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There's only a couple months left for Twentieth Century Fox to start shooting their Daredevil reboot, which took a step back when director David Slade dropped out last month due to his commitment to helming the pilot for the upcoming NBC series Hannibal. Fox has until October to put a movie into place or the rights will revert back to Marvel Studios and parent company Disney, but it looks like Fox may have a plan that could keep the blind superhero at the studio.
What will Fox have to give up to keep Daredevil? >> Posted 08.07.12 by Ryan -
Twentieth Century Fox won't be making a huge splash at this year's Comic-Con, but they are making their presence known with an announcement about two of their Marvel franchises.
According to Deadline, Fox has confirmed that Josh Trank will direct their reboot of Fantastic Four, as was rumored earlier this year. Trank impressed the studio with his "found footage" superhero movie Chronicle, and, while Trank played coy with reporters about the project in January, he will likely make the reboot his next directing project.
daredevil in trouble >> Posted 07.12.12 by Ryan -
What do you get when you cross a director's ambiguous reply to a question with fanboy fervor? Headlines that read: "Josh Hartnett to Star in Daredevil Reboot."
It all started when a Twitter user commented that she hopes director David Slade (30 Days of Night, Twilight Saga: Eclipse) would get back to working on his as-yet-untitled Daredevil reboot and that "maybe" Josh Hartnett could "finally get a Marvel role." Sounds innocent enough, right? But, then Slade replied, "You and me both," and fanboys (and girls) everywhere went crazy, interpreting his response to mean that the director is also hopeful that Hartnett will get his Marvel movie, i.e., the title role in Daredevil. Sure, there's some connection between the two — Hartnett starred in Slade's last comic book adaptation, 30 Days of Night — but the amount of internet speculation generated by Slade's simple, 4-word response, has been beyond ridiculous.
Fortunately, Slade himself took to Twitter today to set the record straight. He had nice things to say about his experience working with his 30 Days of Night star, but said that Hartnett is "not being discussed" for the role.
read Slade's Tweets >> Posted 06.19.12 by BrentJS -
Frank Miller has long been considered a visionary in the comic book world, but his contributions to cinema are nearly as impressive. Sure, Miller's attempt to bring Will Eisner's The Spirit to the big screen was a colossal failure, but when future Oscar-nominee Darren Aronofsky was hired by Warner Bros. to resurrect its Batman franchise following the Batman & Robin debacle, Aronofsky turned to Miller and his Batman: Year One mini-series for guidance. And, the big screen adaptations of Miller's 300 and Sin City comic books were both visually stunning and commercially successful movies capable of supporting sequels — 300: Battle of Artemisia and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For are both currently in development, with the latter lensing this summer.
Fox is also looking to one of Miller's classic Daredevil stories for its untitled Daredevil reboot, which has been dormant since Brad Caleb Kane (Brooklyn's Finest) was hired to write the screenplay last June. Fox CEO Tom Rothman confirmed last week that the reboot was still in development and now we've learned that Fox has hired David James Kelley to rewrite Kane's script.
more about the Daredevil reboot >> Posted 04.29.12 by BrentJS -
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan played a string of bit parts in TV shows and movies before hitting the big time as John Coffey, the gentle man-mountain with healing powers at the center of director Frank Darabont's The Green Mile, a role that garnered him an Academy Award-nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. While Duncan has since found it difficult to find roles that require the emotional range of Coffey, he has capitalized on his massive stature by playing bruisers in movies like Planet of the Apes, The Scorpion King and Daredevil.
Duncan also maintains a healthy voice over career, lending his weighty bass tones to numerous commercials, video games, animated TV shows and movies. Duncan's booming voice can next be heard emanating from the mouth of the CGI character Kilowog in Green Lantern. In a recent interview with BlackFilm, Duncan opened up about what it was like working with director Martin Campbell to get the right tone for the "drill sergeant" of the Green Lantern Corps. He also talked about what it would take to get him to reprise the role of the Kingpin in the new Daredevil movie currently in development and revealed his desire to play Panthro in a live-action ThunderCats adaptation.
what did Duncan say? >> Posted 06.17.11 by BrentJS -
At the end of last month, director David Slade (30 Days of Night, Twilight Saga: Eclipse) teased that he would have some "official news" about the new Daredevil movie he agreed to direct for 20th Century Fox in March. That news finally has been announced.
