NEWS ROUNDUP: Superman, Stargate, Batman, Infected, Harry Potter…
SUPERMAN: A NEW DIRECTION?
Mark Millar, riding high in the public eye after the success of Wanted, not to mention being known to comics fans as one hell of a big name, is apparently turning his eye to The Man of Steel. Talking to The Daily Record, Millar states he has a new vision of Superman ready to go, which would hit some time in 2011. hang on a second, what about the ‘other’ new Superman film, which Bryan Singer has been developing, in which we’d see him as ‘an angry god’? For that matter, what about the Justice League: Mortal film? Hello? Warner Bros? What the hell are you doing to Superman?
STARGATE: CONTINUUM MOVIE RELEASED IN THE UK IN AUGUST
The new DVD movie based on the Stargate franchise, the surprisingly impressive looking STARGATE: CONTINUUM, is set to be released in the UK on the 18th of August. The movie contains the last Stargate appearance of respected actor Don S. Davis, who sadly passed away recently.
CHRISTIAN BALE SAYS NO ROBIN- OR ELSE!
Batman Star Christian Bale has been quoted by the World Entertainment News Network that if Robin turns up in any of the Batman films he is part of, he’s going to chain himself up and refuse to go to work. Joking aside, I’m with Bale. Keep Robin out of these films. Batman doesn’t need him, and we really don’t want to see Shia LeBouf in tights. Well, I don’t anyway, thanks.
INFECTED ARRIVES IN PAPERBACK THIS MONTH
Hit science fiction/horror novel INFECTED gets its UK paperback release on the 10th of July. Written by acclaimed podcaster Scott Sigler, it is one of the most innovative and exciting genre novels to hit the market in a long time. Rumour has it the book will be moving to the screen before too long.
‘NEW POTTER FILM IS LIKE TRAINSPOTTING’ SAYS RADCLIFFE
Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, has stated that the latest instalment of the boy wizard adventures to be lensed, namely HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE, has some scenes very similar to the movie of Irvine Welsh’s ‘Trainspotting’. Now, I doubt we’ll be seeing Harry drugged up to the eyeballs and Hermione developing some very questionable morals, but I can see what he’s getting at. As the stories and characters mature, so do the situations. Still, what a disturbing thought.