The House Of El

Second Coming

2012-02-09T20:59:00.001+08:00

Despite some production delays, the highly-anticipated franchise sequel, The Wolverine, appears to be back on track and now has an official release date of July 26, 2013.

To be directed by James Mangold, The Wolverine will follow up 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Hugh Jackman is back as Logan finds himself in the beginning of a forbidden romance with a Japanese woman whose hand in marriage is, unfortunately, promised to another man. Since Logan won't take "no" for an answer, it puts him into battle with her father and her samurai-sword-wielding brothers and Silver Samurai.The new release date tentatively puts the project up against Lionsgate's Dirty Dancing remake and Walt Disney Pictures' Phineas and Ferb film.

Next year Logan.

Evil has a new mold

2012-01-09T10:12:00.000+08:00

Happy Mondays everyone, It's Hot Toys again that captured our eyes and man it is surely filling up our wish list on fast track as the year is only beginning.

Hot toys has just announced its latest pre-orders right after a few weeks after the Black Suited Spider-man came to surface. Hot toys latest characther was from last year's Captain America - The First Avenger Movie - The Red Skull.

The movie-accurate collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Hugo Weaving as Red Skull/ Johann Schmidt in the movie, highlighting the newly developed head sculpts, highly detailed costume, weapon and accessories.

Hot Toys MMS167 Movie Masterpiece 1/6th scale Red Skull 12-inch Collectible Figure specially features:

Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Hugo Weaving as Red Skull/ Johann Schmidt in the
Captain America: The First Avenger movie;

Stands approximately 30 cm tall with TrueType body that has over 30 points of articulations;

Movie-accurate facial expression with detailed wrinkles and skin texture, Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-painted;

Six (6) pieces of interchangeable gloved palms including:

One (1) pair of relaxed palms,
One (1) pair of fists,
One (1) right palm for holding pistol
One (1) right palm for holding the Tesseract (Cosmic Cube).

And you only thought that we have magic 8-Ball to seek answers to, he has a cosmic cube that vapourises people!

Bad Spidey, Bad

2012-01-03T18:28:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year guys! It has been a totally cool year, to kick off this years post, this just in. Hot Toys is proud to present the Spider-Man 3 (Black Suit Version) Limited Edition Sixth Scale Collectible Figure. Based on the Spider-Man 3 Film, the movie accurate Spider-Man collectible is specially crafted to highlight the newly developed head sculpt, detailed costume, movie-accurate webs and includes a specially sculpted Sandman diorama base.

The Spider-Man Black Suit Version Sixth Scale Figure features: Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Spider-Man in black suit, featuring the likeness of Tobey Maguire as Spiderman / Peter Parker in the Spider-Man 3 movie, TrueType body with 30 points of articulation & Approximately 30 cm tall.

Five (5) pairs of interchangeable palms with silver web pattern including:

One (1) pair of relaxed palms
One (1) pair of fists
One (1) pair of palms for web shooting
One (1) pair of palms for web swinging
One (1) pair of palms for climbing
One (1) black Spider-Man suit with silver web pattern on the head and body and spider icon in the front and at the back of the body
One (1) pair of black silver web patterned boots
A total of five (5) strips of web including:
Two (2) for imitating the flying scene

Two (2) of cobweb shooting
One (1) of cobweb opening

Diorama base featuring Sandman Figure stand with Spider-Man nameplate and the movie logo

Please note* Sideshow Exclusive:

Interchangeable meteor hammer for Sandman Diorama Base.

This is definetly one of the figures that has that "Awesome-Factor" well then again, its a Hot Toy, what isnt awesome about it?

A Geekaneer's year ahead

2011-12-25T10:58:00.000+08:00

It's Christmas morning everybody, hope your having a great Holiday time so far, but what better to have then to line up all you "Geekaneers" upcoming movies for next year, That's right i said it..."Geekaneers"!!

Check them out below:

(Febuary 2012) The Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengence

(March 2012) John Carter

(May 2012) The Avengers

(May 2012) Men In Black 3

(May 2012) Battleship

(June 2012) G.I. Joe 2 : Retaliation

(July 2012) The Amazing Spider-Man

(July 2012) Batman : The Dark Knight Rises

(July) The Expendables 2

(Dec 2012) The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey

Happy Holidays Everbody!!

2011-12-25T09:41:00.001+08:00

It's Official

2011-12-21T20:44:00.001+08:00

This is it!! The Official Batman The Dark Knight Rises first official trailer for the upcoming movie next year in 2012 and we have it (Well its more like YouTube has it!) But yeah, check it out! More details should be popping out soon as we near the day of its release!

Batman : The Dark Knight Rises Official Trailer (HD)

Rest In Peace Joe Simon

2011-12-16T10:49:00.002+08:00

Legendary Golden Age comic creator Joe Simon passed away yesterday, Tuesday, December 14. Simon was the creator of Captain America and a myriad of other heroes and rogues in the Marvel Universe and beyond, including the 1940s version of Sandman. He was also the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would eventually turn into Marvel.

The news was broken by his son through Facebook. Simon was an active presence in the comics field throughout his entire life and made regular appearances at conventions even into his late 90s. He will be missed, although we continue to enjoy the fruits of his legacy to this day.

Rest in Peace - Joe Simon, 1913-2011

You should be excited

2011-12-16T08:55:00.002+08:00

The Avengers story by Joss Whedon in theaters on May 4 2012. The Excitement builds on..

These pictures would make an awesome room posters for fanboys.

3D Rider

2011-12-15T07:48:00.004+08:00

Hell Riders here up next from Marvel, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, coming to 3D and 2D theaters on February 17. Nicolas Cage returns as the bad ass Ghost Rider In the successor to the worldwide hit, Johnny still struggling with his curse as the devil's bounty hunter is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy from the devil. At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy - and possibly rid himself of his curse forever.

Hell Rides Over.....in 3D

Justice League : Doom

2011-12-15T07:38:00.000+08:00

Awesome, just when we thought DC Direct animation to Blu-ray and DVD ended with Batman Year One, we found out that DC is releasing another Justice League animation, Justice League : Doom.

Justice League: Doom finds Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg and Batman on their heels when a team of super villains discover and implement the Dark Knight’s “contingency plans” for stopping any rogue Justice League member. The story is highly based on the “JLA: Tower of Babel” which was inspired by Mark Waid’s awesome storyline.

The Supercool reunion of actors who provided the voices of the Justice League for the cartoon of the same name and its follow-up, Justice League Unlimited, includes Kevin "The Man" Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) as Batman, Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville, Breaking In) as Flash, Susan Eisenberg (Superman/Batman: Apocalypse) as Wonder Woman and Carl Lumbly (Alias) as J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter. Bumper Robinson (A Different World, Transformers: Animated) joins the cast as Cyborg.

The Justice League faces two sets of villainous teams in the film – The Royal Flush Gang and a sextet of notable evildoers. The latter group includes three voice acting alumni of the Justice League animated series: Phil Morris (Smallville, Seinfeld) as Vandal Savage, Olivia d’Abo (The Wonder Years) as Star Sapphire, and Alexis Denisof (Angel) as Mirror Master. Also opposing our heroes are Carlos Alazraqui (Reno 911) as Bane, Paul Blackthorne (The Dresden Files) as Metallo, and Claudia Black (Farscape, Stargate SG-1) as Cheetah.

Arrives February 28, 2012

It's A Beautiful Day

2011-12-12T08:52:00.000+08:00

What better way to start a slow Monday morning that with a couple of teaser posters of big superhero movies on the way out of Hollywood (below). It doesn't even need much mentioning to know what movies they are. Just feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that it's a beautiful day.

And it begins.....................again

2011-12-10T12:17:00.001+08:00

Well looky what we have here...Clues to be decipher?! Oh Mr Nolan, you are such a tease.

[Mock up CIA Documents for fans to dechipher]

Chris Nolan is at it again, releasing some sneaking viral media for fans to start promoting his last Batman Movie (So Sad to hear) The Dark Knight Rises. First what it appears to be is a Central Intelligence Bulletin for a Dr. Leonid Pavel, who ran a Russian Nuclear facility. Good? Evil? Two-faced? That's just part of this crazy madness!

Then, there is this heavily-censored transcript about obtaining security for the good (evil?) Doc to travel stateside.

This is AWESOME!! But the question remains........WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN???

Go Boy Wonder Go!!

Superman - Christopher Reeve Hot Toys Unboxed

2011-12-09T16:56:00.001+08:00

Finally it arrives after a long gruesome 6 months of anticipation, but the wait is finally over. As promised, we will be showcasing a tribute to the real man of steal, the man who made us fan boys ogle about a man flying trying to save a reporter falling down from a 100 floor building. The terrible injury and subsequent death of Christopher Reeve was a tragic end to the life of an actor loved by many fans around the world. While he starred in almost 50 movies and television shows, he'll always be best remembered as Superman.

When i first went to pick this package out, i was so amazed by the size of the box and the design was just simply amazing! Here's a little bit of pictures taken when i first "unboxed" it today.

The cool box which will look fantastic when displaying the figure, keep in mind, its a pretty big box!

A Few writings on the back, you might wanna read everything first, with the price this figure cost, the last thing i wanna do is miss out on an instruction.

Credits to the Hot Toys crew involved in designing this iconic figure.

3 Sets of Hands and The Fortress of Solitude Diorama Stand.

2 Types of stands, Diorama and also a normal stand.

Diorama set up, If you want to make it glow, might wanna invest in some small white colour LED to light up the ambience.

Just look at the detail, i felt a little bit weird because he looks so real. All the pieces are extremely well tailored with great fitting to the figure. The Scale of the suit is perfect, even the emblem on both the chest and cape is cool!

Boots are very accurate that it actually looks leathery cool for when he flies super fast. The boots are especially nice, made from a soft leather-like material. They give just enough for the ankles to move, yet remain stiff enough to look great in any pose.

For Articulation sake - The figure joints are tight,but no trouble posing him the way I wanted. But if you read the instruction properly, you might wanna watch out when moving the head to avoid any damage to the rubbery skin. Very delecate - Wash your hands boys!

Let's talk a bit about the awesome thin wire inside the cape, designed to allow you to give some poses to the fabric. It's not strong enough to hold the cape out straight from his back (too bad) but it is stiff enough to add some realistic curls and contours. So its still workable for a great picture pose!

Finally i end this unbox review with my rating for this figure, out of ten - i would give this a score of 9 out or 10. Only because of the price for this figure, overall detail and articulation is perfect. But BND$290 is just way too much for this non Deluxe (DX) Hot Toys Figure and lack of accessories. I Guess it was just about the Tribute, with all the complaints i've said, once i held this figure in my hands, it was totally worth it.

Stay cool true believers!

Lego Drama

2011-12-01T14:16:00.001+08:00

For more info go to : http://www.legosuperheroes.com/

Awesome news coming for Lego game fans , The following image of LEGO Batman 2: Super Heroes, which the site says will likely hit all platforms in 2012. The game is expected to include a lot of the DC Comics characters such as Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman.

This game is created with their tie in for Lego Superheroes - Unite! Watch out, look out, here comes the Super Heroes!

Reign of Superman

2011-12-01T11:35:00.000+08:00

BBTS is now taking pre-orders for a new assortment of "Reign of Superman" figures from Mattel.
The assortment will include the following:

- Superboy
- Steel
- Eradicator
- Cyborg Superman
- Doomsday

This is good, for those who missed out on some stuff, will now be able to get these other characthers to add to their collection. These figures are slated to be released in February 2012. Each of these characters have been previously released by Mattel in plastic form in either their old DC Super Heroes line or the more recent DC Universe Classics line.

Since no images of these have been released it is unclear if these will be new sculpted figures or simply re-issues of the existing ones. Check out images below of the previously released versions of these figures so you can have a taste.

*Info was gathered from i.toynewsi.com and Big Bad Toy Store.com

Desaadistic

2011-11-29T11:56:00.000+08:00

I would hate to live on Apokolips; however, I'm sure the experience would be memorable.

Imagine a world where you are faced with the threat of painful and non-immediate death each and every day - from being mauled by building-sized dogs to being zipped by Darkseid's heat-seeking-like omega beams. Yes, it would be an eventful life which would probably leave you paranoid for life and on a one way trip to Ward 9 at RIPAS pretty quickly. While we (at the House of El) have never really explored the characters of that make up the hellhole that is Apokolips, what better time to do that than now on this bright Tuesday (post-holiday) morning?

Jack Kirby created a whole host of characters to fill up his Fourth World / New Gods world; many of these characters have become a mainstay in the minds of DC fans for a number of years. On Apokolips, we are apt to remember the great and monstrous Darkseid, but we will probably never forget Desaad.

Desaad is one of the most well-known followers of Darkseid. He is Darkseid's master torturer and has had a colorful origins story.

Desaad's first recorded appearance in the history of the DC Universe was as peon and asskisser at the side of Drax, heir to Apokolips. At the time of his appearance, the character had already taken on the name Desaad and was known by no other name.

Desaad's origins (in the comic story lines) were told during a chess game between Darkseid and Eclipso. Darkseid shared how he had corrupted an innocent young boy by tricking him into believing the boy's pet cat had killed his other pet, a bird. Urged and verbally poisoning the boy to avenge the bird, Darkseid managed to manipulates the youth into burying the cat alive. The bird returned only to be also murdered by this young man in question. He eventually left New Genesis to become Darkseid's lackey.

Desaad appeared to be helping Drax with his attempt to master the Omega force. In actual fact, he was plotting with Uxas (Drax's brother ). As a result Drax was presumed killed, and Uxas mastered the Omega force and took the god-name Darkseid. Desaad went on to serve as Darkseid's torturer.

The Apokolips torturer has been seen, since then, in the DC Universe, still well and alive and continuing his malicious mechanizations throughout the Final Crisis story line; at one time, even possessing Mary Marvel.

Desaad by nature is a sadist and a coward. He is naturally treacherous, but is sufficiently afraid of Darkseid that he will not turn against his master unless someone else takes the lead (and will probably switch sides again if it looks like they will fail). Desaad has no powers of his own, relying instead on his intellect, inventiveness and scientific skill along with Darkseid's protection. He is immortal as all New Gods are.

