Could it be Real ?????

The IMDB has posted what they believe is the actual plot summary for the new Spider-Man movie. They credit DarkHorizons for the story and I have seen it now popping up on various site. It could be a fake, but it all makes sense and puts all the characters in their places. We can only wait and see.

WARNING::::Major Spoilers below. If you want to be surprised please look away now !!!!!




"Third film in the highly successful "Spider-Man" series sees several new villains and a new woman enter Peter Parker's life. With his secret now revealed to both Mary Jane and Harry, Peter must face the consequences of his actions and his new life together with Mary Jane as they finally form a relationship. Yet their newfound open display of love has yielded some unfortunate results, not the least of which is Peter's upset boss determined to make his life hell for causing his son emotional distress. Not helping is a young investigative reporter named Eddie Brock who Jameson has hired to find out why Mary Jane dumped his son for Peter - what's Parker's secrets? At the same time an escaped prisoner hiding out on a remote beach is caught in a dreadful accident and finds himself turned into a shape-shifting sand creature. Peter's investigations into the past of this 'Sandman' brings him in contact with two very different things that will inevitably alter his life. The first a young woman named Gwen Stacy, daughter of the city's new police chief who is developing a soft spot for Peter. The other, a black substance from an accident scene which 'merges' with Peter's costume and gives him new found abilities. Things come to a head however when Harry Osborn, determined to take revenge against Peter for his father's death and now equipped with what he needs to pull it off, teams with The Sandman in a new variation of his father's Green Goblin guise and causes mayhem. In the ensuing chaos lives are lost, including people very close to Peter, whilst the black substance covering his suit separates from him and merges with a distraught Brock to form something else entirely - a creature unlike anything he's ever faced. A 'Venom' that he may not be able to stop."

(Thanks to IMDB and DarkHorizons.com)

Watchmen and 30 Days Of Night.

A few new tidbits about new movie properties has surfaced in the last couple days.

For years the Watchmen rights have floated around studios. Last year Paramount put the movie in turnaround and now Warner Bros. has picked it up, I am sure in part to the recent success of Batman Begins and the upcoming Superman Returns. Over the coarse of its run both Darren Aronofsky and Paul Greengrass have been attached to direct. Now with the move to Warner, they have snatched Zack Snyder to Direct. Zack has directed the Dawn Of The Dead remake and the upcoming 300 based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller. The story was originally conceived by Alan Moore back in 1986 and has been the standard of graphic storytelling for years. Warner has also recently had major success with another Moore property, a little film called V For Vendetta. Years ago I would have hated to see this movie made because there would have been no way to really bring the story and characters to life. Now with the major advances in CGI and FX it is possible (just take a look at the scenes from X-Men 3 and others). If they stick to the story it should be an amazing last 20 minutes of a movie.

Another new movie property gathering steam is the adaptation of Steve Nile's 30 Days Of Night. This cool vampire story takes place in a small town in Alaska. The movie will be bankrolled by Sam Rami's Ghost House Pictures and they have named British director David Slade to helm. David 's newest movie Hard Candy will be released on April 7th and is being hailed as a great movie. The film will start shooting this summer in Alaska and New Zealand. No release date or actors have been announced.

New Rocky Pics.

A few new shots of Sylvester Stallone as Rocky has surfaced thank to the studio and Sly's own website. I have to admit that Sly looks in great shape for his age, just not as cut as he used to be. We also get our first look at the new nemesis Mason Dixon.

HALO Graphic Novel.

Last week on Bungie.net they talked about a new project with Marvel Comics. marvel will produce a 128 page hardcover graphic novel featuring stories and art based on the HALO universe. The book will contain 1 main story and 3 shorter support stories, as well as a art gallery. Below is a short story preview and art preview for each story.

Armor Testing By Ed Lee & Jay Faerber
A Spartan is sent to test the Mjolnir Mark VI battle armor. But is it the armor that's truly being tested or those trying to discover its weaknesses?

Breaking Quarantine By Tsutomo Nihei
Ever wonder how Sgt. Johnson escaped the Flood in Halo? The story is finally told.

Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa By Moebius & Andrew Robinson
Halo 2 brought you the large-scale action of the war in New Mombasa. This tale examines the more intimate battles that took place on the streets.

Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor By Lee Hammock & Simon Bisley
A Covenant Elite Commander and his Special Forces squad are sent to investigate an agricultural support ship that's terminated communications. They discover an unexpected threat, far greater than the human opposition.

Some of the artists contributinting to the art section include:

· Doug Alexander
· Rick Berry
· Geof Darrow
· Scott Fischer
· Sterling Hundley
· Craig Mullins
· Tsutomu Nihei
· George Pratt
· Juan Ramirez
· George Staples
· Justin Sweet
· John Van Fleet
· Kent Williams

This looks to be a very cool project.

Lara Croft ahead by a.....ummm..nose, thats it.

Eidos has announced the release date for the new Lara Croft game. Lara Croft : Tomb Raider Legend will be for the Xbox 360 and will now release on April 11th. The game is a next-gen title and will feature pixel lighting, real mapping, increased textures and more hi-tech mumbo-jumbo. All I know is that Lara look good and is poised to take back her top spot as video game vixen.

Wow, look at the textures on that floor. Oh yea,
Lara is in the picture too.

Evil Dead Re-Make.

Bruce Campbell recently talked about the upcoming Evil Dead Re-Make he will be doing with Sam Rami.

"We don't really talk about [another] sequel too much 'cause Sam is too busy right now. It would all be kinda moot. But I think we're gonna do a remake. It'll be a whole new story, though. It won't be with Ash. It'll be the evil book, and it'll affect a whole new group of people in a different situation. More like a reinvention. A lot of people, they got really crabby on the Internet when they first heard that type of stuff. But, we would never do anything to insult them. The trick is to take that premise - and we think it's a scary premise - and use some cool modern day FXÂ… so we won't have green garden hoses in the shots. We wanna make a flat out, scary-ass, un-rated horror film."

I do hope this comes about. Sam has a very busy schedule with Spider-Man 3 still in film and some otherrumoredd projects coming up. Bruce has a much looser schedule to fit the movie in. It is good to see that they will be delving away from Ash. I would hate to see another actor try to pull off the Ash character, Bruce has the character nailed and no one else could compare. Although the use of new advanced special effects worries me. One of the great things about the originals was theingenuityy and the "use what we have" mentality that Sam and Bruce had. I viewed Evil Dead way back in the day at a film festival in Chicago and was blown away, it was new,innovativee and had that great fun/scare factor. I hope a re-make can stand up to the task and be able to fill the big shows it is trying to follow.

New X-Men Pictures.

Here are a few new picture from X-Men : The Last Stand that have recently showed up on the web. They are all pretty cool, but the Colossus pic is the best. It appears that it is not complete in the CGI department due to the eye (eyes will be white in the movie I believe). Enjoy.

Ghost Rider Leads The X-Men.

Ghost Rider director mark Johnson has revealed that the full trailer for the upcoming Ghost Rider movie will be shown before X-Men:The Last Stand when it opens on May 26th. Ghost Rider is based on the popular marvel comic character and stars Nic Cage, Sam Elliot and Peter Fonda. The small clips that have been shown online have been very promising, so hopefully the movie will not disappoint. It will be nice to finally see some footage on the big screen. The movie is set for a Feb. 16th 2007 release.

While we wait for the 26th, enjoy these new pieces of movie art from Crash McCreery.

It's A CELL call For Eli.

According to Variety, Dimension Films has nabbed the rights to Stephen King's Cell and has already set Eli Roth (Hostel/Cabin Fever) to direct. Eli sure knows how to do horror and gore, so he should have no problem with this zombie-like tale. Dimension has also grabbed the write to another King novel, 1408, and set Mikael Hafstrom to direct.

If you haven't read this book yet, well, shame on you. This is a return to the grisly, character-spanning stories that I have missed from Stephen King or the years. And you know when the book is dedicated to George Romero, that mayhem will ensue.

