Spidey’s VFX Revealed: Extreme Webslinging Ahead!

July 3, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Our writer goes behind the scenes of Sony’s Amazing Spider-Man reboot to uncover the secrets of some of its high-end visual effects. It has been only five years since Marvel Comics’ iconic webslinger last graced the scene in the Sam Raimi-directed Spider-Man 3, but Sony is banking that fans are [...]

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Hot Weekend for ‘Ted’, ‘Ice Age 4'

July 1, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Seth MacFarlane’s raunchy R-rated talking teddy-bear movie, Ted brought in the big numbers at the U.S. box office this past weekend. The Universal release was the number-one release of the weekend, with an estimated $52.5 million opening three days. The Mark Wahlberg-starrer received a 69% rating average on Rottentomatoes.com and [...]

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Warner Bros.’s Live-Action ‘Akira’ to Roll 2012

October 20, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Fans of the great anime feature and manga Akira got some good news courtesy of Warner Bros. today. The studio has officially greenlit a $90 million feature based on the classic with an eye toward a late February/March production date. Variety reports that Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown) will direct the adaptation, [...]

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Studios Tease ‘Dark Knight,’ ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Avengers’ Movies

July 20, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Comic-Con started with comic books, and now that movies have gotten in on the act it is no surprise that the show features sneak peeks at comic-book movies. Up first is a teaser trailer from Warner Bros. for The Dark Knight Rises, the third and final film in Christopher Nolan’s [...]

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