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News popped up a few weeks ago that veteran actor Kevin Costner was in the running for an unnamed role in Zack Snyder's upcoming DC Comics adaptation, "Superman." The word at the time was that there was a "heightened interest" in having him step into "a key role" in the movie. Now both the casting and the role have been confirmed.

Costner will play Clark Kent's adoptive father, Jonathan Kent, according to a Warner Bros press release. He joins the recently cast Diane Lane, who is set to play Clark's mother, Martha.

Costner and Lane's characters will be offering parental wisdom to Snyder's Superman, confirmed in late-January to be played by "The Tudors" star Henry Cavill. Read more...

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Just about a month ago now, D.J. Caruso officially confirmed his involvement as the director of an upcoming adaptation of the Garth Ennis comic book series "Preacher." The project has been brewing for a long time in Hollywood, and now it finally seems to be coming together.

In a recent overseas interview pegged to the release of Caruso's "I Am Number Four" the director spoke at length about the coming adaptation, casting, and the challenges of porting such a potentially controversial story over to the big screen.

"It is a crazy road trip and I think what’s amazing and what makes Sony so brave is they can see there’s a real universality to the story when you have good vs. evil," he told CloneWeb. "I think when you have these crazy characters, that are not necessarily politically correct, there’s something generally attractive to those characters and those elements." Read more...

Tags alex pettyfer, chris pine, dj caruso, john august, preacher, shia labeouf

A new preview for “Priest” has been released, and though this isn’t the first trailer out, it gives another glimpse into the movie’s dark, vampire-filled world.

This is definitely not a place where sparkly vampires live.

Directed by Scott Stewart and starring Paul Bettany, “Priest” is a thriller where a priest must fight vampires in order to save his kidnapped niece. As we can see in the preview that popped up on SuperHeroHype today, some people in the film's post-apocalyptic world will deny there’s even a vampire menace — but as we can also see in the preview, the menace is very real. Read more...

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What started out as a slow week in the comic book movie world picked up quite a bit of speed in the last 48 hours, with David Slade named as director for a "Daredevil" pseudo-sequel, and Darren Aronofsky announcing his departure from "The Wolverine." And while much remains uncertain about both of these high-profile projects, the convergence of these two items got us thinking around Splash Page HQ, and we ended up with a modest proposal.

It's pretty simple, really: Darren Aronofsky and David Slade should switch movies, with the former directing the "Daredevil" movie and the latter taking on "The Wolverine."

Why? Well, not only does it make sense stylistically, but it works out quite nicely on the logistics side, too. Just hear me out on this, okay? Read more...

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We're still reeling from the news that Darren Aronofsky has departed "The Wolverine," and there's still no word on how the change-up will affect the film's development.

Last we heard, "The Wolverine" shooting was set to kick off in New York City in July before heading overseas to Japan, where a large portion of the story is said to be set. In preparation for the coming shoot, a casting call was recently sent out for several of the film's lead and supporting roles, though obviously the top spot goes to Hugh Jackman, who again returns to play the Marvel Comics mutant in his own solo adventure.

There are eight roles in all that need to be filled, four each for lead and supporting, according to a report on Disney Film Auditions. Read more...

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FROM MTV MOVIES BLOG: Michael Gough, who is best known for playing trustworthy butler Alfred Pennyworth in Tim Burton's "Batman" films as well as "Batman Forever" and "Batman and Robin," has died. He was 94.

Kicking off his career in 1946, Gough starred in over 150 movies and TV shows throughout his time as an actor. He was a staple of the Hammer Films from the 1950s and 1960s and was loved as The Celestial Toymaker in the first run of "Doctor Who." His last major film role was supplying the Dodo Bird's voice in Burton's "Alice in Wonderland."

For a look back on Michael Gough's five most memorable roles, head over to MoviesBlog.MTV.com.

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Well, it was only a matter of time before this rumor started making the rounds online. And though it's almost certainly nothing more than that — a rumor — it seemed worth noting, if only to offer everyone a place to register their reactions to the idea.

Over at Moviehole, there's the inevitable mention of pairing of recently announced "Daredevil" sequel director David Slade with the high-profile star of his most recent film, "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" lead Robert Pattinson.

"With David Slade given the job, there’s 'some kind of talk' about Robert Pattinson – who, with the 'Twilight' series winding up, is going to be looking for a new well-paying gig – playing the part of Matt Murdock," reports the site. Read more...

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Very bad news, Wolverine fans. Almost four months to the day after Darren Aronofsky confirmed a two-year deal with 20th Century Fox that would start with him directing "The Wolverine," a follow-up to 2009's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," the "Black Swan" filmmaker is bowing out of the production.

Aronofsky pegs his departure to the production's lengthy shooting schedule, which will keep him out of the country for too long, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Franchise star Hugh Jackman is still on board, and Fox remains committed to making the movie happen under the supervision of a new director.

Aronofsky and Fox issued a joint statement, which pretty much lays out everything you need to know about his exit from the project. Read more...

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Comics creators of Irish and non-Irish heritage alike weighed in with their opinons on St. Patrick's Day this morning. Some embrace the holiday. Some hate it. And some use the day as an excuse to draw the Hulk.

It's a convention week, though, so a lot of the folks in our feed don't have time to celebrate. Instead, they've been tweeting about packing and smelling the B.O. on their flights to Chicago for C2E2. Check who's where and what the writer behind "Red Son" thinks of the new "Red Dawn" premise after the jump.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is your Twitter Report for March 17, 2011. Read more...

Tags adam hughes, alejandro arbona, box brown, chris eliopoulos, gail simone, mark millar, r stevens, scott allie, Twitter Report

Word emerged late last year that Johnny Whitworth had joined the cast of "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" as a minion of the Devil, though nothing further was revealed at the time. Now we learn that he won't just be any old agent of the underworld; no, Whitworth is set to play the villainous human/demon hybrid Blackout.

The actor himself revealed the news in an interview with AMC Theatres. It might take a true "Ghost Rider" die-hard to work this out, but based on Whitworth's description, it sounds like some changes are being made to the character so it better fits with the movie's plot.

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