News On Future Films Based on Comics/Paranormal/Sci-Fi

[rfx45]

Darkness movie in the works...

24 Frames is reporting that Mandeville Films (The Fighter) is taking the Top Cow comic book "The Darkness" to the big screen. Created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis and David Wohl in 1996, "The Darkness" has yielded more than 115 books and sold 25 million copies around the world. It's also spawned a popular video game, with a sequel set to come out on February 7, 2012. The title is described in detail below:

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Before time was time, the Earth was formless and void and darkness stretched over the surface of the deep. Then God said "Let there be light." And there was light, and God saw that it was good. So, being the guy that he is, he decided to meddle some more and separate the light from the darkness. And the darkness? The Darkness resented it. In that moment, a bitterness and spite was born that would fester and grow for centuries, distilling itself to raw, seething perfection. Ages would pass before The Darkness found a vessel worthy to inherit its boundless hatred. The vessel was mankind, God's most favored of all his creations.

The Darkness found fertile ground for its chaotic lust in the bloodline of a family thought barely human by its fellow man: the Estacados. Each new generation inherited the gifts of The Darkness, spreading misery and unyielding chaos across the kingdoms of man. When each bearer conceived an offspring the curse of The Darkness would betray its host, leaving him to die as it bound itself to the newly innocent life, like wolves to a slaughter of defenseless lambs.

Each new vessel was steered to its inevitable ruin by The Darkness. Murderers and thieves. Rapists and warlords. The Darkness thrived upon the death and devastation spread by its host and its unsuitable appetite only grew with each new generation.

In our generation, The Darkness took root in Jackie Estacado, an orphan, as all the bearers before him, raised by pimps and thieves–The Franchetti Crime Family. Like those who walked in the shadow of The Darkness before him, Jackie's powers manifested on his 21st birthday. In that moment he was both blessed and cursed. The elemental force of chaos granted Jackie a limitless power, access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the demons that dwell there. He could do anything now and just as the men who did so before him, he was sure to pay the direst of costs.

His newfound powers served Jackie well as a mob enforcer, dealing death with effortless finesse, as The Darkness grew thick and fat. Despite Jackie's best efforts however, tragedy and death dogged him at every turn until the very things that he loved and valued were ripped away from his grasp. He had become an enemy of all that he ever loved. An enemy of the very heavens. An enemy of his family. An enemy of the only woman he had ever loved. And an enemy of himself.

While tragedy is the burden of The Darkness, Jackie has faired better than any host who had come before him. He has defied The Darkness even at his weakest moments. He has developed more control over his carnal nature than any who came before him. Jackie's charisma, ambivalent attitude and desire to maintain control over his own life are not just those traits which set him apart from his forefathers cursed by The Darkness; they are also the very things which may one day save his soul.

 

[drewdioxin]

Originally Posted by Spidermachine916

Originally Posted by GotHolesInMySocks

Marvel Secretly Bringing 'Avengers' to Comic-Con with SHIELD Viral
http://www.firstshowing.n...c-con-with-shield-viral/

yessssssssss!!!
i was bummed that they weren't gonna do anything, but never mind that now!!!

It never truly donned on me that this was marketing for it, the same stuff was at megacon this year when I went.I thought it was nifty but wasn;t trying to wait 2 hours to get my photo taken for a fake badge LOL. Good find.

 

[dimsum9]

If the Avengers film is successful and well-reviewed next year, maybe we'll see a justice league film one day.

Does anyone know if Amazing Spiderman is going to be a part of the marvel cinematic universe?

 

[falcon4567]

No; it's being put out explicitly so Sony can keep the rights from reverting to Marvel.

 

[dimsum9]

Thats really lame, I dont expect to see Spiderman in Avengers anytime soon but they should still throw in easter eggs acknowledging the presence of the other characters.

 

[jaypesoz]

Originally Posted by DimSum9

Thats really lame, I dont expect to see Spiderman in Avengers anytime soon but they should still throw in easter eggs acknowledging the presence of the other characters.

word.  Imagine the crowd reaction if they were to throw in a "nerd" taking pictures or something?

 

[livemyreality]

Ahhh I want to see that new Amazing Spider-Man trailer!

 

[rick2345]

Originally Posted by LiveMyReality

Ahhh I want to see that new Amazing Spider-Man trailer!

