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We know that professional handsome man Isaiah Mustafa has talked to Marvel about the possibility of playing Luke Cage, and now check out this promo video of the actor as Power Man. Neat stuff, but there's no disco tiara. More »
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See Kevin Bacon in action in the new X-Men: First Class trailer. Steven Moffat drops some more seriously tantalizing Doctor Who hints. Plus a Stargate favorite explains why Rise of the Planet of the Apes isn't just another movie. More »
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With a name like the Fantastic Four, you'd think the superteam would have a fairly static membership. But no, Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and the Thing frequently go on sabbatical and/or die, thus requiring awesomely ridiculous replacements. More »
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The head of Marvel Studios reveals their next four movies, which characters he wants to see get movies, and little things to look out for in The Avengers and Thor. A veteran of ER is joining the Torchwood cast. Spoilers! More »
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Looks like the major networks are ready to get back into the comic book business. Marvel just announced a whole slew of characters they're cooking up TV shows for, including the Incredible Hulk, possibly with a Guillermo del Toro twist! More »
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We've been reporting on Hollywood's Luke Cage wannabes for years. But actor Idris Elba, famous for his role as Stringer on The Wire, may have actually scored the Marvel deal to bring the yellow-booted comic book superhero to life. More »
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The Hulk and his fellow Avengers have got plenty of movies left in them. The new Green Lantern website includes the film's villain. Plus a weird Runaways casting rumor, Chief Tyrol's guest spot on Eureka, and more! Spoilers for you! More »
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New plot details for Simon Pegg's alien comedy Paul! Doctor Who's Christmas episode adds some stars! Christopher Nolan discusses Inception's philosophical and cinematic undertones. Set-pics reveal more about Transformers 3. X-Men prequel casting becomes official! Will Edward Norton join Avengers? More »
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With Marvel's A-listers ensnared in preexisting movie franchises, it appears Disney's cultivating the publisher's second-tier superheroes. Two writers behind the upcoming Conan flick are penning a Dr. Strange script, and Disney's apparently producing short films for heroes like Luke Cage. More »
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Has President Obama paved the way for black superheroes to achieve prominence? That's the claim made by Fox News... but on the day where we see a Black Superman, have they missed the boat? More »
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Awesome Marvel superheroes Power Man and Iron Fist have both had movies in development hell for nearly a decade — so why not put them together in one movie? After all, it worked in the comics. Up-and-comer Malcolm Lee (Soul Men, The Best Man) threw his director's hat into the comic-book ring, calling a Power Man/Iron Fist movie his dream project. It could be the best buddy-hero team since Starsky and Hutch. And speaking of dream movies, Samuel L. Jackson has an important message about Iron Man 2. More »
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An African American man goes to prison for a crime he doesn't commit, where he's subjected to weird experiments at the hands of a scientist who tries to kill him. It could be a horror movie, but it's actually the origin of Luke Cage, comics' most famous blaxploitation hero. Transformers star Tyrese Gibson says he's still eager to play Cage in the John Singleton-directed movie version, which could also feature Cage's nemesis Diamondback. Marvel Comics' Avi Arad has said the Cage movie should be brutal enough to earn an R rating. Tyrese is still promising to bulk up to fill out that yellow shirt, telling SciFi Wire, "I'll have to do a lot of benchpressing, [because] Luke Cage is a lot to live up to." [SciFi Wire] More »
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Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton is set to direct his first science fiction film, Executive Order. It's typical alien-invasion fare, with a plane crash unleashing a space monster that terrorizes a snowbound small town. Still, Singleton's got the violent-action chops to make it work: his remake of Shaft may have bombed at the box office, but it was still badass. Singleton's also attached to direct the inner-city superhero film Luke Cage. More »
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