Worry not, Punisher fans — Frank Castle has come home.

Announced at the Marvel Studios panel at Comic-Con, the rights for the Punisher have returned to Marvel, allowing the studio to put their character back on the big or small screen in anyway that they see fit. It's excellent news for Castle fans who feel the character hasn't gotten the proper live-action treatment he deserves. With Marvel back at the helm, it's a sure bet that Punisher is going to head back to theaters with a vengeance sometime in the near future.

But with three actors having played Castle over the last 21 years, who could possibly fill the street-level judge, jury and executioner's shoes next? After the jump, you can check out some of our suggestions for who Marvel should cast as the next Punisher! Read more...

Back in March, "Dead@17" creator Josh Howard told MTV News that Dennis Iliadis ("Last House On The Left") had signed on to direct the potential feature film adaptation. And now the project has a new screenwriter as well.

Javier Grillo-Marxuach recently left the following statement on Twitter: "Oh, here's another riddle - what has two thumbs and is adapting Josh Howard's 'Dead@17' for the movies?" Howard later confirmed the news after posting an update of his own: "Met with the writer of the (potential) 'Dead@17' movie yesterday. Despite my fears, it went very well. Nara and Hazy are in good hands."

Last year, Howard revealed that "Superman Returns" and “X2: X-Men United” screenwriter Mike Dougherty was attached to adapt it and mentioned that “High School Musical” star Vanessa Hudgens was being pursued to play the lead character, Nara Kilday. Read more...

When Disney finalized its deal to purchase Marvel back in December, one of the inevitable questions was: which Disney comic would Marvel publish first? It turns out, the answer is "Tron."

Marvel Comics has announced a two-issue miniseries called "Tron: The Betrayal," which will tie into the upcoming "Tron Legacy" film. The miniseries will serialize the "Tron: The Betrayal" graphic novel by Jai Nitz and Andie Tong, which will be published by Disney Publishing Worldwide. Salvador Larroca ("Invincible Iron Man") is attached as the cover artist and the announcement also hints that additional stories "by some of the top names in comics today" may also be included.

"Tron: The Betrayal" reportedly takes place shortly after the end of the first film, with Kevin Flynn in charge of both Encom and the Grid. In order to maintain control of both, Flynn is reunited with his old friend, the courageous program known as Tron. Read more...

Leaked footage of the "Thor" Comic-Con trailer is making the rounds today, and though I can't link to it (if I want to keep my job, that is), I can offer up a blow-by-blow breakdown of what the footage includes — much like I already did for Marvel's Comic-Con panel.

So, without further ado, here's a slightly tweaked, more fleshed-out version of what you see in the "Thor" trailer that impressed the heck out of fans during the show, and is still earning a lot of praise for the upcoming film.

Where can you see the trailer for yourself? Well, that's up to you and your search engine, folks. Read more...

The new "Thor" trailer that premiered at Marvel's Comic-Con panel made it out onto the Internet this week, and whether it was leaked or "leaked," a whole mass of people who weren't able to see it at the show have now been exposed and have opinions.

A few creators thought it showed too much about the story. Others were just happy to see a "Thor" movie. And Erik Larsen just wished it were as great as it sounded when Rob Liefeld described it to him. Find out who you agree with and post your own thoughts after the jump.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for July 29, 2010. Read more...

Top Cow's next 'Pilot Season' may not begin until October, but they've already picked a winner.

According to Variety, Mandeville Films (a subsidiary company of Disney) and Top Cow made a deal during last week's San Diego Comic-Con International to bring "Crosshair" — one of the 2010 "Pilot Season" books — to the big screen. "Crosshair" was created and co-written by Marc Silvestri and Jeff Katz, with art by Allan Jefferson.

The one-shot comic — which will be released this October — follows a former CIA assassin turned family man named Justin Weller who discovers that he's been brainwashed to kill the President and he has less than two days to uncover the conspiracy behind it before someone triggers his "programming," which may be irreversible once active. Read more...

Marvel and Paramount have released a set of three videos from the Marvel Studios panel at Comic-Con featuring the cast of "Captain America," "Thor," and "The Avengers."

While the video doesn't include any of the footage shown during the panel, it does include some interesting bites from the discussion and subsequent Q&A portions of the event.

Here's the "Thor" video:

There's also some cool footage from the "Captain America" and "Avengers" portions of the panel, too. Read more...

Sure, comic book fans are well aware of Thor, Odin, Loki, and the supporting characters in Marvel Comics' version of Asgard, but will they — or mainstream fans, for that matter — be able to relate to the gods in a live-action world?

That's the question we posed to "Thor" star Chris Hemsworth when he dropped by Splash Page HQ during Comic-Con.

"That was a big goal," confessed Hemsworth. "We were playing gods, but how do we relate to them as human beings? There are no gods you can sit down and interview and draw interest from or background work." Read more...

Back in April, we brought you the first word on "Black Sky," the upcoming comic and "illustrated film" project in the works from "Welcome to Hoxford" and "Choker" creator (and "30 Days of Night" co-creator) Ben Templesmith.

Today we have a trio of exclusive images from the project that debuted during the Halo-8 panel in Comic-Con.

Directed by Matt Pizzolo, "Black Sky" is a post-apocalyptic story described as "'Band of Brothers' vs. 'Cthulhu.'" Planned as both a comic and an illustrated film produced by Halo-8, "Black Sky" is expected to debut this Fall. Read more...

From the grittiness of "The Dark Knight" to the considerably more tongue-in-cheek "Batman and Robin," it's clear that comic book movies have significant range in terms of tone.

When it comes to "Captain America," it's not exactly the easiest sell — after all, it's not every day that one sees a superhero running on the battlefield of World War II in a star-spangled suit. But for Chris Evans — the actor portraying Steve Rogers in the Marvel Studios film — shying away from a comic book film's more fantastical moments is not just a difficult task, but a potentially unnecessary one.

"The nature of comic book movies in general — I mean, with Wolverine, you've got swords coming out of a guy's knuckles — it's all a bit fantastical," Evans told MTV News when asked about the tone of "Captain America" and comic book movies in general. Read more...