Awesome Comic Art for The Expendables 2

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I was literally about to hit the hay when I spotted an Expendables Facebook page (with a nod to MovieWeb) put up these three rather astonishing comic promotional images for the new movie. They show Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Scott Adkins, in comic form and I absolutely love them! I have no idea if these [...]

First Look at Karl Urban as Judge Dredd

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Here’s the first image from the new Judge Dredd movie, titled simply Dredd, and our first look at the Karl Urban chin. Taken from a rehersal and found on 2000ADonline by our friends at Bleeding Cool the size of Urban’s helmet is the subject of much discussion on the various forums and comment boards across [...]

Judge Dredd is Now Just Dredd & Synopsis Revealed Too

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Well folks we have finally been treated to some new news on the upcoming Judge Dredd film.  In an attempt to bring back the bad ass Judge from the dead, the powers that be have decided to shorten the name from Judge Dredd to the more powerful sounding DREDD This sci-fi action flick stars Karl [...]

Kick-Ass Hits London!

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We here at HeyUGuys are big fans of Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass, so when we were given the chance to use the costume actually worn by Aaron Johnson in the film we decided we had to make something special. A few weeks ago we took to the streets of London, with our Editor Dave Sztypuljak gamely [...]

Win a Copy of Kick-Ass on Blu-ray

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To celebrate the release of Kick-Ass, out to own on Blu-ray & DVD from September 6th, we have teamed up with Universal to offer you the chance to win a copy of Matthew Vaughn’s amazing film on Blu-ray. The film was a hit with HeyUGuys, you can read our review here, and we have ten [...]

Tony Scott Directing Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s Nemesis

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Today we learnt that the rumoured film adaptation of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s Nemesis is to be directed by Tony Scott. The news was first leaked out by Bleeding Cool and then confirmed by Deadline. Following the success of the film version of Millar’s Kick-Ass, a film of Nemesis seemed inevitable but things appear [...]

New Kick-Ass DVD Featurette: The Making of Red Mist

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With the DVD of Kick-Ass hitting the streets across the pond tomorrow The New York Post have given us a peek inside the extra features with a look at the crimson caped crusader – Red Mist. Christopher Mintz-Plasse did a great job in the film as the wayward rich kid who takes up the fight [...]

Win a Copy of Kick-Ass: Creating The Comic, Making The Movie

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Needing little in the way of an introduction, and with an all-star cast including Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage (Gone In 60 Seconds, Face/Off), Mark Strong (Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes) and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad, Role Models), KICK-ASS is a relentlessly funny, jaw dropping action film, available to own on Blu-ray and DVD on 6 September. Packed [...]

Extended Comic Con Footage of The Goon Shows Up

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Eric Powell’s comic The Goon has a wonderfully bold style, and when Jamie posted the first test footage from the project a few days ago we had our first chance to see what Blue Sky had in store for Powell’s creation. After storming Comic Con last night Powell, voice actor Paul Giamatti and producer David [...]

Comic Prequel to Matt Reeves’ Let Me In Revealed

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The Matt Reeves directed Let Me In currently has critics and audiences divided. Being an American remake of the hugely successful Let The Right One In, Matt Reeves is going to have a hard time convincing audiences another take on John Ajvide Lindqvist is needed. Slash Film have reported that, in a way to whet [...]

The Underhand Spider-Man Plan?

The name of Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker successor was confirmed last week, with the news that British actor Andrew Garfield would be donning the red and blue spandex. We’ve heard many names mentioned since the as yet Untitled Spider-Man Reboot was announced several months ago, some well known, others not so much. That such a [...]

Kick Ass DVD/Blu-Ray Details and Chloe Moretz Shows Off Her Scary Skills

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We are big fans of Kick-Ass here at HeyUGuys and in particular Chloe Moretz’s fantastic performance as Hit Girl. You can read my review of the film here and a round up of our extensive coverage here. Thanks to MTV we now have the details on the US DVD and Blu-Ray release and a wonderful [...]

Trailer For New Warren Ellis Documentary

Warren Ellis

Warren Ellis is an incredibly prolific comic writer who accounts for a large percentage of my standing order each week. He has been responsible for comics such as Transmetropolitan, Doktor Sleepless, Planetary, the free online comic Freakangels and he has also written high profile comics for Marvel and DC including JLA and The X-Men. Ellis [...]

Comic Book Movies Need More Bold, Less Bland

There was already a rumour doing the rounds, but Deadline Hollywood confirmed yesterday that Joss Whedon is the man in the frame to direct Marvel’s much lamented and highly anticipated Avengers film. A surprise choice to be sure, but a very good one as far as i’m concerned. You see, i was in the process of writing [...]

Matthew Vaughn to Make a Film Adaptation of Turf?

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When I heard that Jonathan Ross was writing a comic I was sceptical. I’ve never been a fan of Ross (although I did like The Incredibly Strange Film Show) and even though he has impressive credentials as a comic book fan (his documentary, In Search of Steve Ditko, made that clear) that does not mean he [...]

HeyUGuys Extensive Kick-Ass Coverage Round Up

Today’s the day! Kick-Ass is finally released across the UK and we wanted to get you in the mood by rounding up all of our coverage in one place. We’ve been anticipating this film for a long time at HeyUGuys, and since we were lucky enough to see the film a few months ago we’ve [...]

Comic Book Review: Kick-Ass

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This is perhaps the last piece of my Kick-Ass puzzle, after reviews, previews, premieres and interviews this week HeyUGuys finally got a chance to pour over the source material for Matthew Vaughn’s incendiary film which opens in the UK today. Written by Mark Millar and illustrated by John Romita Jr. Kick-Ass finds these two masters [...]

Kick-Ass Review

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**Please note that although I do discuss the plot of Kick-Ass in this review I have avoided giving away any spoilers for major plot points or anything that was not featured in the trailers** Kick-Ass, like many classic superhero stories, is about an ordinary guy who becomes something more, something extraordinary. The difference is that [...]

Dan Dare Movie to Star Sam Worthington

Dan Dare is a British institution, one of our few iconic comic book creations and though his fame has not spread far beyond these shores in the 60 odd years since its inception, it looks as though the Pilot of the Future is now heading to the big screen courtesy of Warner Bros. The news [...]

Team Nolan To Direct Superman, Justic League?

OK, this sounds crazy on the first read, but here goes. IESB.net are reporting some unconfirmed rumours, a step above wild rumour, regarding the Superman situation. We heard about Goyer writing the script a few days ago, now it seems that as well as taking co-writing credits on the script, one Jonah Nolan may have [...]