Wicked, a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, is one of the most popular Broadway musicals in recent memory. For whatever reason, it’s been difficult for Universal to get the film adaptation off the ground, but the studio might be taking the steps to finally make it happen.
Last night we learned that David Slade left the helm of Fox’s upcoming Daredevil reboot to work on the pilot for Hannibal. Now, Thor 2 has lost one of its actors to the same exact project.
Frankenweenie, about a boy bringing his dog back to life, took the stage first for Disney’s Comic-Con showing. The panel included Allison Abbate (producer), Don Hahn (executive producer), Atticus Shaffer (voice of Edgar), and director Tim Burton.
The Oz: The Great and Powerful panel at Comic-Con revealed the film’s first trailer which you can check out here.
Bruce Wayne gets batty this week on Trailer Tracker, with the funny spoof that pits Bane against Batman and ’60s-era Robin. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence also get a little crazy in the first look at Silver Linings Playbook about two mentally unhinged individuals who find a connection with one another.
Darren Aronofsky’s Noah will easily be his biggest project yet. Shooting for the epic begins later this year, but we already know that it’s going to have one of the most impressive props ever. The prop in question is a full-scale ark.
he Amazing Spider-Man is a perfectly fine reboot of the “Spider-Man” fiction, but that’s because it’s basically the exact same movie as Batman Begins, give or take a hyphen. The number of plot points and means of re-establishing the fiction that Spidey borrows from Batman’s reboot is astounding, and if you don’t believe me, check just a few of these uncanny instances of overlap between these two super-franchises.