In a matter of minutes a strange signal over the cell phones causes anyone who was on the phone at the time become raging crazy maniacs set of blood and destruction. We follow the trials of a group of "norms" as the work their way across country in a attempt to get to a town in Maine. I don't want to give away too much story. Just pick it up and give it a try, you will not be disappointed.

Nasty Beasties of Silent Hill.

Recently some frightening character pictures where released for the upcoming video-game adaptation Silent Hill. The film is set for a April 21st and looks to be just as creepy and disturbing as the games. You can also view the trailer here.

Ouch!!! That would have to hurt. At least he can itch the top of his head without using his hands.

Double Ouch!!! What not to do with barbed-wire.

Ummmm,,,,ok,I'm stumped. Next...............

OK, these guys I feel like I have seen before. At first I was thinking of Undead, but hey where slightly different. I just can't place it at this time.

Joss makes Us Wonder !!

Joss Whedon recently spoke with Empire magazine and shared a few, very faint, details about Wonder Woman. Joss stated that he is still writing the script, but stated "I can tell you that the film will be about introducing you to Wonder Woman. She'll be wearing the outfit and there will be the bracelets, the golden lasso and Greek gods. She comes from a civilization where she's rather perfect, so she's the opposite to Buffy in many ways, but she's going through an adolescent rite of passage because she's new to the world." You start date has been released yet.
This image above has also been making its way around the internet lately. Being that the image looks like a DC illustration, I would believe it is fan-made. Still it is promising looking.

Alba vs The Bunny, Part 1.

March's issue of Playboy featured their pick for the top 25 Sexiest celebrities. The issue came out with a cover featuring on of the hottest, that being Jessica Alba.
Well, the thing is, the whole thing was done without Jessica knowing about it and now she is raging mad. Not only did Playboy not get her approval, they used an old promotional shot from her last movie. Jessica has stated in the past that she would not do any nudity and feels that her image on the cover could leave people to believe that she is posing naked in the magazine. Jessics is reportedly filing a lawsuit against Playboy to have the issue pulled from shelves. Looks like Hef will have to pull a few million out of petty cash to make this one go away, and cheers to Jessica Alba for sticking up for herself and for what she thinks is right.

Rocky Balboa Trailer.

A few days ago a teaser trailer for Rocky Balboa showed up on the Sylvester Stallone web-site, and then quickly disappeared. It appears that someone was fast enough and downloaded the trailer and posted it on YouTube for all to see. It is not much, just a close up of Rocky's eyes all beat up. Stallone narrates the spot, definitely in his Rocky voice. You can view the trailer at YouTube right here.

""AS OF 10:00AM, IT APPEARS THAT THE TRAILER HAS BEEN REMOVED. i WILL TRY TO FIND A NEW LINK AND POST IT."

Full X-Men Trailer On 24 and Online.

Last night Fox premiered the new full X-Men : The Last Stand Trailer in the last 1/2 hour of 24. After hinting at it throught the first episode, they finally showed it just after 9:30 eastern time. I was not sure what to expect, being that the teaser trailer showed us a lot of scenes. Well, I was blown away. The new trailer is amazing, showing us tons of new images and glances at some of the new mutants added to this movie. Some of the highlights include ::

-finally getting to see Beast speak
-A wonderful shot of Angel crashing out of a window and flying
-phoenix and Magneto together
-A brief shot of Colossus armored up
-Quick shots of a big battle
-First good look at Callisto
-Shots of Leech
-Beast turning "human" while with Leech
-Shots of the Juggernaut/Shadowcat lab chase

Overall t was great and really keeps us wanting more, and that May release date seems so far away. If you missed the trailer on tv you can view the entire trailer here.

The EYE has it.

Ever since the release of the new Spider-Man "black costume" image, there has been much talk and debate as to what the reflection is in Spidey's eye. You can just make out images in the poster shot, but to really see you have to get up close.

Some have said it looks like a skyline, others see a face or even the Goblin's mask. CanMag.com even posted this close up pick with some details pointed out to maybe support the Goblin mask theory.

