Believe it or not, the feature film based on the hits 1980s television series "The Greatest American Hero" could be grounded -- at least, that's the word according to the actor claiming to have been chosen to play schoolteacher-turned-superhero Ralph Hinkley.
In an interview with Moviehole, "Fired Up" actor Eric Christian Olsen said he had been tagged for the lead role in the feature-length adaptation of the award-winning series, but financing fell through for the film before he ever had a chance to try on his character's red super-suit.
"I went in for it right after 'Fired Up,'" said Olsen. "They were like, 'This is our guy' but they didn't have financing in place. ... I booked it -- but because the budget was so huge, they couldn't get the money." Read More...
Discussing "Doctor Who"-related projects in any medium always presents a conundrum for me as a journalist. At the risk of offering up the understatement of the decade, I'm sort of a fan. I grew up watching Tom Baker (and then Peter Davison) play the British science-fiction hero, and it's been thrilling to see the character and his infinitely layered universe begin to receive so much attention on this side of the pond lately.
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Texans have a new reason to look up in the sky next summer. The city of Metropolis' man of steel is off to Dallas for a new remake of the "It's a Bird…It's a Plane…It's Superman" musical by playwright and comics scribe Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa ("The Stand," "Marvel Knights 4") and director Kevin Moriarty.
Though he's all over the map this summer with April's "Fighting," July's "Public Enemies" and August's "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," actor 
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It's been a quiet day on the movie side of the comics world, but the gaming scene is hopping!