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Director Bryan Singer has finally received the green light for his Jack the Giant Killer. Singer's commitment to the movie cost him the chance to direct X-Men: First Class, though news that Jack the Giant Killer would be delayed momentarily gave fans hope that Singer might return, but with Matthew Vaughn at the helm, Singer went back to work on pre-visualizations for Jack.
what's the movie about? >> Posted 10.23.10 by Ryan -
Earlier this month, comic book writer Mark Millar said a sequel to Kick-Ass will begin in "nine months," after director Matthew Vaughn finished work on his upcoming X-Men: First Class adaptation. Moviefone caught up with Kick-Ass actor Aaron Johnson, who revealed that the wait for the sequel, titled Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall, could be a little longer than Millar stated.
Nine months? Nine years, maybe >> Posted 09.21.10 by Ryan -
Enough with the comic book movies featuring athletic, rubber-encased millionaires and teenagers granted superpowers. We're happy to see this year's release of two comics-turned-movies featuring humbler guys, more ordinary guys, guys just trying to cope in extraordinary circumstances. And as coincidence (or evil marketing genius?) would have it, we have the DVD release of one of them just in time for the theater release of one of the other.
more about Scott Pilgrim and Kick-Ass >>
Posted 08.12.10 by reelz -
Ever since a photo surfaced online showing Matthew Vaughn — who had at the time been recently hired to direct X-Men: First Class — canoodling with James McAvoy and Aaron Johnson, rumors began spreading that Johnson would be joining McAvoy on the cast of Fox's X-Men franchise prequel, possibly as Scott Summers, aka Cyclops. The rumor has popped up time and again in the intervening months, but now the truth has finally been revealed. In a recent interview with MovieWeb, First Class producer Tarquin Pack said that Johnson will not be an X-Man.
Don't believe everything you read in the papers about Aaron, unfortunately. Aaron's kind of busy, yeah.
what else did Pack say about First Class? >> Posted 08.06.10 by BrentJS -
After a photo surfaced online last month showing director Matthew Vaughn with his Kick-Ass star, Aaron Johnson, and James McAvoy, recently cast in the lead role of Prof. X in Vaughn's new movie, X-Men: First Class, rumors began spreading that Johnson would also be joining the X-Men prequel. It was speculated that Johnson might portray Scott Summers, aka Cyclops, the mutant with the devastating red eye blasts portrayed by James Marsden in the original trilogy.
Now, AICN is reporting that two different sources have confirmed that Johnson is "one hundred percent locked" in the role of young Cyclops. Obviously, this is still just another rumor in a long list of recent rumors about the movie, but if it turns out to be true the official confirmation should be forthcoming as First Class is expected to go into production in the next couple months.
Posted 07.08.10 by BrentJS -
The rumors that have surrounded the casting of the new Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, in director Marc Webb's Spider-Man franchise reboot may soon be coming to an end. According to Deadline, the decision-makers at Sony viewed the screen tests of most of the top contenders for the role on Friday, including Jamie Bell, Anthon Yelchin, Aaron Johnson, Logan Lerman, Andrew Garfield, and Alden Ehrenreich.
who else is also in contention? >> Posted 06.27.10 by BrentJS -
The rumor mill has been grinding out Michael Fassbender casting news for weeks now. Reports had the Inglourious Basterds actor courted for roles in both X-Men: First Class and the Spider-Man reboot, while other reports thought that Spider-Man had the edge, and Fassbender was likely out of the running for First Class. The truth is, Fassbender might land both movies.
X-Men or Spider-Man? Does Fassbender have both? >> Posted 06.18.10 by Ryan -
Spider-Man 4 rumors bubble up with the frequency of Saw sequels — and have as much substance. But when this one came through the vine, teamReelz figured our favorite web-slinger's fandom might give the idea a serious nod.
Forget about agonizing over a seamless reboot, with copious hand-wringing over whether Aaron Johnson, Jamie Bell, or Frank Dillane should don the stretchy pants, because Prussian Sunsets has created the most compelling re-envisioning of the franchise to date.
Think Jason Schwartzman as Peter Parker and Bill Murray as the inferiority complex-laden Maxwell Dillon (Electro). Sweet!
Watch Wes Anderson's Unique Vision - The Fantastic Mr. Spider-Man >> Posted 06.17.10 by reelz -
So much for that narrowed list of five contenders THR reported a couple of weeks ago: Jamie Bell, Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, Andrew Garfield, and Josh Hutcherson. A sixth name is now officially in the mix, along with a seventh, according to the LA Times.
You can add two names to the growing list of (very early) candidates for the young Peter Parker, and one of them is Aaron Johnson, who played the titular nerd-hero in "Kick-Ass," sources say.
Who's #7? And when does a shortlist become too long? >> Posted 06.11.10 by reelz -
X-Men: First Class, director Matthew Vaughn's prequel to the X-Men, is expected to go into production this summer. So far only James McAvoy has been added to the cast as Professor Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, the role famously portrayed by Patrick Stewart in all four X-Men movies. However, pre-production on the movie is in full swing, with 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios posting an open casting call while several behind-the-scenes job slots have recently been filled up. And, among other rumors, there is the tantalizing prospect that the star of Vaughn's most recent superhero movie, Kick-Ass, is in talks to star as one of the young mutants.
What Do Casting Rumors Say? >> Posted 06.07.10 by BrentJS