The character of Desaad has appeared in numerous adaptations, from the 1980s incarnations of the Superfriends cartoon, The Legendary Super Powers Show and Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians to the Young Justice series, where in the episode "Disordered" he is shown as a supplyer of Apokolips weapons to Intergang. This version is somewhat gross and deformed, as shown by his face and hands.

Desaad was included in Series 12 of Mattel's DC Universe Classic toys, patterned after his appearance in the earlier Kenner Super Powers Collection.

Pre-Avengers Syndrome

2011-11-27T10:14:00.001+08:00

The Avengers movie has been getting everyone all excited of late, but we’ve still got months to go before the film and its for-sure-to-be-awesome action Figures. Thor, Hawkeye, Captain America and the Black Widow look like they jumped straight off the comics page (they even come with tiny versions of Ant-Man and the Wasp!)

So here a few things you could actually look into breaking open a set of Marvel Select Avengers figures from Diamond Select Toys, Ooo these Marvel Select looks good!

Booster On Syfy

2011-11-26T08:47:00.000+08:00

Syfy has ordered a pilot based on the DC Comics character Booster Gold. "Fringe" writer Andrew Kreisberg has been tasked with writing the pilot.

Created by Dan Jurgens in 1986 and featured in his own series, Booster Gold is the superhero identity of Michael Jon Carter, a resident of the 25th century who travels back in time to the present day DC Universe, making use of his futuristic technology to become a hero - instead signing endorsement deals and shamelessly self-promoting himself as a noble savior.

Booster Gold was featured in the final season of "Smallville" where he teamed with both Clark Kent and Blue Beetle.

Mugs "R" Us

2011-11-23T07:23:00.001+08:00

Need i say more? Start your day with a Super Cup of Joe. This is cool for those Fanboys with their own Geek Pads.

Till All Are One..

2011-11-22T13:58:00.001+08:00

Almost every 30 year old fans out there will be as estatic as we are for this very next posts. It's the Transformers - Generation 1 Masterpiece. Now im all for some good Transformer's movie (Michael Bay's version) but nothing and i mean nothing can even come close to the Original Generations 1 version of the transformer series.Storyline was good, A lot of crafty characthers, they dont die easily and Megatron was still a gun.

Now let's get to it, Optimus Prime.......What was your favorite forms of Optimus Prime? Was it the Armada series Priime? Animated Series Prime? Cybertronian Prime? Primal Prime? Beast Prime? Alternate Prime? Mac Truck Prime? Or just simply the original Optimus Prime? Being said that, we at the House of El love this first generation of Optimus Prime particularly and plus voiced originally by Peter Cullen.

The Latest Masterpiece class from Takara of the original form of the ever courages braveheart leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime now comes in a newer mold. This brand new version of Optimus Prime is sculpted to more closely resemble the animated G1 character, and also includes both his trailer with repair bay and Roller. In addition, this set features a Spike figure, Optimus' orange Energy Ax, the Autobot Matrix of Leadship and his blaster rifle that can fold in half and store in his back. This version of Prime is sized to go with the Rodimus and Grimlock Masterpiece figures, so be sure to get this figure to fit in with the rest of the newer Masterpiece figures. Older fans who didnt manage to buy them when they were kids can now get this...(Im one of them).

Now following in Optimus Prime's footstep, the second 1st generation autobots to be only be worthy of the Matrix of leadership is Hot Rod...Or when the music by Stan Bush kicks in, he grew taller and transformed to a new autobot leader, Rodimus Prime aka the chosen one. Hot Rod appeared in Transformers: The Movie, initially serving as a companion to the young Daniel. Kup served as Hot Rod’s built-in fencing device, the former frequently coaching the latter on his impetuous ways and mild disregard for rules and regulations. Using his retractable visor, Hot Rod was the first of the Autobots (those stationed at Autobot City) to detect the presence of the Decepticons aboard the incoming Autobot shuttle. Later, on Quintessa, Hot Rod deployed his buzzsaw to escape the misguided affections of a mechanical squid, and used his welding torch to repair the battered and dismembered Kup. Ultimately, within the labyrinthine bowels of Unicron, Hot Rod retrieved the misappropriated Matrix of Leadership from the crazed Galvatron, and was imbued with a transcendent glow as the Matrix transformed the outmatched Hot Rod into the dauntless Rodimus Prime. Rodimus’ heightened strength was such that he easily defeated Galvatron, which left the new Autobot leader with the final task of unleashing the remaining power of the Matrix to destroy Unicron.

Takara's Masterpiece has released a second one, this time around is to have corrected the flaws of the original version. The MP-09 Masterpiece Rodimus Prime is accompanied by Trailer/Mobile Defense Bay, Photon Eliminator, buzzsaw, welding torch, and Matrix of Leadership accessory. MP-09 Rodimus Prime is designed to enact the physical metamorphosis of the smaller Hot Rod into the noticeably larger Rodimus Prime; a switch-out feature swaps the younger Hot Rod likeness for the sterner Rodimus Prime likeness; Hot Rod’s twin Photon Lasers can be joined to create Rodimus’ Photon Eliminator. The metamorphosis is similarly reflected in vehicle modes, enabling Hot Rod’s sleek car mode to covert into a modified carrier for the trailer component; the Mobile Defense Bay, contained within the trailer, is equipped with a double-barreled cannon. All Takara as yet to do is create a mold for Galvatron!

Courtesy: Pictures were taken from http://www.seibertron.com/

They Think We'll Buy Just Any Damn Thing...

2011-11-22T11:43:00.000+08:00

'Nuff said...

Things Of Beauty

2011-11-22T08:51:00.001+08:00

Fan-boys like to think that every movie Joss Whedon touches turns to well-spun gold. It seems that that's coming true when one looks at all the hype surrounding the upcoming Marvel feature, The Avengers.

If you didn't already know, the epic film will be pulling together as much of Marvel's greatest and most-loved heroes together in a plot to save the world (under the leadership of Nick Fury). The featured characters run the gauntlet from movie-showcased heroes such as Thor, Cap(tain America), Iron Man, to side-liners such as Black Widow and Hawk-eye. Fans will also be treated to a third re-version of Bruce Banner.

Needless to say, the newly released banners (info courtesy of Superherohype.com) look super-licious !

Are you ready?

2011-11-19T13:38:00.001+08:00

Yup, this is all what they are talking about lately...The New Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield.

New Costume.....Good or Bad?

This new rebooted franchise of Spider-Man will be released next year in July 2012. Expect an origins storyline how Peter Parker will try to balance out being a normal Teenage Boy with Girl issues and also an alter ego Superheroes with super powers after being bitten by a radioactive super spider bug.

Check out the trailer on youtube : Spider-Man Official Trailer

Vibranium Production

2011-11-19T13:20:00.000+08:00

The Famous Shield made out of Vibranium.

When you ask a kid what's Vibranium, maybe 1 out of 20 would probably understand or know what it is?

Good afternoon dear readers, is a nice saturday today so i thought of sharing some cool facts about the Vibranium Sheild, what makes it indestructible and how cap manages to quickly unstrap it from his back side to pouncing it to the red skull's face!.

Vibranium is a metal compound that appears in the Marvel Universe. It is most commonly known as one of the materials used to construct Captain America's shield, but it is also noted for its connection to the Black Panther and his native homeland of Wakanda which is considered Wakanda's secret technology and is able to be weaponised.

One of the most famously known for use is the construction of Captain America's Shield.

Vibranium is used in the creation of one of Hawkeye's "Trick Arrows", the arrows deaden kinetic and vibratory energies.

It has been revealed that X-Men member Colossus, who can turn into a metal version of his human form, is vulnerable to vibranium when he is using his powers, although his body will return instinctively to human form when confronted with a vibranium weapon.

Agent Zero wears a vibranium-weave body armor that makes him completely silent as he moves.

The U.S. Agent uses vibranium for both a disk he uses as a shield and a Star Shield. What a rip off if you ask me.

This one is an interesting one. Every wall, both interior and exterior of the Avengers Tower is made of a vibranium reinforced concrete.Of Course this is why Tony Stark is friends with The Black Panther. Talk about being high tech huh.

Last but not least, coming from the mainland it self, The Black Panther uses vibranium in a micro weave mesh in his uniform that robs incoming objects of their momentum.He also cannot be stabbed, although the costume and the Black Panther can be cut if the attacker slashes along the uniform's grain. Beyond that he uses vibranium in the soles of his boots that allows him to survive a fall of several stories and, if given enough momentum, the Panther can also scale walls or skim across water. The field can be also used offensively to shatter or weaken objects, such as kicking something with the boots. He also used the other variety Anti-Metal, in retractable claws.

Batman :: Arkham City - Best Game Ever Made

2011-11-18T20:00:00.000+08:00

Well here we are again, Right after Arkhma Asylum comes the much anticipated Sequel, Arkham City. Probabbly in my own view, its recommended to not just any Batman fan, but gamers all around who loves a good storyline, skillfull fightscene and also a pretty good goddamn graphics!

Welcome to Arkham City!

Not to far away from Arkham Asylum, this story picks up right after the battle between Bats and The Joker, Now Bats have more enemies in this City trying to take him out.....But...you know what...im not gonna spoil it much for everybody so im gonna stop there.

My ratings for this is not biase at all, but ive got to admit, its a big 10/10, ***** stars if you ask me and GL. All around a much good fun game, that has so many stuff to do, even after you complete the game.

Catwoman is downloadable, also just got the release news that you can have Nightwing DLC for an amount of 5 Pounds on PSN and Xbox.

Arkham City is publicaly available world wide, if you havent got it yet....time to get one!

Its a must get!

Mattel Reveals DC Universe All-Stars Action Figures For 2012

2011-11-18T19:30:00.000+08:00

First Wave for DC Universe All-Stars

With news on the rise we got today all over the toysites, as you might know currently Mattel's DC Universe Classics line will wrap with its 20th wave, But luckyly enough, it has not ended, this line and is probabbly still worth getting for its 6 Inch size, as you know, Marvel stop all 6"inch figure line up, and went 3.5"Inch just like Star Wars line.

This is a positive sign from DC Comics, with more of the toymaker's 6" superhero figures being released through the DC Comics All-Stars line in 2012. Found this on BBTS, on MattyCollector, the first retail mix of figures from this new line will include Larfleeze, Superboy Prime in Anti-Monitor, an evil Flashpoint Plastic Man and Batman Beyond.

The All-Stars line gives collectors their first non DC Direct Larfleeze, Flashpoint Plastic Man and Superboy Prime. Batman Beyond is a re-release from the 4th DC Universe Classics wave, which also included an unmasked variant of the character.

Though the Batman Beyond figure seems to come with a batarang (But its exactly the same as the Universe Line) and Larfleeze has his Orange Central Power Battery, accessories seem sparse on the other two figures. This might change by the time the toys arrive at retail, but compared to the DCUC SDCC 2010 exclusive Plastic Man's numerous rubbery attachments, this Flashpoint All-Star definitely comes up short in the accessory department.

Available at BTTS for pre-order and will be available next year.

A New Hope

2011-11-18T18:00:00.000+08:00

Here's the latest news from Hot Toys. HT has signed up with Lucas Film to create more hohah about HT 12 Inch lines.

Starwars : Luke Skywalker in his Bespin Outfit is ready made for pre-order. The movie accurate figure features two collectible per set. Using as cool as always PERS is also available.*PERS - Movable Eyes* New developed head sculpts with movable eyes, two figure bodies, two costume styles and highly detailed weapons, accessories and a light up weathervane.

I Wonder if his saber lights up? .... Nope it doesnt.

Amazing accurate detail of young skywalker

After his first encounter with "Daddy"

This is when he yells quietly..."Leia...Leia...."

The Star Wars : Luke Skywalker (Bespin Outfit) DX series Sixth Scale features:

Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
One (1) newly developed, hand painted head sculpt with Parallel Eyeball Rolling System (PERS)
One (1) newly developed, hand painted battle damaged head sculpt with Parallel Eyeball Rolling System (PERS)
Movie-accurate facial expressions with detailed wrinkles and skin texture
Approximately 30 cm tall
Two (2) TrueType bodies with over 30 points of articulation
Ten (10) pieces of interchangeable palms including:
One (1) pair for gripping unlit lightsaber
One (1) pair of fists
Three (3) pieces of relaxed palms
One (1) magnetic severed right palm stump
One (1) right palm for holding blaster pistol
One (1) left palm for force push
Two (2) full costumes including:
One (1) khaki jacket
One (1) tank-top undershirt
One (1) pair of khaki pants
One (1) leather-like brown belt with blaster pistol holster and pouches
One (1) pair of fabric camel-colored boots
One (1) battle damaged khaki jacket
One (1) tank-top undershirt
One (1) pair of battle damaged khaki pants
One (1) leather-like brown belt with blaster pistol holster and pouches
One (1) pair of fabric camel-colored boots
Two (2) blaster pistols
One (1) unlit lightsaber
One (1) unlit lightsaber handle
One (1) interchangeable severed right forearm stump
One (1) auto-tourniquet
One (1) light-up Weathervane stand which can be mounted onto the wall or ceiling and allows 90 degree movement
One (1) figure base and one (1) figure stage with Luke Skywalker nameplate and the movie logo

Pre-order is now available at BBTS and various site. BBTS im giving you out FREE marketing, PAY UP!!

HOT TOYS - The New Found Love

2011-11-18T07:23:00.001+08:00

Hot Toys, who does know this brands nowadays? Well to be honest we have known HT to be around in years already, but we've never manage to grow into it....Until now!

Jack Nicholson "Joker" from the 1989 Batman Movie, who made this movie truely awesome with the direction of Tim Burton, before Val Kilmer F*** things up! This awesome Joker 12 inch is now Pre-order status but is now available at BBTS.

Michael Keaton, The First ever Batman Movie ever since Adam West's Hippity Hop TV Show, for the first time featuring 12 inch scale to ever grazed our holy land of the living, makes us fanboys drool in excitement and also made us click add to cart without hesitant (I'm speaking for my self). Now available at BBTS for pre-order.

