Iron Man: Rise of Technovore

Guess who's back in animated form? For this month's superhero, its gonna be all about Iron Man!

That's right folks, Tony Stark is back!! Well not coming from Hollywood per say, but in animation form (Direct to DVD) for Marvel's latest animated movie. Iron Man: Rise of Technovore is a direct to video anime film by SH DTV Partners following up on the Marvel Anime series. SH DTV Partners is a repartnered of Marvel Animation with Madhouse and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan.

Check out the Trailer below.



 Hopefully it'll come in multiple languages, coz i dont really understand Japanese..

New Thor Poster (France)

Captain America's Movie Shield Revealed

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.

Green Lantern Promo Images

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.

Avenging Update

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.

First Frost

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.

Green Light

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

Picture Me Rollin'

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

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.

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.

Liberty & Justice

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 !

Channing Tatum for Captain America Role?

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..

Hot 'Gossip" on Green Lantern Movie

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

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

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.

The Spirit New Poster

Following up with the Movie "The Spirit" Today, UGO has debuted two new posters for The Spirit which feature Gabriel Macht and Samuel L. Jackson. Check it out.

Sam "The Man" L. Jackson is in "The Spirit", looks wicked here

Thor Held Till End of Next Year

[Thor Movie : Patiently awaits he's arrival to the Big Screen]

Written by Kal-El

The even more anticipated movie, THOR and director Matthew Vaughn (Stardust) told that he wants to shoot comic book adaptation Thor at home in the United Kingdom.

"We have the A-list actors, designers, cinematographers and crew in Britain, so there's no need to make 'Thor' among all that madness in Los Angeles," he said.

Because of the current writers strike in the US, Thor would not start filming until the end of next year. I guess we will have just to wait as more develops.

Another Dose Of Perry

[Langella: still cool enough to appear in superhero movies]
Written by GL

I have seen Frank Langella on and off in movies for many, many years. It was a cool surprise that he was seen in Superman Returns; where he played a more toned and business like Perry White, as opposed to the attitude of the old one from the Reeves era.

Reporters have been asking if he'd be reprising his role as the editor in chief at Clark Kent's day job The Daily Planet. And he confirms it, and then some. Warner Bros. was smart enough to get Langella on contract.

"Yeah, I've got two more to do," he told us, though he doesn't know when the next movie might be, "I don't know when the next Superman is going to be. My guess is that it probably won't be until next year."

Awesome. That's probably two more to expect in our lifetime.

The Fans Choose Black Adam for The Rock

[Black Adam vs The Rock]

Written by Kal-El

Unexplained Rumours have it said that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was recently asked the fans if he should play Captain Marvel or Black Adam in the Peter Segal-directed Shazam! at New Line. Thousands of fans chose Black Adam and The Rock told MTV on Thursday that he would meet with Segal to talk about it.

Johnson stressed that the role wasn't yet a done deal, though he went on to say that the character of Black Adam was being changed to meet his strengths as an actor.
"Thank you for choosing," he proclaimed. "Now the goal is just to make a kickass movie, a kickass character."

More as it develops...

The Flash Is Coming

[David Dobkin: taking on the fastest man alive]
Written by GL

Awesome news! Director David Dobkin has signed with Warner Bros. for The Flash.

Dobkin (also known for directing the buddy comedy Wedding Crashers) says this adaptation won't be the character's first appearance in theaters; since The Flash will have a major part in George Miller's upcoming Justice League movie. Dobkin confirmed that his movie will be set in the same universe as Justice League, as a direct spin-off.

He added that The Flash they will use is Wally West.

I can take this news with it's pros and cons.