IS it a bird? Is it a plane? No… it’s a funny bloke sticking his head out of a car window pretending to fly. This hilarious clip, thought to be shot in Argentina, shows a group of pals driving together through the countryside. As the camera focuses on the front passenger window, a man in [...]
The Charlie’s Angels moviemaker was set to originally reboot the franchise for the first time since Christopher Reeve played the Man of Steel in the 1970s and 1980s. Star Trek director JJ Abrams had written the script, and Scarlett Johansson was lined up to Lois Lane, while Downey, Jr. had agreed to play the superhero’s [...]
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No Comments »DALLAS — When Michael Rorrer found 345 comic books neatly stacked in a basement closet as he cleaned out his great aunt’s Virginia home after her death, he thought they were cool but didn’t think much about their value. He later discovered that his late great uncle Billy Wright had managed to assemble a remarkable [...]
A Christopher Reeve Superman costume from “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” valued at $20,000 – $30,000 will be one of the featured items in the upcoming Hollywood Museum Collection auction to be held by Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California. Here’s an excerpt from the press release: The prized Hollywood Museum collection features an [...]
Wedged between Tim Burton’s unrealized vision for Superman Lives and Bryan Singer’s much-criticized Superman Returns in the storied on-screen history of the Man of Steel is Superman: Flyby, a planned origin story that turned out to be another false start for the superhero franchise. With a script by J.J. Abrams in hand, director McG eyed [...]
Posted in News Tags: DC Comics, J.J. Abrams, McG, robert downey jr., Superman, Superman: Flyby, Warner Bros. No Comments »PASADENA (CN) – DC Comics has argued that it should have access to legal documents related to a legal battle over the rights to Superman because they are not protected by the attorney-client privilege. On Tuesday, counsel for attorney Marc Toberoff went before the three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit in Pasadena, challenging an order [...]
Tim Daly has been flying since 1990. Whether it’s taking Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson (from Cheers) to their fishing weekend in his Cessna on Wings, or with a red cape fluttering behind him as the voice of Superman in Superman: The Animated Series and various other DC Animated Universe shows and movies, it’s somewhat [...]
Pauley Perrette is getting out of the lab. The NCIS star will voice Lois Lane in the upcoming animated DVD-movie Superman vs. The Elite. Based on the story “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?,” which ran in Action Comics No. 775 in 2001, the film pits the Man of Steel against [...]
Heroes. I was at a bit of a loss when it came to deciding what to write about. When I was younger, my brother and I shared a set of Batman and Superman pyjamas, each had a detachable Velcro cape. We would run around the house, jumping off of things, pretending we could fly. Needless [...]
DC Comics has revealed a first look at Chris Burnham’s variant cover for “Action Comics” #7, written by Grant Morrison with art by Rags Morales and Rick Bryant. The cover, released via The Source, features a split cover between Superman’s life among the humans in Metropolis juxtaposed with his life as a Kryptonian in [...]
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