Need i say more for this guy, Christopher Reeves finally gets an accurate figure, it was only possibly made possible by Hot Toys, Hot Toys Limited will be donating a portion of this collectible figure’s sales to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.The Reeve Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. Even though with his passing, he's still stands tall in our hearts. That's why i bought him.

Christian Bale, The Dark Knight - The first person to ever performed Batman as to be Very scarry with his frown and crazy voice! We straight away loved his performance not to mentioned with the recently passed on Heath Ledger as the Joker, The Dark knight Proved itself worthy of an amazing HT figures...yup and i mean Figures.

Iron Monger - Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane in the first installment of the new Ironman franchise igniting Robert Downey Jr's career by performing as the big battle with Ironman, Iron Monger has finally touched down to balanced out the number of Ironman HT figures with his big bulky metal suit. The Iron Monger is stated to be release 2nd Quarter 2012.Go Big or Go home!

Who is Baby Doll? Who is Amber? Who is Emily Browning? We dont know, new characthers, New Actoress. When i saw the teaser poster for Sucker Punch, i thought must be some sort of a chick flick! After seeing, i ended watching and liking this movie, twice in a row! Turns our Zack Snyder was directing this so whats their to lose, i mean he did directed a few of the most talked about movies with the likes of Frank Miller's 300 & Watchmen, not to mentioned soon to be out Superman : Man of Steel! Both Sucker Punching Girls, Baby Doll and Amber were released for Pre-order, as usual, its still available on BBTS. Expected to arrived by 4th Quarter this year. Damn hot figures.

Ah yes, Spider-Man 3 featured not only The elusive Spider-kicking-@$$-man but also avalable is his Best Friend Foe, The New Goblin, HT has managed to acquire James Franco license head mold, as accurate as it can be, but unfortunately, Spidey this time around will not be able to get rid of his mask, as HT was not able to get Tobey's face on board, i wonder whose face will it be, if you open it?

Both figures are available, not on BBTS though, maybe require to do some search in eBAY.

Will if it isnt about time they remake this true american hero symbol from Marvel Comics, Captain America whom was potrayed by Chris Evans was brilliantly done and did justice for Captain America, with his origin storyline ties in with the upcoming and Most anticipated movie, The Avengers, sure proved to the world, there is no way no one is gonna miss this movie, The Avengers are due out sometime next year, Both this year's Thor and Capt had given us hints as to what will happen in the new Avengers movie. And possibly more Hot Toys to come. Captain America's Hot Toys has its sheild shinning away, this 12 Inch figure is a must for all Cap fans out there, this should be out by now (Nov 2011), somehow BBTS has not yet notify me of my HT Cap figure.

Yeah it might be one sided, Marvel did get approached by HT for their movie licenses, but its mainly because of the movie industries, Marvel has moved up to the heights of Hollywood status. Iron Man 2 Mark II Unleashed a second Mark II for HT Iron man line. This one's featured Don Cheadle as Rhodey. HT Figure is due to arrive next year, but what have arrived this year is the Iron Man Mark V if your colours is Red and Silver.

Lastly i will end this HT special with one of the coolest things i've ever saw, now i admit that there's probbably alot of this next figure around the world, but the setup is a Gantry for the Iron Man suit, this whole set up will blow holes in your wallet! Check out the picture of the Mark IV (my favourite Suit) and will feature Robert Downey accurate face scuplt too! Available for Pre-order now at BBTS, just not sure of the price is worth goin for. I may be crazy, but im actually thinking of getting this. *Choke*

For collectors who already own a Hot Toys Iron Man Mark VI, the Suit Up Gantry is available for Order separately. But at a staggering price of $359.99, I am not sure that helps a lot. Price aside, the Suit Up Gantry is a great 12 Inch Environment to go with your Hot Toys Iron Man (That's what you want!!) and the 3 layered convertible gantry base looks really cool.

Mom if your reading this i want this for X-Mas...

I'm Back!

2011-11-17T13:46:00.005+08:00

Hello Folks! Yup we have been gone for a very Loooooooonnng Hiatus! But wait no longer, we are back in full force! Boy do i have a lot to update, honestly the last time was back last year during my surgery, apologies for the long break, both me and GL have been quite busy, me getting back in shape and GL out saving lives out there. But lets get going then shall we.

To start off, what i am really looking forward for DC super heroes, are the upcoming HOT TOYS line! Superman Chris Reeves version is coming up very soon. (Will update everyone when my figure comes) then you have Batman Michael Keaton followed by Joker (Jack Nicholson). For Marvel, look no further. Captain America will be available later this year (December).

But over a year, i've decided not to just limit this to Hot Toys, their highly detailed 12 inch figures, but also very exclusively expensive. I'll also not limit my posts to DC / Marvel, but will also bring in Star Wars, Transformers and possibly any other cool things that comes my way.

Oooo forgot to mentioned, we are also currently in the process of changing a few layouts here and there, so dont mind us while we play around with the layouts, we're only trying to improve some stuffs for your viewing purpose.

Thank you all and welcome back to the House of El!

Crazy Posts coming your way soon!

Peace

New Thor Poster (France)

2011-01-12T09:41:00.003+08:00

It's The Cape

2011-01-12T09:28:00.003+08:00

Kal-el and myself are big fans of the superhero genre (if you didn't know by now) and we're glad for anything new that might come out that explores the realm of superheros further.

Debuting just a few days ago is the one-hour superhero drama series; The Cape.

The series, set in the fictional metropolis of Palm City and follows Vince Faraday, an innocent police detective who is considering leaving the city's corrupt police force. He witnesses the murder of the city's new police chief by a mysterious individual known as "Chess"; soon after, he decides to work for the private security team of billionaire Peter Fleming, who is poised to take over the city's police department.

An e-mail from the anonymous investigative blogger "Orwell" leads Faraday and his partner Marty Voyt to a cargo train equipped with weapons smuggled in by Fleming's corporation. Unfortunately, Voyt sets up Faraday and delivers him to Chess (Fleming himself), who frames Faraday for the police chief's murder and sends the police after him in a chase that culminates in an explosion.

The entire city (including Faraday's family) now believes that he was Chess and he died in the explosion. Vince actually survives and is saved by a circus ringleader who trains him to use a special black cape to defend himself against his foes. The circus folk convince Faraday that he cannot reveal himself to his wife and son without endangering their lives, because if Chess found out that he was still alive then his family would be targeted. Faraday decides to fight Palm City's corruption and clear his name by taking the guise of his son's favorite comic book hero, "The Cape".

I guess you could think: Batman mix Punisher mix The Shadow.

While the creator of The Cape, Tom Wheeler, does not come from a background comics, he is currently developing the screenplay for Puss in Boots, a spin-off of the Shrek franchise for acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and DreamWorks Animation.

I would suggest that superhero fans out there check out the show yourselves to form your own opinions.

DC Comic's Raven for a TV show

2010-12-07T20:31:00.002+08:00

It seems that the Teen Titans' leggy, psionic-powered half-demon Raven will be the next DC Comic property to grace the small screen. According to the report from Variety over the weekend, the CW, set at the end of this season to send-off its longtime superhero drama Smallville, will look to adapt the powerful demoniac temptress as its genre-similar replacement. Set to serve as Writer and Executive Producer, is Diego Gutierrez, who will be bringing loads of experience from his time as Co-Exec Producer on ABC's revival of V, as well as serving in various capacities on Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. While the CW network has recently reinvented itself to focus on 'teen' type shows like Gossip Girl, it's also managed to maintain shows with a bit of an edge like Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, as well as this season's new show Nikita. While Raven may seem like an odd DC property to use, taking the network's lineup of shows consisting of teen drama, monsters, and femme fatale's into consideration, it's actually a perfect fit. The question is, how will they approach her story?

Raven was the daughter of DC's notorious outer-dimensional demon Trigon, who mated with a human female to produce an offspring for the purpose of being his living portal to our dimension. So...yeah, it will definitely be interesting to see how they handle not only Raven's story, but exactly what she's going to do in each episode. (Assuming that the Teen Titans will not be a part of the storyline.) However, even if the show follows a standalone canon, the idea of Raven's constant struggle with the overwhelming powers from her demon half, and perhaps an ongoing quest to foil Trigon's arrival on Earth, just might be enough to serve as workable plot. Regardless, on paper, it seems to have present all the tools that make a show that would be on the CW in the post-Twilight era of drama surrounding the 'tortured, but beautiful.'

With David E. Kelly shopping his Wonder Woman project for a network, loose rumors of a Batman TV series possibly set to hit sometime after the last Christopher Nolan Bat-film in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises, and a boat-load of Marvel TV projects on the horizon, Raven would be joining a growing group of comic heroes set to enjoy the spotlight on TV. Likely, the CW is going to inject it with its brand of superficial, self-pitying teen issues and plenty of gratuitous slow-motion bod shots. However, the same could have been said on paper many years ago about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and, of course, Joss Whedon managed to turn a questionable TV adaptation of a movie comedy into one of the most compelling and beloved TV universes ever. So, I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss Raven just yet.

What do you think about CW's selection of Raven as its new comic book TV property? Is it overreaching? Or out-of-the-box thinking?

Superman / Batman : Apocalypse

2010-09-26T17:35:00.004+08:00

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, a sequel in the Superman/Batman series, has been released for 2010 after the positive sales of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.Superman/Batman: Apocalypse will be based on the second story arc, "The Supergirl from Krypton", from the Superman / Batman comic book title by Jeph Loeb and the late Michael Turner.

A significant feature has Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, Susan Eisenberg, and Edward Asner reprising their roles of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Granny Goodness from Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.

The film also features the voice talents of Andre Braugher as Darkseid, Summer Glau as Supergirl,Julianne Grossman as Big Barda, Rachel Quaintance as Lyla and Artemis, Andrea Romano as Stompa, Tara Strong as Lashina, and Salli Saffioti as Gilotina and Mad Harriet.

Oh did i forgot to mention the Summer Glau voiced for Supergirl =)

AVENGERS ASSEMBLED!!

2010-09-26T17:32:00.000+08:00

Im getting goosebumps!!

Old Wounds Never Heals..

2010-08-01T19:27:00.002+08:00

Hello Everyone, its good to be back, Thanks to GL for keeping this blog updated during my recovery time. Will be going again for a second Surgery in September. But meanwhile, speaking of old wounds, here's an update that i'd like to share with everyone.

BATMAN: Under The Red Hood, Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the Mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One Part Vigilante, One part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the Efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code as Batman. Killing is an Option and when the Joker falls in the balance between the two, hard truths are revealed and old wounds are re-opened. Sound familiar?

Check it out..Batman: Under The Red Hood is now available in stores..Blueray and DVD!

Captain America's Movie Shield Revealed

2010-07-27T09:47:00.003+08:00

While is was disappointing that Marvel did not publish the Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor footage (although they did show it to the audience present during the panel discussion). And while The Avengers cast announcement was fantastic, Marvel Studios also revealed the Captain America shield at the studio's booth at the San Diego Comic-Con! Throughout the week, Marvel Studios also revealed Odin's throne, the Destroyer and Thor, Loki and Odin's helmets.

Marvel Announces Anime

2010-07-27T09:23:00.005+08:00

Four brand-new anime series featuring some of the Marvel Universe's landmark characters have been announced. Produced by Madhouse for Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ), these four original series will feature iconic characters from Iron Man, X-Men, Wolverine and Blade in a new anime re-version. These series will premiere in 2011.

Jeph Loeb, Executive Vice President, Head of Television at Marvel Entertainment said, “The size and scope of the animation from top-flight studios Madhouse and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan is nothing short of mind-blowing. We look forward to the start of a beautiful friendship and can’t wait to see the reaction from our worldwide fan-base.”

Each of the four new anime properties will air as standalone series made up of twelve 30-minute episodes. Guided by multiple Eagle award winner Warren Ellis, the four shows will feature a matrix of interlinked storylines and shared guest characters.

Iron Man (teaser trailer above): In an effort to make amends for his weapons manufacturing past, Tony Stark has dedicated himself to building the world up rather than tearing it down. Traveling to Japan to build a new arc reactor that will deliver unlimited free energy to the Japanese people, Stark is challenged by the Japanese government and the media when he attempts to import the necessary nuclear priming device. And when the reactor-in-construction is repeatedly attacked by the mysterious Zodiac consortium, Stark must gather his allies to take on Zodiac and its mastermind.

X-Men: The X-Men are reunited following the death of a teammate, and are summoned by Charles Xavier to Japan following the abduction of Hisako Ichiki (Armor). There, they confront the U-Men, a lunatic cult that steals and transplants mutant organs to further strengthen their own army, and the battle for justice is on.

Wolverine: Based on the popular graphic novel by Frank Miller, the series begins in Japan, where Logan is challenged by Shingen Yashida, the notorious leader of a powerful mafia clan. When Shingen's employee Yukio, a female assassin, falls out of Shingen's favor, she must kill him or be killed. Teaming up with Logan, the pair seek out the villain to exact their revenge.

Blade: Seeking revenge on Deacon Frost, the vampire lord who killed his mother while she was still pregnant with Eric. With all the powers of a vampire and none of their weaknesses, Blade's quest leads him throughout Southeast Asia in search of Frost, and, in Vietnam, he discovers a vampire plot that threatens to take down the whole world.

While anime translations have worked out for DC Comics in the past with Gotham Knights, it'll be a toss-up to see how Marvel capitalizes with this shift introduction of four major playing characters in one go.

Green Lantern Promo Images

2010-07-27T09:15:00.003+08:00

Warner Bros. Pictures has provided us with four new Comic-Con promo images for Green Lantern featuring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Blake Lively as Carol Ferris, Mark Strong as Sinestro and Peter Sarsgaard as Hector Hammond. You can check out bigger versions by clicking on them at the Warner Bros. website.

Needless to say, this first look at Sinestro is awesome.

Also below, you'll find the Green Lantern movie panel will all the director and starring cast at San Diego's Comic Con taking questions from the crowd.