THR reports that Fringe writer-producer and Brooklyn's Finest screenwriter Brad Caleb Kane has been hired to write the script for the reboot, which will be based on one of the darker storylines from Marvel's Daredevil comic books series: writer Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s acclaimed 1986 storyline "Daredevil: Born Again." The story arc sees the Kingpin discover Daredevil's true identity, Matt Murdock, and slowly ruins his life by freezing his assets, bombing his house, getting him disbarred from his law practice and sending Daredevil into a complete downward spiral. Slade confirmed the report on his Twitter page.
more on Slade's Daredevil >> Posted 06.08.11 by Ryan -
Last Saturday, director David Slade (Twilight Saga: Eclipse) used his personal twitter account to promise that we can expect some "official news" this week about his next project Sony Pictures' new Daredevil movie. Well, the week is nearly over and we're still awaiting that official news, but Slade may have given us a huge hint about what that news might be by squeezing a photo of a Twilight star between his rants about 3-D — "No I am not a fan of 3d and I need to write an essay as to why" — and his idea for a new body part-related acronym for Twilight fans — "BREASTS" for "Better Respect Edward and Swan Twilight Saga."
what Twilight star did Slade tweet about? >> Posted 06.03.11 by BrentJS -
Director David Slade (30 Days of Night, Twilight Saga: Eclipse) has once again skipped the middle man, so to speak, by using his twitter account to communicate directly to his fans about his latest project, Sony Pictures' new Daredevil movie. Back in March, shortly after he had accepted the directing gig on the Marvel Comics adaptation, Slade took to twitter to explain that his Daredevil will "bare no relation" to the 2003 movie that starred Ben Affleck. Yesterday, amidst a string of tweets about his artwork, the Rapture and breakfast cereals, Slade teased that a big Daredevil announcement would be coming soon.
Daredevil is ongoing, official news will break next week.. Can't say more.
what about JLA and The Shadow ? >> Posted 05.29.11 by BrentJS -
Last week, just as 20th Century Fox hired David Slade (30 Days of Night, Twilight Saga: Eclipse) to direct a new Daredevil movie, early rumors began piling up that the movie would be a "continuation of the Daredevil saga", implying that it wouldn't completely ignore the 2003 Daredevil starring Ben Affleck. Other rumors claimed that Slade's Daredevil would be either "a bit Batman Begins" with the villain learning "who Daredevil really is and tries to destroy him" or, more pointedly, be an adaptation of the "Born Again" storyline written by Frank Miller and illustrated by David Mazzucchelli from the mid-1980s run of the Daredevil comic book series.
Meanwhile, casting rumors also sprang up, with Robert Pattinson, Bradley Cooper, and Garrett Hedlund all mentioned as potential actors for the role of the blind lawyer Matt Murdock, who moonlights as the masked vigilante Daredevil, the "Man Without Fear".
With all of these rumors already swirling, Slade took to twitter to set the record straight.
is slade up for The Wolverine as well? >> Posted 03.22.11 by Ryan -
20th Century Fox hired director David Slade (30 Days of Night, Twilight Saga: Eclipse) to helm a new Daredevil movie only a few days ago and rumors about the production have already begun. Slade won the job by offering Fox a pitch on what he wanted the movie to be — reportedly a sequel or "continuation of the Daredevil saga" that began with 2003's Daredevil — but with no screenwriter hired yet, rumors seem incredibly early for the project, but include story details and casting possibilities.
Moviehole suggests that Slade's pitch to Fox was a "close cousin" of some of the other superhero movies in development, such as Marvel's slate of Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger. Moviehole's source is an unnamed director who was also reportedly up for the job and claims that Slade's Daredevil will be "a bit Batman Begins" with the villain learning "who Daredevil really is and tries to destroy him — but not via the usual methods."
casting rumors already? >> Posted 03.18.11 by Ryan