This is shaping up to be the CANNONBALL RUN of superhero movies.  According to Mike Fleming at Deadline Hollywood, Joss Whedon, creator of the TV shows BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, FIREFLY and DOLLHOUSE, and director of SERENITY, is in final negotiations to direct THE AVENGERS; Marvel Studios’ ambitious cinematic crossover project scheduled for a 2012 release.  This news has got the fanboy ‘verse whipped up in all manners of hi-larious frenzy. Read more

Jeff Zucker has HEROES hoisted from the ceiling, bound with chains, dangling over a buzzsaw carefully balanced over a pool of hungry piranhas…

“Hahaha!  Fools!  This will be the end of you!  But before I feed you to my pets, let me tell you my nefarious plan, in full detail…  First, I will clone Jay Leno…”

Last night, NBC aired the season finale of HEROES.  There is a lot of talk that this might be the end of the show.  If this is the case, then I would have to say that it went out with somewhat of a whimper.

Sorry, but it’s true.

The once mighty show has seen a sharp drop in viewership since it’s auspicious beginnings.  Their once loyal fans appear to have grown ambivalent over the show’s direction.  It seems many just want the show to go away before it taints their enjoyment of the season one DVD set any further.

Will NBC oblige them and take this show out to the shed?  Or will they make us sit and watch them whine for another year about how they are different and don’t fit in?

Is there a third option?  How about they let this show go out with the dignity of a real ending?

If you haven’t yet seen the episode and would like to, you can watch it here after the jump and get some of my thoughts on the future of the show, if there is one. Read more

James Cameron is on the short list to direct.  Ironic.

The ultimate vaporware film of the past 2o years, “James Cameron’s Spiderman” has been one of the most legendary Greatest Films Never Made.  If you don’t already know the story, google it.  It’s great film lore.  The only thing crazier than this film actually happening would be if Avatar or A.I. ever got made– sheesh.

Mike Fleming has the story over at Deadline Hollywood. Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) is the front runner to direct. Also on the list are David Fincher and Wes Anderson.

Sadly, I am not on the list.

Looking forward to this.

I read the comic and thought “Wow, this would make a pretty good movie.” Apparently, I wasn’t the only one.

Matthew (Layer Cake) Vaughn directs the adaptation of the comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.

Interesting to note… word is that this film is self-finanaced through Vaughn’s MARV Films. Yeah, DIY. Can you believe it? This kind of movie is normally the domain of studios and guys named Lucas. Haha. I wish MARV great success and hope they make a ton of money off of this. It can only help the rest of us. Meanwhile, enjoy the trailer.

Links to the other two trailers, including the NSFW red band, after the jump.

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