Opening in theaters on June 17, the Martin Campbell-directed action adventure also star Tim Robbins, Taika Waititi, Temuera Morrison, Angela Bassett, Jay O. Sanders and Jon Tenney.

The Green Lantern Game

2010-07-24T13:48:00.004+08:00

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, an action-adventure title that will be available in conjunction with Warner Bros. Pictures’ epic superhero feature film Green Lantern scheduled for release Summer 2011.

The game will be available for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Wii and Nintendo DS.

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is inspired by the feature film, which brings the popular super hero to the big screen for the first time and which stars Ryan Reynolds in the title role as Hal Jordan. In the video-game players will utilize over a dozen constructs and take flight across the deepest parts of the Universe to restore intergalactic order by wielding the ultimate weapon: the Green Lantern power ring.

“Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters gives players the chance to experience the world of the Green Lantern mythology in an interactive way, going beyond the events of the film and comic books,” said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and Development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “The game is the first to center around DC Comics’ Green Lantern franchise and we’re excited to give fans the opportunity to experience the power of the ring with engaging gameplay.”

Avenging Update

2010-07-24T11:48:00.003+08:00

The first day wrap-ups of Comic Con 2010 are being gradually leaked on to the internet - and some the news couldn't be more exciting.

Joss Whedon, of Waterworld and Buffy, has confirmed lending his direction talents to The Avengers film. Robert Downey, Jr. and Don Cheadle are set to reprise their roles as Iron Man and War Machine, respectively. Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston will reprise their roles from the upcoming Thor as Thor and Loki as well. Samuel L. Jackson signed on to play Nick Fury as part of an unprecedented deal with Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures for nine pictures, including The Avengers and its respective sequels. Scarlett Johansson, playing the Iron Man 2 role of Black Widow, will be in the film. Chris Evans will reprise his role as Captain America from the forthcoming film Captain America: The First Avenger.

In June 2010 during Comic Con, reports surfaced that Jeremy Renner was in final negotiations to play Hawkeye in the film as well.

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that the Hulk will appear in The Avengers but the character of Bruce Banner will not be played by Edward Norton.

Now that's an update.

Cap & Thor Go Live

2010-07-22T08:50:00.002+08:00

After unleashing images for Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor, Marvel Studios has now also brought online the official sites for the films which you can check out at CaptainAmerica.Marvel.com and Thor.Marvel.com!

For now it's mostly the logos for both films on the sites, but it is hoped that more images will be released during Comic-Con this weekend.

Odin's Beard

2010-07-21T08:40:00.003+08:00

As revealed in this new photo from Marvel Studios' Thor featuring Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, and Chris Hemsworth as Thor with his hammer. It has also been confirmed that both Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger will be released in 3D.

Thor hits theaters on May 6, 2011 and Captain America: The First Avenger (the other Marvel ship) on July 22, 2011.

First Frost

2010-07-21T08:29:00.003+08:00

Jennifer Lawrence, from Winter's Bone fame, will play Mystique in 20th Century Fox's X-Men: First Class. Also, Kevin Bacon has signed to play the villain, whose character is still under wraps.

The two join James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Alice Eve, Nicholas Hoult and Caleb Landry Jones in the Matthew Vaughn-directed film, coming to theaters on June 3, 2011.

If you've read our recent entry on X-Men: First Class, the cast for this show is growing each month with a younger and lesser known group of actors being drafted to take on portraying Marvel's first family.

Playing Thor

2010-07-21T08:16:00.002+08:00

Just so that you have my official opinion in written form: the Iron Man game that was inspired by the movie sucked. The coolest thing about that game, by far, was the free roam flying - but that was it. I would go so far in to say that the Iron Man game spoiled the video-games-from-superhero movies genre, for me, forever.

In any case: SEGA just announced that Thor: The Video Game is coming in 2011

Yesterday SEGA Europe and SEGA of America announced they will bring Marvel’s hall-of-fame franchise Thor to video game systems for an epic third-person adventure, scheduled for release on all five major video game platforms in 2011.

Thor: The Video Game is set to take players through an original third-person adventure for which Matt Fraction, the Eisner Award-winning writer and lead Thor comic book author, served as story consultant.

In the game, Thor battles through the numerous worlds of Norse mythology that span realms ranging from fire and ice to Frost Giants and Trolls - to obviously save Asgard. And yes, you will be using Mjölnir.

Each version of the game will be uniquely suited for its platform, with the PlayStation 3 system and Xbox 360 versions featuring cinematic, third-person action gameplay with melee combos, ranged hammer throws, tide-turning elemental powers, and an upgrade system to bolster Thor’s powers as gamers progress. Players will take on enemies up to four times as large as Thor, with multiple grappling points and a variety of strategies for taking them down: go toe-to-toe with 25 foot tall, 12 ton Ice Trolls for a truly heart-pumping experience.

The Wii game will feature the same overarching storyline as the next-gen consoles, but will also present a different gaming experience by utilizing the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers to battle enemies and deliver Thor’s elemental powers. Thor for the Wii version will also be presented with a uniquely styled comic book look that it will share with the PSP system version, along with different cinematics, story elements, dialog, locations, and dedicated flight levels. Nintendo DS players will experience a 2D side-scrolling adventure with narrative and gameplay unique to the platform.

Thor: The Video Game marks the character’s progression from mythology to comics to TV and film, and now to interactive entertainment in his first standalone appearance in a game ever.

Green Light

2010-07-17T16:20:00.001+08:00

...and here's where GL screams like a little girl !

Picture Me Rollin'

2010-07-17T16:10:00.002+08:00

While the first Ghost Rider movie and its rather lack-luster impression still lingers in our minds, all good things are meant to move on. Below, we have a time-line of events that have occurred so far with regards to this franchise.

On February 9, 2007, Marvel producer Avi Arad announced the development of Ghost Rider 2. Surprisingly, Peter Fonda has also expressed a desire to return as Mephistopheles. (Mephisto).

In February 2009, Columbia Pictures had greenlit a sequel to Ghost Rider. Nicolas Cage will reprise the lead role, whilst the studio are in search of writers.

On September 23, 2009, it was reported that David S. Goyer signed on to write the script for the sequel. Goyer spoke to MTV about the sequel, stating that the story will pick up eight years after the events of the first film and that he hopes to start filming by 2010. The sequel is entitled Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance will be produced by Mike De Luca.

On July 14, 2010 it was confirmed that Nicolas Cage will return and Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are in negotiations to direct. In July 2010 Cage revealed shooting is to start in November.

Are we hoping for the best? Guilty !

Going First Class

2010-07-12T13:32:00.009+08:00

In the latest of movie news, the confirmed castings so far for X-Men: First Class are:

Nicholas Hoult who will play Beast
Caleb Landry Jones who will play Banshee .
James McAvoy (best known as the guy from Wanted) who will play Charles Xavier

Michael Fassbender who will play Erik Lensher

and Alice Eve (from She's Out Of My League) who will play Emma Frost.

X-Men: First Class will following the classic Marvel mythology, charting the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. The story will follow the process of how a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men.

X-Men: First Class will be directed by Matthew Vaughn.

2010-07-06T08:42:00.002+08:00

Sony Pictures has officially announced that Andrew Garfield has landed the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in director Marc Webb's Untitled Spider-Man Film! The film focuses on a teenager grappling with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human powers. The action adventure will open in 3D and 2D theaters on July 3, 2012.

The official press release is as follows:

After a comprehensive worldwide casting search, Andrew Garfield has been chosen to portray Peter Parker when Spider-Man swings back onto the screen in 3D on July 3, 2012. The new film will begin production in early December directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt. Laura Ziskin and Avi Arad will produce the film from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios.

Garfield will immediately begin preparing for the coveted role.

The Spider-Man franchise is one of the most successful in film history and the three previous motion pictures have collectively grossed more than $2.5 billion in worldwide box office.

On selecting Garfield, director Marc Webb said, "Though his name may be new to many, those who know this young actor's work understand his extraordinary talents. He has a rare combination of intelligence, wit, and humanity. Mark my words, you will love Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker."

Garfield is fast becoming one of the most respected and sought-after young actors working in the industry today. In a short 5 year career, he has already been directed by, and starred alongside, some of the greatest names and received a BAFTA for a role that won him international praise.

Garfield most recently worked with director David Fincher on the upcoming film The Social Network. He previously starred for Spike Jonze on his robot love story, I'm Here, which premiered at Sundance this year. He plays the lead male opposite Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan in Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, due for release later this year.

While mostly limited to dramas, this will be Garfield's first foray into the superhero genre - and there is little doubt that there is a legacy and fan expectation to live up to.

Asylum In Stock

2010-06-30T14:54:00.006+08:00

If you save up all your allowance or salary money purely to purchase a PS3 and the Arkam Asylum (game of the year, by the way !) game, no one would call you crazy - in fact, I would go so far as to day that your decision, while rash and totally instinctual, is a brilliant. In fact, I thank myself daily for having the foresight to purchase a PS3, and it's because of games like Arkham Asylum.

Being critically acclaimed has certain advantages to faithful fans such as myself: you can relate with other gamers, you can related with our geeks, and the merchandise that follows is awesome to see - for better or for worse (however, in this case, it's very good).

On total pre-order status and with pre-order sales running out fast, too the Batman: Arkham Asylum series of figures are set for release in January 2011. Two lines have already been confirmed and the details shown on promotional photos look true to the game and overall, great.

Batman: Arkham Asylum Series one figures are accompanied by character-specific accessories and a display base, and is packaged on a 4-color clamshell blister card.

The first set includes the following characters:

The Joker with Scarface (at 6.7” tall and 2” tall respectively). Characteristically clad in a pinstriped purple tuxedo, the ghoulish, leering Joker is accompanied by a monstrous saw-toothed version of Scarface.

Scarecrow (at 6” tall) is clad in dingy brown tatters and a baggy, noose-cinched re-breather mask, and comes equipped with a hose-heavy gauntlet used to deliver gaseous doses of his debilitating fear toxin.

The porcelain doll-like Harley Quinn (at 6.5” tall) is clad in a snug-fitting, short-skirted dress overlapped by an intricately-crafted dark red corset, along with gloves and thigh-high boots. This Harley version is practically the pick of the lot - her concept appearance is totally new and is very well aligned to the history of the character. I believe this costume is a fair rival to that of the Slave Princess Leia !

Finally, you have a Batman (at 6.75” tall), complete with yellow utility belt, flowing black cape, and thick-armored gauntlets and greaves.

Series Two of this video-game inspired action figure line compliments the first installment wave nicely:

Poison Ivy (at 6.5” tall), sparsely-clad Poison Ivy is adorned by delicate vein-like vines studded with miniscule darker-green leaves.

The introduction of Zsasz the murderer was a nice touch (at 6” tall). The lanky Zsasz is clad in institutional orange attire and manacled and padlocked restraint gear.

Bane although only 6.75” tall is a massive vein-laden figure clad in tattered institutional orange attire, encased in crude metal apparatus festooned with tangling acid-green wires and hoses.

And finally, also in the series is an additional Armored Batman (at 7” tall to top of ears).This version is clad in a sculptured armor chassis patterned after the standard Batman costume, complete with gold utility belt and billowing black cape.

Time For Class

2010-06-30T08:27:00.001+08:00

I don't think anyone could have anticipated how far the X-Men franchise would go following the release of the very first film - after Wolverine: Origins, it seems that more and more movies are planned along this installment and The House Of El, couldn't be happier.

The next upcoming X-Men group centered movie, planned for a 2011 release, is X-Men: First Class.

X-Men: First Class is intended to be about the young Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast and others who attended Xavier's school. Zak Penn revealed he was offered to direct the spin-off in 2007, which he explained, "The original idea was to have me do a young X-Men spin-off, a spin-off of the young X-Men characters. But someone came up with a pretty interesting idea - do a young X-Men movie which is not what you'd expect."

In July 2008, Fox filed the title X-Men: First Class.

Bryan Singer later signed on to direct X-Men: First Class in December 2009, returning to the series that he started with X-Men and X2: X-Men United. Jamie Moss, the writer behind the 2008 Keanu Reeves movie Street Kings, has also come on board to pen a new screenplay for X-Men: First Class.

In March 2010, Singer reiterated that the film will find its axis in the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the point where their friendship soured, while also detailing the beginning of the school for mutants, with younger incarnations of some characters with new actors in roles of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, etc. Also March 2010, Fox revealed that Bryan Singer will be producing X-Men: First Class instead of directing. The studio wants the film to start production as soon as possible in order to release it in 2011, and Singer is unable to do it due to other work commitments. In May 2010, 20th Century Fox confirmed that Matthew Vaughn will direct the film and announced the film will be released on June 3, 2011.

No one has presented a formal state on whether Hugh Jackman might appear as Wolverine. The current cast roster includes:

James McAvoy as the young Professor X,
Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr (Magneto)
Benjamin Walker as Hank McCoy, (Beast)
Alice Eve as Emma Frost

X-Men: First Class will begin filming in August 2010 in London.

Mercury

2010-06-29T14:21:00.004+08:00

The history of DC's speedsters is wide and colorful. One of the greatest things about the origins of those character associated with lightening speed is the fact that it's an on-going project and characters are still being developed and fine-tuned.

There is little doubt that the fan lines are drawn between Barry Allen and Wally West; but it would be a total remiss for us to consider the roots of those two greats mentioned. A good place to start would be with the most golden age of golden agers: Max Mercury.

The character first appeared in Quality Comics' National Comics issue #5, in November 1940, as Quicksilver. Almost nothing was revealed about that character except that he possessed super-speed and his secret identity had the first name Max. Due to the character's indistinct background, many years down the line, writer Mark Waid reinvented the character in The Flash storyline.

When the character reappeared in early 1990s issues of The Flash, his name had to be changed from Quicksilver to Mercury to avoid confusion with Marvel Comics' Quicksilver.

In Waid's origin of the character, he was originally a scout with the US Cavalry in the 1830s. A friend of the local Indian tribes, he was shocked and dismayed to find them massacred on the orders of his commanding officer. Enchanted by a dying Indian shaman, he gained super-speed. In the years that followed, he became known to the Indians as Ahwehota (He Who Runs Beyond The Wind), and to everyone else as Windrunner.

