Comics

And Joss Whedeon gets the gig as The Avengers’ director?

Posted under Comics, Movies, News, Screen on Thursday, 15 April 2010 by Willy Tan
Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind the TV classics like Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel and failed experiments like Firefly, has been set to take on the role of director of Marvel Studios' 2012 tentpole movie The Avengers. Long-time geeks would know that this is a guy who can direct action...
And Joss Whedeon gets the gig as The Avengers’ director?

The ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ teaser trailer is out!

Posted under Comics, Movies, News, Screen on Thursday, 25 March 2010 by Willy Tan
After weeks of waiting, the trailer for the movie adaption of the Bryan Lee O'Malley cult comic series is out. Directed by the fabulous Edgar Wright, it stars Michael Cera as the protangist Scott Pilgrim who falls in love with a most unconventional girl Ramona Flowers (the uber-cute Mary Elizabeth...
The ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ teaser trailer is out!

… and Chris Evans is Captain America

Posted under Comics, Movies, News, Screen on Tuesday, 23 March 2010 by Willy Tan
After a few months of searching, Marvel Studios has announced that Chris Evans will be donning the red, white and blue as Captain America for the upcoming superhero movie. Evans had starred in the live adaptation of The Fantastic Four as Johnny Storm also known as The Human Torch. The same actor...
… and Chris Evans is Captain America

Neil Gaiman uses Tweets for his new audio book

Posted under Comics, Gadgets, News, Print on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 by Willy Tan
Novelist and comic book writer Neil Gaiman has Tweeted that he will be putting together an audio book based on the Tweets of a thousand of his Twitter followers. That came out totally sounding as if Gaiman were a Mayan Sun God of sorts. Hey, that'd probably please his fans to no end. Anyway,...
Neil Gaiman uses Tweets for his new audio book

More pics of Seth Rogen in The Green Hornet outfit

Posted under Comics, Movies, News on Monday, 5 October 2009 by Willy Tan
We reported a few weeks back with some pictures about funnyman Seth Rogen and weird-ass director Michel Gondry's take on comicbook superhero The Green Hornet. The Daily Mail has more pictures of Rogen as the titular hero and Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou as his sidekick Kato. Somehow, I'm still...
More pics of Seth Rogen in The Green Hornet outfit

Nicholas Cage as Superman

Posted under Comics, Movies, News on Tuesday, 22 September 2009 by Willy Tan
IGN reports that screen test pictures from Tim Burton's 1999 aborted take on The Man Of Steel have leaked. Fanboys should know that Nicholas Cage was supposed to star as the last son of Krytpon. The project never took off, despite millions of dollars spent on pre-production work. That was until...
Nicholas Cage as Superman

Kirby’s kids sue for copyrights

Posted under Comics, News, Print on Monday, 21 September 2009 by Willy Tan
Co-creator of many Marvel Comics' classic characters (triple alliteration, just like Marvel's style!), Jack Kirby's children are gunning for their rights to their father's work. They have served 45 notices of termination to Marvel, Disney, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and...
Kirby’s kids sue for copyrights