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Kick-Ass wasn't a box-office sensation, but it may have helped superhero films break out of their same old boring mold, the Guardian suggests. Here are eight other superhero films that Hollywood can study, which helped avoid the same old cliches. More »
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Zack Snyder is coy about General Zod, but he's got a clear idea for what he wants to do with Superman. Plus more on the "Brad Pitt in Super 8 rumor," and Bruce Willis talks two very different superhero movies! More »
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At NYCC's "Unbreakable: Ten Years Later" panel with M. Night Shyamalan, the director made his first Comic Con appearance of any kind, period. He encountered an enthusiastic crowd and discussed ideas for Unbreakable 2 that have never come to fruition. More »
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James Bond saves the world sometimes. So does Captain Kirk. But at least in the movies, superheroes don't - they're too busy fighting personal spats. Here's why superheroes on the big screen should save the damn world now and then. More »
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Whether it's homage or insanity, the best way to skate over tons of movie backstory is with newspaper clippings, on a wall. We've collected the best and the worst of this cliché, so you can decide: worthless, or worth it? More »
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M. Night Shyamalan continues trying to scare us with evil vegetation and travesties of animated classics, while storytelling gold - a continuation of his superhero epic Unbreakable - goes untouched. But now Night says an Unbreakable sequel is still possible. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5297141&view=rss&microfeed=true It only seems like a few weeks ago that M. Night Shyamalan was talking about wanting to make Unbreakable 2, and now he's at it again, telling MTV "I want to write it right now, but I want to write it for the right reasons... I want a story to pop into my head that is organic and expressive of who I am. You know, these are all kind of journals of where I am emotionally, so it’s kind of hard. I’m kind of trying to go back to the journal that existed in 1999 for me. But I know me: As soon as I give up on it is when the idea will come to me." It's as if he wants someone to just walk up to him and give him a hug and give him permission to make a sequel, isn't it? Please, whoever happens to run into him next - Please do just that thing and spare us another "I want to, but should I?" interview. [Splash Page] More »
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Now that M. Night Shyamalan's career is on something resembling the skids following the relative flop of The Happening, it's not the biggest surprise to see that he's considering a return to earlier and safer ground, in the shape of a sequel to his second movie, Unbreakable. But is the world ready for a return of a histrionic and fragile Samuel L. Jackson railing against the world? Hell yes. More »
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Hollywood often does such a bad job translating comic books to film, it's better to start from scratch. When movies create their own original superheroes, they can have the cool comic booky trappings, without the need to include/ignore/defile decades of print history. If it works (The Incredibles) you get something really fresh. When it doesn't... it's only about as bad as a superhero movie based on a comic. Click through for our list of superhero movies that didn't have a direct comic-book heritage. More »
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The poster for M. Night Shyamalan's latest theater-emptying film The Happening hit the net today, and it looks like he's fallen even farther out of touch with audiences. At least he's still in love with apocalyptic scenarios. In The Happening all plantlife on Earth has started spraying an invisible neurotoxin that kills anyone who breathes it, and soon there are just a few remaining survivors who get led by Marky Mark Wahlberg into the realms of poor box-office receipts. Even the poster tagline just makes you feel like the marketing department half-assed this one: "We've Sensed It, We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening." [ComingSoon] More »
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