Mercury has repeatedly traveled through time, seeking to enter the so-called Speed Force. He usually bounces off and finds himself decades in the future. His first attempt left him in the 1890s, where he created a new identity for himself as Whip Whirlwind. Later, he travelled ahead again, and was active in the 1930s and 1940s as Quicksilver when he acted as a mentor to the fledgling Golden Age Flash and Johnny Quick.

In 1948, he had an affair with the wife of a doctor who had saved his life. When the doctor learned of this, Max fled into the future once more.

He spent some years in hiding, but was persuaded by Jay Garrick to return to action against Professor Zoom (one of The Flash's penultimate limited story-lines). In recent years, he has been the mentor of first Wally West and later Bart Allen (alias Impulse). He taught West about the Speed Force, and helped him to access his full speed by encouraging him to break a mental block he'd placed on his powers—stopping Wally from being as fast as Barry, he also attempted to teach Impulse a measure of patience with varying results. While living with Bart, Max met an aged physician named Helen Claiborne, who turned out to be his daughter from his earlier affair.

Since then Max Mercury has played a secondary role in the background of the speed family plot-line, aiding other superheroes as battling partners and as a mentor.

Max is fully human with granted superhuman speed by ancient Native American rituals. Over time, he tried to find the fuel for his powers (and those of other speedsters): the Speed Force. Though he never quite entered it, his attempts allowed him to travel forward through time.

Amongst his peers, Max is unique in his attempts to understand the Speed Force in a mystical way. He also differs from other speedsters because of his agility; he cannot run as quickly as the Flashes, but he has a greater ability to perform acrobatic stunts and finely coordinated actions than they do - with the skill to even outmaneuver Professor Zoom.

Liberty & Justice

2010-06-29T11:33:00.004+08:00

Marvel Studios entertainment is not slowing down with the announcement of Captain America: The First Avenger, slated to be released in the summer of 2011.

Doesn't the excitement just make you feel like a little kid again?

Here at The House of El; we're nothing if not continuously keeping up to date on superhero tidbits of information. In light of the coming of the proclaimed first avenger, let's take a look and who's in the actor roster for this:

Chris Evans will be playing: Steve Rogers / Captain America: a sickly young man who is enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort - if you're a fan, you would know this already. Evans said that he wanted to play Captain America because, he stated, "I think Marvel is doing a lot of good things right now, and it’s a fun character". All fans out there would best remember Evans for playing Human Torch in the recent Fantastic Four installments.

Hugo Weaving will be playing: Johann Schmidt / Red Skull: Captain America's main nemesis and the head of the Nazi's terrorist activities who was personally groomed and trained by Adolf Hitler to be his right-hand man.

Sebastian Stan will be playing: Buck Barnes: Captain America's sidekick. It is not clear on whether the movie version of Barnes sets up the Winter Soldier identity (the baddie that Bucky eventually becomes). It has been revealed however that Stan has been sign to a multiple of movies under the Marval Studios umbrella.

Samuel L. Jackson will be playing: Nick Fury: a sergeant in the United States Army during World War II who lead an elite special unit of US Army Rangers nicknamed the Howling Commandos and would later become the director of the super-spy agency, S.H.I.E.L.D..

Dominic Cooper will be playing: Howard Stark: The father of Tony Stark, who worked on various government projects dating back to the World War II era.

Neal McDonough will be playing: Dum Dum Dugan: a former circus strongman and member of Sgt. Fury's Howling Commandos, known for his his marksmanship with rifles and for his impressive physique.In an interview with MTV News, McDonough stated that he is already growing Dugan's trademark mustache and plans to wear the character's signature bowler hat.

The latest addition to the exciting cast is Tommy Lee Jones as Col. Chester Phillips. Lee's involvement in the Captain America movie was announced in June 2011.

More exciting stuff: the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be releasing more movies into cinemas near you with Thor (also scheduled for 2011) and The Avengers (for 2012)

Avengers Assemble !

Super Summer

2010-06-29T11:24:00.004+08:00

There are few things cooler than a hot actress playing a super-hero; and one of things would be if a hot actress voiced for a super-hero.

Summer Glau (from the defunct Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Serenity and Firefly) will play the voice of Supergirl in Warner Premiere's animated Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, coming to Blu-ray and DVD on September 28.

In the film, the latest in a Warner Bros.-produced series based on popular DC Comics stories, Summer plays Superman's cousin Kara, a mysterious survivor of the doomed planet Krypton who shows up on Earth.

The best news of all is that Tim Daly and Kevin Conroy will be reprising their roles as Superman and Batman, respectively, from the characters' animated series in the '90s and a previous DC movie, last year's Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.

Apocalypse is based on the 2004 comic book arc, written by Jeph Loeb, which reintroduced Supergirl into the DC Comics universe. Unlike the rocket that brought her cousin to Earth, Kara's pod was delayed in its arrival, leaving her in suspended animation until landing. When she wakes up she is not terribly happy to learn that Earth's yellow sun gives her powers far beyond those of mortal women.

If you've loved the DC animated productions so far, you'd expect nothing less with this second installment of the Superman/Batman storyline - especially when you know Bruce Timm is involved.

*incidentally, check out Summer Glau's special appearance in the ever-cool, ever-geeky past season of The Big Bang Theory.

Big Bad Hex

2010-06-28T22:44:00.008+08:00

With the movie on the way to the projector room of our closest cinemas, it would be a shame for The House Of El to not play tribute to this soon-to-be underdog star.

Jonah Hex is live is one that is probably not envied by any of the other heroes and anti-heroes of the DC Universe. Jonah has battled alcoholism, and as an adult faced his mother's turn to prostitution. If you didn't already know, Hex is your typical Western-gruff bounty hunter whose face is horribly scarred on the right side. Despite his poor reputation and personality, Hex is bound by a personal code of honor to protect and avenge the innocent.

He's an expert marksman whom rarely misses and is always up to a good fight.

Though he has traveled extensively throughout the American West, he has also ended up trudging through South America and China. At one point he had quit bounty hunting, married and had a son, and took up farming - though unruly circumstances saw to it that his marriage and his family lifestyle did not last.

Hex's facial injuries - his most noticeable features - can be traced back to being sold into slavery by his father to some Apache for safe passage. Jonah eventually saved the chief from being killed by a mountain lion and was made an honorary member of the tribe. He was soon betrayed by the envious son of the chief while on a raid.

Jonah returned years later to challenge him in a sacred tomahawk battle, but the chief's son sabotaged Jonah's tomahawk. Jonah used his knife instead self-defense when the tomahawk broke. The tribe saw this as a violation of the rules of the sacred battle and sentenced Jonah to wear the mark of the demon - by pressing a searing hot tomahawk to his face. It was said that his honorary relationship to the chief was the only thing that saved him from death.

In a limited story series called the Hex series, Jonah was transported to 2050. The exact date when this occurred has been in debate, although several sources point to 1875. It is also unknown how long Jonah stayed in the future or what date he returned.

In 1904, Jonah was shot during a card game. His corpse was stolen, stuffed, mounted, and dressed in a ridiculous singing cowboy costume, then put on display in a traveling circus. The circus owner was eventually murdered and Jonah's body was stolen yet again. It would pass through various hands before finally being acquired by the restaurant Planet Krypton, owned by Booster Gold. A very twisted turn of events indeed.

In 2010, Jonah's presence was renewed when he was found by a Black Lantern ring and was revived as a member of the Black Lantern Corps, in the Blackest Night storyline.

Jonah Hex is probably one of the most well-known and well recalled DC Universe characters born of the golden age of comics - alongside such creations as the Challengers of the Unknown and DC's military era writings.

Being a non-superhero, Jonah did not have a "Rogues gallery" comparable to costumed comic-book heroes, though he had a few adversaries who returned from time to time. The most notable of these to date was Quentin Turnbull, known at first as simply the man with the eagle-topped cane.

Turnbull was the father of Hex's best friend, Jeb Turnbull. During the American Civil War, Jonah actually surrendered himself to the Union forces after the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation, but he refused to betray where his fellow soldiers were camped. A Union soldier was able to determine the location of that camp by examining the dirt in the hooves of Jonah's horse. The Union soldiers captured all of Jonah's fellow soldiers and then later massacred most of them, framing Jonah as a turncoat. Turnbull's son was one of those slaughtered, and Turnbull vowed his vengeance upon Jonah.

Turnbull will be featured as the antagonist in the 2010 movie, played by John Malkovich.

Jonah Hex undoubtedly a curious character on printed paper and an even curiouser hero to portray in the movies. There's little knowledge as to why we see a revival of Jonah in 2010 but we (meaning I) have faith that DC will be leading all on the right path.

Can You Fathom The Fox In Fathom?

2010-06-28T11:27:00.005+08:00

First and foremost; big respect to the late Michael Turner.

As a little background to the whole affair, Fathom is a comic book created by Michael Turner and originally published by Top Cow Productions. It debuted in 1998 and was Michael Turner's first creator-owned comic book series. Fathom has received honors and has claimed the "number one selling comic book of the Year".

Fathom is currently published by Turner's own company, Aspen MLT.

On March 3, 2009, Variety magazine announced that a movie adaptation of Fathom is under development by Fox Atomic, with Megan Fox signed up to play the role of Aspen Matthews (the leading character), and also as a producer on the film. It has also been announced that English actor Matthew Tate will portray Chance Calloway. Screenwriter and video game creator Jordan Mechner will write the script.

If anyone else has been keeping track, is Megan Fox casting herself in more and more comic culture roles recently: from Transformers to Jonah Hex?

The late creator Michael Turner is to be credited as the film's Executive Producer.

Apocalypse on DVD

2010-06-28T11:11:00.002+08:00

No, we're not talking about the sequel to 2012 - all that death and destruction. We're talking about something far worse; we're talking about Darkseid.

Warner Premiere's next DC Universe animated title Superman/Batman: Apocalypse will hit Blu-ray and DVD on September 28. The movie is based on the second story arc, "The Supergirl from Krypton," from Jeph Loeb and Michael Turner's the "Superman/Batman." The artwork is featured above and looks awesome !

On a side note, no trailers have been released yet, but The House of El will get right on that as soon as there's one release to tease us with.

I don't know about you but I loved all DC's animated features (but I may be a little biased).

Green Lantern: The story so far

2010-06-28T10:40:00.007+08:00

All kids have dreams: some want to be scientists, some want to be rock stars, race car drivers, some what to be like their dads, some wished to be pilots and some (like Kal-El and myself) wished to be super heroes. Of course, the next best thing is to see those super heroes hit the big screen !

The next best thing for me is the upcoming Green Lantern movie !

As fans may already know, the film will star Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan alongside a cast of relatively well-known actors portraying penultimate characters such as Sinestro, Carol Ferris, Dr. Hector Hammond, Abin Sur and Pie-face Kalmaku. Green Lantern is scheduled to be released on June 17, 2011.

Warner Bros. initially changed the direction of the film into that of a comedy; by June 2006, a script was completed which was set to star Jack Black in the lead role. However, the studio dropped the comedy idea due to poor fan reaction on the Internet. In an attempt to change the tone of Green Lantern to be taken more seriously, Zack Snyder was approached to direct, but he turned down the offer due to his commitment on Watchmen.

Actor-writer Corey Reynolds, a comic book fan and personal fan of the John Stewart character, pitched Warner Bros. an idea for a trilogy, with him starring as John Stewart and performing screenwriting duties. Reynolds intended to introduce Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern Corps and Justice League in possible sequels. He finished the script for Green Lantern: Birth of a Hero in June 2007, receiving positive feedback from Warner Bros. with a potential 2010 release date. However, the studio abandoned Reynolds' concept, and in October 2007, Greg Berlanti signed to direct/co-write the film. The decision was made to have Hal Jordan as the protagonist instead of John Stewart. Comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim were hired to co-script the film with Berlanti.

Berlanti, Green and Guggenheim found it difficult writing the script because two of their drafts of the screenplay had been leaked on the Internet during the scripting phase. The new script features Martin Jordan, Carl Ferris, Carol Ferris, Thomas Kalmaku, Tomar-Re, Abin Sur, Sinestro, Kilowog, the Guardians of the Universe, Legion and Hector Hammond as well as cameos by Guy Gardner and Clark Kent.

The story follows the original Hal Jordan/Green Lantern storyline, including the battle between Legion and Abin Sur, Abin Sur's crash landing on Earth, as well as the choosing of Hal Jordan over Guy Gardner and Clark Kent. Some parts will be drawn from the Emerald Dawn mini-series.

By December 2008, the writers had written three drafts of the screenplay and Warner Bros. was preparing for pre-production. However, Berlanti was forced to vacate the director's position due to scheduling conflicts. In February 2009 it was reported that Martin Campbell is set to direct the film, replacing Berlanti. In April 2009 it was reported that Warner Bros. has decided to shoot the film at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia, and was given a $150 million budget, however as of October 2009 it will no longer be filmed in Australia but has instead moved the majority of first unit filming to Louisiana.

It was announced in July 2009 that Ryan Reynolds had been cast as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern. It was also reported that Hal Jordan's love interest, Carol Ferris, would be played by Blake Lively. Carol ultimately will become the villain Star Sapphire, although there's no word whether there might be some hint of that in the first movie.

Later that same month, it was revealed that Peter Sarsgaard (from the movie, Orphan) would portray Hector Hammond and that Mark Strong was in negotiations to play Sinestro. Also in January 2010 concept art for Kilowog, Abin Sur, and Tomar-Re surfaced.

On February 9, 2010 Tim Robbins joined the cast as Senator Hammond, the disapproving father of Hector Hammond. On March 14, 2010, it was announced that Temuera Morrison and Taika Waititi had joined the cast as Abin Sur and Tom Kalmaku, respectively.

