The film blogosphere was in joyous celebrations last week when it was announced that action genre favourite Shane Black had been hired to write and direct the third Iron Man film. Since then, Ain’t It Cool News caught up with the Lethal Weapon scribe, where he chatted briefly about some of the potential routes the [...]
Will Shane Black be Taking Iron Man 3 in a Different Direction to the Previous Films?
March 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Interview with Robert Downey Jr.’s Stunt Double Glenn Foster
February 19, 2011 By 3 Comments
Yorkshire born and raised Glenn Foster’s childhood dream was to work as a stunt man. When he was 10 his parents bought him a book called ‘Hollywood Stunt Man’ that was filled with inspiring images, and he was enthralled during his early teens watching a succession of American films and TV shows that featured the [...]
Yvonne Strahovski for Ms Marvel in The Avengers?
February 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With the sights and sounds of the Superbowl trailer bonanza still ringing in our eyes and ears there’s never been a better time to throw out this rumour which pertains to the Marvelous mashup coming our way on the 4th of May next year in the form of The Avengers. While most of the cast [...]
Stiller Offers Some News on Zoolander Sequel
January 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If those Zoolander fans out there can (blue) steel themselves away from work for a minute or two to read this, Ben Stiller has offered an updated as to the state of a sequel to the further adventures of the eponymous Derek Zoolander. Talking to Empire about his next project (as producer on Richard Ayoade’s [...]
Tom Waits’ Rejected Iron Man 2 Theme
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The DVD/Blu-ray of Iron Man 2 hits US shops on the 28th of September and UK shops on the 25th of October. Ahead of that we have seen a few of the extras appear online but today we bring you an extra missing from either the US or UK release. This wonderful extra is Tom [...]
Iron Man 2 Alternate Opening
September 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Iron Man fan, RDJandSuzieQ has somehow got their hands on this alternate opening for Iron Man 2. The rather spectacular opening sequence of the movie saw Tony Stark aka, Robert Downey Jr. fly out of a C-130 and fly down with some serious style into the Stark Exposition. As you’ll see from this opening, it [...]
Marvel Confirm Black Widow Spin-Off Film
September 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ever since Scarlett Johansson took on the role of Black Widow in Jon Favereau’s Iron Man 2, film fans have been speculating whether the character will star in her very own spin-off film. Well, it seems Marvel have now answered that very question. At a press conference to promote the US Blu-ray and DVD release [...]
Disney Post Huge Profits In Third Quarter: Mouseketeers Unanimously Rejoice
August 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Given the incredible effect Toy Story 3 has had on the market since release (both in terms of box office and merchandise), it isn’t exactly surprising that Variety are reporting that Disney have announced soaring profits for the third quarter of the year. Incredibly, the studio posted profit figures of $123 million compared with a [...]
Viacom are Financially Viable
August 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In these times of financial uncertainty, at least one Hollywood studio is still bringing in the bucks. Variety is reporting that media conglomerate Viacom (who own Paramount Pictures) have posted a 40% profit in the past quarter. This has been partly achieved by international box office results for Iron Man 2 and animated features How to [...]
Mark Ruffalo Hulk Deal Coming to Comic Con? UPDATED
July 24, 2010 By 1 Comment
So, with only hours before the Marvel movie panel there’s a report from Deadline that the deal is done and Marvel are hoping to haul Ruffalo in front of the waiting world when The Avengers gather at Comic Con. This would bring the nasty saga of Marvel’s Hulk casting to a close with the third [...]
Mark Ruffalo to Hulk Out in the Avengers?
July 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
With the fallout of the Edward Norton/Marvel nonsense from earlier this week one question still remained – who would Marvel hire to play Bruce Banner and his not-so-jolly green giant alter ego, the Hulk? News from Deadline puts the name of Mark Ruffalo in the ring and this is bound to get people talking as [...]
Trailer vs. Final Cut
July 14, 2010 By 15 Comments
Discrepancies between film trailers and the final cut released to the theaters is nothing new. It’s been done for as long as I can remember. But for some reason, it seems to be happening a lot lately. As it stands right now, I can name three films in the last three months to have scenes [...]
The Avengers May Assemble Without Edward Norton as The Hulk
July 10, 2010 By 9 Comments
Drew McWeeny over at HitFix has the exclusive on this one, bringing the news that Edward Norton will not reprise the Hulk role that he made his own in the 2008 film, The Incredible Hulk. It seems clear that Edward Norton has been keen to play Bruce Banner/The Hulk again but Marvel has not been [...]
Summer Box Office Crash?!
June 18, 2010 By 5 Comments
Last weekend’s big movies made money, with The Karate Kid doing particularly well against its production budget. However, compared to some of the numbers seen over the Spring, the Summer box office appears to be declining, with the A-Team particularly falling far short of expectations. Usually, Summer is the big seller, and there has been no [...]
Dominic Cooper to Play Howard Stark in Captain America
May 25, 2010 By 2 Comments
Fresh from helping Carey Mulligan with An Education and soon to be seen in the world of Tamara Drewe the rising star of Dominic Cooper may soar new heights if the news coming out from Salon today is confirmed – Cooper is set to play Howard Stark in the Joe Johnston directed Captain America: The [...]
Awesome Fan-Made Iron Man 2 Poster
May 13, 2010 By 3 Comments
As you can imagine, we get sent an awful lot of emails to HeyUGuys. I promise you that we (or at least I) read every single one of them and although often we’re unable to promote whatever it is that has been sent through, we do really value all your emails. You can email us [...]
Iron Man 3′s Villain Could Be The Mandarin
May 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
Jon Favreau must be pleased. Iron Man 2 is garnering pretty positive reviews across the board and with the Marvel momentum rising in its wake the director is already looking to the future. With Thor and Captain America among the films slated for released in the near future of the Marvelverse, and with The Avengers [...]
Robert Downey Jr – Last Box Office Superstar?
May 9, 2010 By 15 Comments
Robert Downey Jr has had a very up and down (and up again) career, and whilst he has been hugely popular with a large set of fans for the duration, his fall from grace meant that he wasn’t a big box office draw for most of it. This has changed in the last couple of [...]