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Ryan Reynolds cast as Hal Jordan in ‘Green Lantern’ movie

July 10th, 2009, 9:44 pm by Jayson Peters
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Variety is reporting that Ryan Reynolds has been cast in the title role of Warner Bros.’ Green Lantern comic book adaptation. He apparently beat out Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto and Justin Timberlake to play ring-slinger Hal Jordan in the film by Casino Royale director Martin Campbell. Production will start in January for a planned December 2010 release.

Reynolds recently came to Tempe Marketplace for the world premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, in which he played fan favorite Deadpool. He is expected to star in a spinoff featuring the character.

Photo by Thomas Boggan, East Valley Tribune

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‘Wolverine’: Nothing but claws and effects

May 1st, 2009, 6:23 am by Chris "KeL" Adams

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The calendar may not agree, but it is now summer. If a glance at the thermometer isn’t enough to convince you, today’s release of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” the first event movie of the season, makes it official. Unfortunately, the film lives up to the stereotypes of summer movies as well. We get an hour and 45 minutes of bad special effects, forgettable acting and violence (bloodless though! This is a PG-13 film).

The popular mutant Wolverine, a.k.a Logan, a.k.a. James Howlett (Hugh Jackman) sheds his fellow X-Men for the opportunity to take center stage and explore his life before we met him in the first X-Men movie, as well as his relationship with Sabretooth/Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber).

In between the explosions, cliches and attempts to cram in as many random mutants as possible, we learn about Wolverine’s 150-year life. We find out how he came to possess his unbreakable skeleton, claws that can cut through anything and extremely spotty memory. Read the rest of this entry »

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‘Wolverine’ premiere packs them in

April 28th, 2009, 1:21 am by Chris "KeL" Adams

loganHugh Jackman arrives at Tempe Marketplace for the premiere of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” on Monday.
Thomas Boggan, Tribune.

After defeating over 1,300 other cities in an online contest for the opportunity, thousands of people gathered at the Tempe Marketplace on Monday for the world premiere of the summer’s first big movie, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” The event brought out comic book fans, celebrity seekers and people watchers. All 16 screens of the Harkins Theater were set to screen the movie for the big night.

Slideshow: “Wolverine” movie premiere
Wolverine himself (and Oscar host) , Hugh Jackman made a grand entrance on a motorcycle accompanied by the cheers of adoring fans. Jackman congratulated Tempe on winning the contest, becoming one of the first cities outside of New York and Los Angeles to host a major movie premiere. Read the rest of this entry »

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Here’s how to score your free ‘Wolverine’ premiere tickets

April 22nd, 2009, 7:50 pm by Jayson Peters

wolverAccording to a flyer posted on Atomic Comics’ Web site, fans can start lining up at 9 p.m. Friday at the Tempe Marketplace Harkins Theatres location to get their shot at 500 free tickets to Monday night’s star-studded premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Tickets will be distributed starting 9 a.m. Saturday.

Tickets are limited to two per person and will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. Film stars Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Liev Schreiber and “the rest of the Wolverine cast” are expected to attend the red-carpet premiere.

Those just wanting to watch the spectacle and go stargazing, but not see the film, can line up 5 a.m. Monday.

Also note that “appropriate dress” is required: “shorts, T-shirts and baseball caps will not be permitted.” And, of course, recording devices are not allowed into the theater. Bub.

UPDATE: Check out everything you need to know about the red-carpet event from Mandy Zajac, and stay tuned to Nerdvana for full coverage and a review of the film from Chris “KeL” Adams.

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Fox TV spots pry open ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’

February 13th, 2009, 12:02 am by Jayson Peters

XMen Origins Wolverine starring Hugh JackmanBeginning Sunday, Fox will debut an exclusive three-part preview of the upcoming movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

20th Century Fox has created three 60-second spots, one leading to the next, which together will form a single narrative. The first spot will air this Sunday during Family Guy, the second on Monday during House and the last on Tuesday during American Idol.

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Seven heroes to appear in JLA movie

October 8th, 2007, 5:36 pm by Scott Kirchhofer

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Image courtesy of DC Comics

Finally, some good news about the upcoming, live-action Justice League of America movie. Entertainment Weekly is reporting they have an early version of the script and all seven original members of the league - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter - will appear in the movie. According to EW, the plot involves a villainous businessman Maxwell Lord and cyborgs called OMACs (One-Man Army Corps), who can take over humans and turn them into killing machines. There are epic battles between Superman and Batman, as well as Superman and Wonder Woman.

Other JLA movie updates:

>>Jessica Biel has passed on the role of Wonder Woman.

>>Tyrese Gibson (Transformers, 2 Fast 2 Furious) may be cast as Green Lantern, which means the movie GL is likely John Stewart. He is also tied to the comic-based Luke Cage movie.

>>Ryan Reynolds may be cast as the Flash.

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