In an interview with MTV News, director Martin Campbell when asked about the film's effects-heavy epic scale commented; "It's daunting, just the process, (there are) something like 1,300 visual effects shots, it's mind-blowing, quite honestly". When asked about the constructs created from the power rings Campbell stated; "One of the nice things is, we'll all sit down and say, 'Well, what are we going to do here?' Really, it's as much as your imagination can go to make the constructs". The studio also confirmed to MTV News that the film will have a 3-D release.

According to Comics Continuum, an animated Green Lantern film is in the works at Warner Bros. Animation and will be part of a direct-to-video project that will be timed for release of the live-action Green Lantern movie in the summer of 2011. The Green Lantern animated project will likely take a look at the origins of the Green Lantern Corps, including the first ring wielders. In an interview with Bruce Timm, the producer revealed that a sequel to the Green Lantern animated movie had been discussed but cancelled, along with a sequel to the Wonder Woman animated film, because of the two pictures not achieving the immediate success that they had hoped for. However, Timm did hope the live action film would renew interest in a sequel. There has also been a lot of talk about a Green Lantern animated television series. When Geoff Johns was speaking at the Emerald City Comic-Con in 2010, he was asked about the series possibility and said "There's a very, very good chance."

Director Martin Campbell has confirmed the possibility of seeing a Green Lantern trilogy during interviews for Edge of Darkness. In June 2010, Warner Brothers studios hired Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, all of whom worked on the Green Lantern screenplay, to write a treatment for the second installment already !

That's just a little taste of the progress so far of this little kid's dream.

Singer to Produce X-Men: First Class

2010-03-30T11:02:00.002+08:00

Just one week ago, director Bryan Singer and producer Lauren Shuler Donner were talking to the L.A. Times about Singer's affinity for the X-Men characters, which convinced him to direct X-Men: First Class. According to Deadline's Mike Fleming, Singer's obligations to begin production on Jack the Giant Killer, his 3D version of the classic fairy tale for Warner Bros., will have to take precedence and Singer will now only be producing X-Men: First Class.

According to Fleming, Fox is already in talks with a few directors they've short-listed who may be able to start production on the proposed first movie in a new prequel trilogy as early as summer or fall for a 2011 release, while Singer is locked into making the other CG-heavy movie through his contract with Warner Bros. Some may remember that WB snagged Singer to direct Superman Returns, preventing him from directing X-Men: The Last Stand.

More updates as it develops..

Channing Tatum for Captain America Role?

2010-03-19T00:18:00.003+08:00

This is a huge surprise to us all, especially me. Just about 2 days ago i had a chat with one of my bestfriend and i said "That guy who played as Duke in G.I. Joe could play as Captain America"

This is so weird. Now news as confirmed that Channing Tatum, not confirmed to be as been approached by Marvel Studios and director Joe Johnston. He joins the latest group of actors in the mix, including Chris Evans (Human Torch in Fantastic Four), Mike Vogel, Garrett Hedlund and Wilson Bethel.

More News to develop for the Shielded Avenger..

Arkham has moved...

2010-03-13T11:11:00.003+08:00

Alright, as if it wasn't enough to leave us with Awe on the first game, then i accidentally found this on the net, looks like we'll get to play again as the world greatest detective once again, this time is Batman : Arkham Asylum 2 which will be released some time this year. This trailer got me excited, that i think i'll go back to re-play this game.

No confirmation date has been announced. Stay tune for more details.

Visit the official Website at : www.arkhamhasmoved.com

Action Figure Review #2: Marvel Legends 2 Pack - Elektra & Ronin

2010-03-13T09:58:00.016+08:00

Today i'll be reviewing the Hasbro Marvel Legends Elektra & Ronin 2 Pack action figures. These are coming from the other fantastic two pack lines the Marvel / Hasbro came up with, which i still say they should also still consider to continue these awesome 6 Inch figures, The whole Marvel Universe 3.5 Inch are nice, but for those who collects 6 Inch figures are out without choices nowadays for Marvel Fans out there, unless we look up for old Marvel Legends spread around the whole world. But for now, i guess we should just wait for new future 6 Inch figurines to come. Today my Action figure review will be focusing on these two amazing figures, Ninja Assassin Style.

I'm sure everyone knows the history behind Elektra, a trained assassin, a woman who Daredevil fall in love with. But what about Ronin?

Let's just touch a little bit into Ronin's history before i go any further. As the name Ronin is actual also known as to be a Samurai with no master during the period of ancient Japan time. Ronin is a cover identity used by two different heroes in the Marvel Comics Universe. Maya Lopez a.k.a. Echo, was the first person to don the Ronin identity. A deaf woman with photographic reflexes, Maya became Ronin to investigate the Silver Samurai in Japan. Clint Barton who is the second and current person to don the Ronin identity, becoming Ronin when he rejoined the New Avengers in the aftermath of Civil War and The House of M (Which i do recommend everyone to read). He attempted to hand the costume back to Echo after she was rescued from the Hand, but Echo declined and allowed him to keep it.

I particularly love this 2 pack, because of the detail of the Ronin Costume that was designed by Marvel Legends. The face sculpt is surprisingly good for this line for both Elektra and Ronin.

The Ronin is a good figure, his probably my first Samurai like figurine so i had fun playing with it.
Play value is quite good.

He makes it look good on the camera. Excellent on the paint job, but for some part it's a little bit sloppy as you could see some smudges here and there.

The pose value is absolutely great with Ronin, 16 points of Articulations, from Arms you can move his shoulders, biceps, elbows and wrists. His neck has a stiff joint, but you can turn his head around due to the changeable Head Sculpt. On the Torso, Not so much movement here, he could only move his torso up and down, but not twist and turn to the left and right. From the hips down, he's well articulated, no thigh movement, knees are articulated, and so is his ankle. I Just wished the made the joints more stiffer so it makes them easier to stand them up. They always seemed to fall down easily on the shelves.

On the plus side is his accessories that came with it. 2 Katanas and a Nun-chuck. Also with the head sculpt of unmasked Clint Barton's head.

I swear he looks abit like Mark Hamill..."Luke you are really Ronin...not Skywalker!''.

Overall i gave the Ronin figure a good and solid 7 out of 10 rating. Although its a good figurine to add to the collection, His pose-ability can be quite limited because of the torso movement. And also, i found that the same old problem with Marvel Legends have was the Legs, the also feel so soft.

Alright moving along to the Hot Ninja Assassin - Elektra. Relatively an attractive figure to add to your collection. Paintjob was not done great here, Especially the wrist, the wrist guards are painted over her body. Although they also included her to have red colour fingernails.

Possibility again for Elektra, once again it's always been a problem for most Marvel Legends figure. The legs were to soft, which again will leave you with limited posses for the figure. She has the same articulation as Ronin, Although i would rate her a fair 5 out of 10, mostly because of her costume is only painted on her body and posseablity is limited.

Accessories wise, She has Interchangeable hands, 2 Sais , and another Head sculpt. Not bad.

Yes she does have a pretty face, no wonder Matt Murdock fell in love with her. But notice the paintjob is again sloppy here, you could see a dot on her brea...i mean chest area.

"See what i tell ya, Red Fingernails...''

They both stand 6 Inch Tall. Now enjoy the closeups below.

Well there you have it folks. Hope you've enjoyed this Review and Pictures. Till next time.
Have a Great Weekend!

I'm Batman

2010-03-13T09:40:00.000+08:00

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DC turns 75!

2010-03-11T19:32:00.006+08:00

[ Our Trinity ]

In honor of DC Comics' 75th anniversary, here are the things that DC Fans are actually "To die for" items that you must get! We older kids now must have shared a mutual respect to these 3 people, Namely Lynda Carter, Michael Keaton & Christopher Reeve. Yes, they were the original trinity to actually potrayed the costume superheroes back in the 70's and 80's. So with the 75th Anniversary of DC, DC has release some awesome Statues and Bust of our beloved Superheroes.

Lynda Carter's quintessential portrayal of Wonder Woman is presented in bust form. Taking her trademark bullets and bracelets pose, the Amazon princess is perched atop a base with a star theme reminiscent of the popular 1970s TV show. The LYNDA CARTER AS WONDER WOMAN BUST is hand-painted, cold-cast in porcelain, measures approximately 5.5" high x 2.5" wide x 2.5" deep and is packaged in a 4-color box. Price is USD$80.00.

No one embodies the spirit and beauty of Wonder Woman more than Lynda Carter, the actress who portrayed her on the beloved television series! She will forever be the vision of Wonder Woman to an entire generation. DC Direct teamed up with Lynda Carter to bring this must-have piece to every fan's Wonder Woman collection. This limited edition, hand-painted cold-cast porcelain statue is packaged in a 4-color box, includes a 4-color Certificate of Authenticity and measures approximately 13" high x 7.5" wide x 7.5" deep. This statue is limited to 5000 pieces total. Price is USD$ 195.00.

From Warner Bros.' The ground-breaking, blockbuster 1989 movie BATMAN, Michael Keaton as Batman is poised for action as he prepares to throw his trademark Batarang. With a gothic-inspired base, the design is reminiscent of the architectural vision of designer Anton Furst's Academy Award-winning Gotham City. The MICHAEL KEATON AS BATMAN BUST is hand-painted, cold-cast in porcelain, measures approximately 5.75" high x 5.5" wide x 4.5" deep and is packaged in a 4-color box. Price is USD$80.00.

The MICHAEL KEATON AS BATMAN STATUE is hand-painted, cold-cast in porcelain, measures approximately 13.5" high x 11" wide x 7.25" deep and is packaged in a 4-color box. This statue is a Limited Edition. Manufactured to order. USD$ 195.00.

Last but not least, He's striking an iconic hands-on-hips stance, the Man of Steel is posed atop a crystal-like base, reminiscent of the Fortress of Solitude. The CHRISTOPHER REEVE AS SUPERMAN BUST is hand-painted, cold-cast in porcelain, measures approximately 5.75" high x 5" wide x 3.25" deep and is packaged in a 4-color box.It's a Limited Edition. Manufactured to order.

One of the most fondly remembered depictions of Superman is now available as a commemorative statue exclusively from DC Direct. Christopher Reeve strikes an iconic pose from the classic 1978 feature film Superman – the movie that made the world believe "a man could fly" and turned the actor into a star. Standing atop an S-shield base, the Christopher Reeve as Superman Statue is a limited-edition, hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain statue measuring approximately 12.50" tall x 5.5" wide x 3.75" deep. (The base measures approximately .75" high x 6.5" diameter.). The statue includes a 4-color Certificate of Authenticity and is packaged in a 4-color box. Manufactured to order. Limited to 4000 pieces total. Price is USD$195.00.

Where is Elektra?

2010-03-11T19:04:00.000+08:00

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Hyped about Iron Man 2

2010-03-10T11:51:00.006+08:00

Cool huh? Absolutely amazing! We can't wait for this movie to come out! If you seen this trailer, the movie leaves much to the Marvel Movie Project : The Avengers. This trailer actually shown Colonel Nick Fury as it was portrayed by Actor Samuel Jackson further more with the involvement of the Black Widow. And to top it off, Talk about War Machine, looks like Don Cheadle will be doing more of an active role this time in the 2nd movie, then compared in the origins. Last but not least, i think Mickey Rouke is a bad ass!

Also Marvel Select has already released their version of the Iron Man 2 Marvel Select figures, Check em out!

Exclusively available in the 7" Marvel Select line, this upgraded War Machine features the likeness of Iron Man 2's Don Cheadle, top-quality sculpted detail from Gentle Giant Studios, multiple points of articulation and a bonus deluxe Armor Assembly Station base. Perfect for six-to-seven-inch action figure collections. Price is USD$ 19.99.

Exclusively available in the Marvel Select line, this upgraded Iron Man features top-quality sculpted detail, multiple points of articulation and a bonus Armor Assembly Station base. Perfect for six-to-seven-inch action figure collections. USD$ 19.99.

Yup...that's right, ready your pocket money! This summer...We're going Shopping!

Action Figure Review #1 : DC Direct Superman 13 Inch Deluxe

2010-03-06T21:05:00.011+08:00

Hi Guys, thought i do an Action Figure Review for the first time here at the House of El. With my current status of having a Knee Injury i wasn't able to move around much, so i had some difficulty with the Lighting so the photos has been edited (a little bit) to add contrast and colour. So as i was starring at some of my figure collection that was still in their respective boxes, this one gave me quite an itch to open up. I managed to hold off 2 and a half years till i managed to open this one up, so what better to kick off the review with a Superman Figure and now i feel abit guilty about opening it and thinking whether i should get another one. But once i i opened it, and played with it, it was amazing! Anyways here we go.

Part of DC Direct Superheroes 13 Inch deluxe collectibles that you won't want to miss is this Superman 13 inch Deluxe. This would be their second edition of the Superman 13 Inch Deluxe, the first version is has a different head sculpt and also has changeable Superman to Clark Kent and other accessories included as the picture shown below.

The first edition shows the head sculpt is different and also shown below the Clark Kent Costume was also included.

1st Head Sculpt

Glasses and Suit for the mild manner reporter

So here's the actual review, this is the 2nd edition of the Superman Deluxe, unfortunately he doesn't come with any additional Suite and accessories to turn him into Clark Kent.

Front Box view.

The description stated on the inside of the box cover.

The window display case view.

Additional interchangeable hands and stand were included for the 2nd edition.

Here's how he's neatly packed from behind by all the 'twisties' that ties him up nice and snuggy in the box.

After taking it apart, the stands that was included and has a nice matte black Superman Logo on the base stand which is a nice touch by the guys at DC Direct. But the stand limits the figurine to only help him stand, no flight mode poses.

Now the fabric detail is the most amazing of all, the cape itself has a all yellow Superman logo printed on it, but the fabric is like a smooth silk that stretches and fits Superman proportionately.

DC Direct again paid so much into the detail of the costume, even the boots as we speak. But unfortunately the zipper is quite big which it stands out the most. But hey, if the shoe fits, why not!

This is what i meant by no flight mode pose, unless you twist and turn him abit, but you'll end up getting more like a landing pose, but the most amazing part of these deluxe figure is the articulation is very good, i dont really know how many articulation they can do, but i all arms joints can articulate all except his wrist. The torso is also able to twist and turn and also swivel up and down. Neck and head has its limitation though, could not swivel the head down. From the torso down, the legs articulation is pretty much standard, thighs part has a twist point, as do the knees, calves and also the ankle. Pretty impressive there.