When I look at it all I think it is , is the reflection of the pattern from his arm in the eye plate. If you look closely at the pattern in the reflection, it is pretty close to that on his arm. Yet the debate rages on and I am sure that sooner or later Sony will step forward and either confirm or deny that anything is really there. Take a good look,,,does it look like anything to you??

The Code could remain locked.

One of the most anticipated releases of 2006 could end up being delayed. The DaVinci Code, based on the novel by Dan Brown, is set for a May 19th release, but due to a upcoming lawsuit it could end up indefinitely delayed or even stopped completely. A copyright claim filed in the London High Court states that co-authors Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who wrote the book "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" back in 1984, claim that Dan Brown had plagiarized their work and used the same structure and ideas from their book in the DaVinci Code. The suit is for 10 million dollars.

This is not the first suit to come up surrounding the book, many people have voiced their ideas about how much the book copies other existing texts and ideas. ut the suit is not for that much when you look at the overall estimated profit for this movie. The studio could just settle the claim and still release the movie without a single hiccup. But if the judge in the case does find a copyright violation had occurred, the movie could be with-held until all the legal matters are taken care of. This would be a major blow to the studio, as they have invested a lot into this movie and is sure to be a major blockbuster and Tom Hanks vehicle.

New shots of Juggernaut.

Some new shots have surfaced of Vinnie Jones in character as Juggernaut from the new X-Men : The Last Stand movie. The shots show some good detail to the costume and Vinnie looks very imposing. Now I just wish we could get a good shot of him with the helmet on. Another shot of Vinnie in costume off-set can be seen here.

Comingsoon.com had a very cool article talking about a FX scene from the new movie involving Juggernaut (Vinnie Jone) and Shadowcat aka Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page). In this scene Kitty and juggernaut are racing through the lads at Worthington Labs in a search for the mutant Leech (Cameron Bright). They describe the scene as Kitty phasing through the walls and Juggy racing behind crashing thru walls and doors alike. Sounds pretty cool. From the pictures and leaks so far, it sounds like they are pulling out all the stops on this movie. I can't wait for May.

X-Men Trailer Sneak-Peek

In case you might have missed the recent commercials on tv, FOX will air the new FULL trailer for X-Men : The Last Stand during 24 on Monday March 5th. This will be the first viewing of the full trailer before it goes to theaters. We have all seen the teaser, which is quite long itself, so hopefully the new trailer will give us more new info.

So Long and Good Night.

This past weekend we lost 2 great actors from TV and movies.

Darren McGavin was 83 and was the star of one of the best tv shows ever.
Darren played Carl Kolchak in Kolchak The Nightstalker. Kolchak was an amazing show that inspired many a modern show. Chris Columbus even credits Kolchak as a main inspiration for the X-Files. Darren was the perfect man for the part, he could convey so much with just a look or a one-liner. Gavin also starred in the best Christmas movie ever made, A Christmas Story. This was another part that no one else could have played. The movie has become a Christmas tradition and some channels show it for 24 hrs on the holiday.
Don Knots was 81 and probably one of the most recognizable and beloved actors of all time. Don was in more movies than I can count, from Disney's Apple Dumpling Gang to The Incredible Mister Limpet. Don also had his TV career with guest spots on tons of shows, Mr Furley on Threes Company and probably his best know role as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show. Don was just your "every-man" and could always make you laugh.

Both men will be greatly missed.

Pick-Up Line Of The Year.

OK, a friend of mine sent this picture to me. It is Stacey Keibler from the WWF and recently from Dancing With The Stars. This girl has amazingly long legs and I must admit is quite a attractive woman. This picture is from, I believe, the newest Maxim magazine and the added quote is great. It is supposedly a line given from a fan to Stacey. She says one time a guy came up to her and said, "If you ever need help shaving your legs call me," and gave her his number. If it is true than it has to be the best pick-up line ever. But anyone could plainly see that those legs would be a 2 man job. Stacey,,call me.