Superheroes for a super Friday

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Watchmen is still over a year away, but already we're being treated to production diaries and video journals on the official website of this potential granddaddy of superhero films.

I found the first video on set design pretty dull - I generally don't like the illusion of the movie's "world" to be shattered with too many behind-the-scenes glimpses - but this second journal on costume design makes me giddy with anticipation. The look of this movie seems SPOT ON in terms of fidelity to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons graphic novel.



I repeat again, if you have never read Watchmen, you MUST get hold of it. Especially before the long-awaited film adaptation, from 300 director Zack Synder, hits cinemas in June next year.

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Speaking of superheroes, while the accountant types were still counting out Iron Man's first weekend box office earnings on Monday, Marvel Entertainment executives were already making announcements about upcoming superhero movies on their slate.

Although I'm always mildly disturbed by the way Hollywood decision-makers jump the gun (sequel announcements when a film has just been released 2 days ago?!), here's what we have to look forward to, and when:

Iron Man 2 (30 April 2010)
Thor (4 June 2010)
The First Avenger: Captain America (6 May 2011)
The Avengers (July 2011)

Spider-Man 4 and Ant-Man (What a weird choice!) were also announced as being in development.


The Avengers movie will of course be the most complicated of the above films to pull off, as it unites some of the biggest heroes of Marvel comics in one single team. This includes Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, Iron Man and Nick Fury. The hope is that all the actors who play the roles in the solo films will appear in this one.

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Dante said…
I am not so sure Pfanny. There is no way that the movie will be able to cover the whole graphic novel. There is just so many subtle hints and things that they will probably leave out. I might be wrong though. I am not saying that the movie will be bad. I just don't think that it will do the novel justice.
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