As a height measurement, i decided to compare it to one of my old Mattel's Superman Returns 13 Inch Hyper Pose-able figures. The DC Direct 13 Inch deluxe Superman stands a little bit shorter as you can see his shoulders are shorter as compared to the Superman Returns one, but this is maybe the figure was design at a very detailed proportion.

Now the pose-off, their nearly the same as i mentioned earlier, except the Mattel's Superman Returns has a few more articulation than the DC Direct's one. For example, the neck could extend him to look down and up, His fist and fingers are also articulated, but all these articulation has nothing to compared to the DC Direct as the DC Direct Superman twist and turns very smooth than comparing it to the Mattel's plastic-ky feel when you pose him.

In the end, i was very much please with this Deluxe Figure and i know this might be bias but i would like to give this figure a straight up 8.5 out of 10. Why 8.5? Due to the high detail for the costume and head sculpt is strikingly close to the Superman in the comics. Also to compliment it was the articulation but even tho it has it's limitation. Why was it not a perfect score? Probably due to the play value that i took into account. This is not the kind of figure i would bring around to the office and to display him. He should be either be on a glass case or back into the box, which i probably am also considering doing. Thanks for reading and until next time!

Web Slinger on your I-Phone? Why Not!

2010-03-05T17:03:00.003+08:00

Now here is something that caught my eye. And this would definitely catch yours...but...

Check out GelaSkins Mobile Art and look out for these awesome wraps for your Iphone, Ipods and also your Mac Books (and Pro). Images are now recently licensed by Marvel. Images also used are images like from the old vintage comic book covers like Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron-Man etc. These images posted are for your ipods and iphones, if you go around browsing to other parts of the site, they also have for Mac Books.

Go to www.gelaskins.com for more info.

There totally awesome! We just can't resist them...This is for you Ethan Hunt. :)

Classic Heroes Videos : "Captain America (1990) Trailer"

2010-03-05T13:36:00.001+08:00

Love : Wanda Maximoff & Clint Barton

2010-03-05T13:25:00.001+08:00

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Disney Announces The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

2010-03-05T13:05:00.004+08:00

Now i know I wasn't around when the news that Marvel had sold over to Disney their rights, and I will not go into it whether it was a good move or not, all i have to say to about it is that I hoped that Disney should still respect the Old Marvel Characters, stat true to the Comic Story Arcs and try to only improve it, if it works.

Now to the real story and probably a good move here by Disney is that the Disney Channels Worldwide announced its 2010-2011 programming for Disney XD yesterday which includes animated show "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes." Let's hope they can provide the storyline that is more of the previous WB Justice League & JLA Unlimited Animated Series. Enjoyable yet vey Entertaining, Which until today is still (My presonal Favorite) one of the best Cartoons ever made. I like how they managed to let each Character more depth and developed in the series, so should the future Avengers series. But hey if this is for kids, then make it "Less-Kiddier" than "Marvel Super Hero Squad".

Read the full description:

"The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" -- Further aligning the strength of Marvel's hugely popular characters and stories with the burgeoning Disney XD brand and global reach, an all-new animated series, "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes," will debut in fall 2010 on Disney XD and DisneyXD.com. Beginning with the "Iron Man" and "Incredible Hulk" movies in 2008, the release of "Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" follows Marvel's overall "Avengers Assemble" strategy introducing the greatest heroes in the Marvel Universe through various content platforms, including the upcoming feature films "Iron Man 2" in May of 2010, "Thor" in May of 2011 and "Captain America" in July of 2011, all building up to the Avengers theatrical film in 2012.(Good News Right?) Produced by Marvel Animation, the animated series features 52 episodes targeted at kids 9-14, starring Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Giant Man and Wasp -- who form the Avengers, a team assembled when no single hero's powers can save the world. A 20-part "micro-series" that focuses on each hero's backstory will roll out in fall 2010 on Disney XD, immediately followed by the series premiere on Disney XD in the U.S. and, shortly thereafter, around the world. Disney XD, the single largest distributor of Marvel content around the world, currently showcases approximately 20 hours of Marvel series (including "The Spectacular Spider-Man," "Fantastic Four" and "Iron Man") each week.

Fear

2010-03-05T12:13:00.001+08:00

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SMALL PLEASURES COMES IN 12 INCH TALL

2010-03-04T17:31:00.006+08:00

All the best statues from Marvel comes from either Bowen Designs and Sideshow Collectibles, these time Bowen Design has revealed for their spring line.

Black Cat Statue is sculpted by Tim Miller, Stands Over 12" tall, Price US$175.00, Releasing May 2010.

Iron Man: War Machine Armor Statue is Digitally sculpted by Joseph Menna, Stands Over 13" tall, Price is US$$195.00, Releasing in June 2010.

Psylocke Statue is Digitally sculpted by Jason Smith, Stands Over 12” tall, Price is U$175.00, Releasing date in June 2010.

White Queen Retro Statue is sculpted by Mark Newman, Stands Over 12” tall, goes for U$170.00, Releasing in May 2010.

Stay glued to Marvel.com in the coming months for more exciting statue and toy news!

JLA TROPHY ROOM : SINESTRO POWER BATTERY

2010-03-03T17:43:00.005+08:00

IN BLACKEST DAY, IN BRIGHTEST NIGHT...

BEWARE YOUR FEARS MADE INTO LIGHT... LET THOSE WHO TRY TO STOP WHAT'S RIGHT... BURN LIKE MY POWER....SINESTRO'S MIGHT!!

A Must have for any Green Lantern fan! This will go well under your own personal collection of lanterns. It sure would complement and in light of the events of Blackest Night the Sinestro Power Battery is sure to add a little fear into the heart of any hero. The Sinestro Power Battery Prop Replica is 11.5" high x 7.25" wide x 10" deep is made of resin and comes with a ring. That's the coolest part! This limited Edition Lantern is only available for Pre-order, but will be unleashed in October, so still enough time for you to go and get one. This Power battery goes for USD$ 350.00.

What The--?! SIEGE Promo

2010-03-02T09:35:00.001+08:00

What The--?! Winter Games: Day 11

2010-03-02T09:29:00.001+08:00

What The--?! Winter Games: Day 9

2010-03-02T09:23:00.001+08:00

Captain America : Reborn

2010-03-01T23:18:00.000+08:00

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Believe it or not! Superman Last Seen in WWE?

2010-03-01T20:12:00.003+08:00

Just when you think the impossible would have happened! Last year as you know, DC Superheroes DID crossover with The Mortal Kombat Characthers! But this time, apparently according to the youtube account owner CAWTASY, it is possible that DC Comic characthers to have a crossover with the WWE league, here's a clip i found on the net that i thought was pretty good, especially Superman's Intro to the ring, was very intriguing, i mean i could actually see my self buying this game if it was made possible! Haha...i know my fellow comrades (GL & Lobo) would do too! Check it out!

Thanks to CAWTASY for showing us what Superman would look like on Smackdown going against evil villians. Fair fight or not? Who cares right? It's the WWE's turf, all that matters is it's ENTERTAINMENT Value!

Alone

2010-03-01T15:07:00.001+08:00

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Hot Toys: The Iron Man Mark III (Battle Damaged Version)

2010-02-28T10:15:00.011+08:00

The Iron Man Mark III

The House of El is proud to bring you the latest addition to Hot Toys' Movie Masterpiece Series, the Iron Man Mark III 12-inch Figure - Battle Damaged Version! Thought i post this up, i was just starting to look around for a cool 12 inch figure, and what better to go with HOT TOYS, and if you wanna start out with something cool, try this 12-inch Movie Masterpiece figure by Hot Toys' fully articulated 12-inch figure body and a generous number of accessories.

Stands approximate 30 cm tall

Expandable wrist gauntlet - So cool!

Light-up eyes and ARC reactor (battery operated - battery included)

Adjustable shoulder-mounted munitions pod

Fully deployed air flaps on back of leg armor

Working forearm rockets to shoot'em bad dudes.

Two (2) interchangeable chest armor plates

Battle damaged helmet with removable mask to reveal authentic likeness of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark , also includes interchangeable hands, including light-up repulsor hand. Still don't think its a cool figure?

Here the other cool fact about it...

If you pre-order now from Ebay or any other websites or local store, you get a chance to get this figure WITH the Damage helmet presumably as it was crush by the Iron Monger in the movie, this is the Battle Damaged Crushed Helmet Accessory.

Check out the video below. Enjoy!

What The--?!: Thriller-er

2010-02-28T10:02:00.001+08:00

What The--?! 99 Hulk Balloons

2010-02-28T09:48:00.002+08:00

What The--?! Winter Games: Day 3

2010-02-28T09:48:00.001+08:00

What The--?! Winter Games: Day 2

2010-02-28T09:40:00.002+08:00

What The--?! Winter Games: Day 1

2010-02-28T09:26:00.002+08:00

The First Avenger : Captain America

2010-02-27T18:49:00.004+08:00

News update on the recent development for the New Captain America : The First Avenger movie. Reports says that John Krasinski, Michael Cassidy, Patrick Fluger, Scott Porter, Mike Vogel and Chace Crawford are contenders for Captain America movie debut. Test screening is taking place this week for one of the actors to play Steve Rogers/Captain America in the comic book adaptation.

The site says:
Those known to be on the list with Krasinski include Michael Cassidy (who appeared in"Smallvile" and who tested for the Superman movie when McG was going to direct it), Patrick Fluger (one of the stars of "The 4400" who most recently appeared in the Tobey Maguire movie "Brothers"), Scott Porter (TV's "Friday Night Lights") and Mike Vogel ("Cloverfield")

Chace Crawford is also in talks to screen test, although no deal has been made. Garret Hedlund was also on the list to test but has fallen off, at least for now, due to his reps and the studio's inability to make a deal.

The studio has put the actors on 30-day holds during the testing process.This does not necessarily mean that one of the actors will land the role, as it took the studio several rounds of tests before they found Chris Hemsworth for Thor. Joe Johnston will direct the film, which Paramount Pictures will distribute on July 22, 2011.

Stay Tune for more Cap news..

Transformers: War for Cybertron

2010-02-27T18:39:00.002+08:00

Cool Trailer just found this from youtube, looks like the Transformers Cybertron version Franchise is making its comeback away from the Movie series, this time its War for Cybertron, check out and see for your self with this trailer.

Behold....ODIN!!!!

2010-02-18T09:38:00.003+08:00

[ Odin's beard ]

There's big news from Asgard tonight! According to The Hollywood Reporter, the legendary Sir Anthony Hopkins has joined the cast of Thor. This isn't one of these tightly kept casting announcements either, as THR reports that he and no one else is playing Odin.

As you know for the Thor or Nordic mythology, Odin is the father of Thor and the ruler of Asgard. He's your typical white-bearded god sort, fond of wine, women, and wisdom. He's not immortal (none of the gods of Asgard are), but ages slowly, and possesses amazing powers of strength and wisdom. He famously sacrifices his eye for the foresight to prevent Ragnarok, a sadly futile act, but you can't blame a god for trying.

While a lot of people were hoping that the Brian Blessed would be Odin, you can't really get much better than Sir Hopkins. He'll add just the right amount of gravitas, but he's an actor who can still have fun in a role. I can't wait to see him go up against Loki, and teach Thor a thing or two about being a King and Ruler of Asgard.

Stay Tune for more Thor Movie news in the future. . .

Superman....Returns?

2010-02-10T16:52:00.005+08:00

In possibly one of the biggest superhero movie shockers since the last one--when was the Spider-Man reboot, three weeks ago? Deadline Hollywood is now reporting that The Dark Knight and Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan has been assigned the potentially thankless task of being the latest filmmaker assigned by Warner Bros. to try to save the "Superman" franchise, in this case in a mentoring capacity to figure out the best way to proceed. Personally, Keep Brandon Routh.

Director Bryan Singer helmed the last installment Superman Returns three and a half years ago, which grossed $391 million worldwide, but wasn't seen as a hit due to its reported $270 million production budget. (Remember that the studio doesn't get 100% of those theatrical grosses.)

Since then, various names have been mentioned as possible candidates to get Superman back to the screen, most vocally comic book creator Mark Millar (Wanted, Kick-Ass), but nothing had been confirmed or definite.

This latest news seems to come out of two recent developments, the restructuring of Warner's relationship with DC Comics into a new company called DC Entertainment, headed by Diane Nelson, and the looming deadline of the estates of Superman creators Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster gaining back the entire copyright for the character in 2013. During a court hearing about the rights to Superman, Warners chairman Alan Horn said that he hoped to make another film for 2012 at the earliest but that no script was currently in development.

Some may remember that before Bryan Singer came on board, various versions of the Man of Steel were floundering in development, including one version starring Nicolas Cage to be directed by Tim Burton based on a screenplay by Kevin Smith. Even J.J. Abrams took a crack at writing a Superman screenplay with both Brett Ratner and McG attached to direct his version at one point.

It's unclear how far Nolan's role as a mentor might stretch and whether he'll just be offering some suggestions on the direction, or will be actively involved in picking the director, writers and casting for the reboot, as it's still very early in what is already being labeled "Superman 3.0."

A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF HURT!

2010-02-10T16:01:00.007+08:00

Enter the Planet Hulk Now

Available now on Blue-ray & DVD.

He was a monster, impossible to control, too dangerous to ignore.

So Earth’s mightiest heroes exiled him into outer space.

But now the Incredible Hulk crash lands on the distant planet Sakaar, ruled by the tyrannical Red King. Sold into slavery, Hulk becomes the planet’s mightiest gladiator—but his new masters get more than they bargained for when he forges a bond of brotherhood with his fellow fighters: crafty insectoid Miek, ruthless rock-man Korg, ex-shadow pirest Hiroim, and the noble-born rebel Elloe.

Unlike Earth, the desperate people of Sakaar believe a monster is just what they need. But will the Hulk be the one to save their world… or destroy it?

