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Joss Whedon Much Ado About Nothing

By now, everyone is well aware of the next upcoming superhero film from Marvel, The Avengers, with the ridiculously awesome trailer landing earlier this month. Joss Whedon landing the directing gig was a welcome surprise to all of his many, many fans, and it’s been good to see Marvel finding slightly unlikely candidates to take [...]

Super Blu-Ray Review

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On the surface of it, Super might sound to many almost exactly like Kick-Ass, albeit with a much lower budget. The premise of the two films does, superficially (no pun intended), sound very similar. Both films feature an ordinary guy without any powers that goes about trying to stop crime. And this similarity means that [...]

Win Super on Blu-ray

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James Gunn’s Super is a dark take on the superhero genre, which asks the question – what would it take to become a real life superhero? It’s subversive, brutal and has some excellent performances from Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Kevin Bacon. It hits DVD and Blu-ray on the 1st of August and hey – [...]

Watch Ellen Page Practice Her Martial Arts Skills in this Exclusive Clip from Super

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Super hits UK cinemas this Friday, 8th July and to celebrate, Hanway Films have sent us this brand new clip from the movie. We get to see Ellen Page not only practising her martial arts skills but also doing her best to convince Rainn Wilson’s character why she should be his side-kick! Frank (RAINN WILSON) [...]

Super Review

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Although there had been much speculation as to Kapow’s surprise film involving all sorts of rumours, when darkness fell and the film began it turned out to be, as the majority had suspected, James Gunn’s Super. Here’s what we thought of the much anticipated top secret film: Not for the easily offended, Super is one [...]

Book Review: Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog

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Joss Whedon gave the world something special with Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog, his Writer’s Strike circumventing Internet Supervillian Musical Mini Series, and now he’s giving you a little more with the release of the companion book. Titan Books have gone to town with this tie-in which is essential reading for budding evil geniuses everywhere as you [...]

Four New Super Posters Come To The Rescue

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One of my biggest regrets from SXSW 2011 was not seeing Rainn Wilson’s new movie, Super. The movie clashed with that of the Aint It Cool News Secret screening where the rumour was that either Captain America, Thor or Super 8 would be screened. Despite Guillermo del Toro, being there (which was indeed rather cool), [...]

Silence Crime With Two Clips from James Gunn’s Super

Gathering buzz from its showing at SXSW James Gunn’s Super is looking very interesting indeed. Two clips, one from Twitch and the other from Coming Soon, should be just the ticket if you’re till not on board the Super train, be warned though – the second clip is all kinds of nasty, making the  final [...]

Will You Fight Crime With Ellen Page? New Poster for Super Asks the Question

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This is one of the films making some noise at SXSW in Austin at the moment and if you were a fan of James Gunn’s previous movie, the glorious B-movie Slither, then you’ll already be excited for his take on the real life superhero tale. This new poster follows on from the Rainn Wilson version [...]

Fantastic Trailer for James Gunn’s Super

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In a world increasingly populated with DIY super heroes there is something special about Super, James Gunn’s next film, and we have a new trailer tonight to spoil us into an expectant mess. Following up his wonderful and slightly silly B-Movie Slither, Gunn has enlisted Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page to tell the story of [...]

Awesome Retro Poster For James Gunn’s Super

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IFC Films have debuted the first official poster for dark superhero comedy Super. Directed by James Gunn, Super stars Rainn Wilson (The Rocker), Ellen Page (Juno), Liv Tyler (The Strangers), Kevin Bacon (The Woodsman), Nathan Fillion (Slither) and Linda Cardellini (Scooby-Doo). After his wife Sarah (Tyler) hooks up with a smooth-talking drug dealer named Jacques (Bacon), Frank (Wilson) transforms [...]

IFC Acquire James Gunn’s Super

IFC have bought the US distribution rights to James Gunn’s dark superhero comedy Super, Deadline have confirmed. Super premiered during Friday’s Midnight Madness at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival where it received a lot of buzz from critics and audiences alike. The film stars Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Nathan Fillion [...]

Brand New Clip from James Gunn’s Super

A new clip from James Gunn’s Super has made it’s way online, via Superherohype. The film, a dark superhero comedy in the vein of Kick-Ass, premiered at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival last night and stars Rainn Wilson, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Ellen Page, Linda Cardellini and Nathan Fillion. After his wife (Tyler) falls under [...]

First Look at Ellen Page in Super

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James Gunn, on his official website, has posted the first look at Ellen Page in his upcoming action-comedy, Super. The image follows on from the others we posted here last month, and shows Frank D’Arbo/Crimson Bolt (Rainn Wilson) with his sidekick Libby/Boltie (Ellen Page). Super was written and directed by James Gunn and co-stars Liv [...]

First Images from James Gunn’s Super

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Director James Gunn has given the world a look at two new images from his upcoming indie superhero film, Super. The film did well at this year’s Comic-Con event in San Diego, with the footage exciting critics and film fans alike, many comparing it to Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass. Super stars Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv [...]

Nathan Fillion Is(n’t) Ant-Man!

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Update: It now eppears that Whedon said this as a joke and this is, in fact rubbish! – Apologies everyone. It’s official!  Nathan Fillion (Serenity, Firefly) has been selected to join the elite superhero film, The Avengers, as none other than the mighty Ant-Man. Ant-Man shall shrink you and then, when you are sleeping, will command [...]

James Gunn thinks Nathan Fillion is Super

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Slither was a B-movie that knew how to tickle, and though it may not have destroyed box office records it is a well crafted, marvellously hammy and fun movie and its director James Gunn has plucked one of Slither’s stars to join him in his new film, Super. The man in question is Nathan Fillion, [...]