Monday, July 24, 2006

Pros And Cons

The recently concluded San Diego Comic Con made movie news throughout its 4 day run, that should both delight and intrigue the fanboys and girls out there in cyberspace. Michael Learmonth of Variety has a nice wrap-up article in today's edition of the trade

Hollywood brought fewer tentpoles to the floor of Comic-Con, but the fanboy nation and a battalion of stormtroopers packed the exhibition floor and crowded sessions for "Snakes on a Plane," "Battlestar Galactica" and "Spider-Man 3."

Sam Raimi showed raw footage of the just-wrapped third installment in the Spidey franchise, Bryan Singer talked up plans for another Superman installment, and New Line screened 10 minutes of "Snakes," which drew huge approval for Samuel L. Jackson-delivered lines like "You have a snake on yo' ass! Hold still!"

Deals announced at the confab included Kurt Russell's for the Quentin Tarantino-helmed half of the Weinstein Co.'s "Grindhouse" and a BET Network pact with Vin Diesel's One Race Prods. to produce animated series "Hannibal of Carthage."

The major studios dominated the main 6,500-seat exhibition hall, but some of the most oversubscribed sessions were for TV skeins and held in conference rooms on the periphery, leaving thousands of disappointed fans for shows like "Lost" locked out and leading convention staff to reconfigure security for bigger crowds...

Sony's "Spider-Man 3" stood alone as the major superhero pic, and the studio brought out director and fan favorite Raimi, as well as the rest of the cast, Toby McGuire, Kirsten Dunst, Bryce Dallas Howard, Thomas Haden Church and Topher Grace. Raimi said to expect a darker interpretation of the character, who becomes more aggressive when he dons the black Spidey suit...


Read the rest of H'w'd enlists geek army for more...


Actors Topher Grace (L) and Tobey Maguire during the Spider-Man 3 panel.
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Aint It Cool News

As a "fanboy" myself, of course, I'm stoked for the third Spider-Man film. I also get serious goosebumps over the forthcoming Transformers flick and 300, as well.

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