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It’s a Wrap: Iron Man 2

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According to Marvel.com, Iron Man 2 has wrapped up on principal photography on schedule. This 71 day shoot started on April 6th and according to the President of Marvel Studios,

“Shooting ‘Iron Man 2’ was a fantastic experience and we couldn’t be happier. Although there were many challenges in making this film, having Jon Favreau, Robert Downey, Gwyneth Paltrow and almost the entire crew from the first film back on board, allowed us to hit the ground running as everyone was instantly familiar with each other from day one,” Feige told Marvel.com. “This dynamic allowed us to get done what we needed on a day to day basis and was a big factor in why we finished slightly ahead of schedule.”

So what’s next? Will we see some cool BAMFing viral marketing? I hope so…We’ll have to wait and see until May 7, 2010, woot woot………

Harry Potter’s Magical Beatdown

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I’ll give it props. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince reigns supreme being the largest midnight opener with $22.2 million. This beats the original records from The Dark Knight’s $18 mil and the 2nd place Revenge of the Sith‘s $17 mil. It also stomped out the largest grossing midnight box office champion of the year, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, with its $16 million. This movie could possibly destroy all domestic records with that kind of showing or perhaps just everyone showed up last night? Who knows. The domestic 5 day record is still The Dark Knight with $203.8 and in 2nd place Revenge of the Fallen with $201.3 million. Could Mr. Potter triumph over all? Go to the theaters and maybe it will happen………

Portman Gets Thor’d

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The Natalie Portman has been confirmed by Marvel Studios to play Jane Foster as Thor’s love interest in the new movie, which comes out in May 2011. Portman will star opposite Chris Hemsworth who will play our hero Thor and Tom Hiddleston who will play the villain Loki. Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) will direct the film.

They’re getting some big names to this Marvel Universe, Norton, Bridges, Downey Jr., Tyler, and now Ms. Portman. Who will be next?

TRON 2, the Plot Thickens

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Thanks to Disney, they have revealed a somewhat of a plot synopsis of what TRON will be about when it is remade into whatever it will be. Maybe TRON guy will get a special guest cameo. We could only hope…..

“TRON is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.”

Faster Than a Speeding Lawsuit?

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So it appears that we will be getting another Superman movie sooner than we thought. Warner Bros. and DC Comics went against the heirs of the creators of the man of steel, Jerome Siegel. There was some legal issue with money of Smallville and some “sweetheart” rights and other legal mumbo jumbo, but it would go in favor of WB and DC against their plantiffs.

“The Court pointedly ruled that if Warner Bros. does not start production on another Superman film by 2011, the Siegels will be able to sue to recover their damages,” attorney Toberoff added. “The Siegels look forward to the remainder of the case, which will determine how much defendants owe them for their exploitations of Superman.”

The Details Before Spider-Man 4

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Mr. Maguire will be pulling a little comedy movie, The Details, out of his bag of tricks before he takes on the role of Peter Parker one more time. He will be along side Elizabeth Banks as a struggling married couple. This film also stars Ray Liotta, Anne Friel, Laura Linney, and Dennis Haysbert. Directed by Jacob Estes says “Maguire’s character is an everyman in the sense that he is composed of a morally ambiguous core. He has good intentions, but he makes a lot of self-destructive mistakes.” Thanks Variety.

Twilight: Eclipse, Unfortunately Sooner than Later

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I really don’t, but I found out about it. Apparently ‘Twighlight: Eclipse’ will start production already this fall. Why are they banging out these films so fast? Does Hollywood just want to finish the book series to get it done and over with as fast as they can? Does their work suffer from going so fast with these movies? Will they succeed? Was ‘Twilight’ even that good of a movie? I heard it wasn’t. I guess while you’re waiting for the third film, you could go see the second one, ‘New Moon,’ on August 14th… Kids Choice awards here we come………………………………

Revenge of the Fallen Has Fallen A Tad Short

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So the 5 day weekend for the epic throw up that is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has come to a close. The results are in and it falls short of the domestic 5 day box office records, which is held by the Dark Knight with $203.8 million. Transformers fell short with a measily $201.2 million, snap, so close, but at least quality prevails in this epic battle. But this has proven to be the highest grossing worst rated film ever. With the calculations of the overseas box offices, the total count comes to a little over $400 million. This battle between critics and box office ratings proves that critics views have no effect on the public as ROTF has gained more money than predicted. It also broke the IMAX box office record for an opening, but with so many IMAX screens popping up, the number becomes a tad useless. Will this push Paramount and Michael Bay to shoot for a 2011 date or will Bay stick to his 2012 date? Will Michael Bay even do the third, or even Orci and Kurtzman? WHO KNOWS?!?!? Let’s hope there is another writers strike and the next movie has robots having sex, might as well just add both of Bay’s elements together to make another pile of crap that makes more money than you do in your lifetime….

Revenge of the Fallen Has Fallen A Tad Short

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MICHAEL BAY BOOM DEVIL

So the 5 day weekend for the epic throw up that is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has come to a close. The results are in and it falls short of the domestic 5 day box office records, which is held by the Dark Knight with $203.8 million. Transformers fell short with a measily $201.2 million, snap, so close, but at least quality prevails in this epic battle. But this has proven to be the highest grossing worst rated film ever. With the calculations of the overseas box offices, the total count comes to a little over $400 million. This battle between critics and box office ratings proves that critics views have no effect on the public as ROTF has gained more money than predicted. It also broke the IMAX box office record for an opening, but with so many IMAX screens popping up, the number becomes a tad useless. Will this push Paramount and Michael Bay to shoot for a 2011 date or will Bay stick to his 2012 date? Will Michael Bay even do the third, or even Orci and Kurtzman? WHO KNOWS?!?!? Let’s hope there is another writers strike and the next movie has robots having sex, might as well just add both of Bay’s elements together to make another pile of crap that makes more money than you do in your lifetime….

Transformers: ROTF Writer Interview

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SuperheroHype! got a chance to sit down with the writer’s of ROTF Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, minus Ehren Kruger. SHH interviewed the writers and talked all about their new movie and the process that led to this $200 million  extravaganza of a summer popcorn blockbuster alien robot epic of a film; also a few other things that are in the works for the creative dynamic duo.

SHH!: What about pressures of writing a sequel? When you wrote the first one, no one knew it was going to do that well, but as you wrote the second one, was there a lot of pressure to fit in stuff you weren’t able to do the first time?

Kurtzman: I think frankly, you have to tune out the noise, both of the first movie and just what the expectations are for the sequel. You find the emotional link that you have to the movie and you write to that, and working with Michael, you always know that the action is going to be big. Our job is to actually focus on the small things and hope that the emotional story can be told within the context of the movie Michael wants to make.
Orci: Luckily, there were a lot of things from the first movie that we didn’t get to do, so that we already had some material going into this one.”

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