Ask and you shall receive!

 

[maelstroom]

Marvel has launched the Avengers movie site:
http://marvel.com/avengers_movie/
Someone please make a gif of the logo popping out and "Assemble 2012" appearing xD

And the first teaser poster

jizzzz

 

[ghenges]

I predict $200 million opening weekend for Avengers.

 

[illmaticsoulchild]

MAN OF STEEL MOVED TO SUMMER 2013

By SuperHeroHype

July 21, 2011

Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that Zack Snyder's Superman movie Man of Steel will be released in theaters on June 14, 2013 and not in December of 2012 as was previously believed.

No other films have been scheduled for that date yet.

Written by David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan, the anticipated film stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Antje Traue, Russell Crowe, Julia Ormond, Christopher Meloni and Harry Lennix.

Also, Cap's new suit for The Avengers.

  

 

[rfx45]

Originally Posted by illmaticsoulchild

MAN OF STEEL MOVED TO SUMMER 2013

By SuperHeroHype

July 21, 2011

Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that Zack Snyder's Superman movie Man of Steel will be released in theaters on June 14, 2013 and not in December of 2012 as was previously believed.

No other films have been scheduled for that date yet.

Written by David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan, the anticipated film stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Antje Traue, Russell Crowe, Julia Ormond, Christopher Meloni and Harry Lennix.

 Although TDKR is releasing next year I'm still a Superman fanboy and was really looking forward to the Superman film next year. 

 

[illmaticsoulchild]

I'm not a Superman fanboy at all, but I was really looking forward to this coming out in 2012. They've been on the ball with everyone who they have cast for their respective roles. I wonder if the production hit a snag or if they just wanted a summer RD.

 

[drewdioxin]

Is that cap suit at SDCC?! ^^^^

 

[jaypesoz]

Originally Posted by DrewDioxin

Is that cap suit at SDCC?! ^^^^

yezzir.  Can't wait to see him actually in it for the Avengers movie

  That might just be my favorite comic book movie costume of all time

 

[falcon4567]

Yes

 

[dimsum9]

The post credits scene for Captain America is badass, IMO the best one for marvel. I don't know what easter eggs they are throwing in but I'm guessing the birth of s.h.i.e.l.d. and I heard there's a classic superhero cameo too.

 

[drewdioxin]

Originally Posted by JayPesoz

Originally Posted by DrewDioxin

Is that cap suit at SDCC?! ^^^^

yezzir.  Can't wait to see him actually in it for the Avengers movie

  That might just be my favorite comic book movie costume of all time

my body wasn;t ready for that response. When do tix go on sale for next year lol.
  

 

[falcon4567]

Originally Posted by DimSum9

The post credits scene for Captain America is badass, IMO the best one for marvel. I don't know what easter eggs they are throwing in but I'm guessing the birth of s.h.i.e.l.d. and I heard there's a classic superhero cameo too.

Jim Hammond

Which is just all too ironic really

 

[rfx45]

Originally Posted by Falcon4567

Originally Posted by DimSum9

The post credits scene for Captain America is badass, IMO the best one for marvel. I don't know what easter eggs they are throwing in but I'm guessing the birth of s.h.i.e.l.d. and I heard there's a classic superhero cameo too.

Jim Hammond

Which is just all too ironic really

???
In the Capt. America movie or Avengers?

Plus I thought SHIELD already existed in all of these films minus Capt. America, which is set in the past.

 

[venom lyrix]

First Look - Ridley Scott's Sci-Fi Thriller - Prometheus - http://t.co/lmJqXLW

 

[falcon4567]

I'm hearing he's in the Cap movie which makes perfect sense but..I mean cmon..and then it get even more meta when you realize we probably wouldn't have comic book universes if it wasn't for him.

 

[rfx45]

Interesting to say the least, got to keep my eye out for him/it.

 

[falcon4567]

Hey, who wants to see a deleted scene from Superman Returns? Oh, none of you? Well, sucks to be you then:

 

[illmaticsoulchild]

Nicely crafted sequence. I wouldn't have minded if they kept that in the flick. Alas, I still have to agree with Kevin Smith regarding my disappointment with the film.
The sad part is that if Singer would have done a sequel, his sensibility as a filmmaker leads me to believe it would have reached TDK status. I still think WB made a mistake by not allowing him to follow it up.