ticket sellers have said that they are already doing record business and that some showings have already sold out. Carl Diorio, who covers the box office for the Hollywood Reporter, wrote today that the "smart money has Dark Knight debuting somewhere south of Spider-Man 3 -- which unspooled to a record $151.1 million in May 2007 -- and north of Iron Man, which opened in May this year with $102.1 million." The box office in general is expected to expand as the musical Mamma Mia, which opened to sensational business overseas last weekend, hits theaters in North America. In addition a slew of well-received holdovers will be attracting their fair share of business, including last weekend's winner, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Wall-E, and the 3-D Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Permalink | Report a problem

16 July 2008 7:09 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Justin Theroux is set to write the screenplay for Marvel’s sequel to this year’s summer action hit “Iron Man,” according to Variety.

Theroux is best known for his roles in “Mulholland Dr.,” “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” and “Miami Vice.” He also wrote the script for Ben Stiller’s upcoming action comedy “Tropic Thunder.”

Marvel is also apparently wrapping up deals to bring back Jon Favreau as director and Robert Downey Jr. as the lead character. The release date for the sequel is set for April 2010.

At this stage, I’m not so sure what to think of this. I really love Theroux as an actor (especially in “Mulholland Dr.”), but with “Tropic Thunder” not yet in release, I have no clue whether he can be trusted as screenwriter. Plus, “Iron Man 2” is a pretty big deal.

Time will tell. At this stage, I’m pretty happy

Franck Tabouring

16 July 2008 2:41 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Justin Theroux has been hired to pen the sequel to Iron Man, reports Variety. More established as an actor for his roles in American Psycho, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Six Feet Under, Theroux recently had a hand in the script for Ben Stiller's upcoming war comedy Tropic Thunder. He is the cousin of BBC documentarian Louis Theroux. (more)

By Simon Reynolds

16 July 2008 12:23 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

We all know that Iron Man 2 is on the way - hell, we kind of knew that before the first Iron Man hit theaters - so I'm a little puzzled that the band is already being broken up a bit. Instead of bringing screenwriting duos Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, The Hollywood Reporter says that actor-writer Justin Theroux is taking over the script for the sequel.

Though you probably don't know his work in front of the camera as well if at all, you'll soon be slapped in the face by a steady stream of Theroux; he's a producer and co-writer of Tropic Thunder, which hits theaters on Wednesday, August 13th.

We know Robert Downey will be back (he had a sequel clause in his first contract, so this was never open to discussion), and we heard last week that Marvel and Jon Favreau

Colin Boyd

15 July 2008 9:58 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

One day, we're going to get around to writing this long article about what comic book characters should and should not be adapted into movies. Clearly, The Incredible Hulk isn't everybody's favorite; both films have been outperformed by Fantastic Four movies. On the flip side, Iron Man was a huge hit, and you would think the bigger the comic book star would also be the bigger the movie star, so Hulk should do better. Not the case.

Why?

That's a really good question. We can't say it's star power, because Tobey Maguire and Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman aren't bigger stars than Edward Norton, at least, not clearly bigger stars. It isn't as if they've cast Tom Hanks in one of these movies yet. The Hulk should appeal to audiences because of its tortured character, so one of the only rational explanations I can come up with is they think the effects look cheesy.

Colin Boyd

15 July 2008 4:20 AM, PDT | From syfyportal.com | See recent syfyportal news

If you are going to this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego specifically to see previews of the next Star Trek feature film, you're going to be disappointed. J.J. Abrams, who is helming the franchise's next motion picture, said that no sneak peaks will be shown at this year's Comic-Con, the last one before the movie debuts in May 2009, according to SciFi Wire. According to Abrams, Paramount -- the studio behind Star Trek -- said they're not going to take anything. "'G.I Joe's' not going.'Transformers 2's' not going," he said. This is something of a change from last year, when Paramount showed scenes from "Iron Man," helping whet the appetites of fans (and possibly contributing to the movie's box office take). Abrams, who admits that the Trek film is not yet near completion, ...

15 July 2008 12:37 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

The man behind the mask... Christian Bale plays Bruce Wayne/Batman in The Dark Knight

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures I was recently thinking how amazing it actually is to have films based on comic book superheroes starring bonafide actors working under the direction of a bonafide helmer. Christian Bale is a prime example of a man none of us would have thought of a few years ago to star as the Caped Crusader in a new Batman franchise, but here we are. It's 2008 and not only do we have one film starring Bale, but two, and he has led the way for actors such as Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) and Edward Norton (The Incredible Hulk), proving you don't have to be some second rate actor looking for a big break in the summer blockbuster film. No, in fact you can be a highly sought after actor and as long

Brad Brevet

1-20 of 186 articles from 2008   « Prev | Next »