Recommended Comicbook #1: Final Crisis

2010-01-13T15:48:00.005+08:00

[Final Crisis : Hardcover Edition]

This is how out of touch i was from 2009, I am only finally finished reading The Final Crisis Graphic Novel; It is a seven-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 2008 and written by Grant Morrison.

It's directly follows "DC Universe Zero" after the conclusion of the 51-issue Countdown to Final Crisis weekly limited series.Promotion about the limited series describes its story as "the day evil won". The series deals with alien villain Darkseid's plot to overthrow reality, and the subsequent death and corruption of various DC characters and their universe.

!!SPOILER ALERT!! (Stop Reading if you haven't read it)

Here's THE PLOT:

Final Crisis opens with a series of scenes depicting events across the DC Universe. Metron of the New Gods is shown at the dawn of human civilization giving Anthro the gift of fire,(Our Biggest Mistake) proclaiming, "Here is knowledge.". In the present day, detective Dan Turpin discovers a dying Orion. Yes, you'll bound to see Superheroes getting killed off, now The Guardians of the Universe ,the Green Lantern Corps was notified that a god has been murdered. The superhuman community soon becomes involved. Meanwhile, the villain Libra has begun recruiting a supervillain army, killing the Martian Manhunter [Again another Superhero getting killed off] killed by Libra himself to display power to the other supervillian. While investigating the areawhere Orion's death occurred, Green Lantern John Stewart is attacked and nearly killed by an unknown assailant using a Green Lantern power ring. Hal Jordan is soon framed for the attack.

The superhuman community slowly becomes aware of a plot by the New Gods of Apokolips to conquer and enslave humanity. After discovering that John Stewart's attacker was in fact an Alpha Lantern named Kraken, Batman is abducted. Superman is forced to leave Earth in an attempt to save the life of Lois Lane. Mary Marvel, whose body is possessed by Desaad, infects Wonder Woman with morticoccus, the "god bacterium" designed to strip Earth's heroes of their powers.Also in the second issue, Barry Allen, the second Flash [Resuming from Crisis on Infinite Earths], returns from the dead, and attempts to prevent Orion's murder.The Evil Gods' forces deliver the final blow to humanity when they release the Anti-Life Equation on modern means of digital communication, from TV and radio to the Internet, turning nearly half of humanity into mindless slaves of Darkseid.

In Final Crisis #6, the Flashes attempt to stop Darkseid before his presence on Earth destroys all of reality.Within Darkseid's bunker, Batman escapes and confronts Darkseid. He states that he will "make a once in a lifetime exception" to his "no firearms" rule and shoots Darkseid using the bullet that killed Orion. As Darkseid is shot, he fires the Omega Sanction from his eyes and apparently kills Batman. [Batman R.I.P.] Doctor Sivana helps disable the Justifiers so that Lex Luthor can kill Libra. Superman returns to Earth from the 31st century, where he was given access to the reality-altering Miracle Machine by Brainiac 5. In a fit of desperate rage, Superman attacks Darkseid's bunker, finding Batman's charred corpse within.

Barry Allen and Wally West, still pursued by the Black Racer, arrive to witness Superman's clash with Darkseid. Darkseid's followers unleash Omega Beams on the two Flashes, who outrace the beams and cause them to hit Darkseid. The Black Racer reaches Darkseid as he lays dying from Radion poisoning and removes his essence/soul from Dan Turpin's body. The Female Furies clash with Libra's army of mind-controlled superhumans, who are now under Luthor's control. Wonder Woman is freed and binds Darkseid's body with her lasso, freeing the rest of humanity from Darkseid's control. But Darkseid's essence continues to drag the multiverse down into him, with only a few buildings of Earth-0/New Earth not being drawn into Darkseid who is now a black hole. Time and space begin to unwind as Darkseid's essence dies.

As reality breaks down around him and the universe slowly dies, Superman, with the help of the remaining superheroes and humans, completes construction of a copy of the Miracle Machine. Darkseid's essence attempts to claim the Miracle Machine in a last ditch effort to defeat Superman. However, Superman sings a note at a frequency that counters Darkseid's own vibrational frequency, shattering his essence. At this point Mandrakk the Dark Monitor arrives to consume Superman. He taunts Superman, saying he has nothing to start the Miracle Machine with, so Superman should come to Mandrakk and embrace the death of everything. Superman counters this, and uses the solar energy in his body to power the Miracle Machine, in order to restore the Multiverse to its proper form. Then, an army of alternate Supermen from across the Multiverse appears, led by the Captain Marvel of Earth-5 and gathered by the Question. Nix Uotan arrives and in turn, summons the Zoo Crew (restoring their original forms and powers in the process), as well as the Army of Heaven, the Green Lantern Corps, and the Super Young Team, (who are referred to as the Forever People of the 5th World), who had been on Earth-51. Together the heroes confront Mandrakk and the battle ends when the Green Lantern Corps stake Mandrakk with a spear created by their rings' energy. The Supermen and the Green Lanterns drag Earth from the black hole that is Darkseid back to its original position. Nix Uotan restores Earth-51 with bits and pieces from other versions of Earth and places the reborn New Gods there. Nix Uotan then forces the other Monitors to stop interfering with the Multiverse, leading to their nonexistence, due to Superman's wish with the Miracle Machine for a "happy ending". In the end, Nix is reborn on the restored New Earth/Earth-0.

In the distant past, Anthro dies of old age years after bringing fire to the people of earth. Bruce Wayne, still in his Batman garb, lays his utility belt upon Anthro's body, and begins drawing a bat symbol on the cave wall.

STORYLINE TIE-INS

Several one-shots and mini-series have been released as tie-ins to Final Crisis: three series run in parallel to the main main one and the one-shot,"DC Universe: Last Will and Testament," was planned to fit in the 'break' between Final Crisis #3 and #4.

Morrison, who wrote one of the "final" Batman stories in "Batman R.I.P.," stated, "First it's R.I.P., and we'll see how that winds up for Batman. Then the two-parter mentioned (Batman #682-683) goes through Batman's whole career, in a big summing up of everything that also ties directly into Final Crisis. And Final Crisis is where we see the final fate of Batman."

While not an official tie-in, the Terror Titans mini-series takes place during the events of Final Crisis and deals heavily with the Dark Side Club and the Anti-Life Equation.

Batman #682-683[29]
"DC Universe" #0
"DC Universe: Last Will and Testament"
Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #1-5
"Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns" (one-shot)
"Final Crisis: Requiem" (one-shot)
"Final Crisis: Resist" (one-shot)
Final Crisis: Revelations #1-5
Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #1-3
"Final Crisis: Secret Files" (one-shot)
"Final Crisis: Sketchbook" (one-shot)
"Final Crisis: Submit" (one-shot)
Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1-2
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #21

READING ORDER

Morrison has provided a reading order for the main series and tie-ins written by him:"

Final Crisis #1-3
Superman Beyond #1-2
Final Crisis #4–5
Batman #682–683
Final Crisis #6–7

The hardcover edition of Final Crisis includes all of these issues in the reading order outlined by Morrison, with the exception of the two issues of Batman, as they appear in the hardcover edition of Batman R.I.P..

Please note that these notes are taken from Wikipedia as a source of References.

Thanks for reading, stay tune for more recommended Comic books from us soon.

Future Labels

2010-01-13T01:15:00.004+08:00

HOUSE of EL list of things to come:

1 - Affiliates Banner *Updated*
2 - Recommended Comic Book Reviews *New*
3 - Wallpapers (Back by popular demand)
4 - Action Figure News & Updates
5 - Action Figure of the Week *New*
6 - Video of the Week *New*

Well that's all i got so far....but there's more to come, look out for the new and improved site, CLASSIC ARTICULATION Coming soon!

Hot 'Gossip" on Green Lantern Movie

2010-01-09T20:47:00.002+08:00

Warner Bros. and director Martin Campbell have finally found the female lead for their Green Lantern movie, and Hal Jordan's lady love Carol Ferris will be played by none other than Blake Lively, star of the CW's hit "Gossip Girl".

Ferris is the one who hires hot-shot test pilot Hal Jordan, played by Ryan Reynolds, to her father's aerospace company, which she's running, before he gets the ring to become Earth's Green Lantern. Here's a huge possiblity that Carol ultimately becomes the villain Star Sapphire, although there's no word whether there might be some hint of that in the first movie.

Rumors had been swirling for the past month about a possible lead with Keri Russell and Jennifer Garner among those being talked to for the role. The movie is scheduled to start shooting in March 2010.

Brightest Day or Blackest Night, who knows? Stay Tune for more on the Green Lantern's Might.

Spider-Man 4 - Production Delay

2010-01-09T20:32:00.002+08:00

Tobey Maguire will return as the Friendly neighbourhood Spider in the sequel : Spider-Man 4. They have been some reports stating that production has been postponed on Spider-Man 4 so writer Alvin Sargent can do more work on the script.

The studio has confirmed that the movie is still scheduled to be released in May 5th,2011.

Maguire has confirmed that the storyline for Spider-Man 4 will be the evolution of Spidey's character will be exciting and possiblity to have more continuity in the future.

Watch out for more Spidey Movie news.

Ghost Rider 2 : Spirit of Vengeance

2010-01-09T20:01:00.002+08:00

To my surprise this movie is getting a sequel, but this time previous director Mark Steven Johnson will not be directing it. News also confirmed that Eva Mendes will not be returning as Roxanne Simpson in the sequel. Movie Producer Mike De Luca is interested in having David Goyer (Batman Begins Writer) directing the sequel but it all comes down to his very busy schedule (Flash Forward). Movie news confirmed that the sequel will be like "pushing the reset button" on the Ghost Rider Franchise.

Also on that note, since the huge success of Avatar, Ghost Rider 2 might., repeat might be done in 3D. They also stated that Ghost Rider 2 : Spirit of Vengeance could easily be shoot this year.

More news on Ghost Rider soon.

Madhouse Iron Man Teaser Trailer

2010-01-09T01:57:00.003+08:00

[Coming in Spring 2010]

As my first official post back on this site. Now im not that big on Anime, but here's an Anime that i am most exited to watch, The Madhouse version of Iron Man, the trailer looks amazing! Marvel has partnered with Japanese animation studio Madhouse and multiple-Eagle Award winner Warren Ellis to create four all new anime versions of classic Marvel Super Heroes. Get an exciting first glimpse of IRON MAN and WOLVERINE, two of the planned four series! Wonder which Superhero is lined up for it next. Definitely have to look out for these anime movies.

Enjoy the trailer guys!

Up, Up and Again!

2010-01-09T01:41:00.004+08:00

Greetings Super Friends!! We're Back fully charged up to update you with more information updates. We were gone for awhile, but enough about that. We'll try our best to update the site with tons of different information on what's going on with the whole comic world. Whether it would be about Movies, New Action Figure Lines, Wallpapers, Comics. We'll do our best not to ever disappoint you again.

Stay tune, we'll be back real soon. - Kal-El

Green Lantern First Flight is Here

2009-07-22T13:49:00.007+08:00

Green Lantern: First Flight is now out, and will be available on standard DVD in single and double disc editions, along with a high definition Blu-ray release on July 28, 2009. Features outlined for the double disc edition in the press release include two production featurettes, commentary, sneak peak of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, trailers of the DC Universe features, digital copy download so you could watch it on your media player or your portable player, and two episodes of Justice League picked by Bruce Timm. The Blu-ray edition will have all the features of the double disc standard definition release including three additional Justice League episodes selected by Bruce Timm.

[ Absolutely amazing! ]

Tribute To Michael

2009-07-09T19:36:00.003+08:00

[Hot Toys - M-Icon Line - 12" Michael Jackson collectible figure
Billie Jean / History Tour version]

"We from The House of El would like to pay our deepest respect to all of Michael Jackson's Family and Fans around the globe, we all have lost a legend amongst our time, no one could replace or even come close to comparison to the Iconic - Most Electrified Legend there is, He was the best there is. Rest in Peace Michael, We love you and you will be missed. Thank you for inspiring us all " - Kal-El of The House of El.

Watchmen Action Figures

2009-07-06T18:24:00.008+08:00

[Pics taken from Michael Crawford's Review]

Probably one of the many great movies i've seen this year. I know this post should have been posted earlier, but its more fun to do it when we actually can. Plus, i just saw the Watchmen movie today again, and i'm abit more curious about the action figure line, so lets get up to speed with it.

Watchmen action figure line was produced by DC Direct (The Coolest) which only makes collecting from DC Direct more worth it, Even after seeing the movie, and these action figures, it got me thinking whether i should jump in and get me these lines, they look pretty impressive. But don't take my word for it, this is just coming from someone who has an obsession with collecting action figures, im sure you all have these problem.

Now these Watchmen action figures came in 2 wave series based on the Movie. 1st Wave consists of Nite Owl II, Ozymandias, Rorschach, Silk Spectre II. Wave 2 has The Comedian, Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl I, and Silk Spectre I. Each action figure measures 6 1/4 to 6 3/4-inch tall and feature multiple points of articulation, presentation bases and are packaged in a 4-color window box. These figures are available as of February 2009. Do you think its still late? There's always e-Bay.

[Rorschach]

[Silk Spectre II - Modern Version]

[Ozymandias]

[Nite Owl II : Modern Version]

[Dr.Manhattan]

[The Comedian]

[Silk Spectre I - Classic Version]

[Nite Owl - Classic Version]

Well there you go, now check out the packaging shown below, looks like the same packaging we all love made by DC Direct, it really is a trademark from them and it does look nice when displaying on your shelves, just makes you itch and be more tempted to open them up.

So last but not least, so you see now why do i want to jump into these figures? No? Well for one, the detail on these figures are just simply amazing, and its a good thing they covered up Dr.Manhattan private parts, makes it more easier on the eye. Articulation is always but a low for DC Direct, but maybe thats because their not just "Toys", their more of a collectibles by all standards, I must admit, my favorite figures here are probabbly Silk Spectre II, Nite Owl II, Rorschach and The Comedian. Why? Coz we think it's a cool line to add to your collection.

Hope you guys enjoyed it!

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