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Lonelygirl: The ResistanceJosh Fialkov is lonely no more – after working in near-solitary conditions on comics such as “Elk’s Run,” “Punks," and the upcoming “Cleaners,” he’s taken an office job, as head writer for a new lonelygirl15 spinoff called “LG15: The Resistance”.

You see, lonelygirl15 didn’t really end in August – as one of the most popular and longest running online interactive dramas, the story that was alluded to in the first round of episodes is just beginning in the second. “People assume it’s still Bree in her bedroom,” Fialkov said. “But the universe we’ve created is so much more than that.” Read More...

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'Talent'Who in Hollywood has enough talent to be in “Talent”?

According the comic book mini-series’ co-author Christopher Golden, you wouldn’t want someone too beautiful to play the lead part of Nicholas Dane, who absorbs the talents of everyone who dies in a plane crash for which he is the sole survivor. “The thing about ‘Talent’ is, the actor should be an everyman,” Golden said. “And the guy could even be a girl, and it would require no change to the story.”

That means no Christian Bale (“too damn perfect”) and no Megan Fox (“although I’d be happy to be there for the audition”), once casting starts for the Universal picture.

Both those stars are great for box office – and both already have shown an aptitude for genre movies – but Golden thinks you need someone who’s not bad looking, but not unrealistically so. “For me, I like Guy Pearce,” Golden said. “That would be great. Edward Norton. Shia La Beouf would be amazing. I actually think Keanu Reeves would be good. He’s just a guy, even though in the ‘Matrix’ movies he becomes Superman.” Read More...

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Neil GaimanJust as "Hulk" director Louis Leterrier is begging the president of Marvel Studios to do a '1602' movie, '1602' writer Neil Gaiman tells us he's all for it. (For the record, so are we).

"I would love it if somebody made a '1602' movie," Gaiman said. "I would love to go and see that. That is something I would just love to sit in the audience and eat my popcorn on the first night and feel proud."

Begging might not even be required to make the Elizabethan-period superhero movie, unless Leterrier is intent to do it as a two-parter -- a tougher sell. Still, it's easier to make "1602" these days, Gaiman said, than it would have been years ago. Read More...

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Wonder WomanIf Warner Bros.' new directive is that the studio's adaptations of DC characters be even darker, where does that leave Wonder Woman? From the sound of things, the film's producer isn't too keen on playing up the powerful sexual metaphors that the superhero represents. But that's exactly what the filmmakers should play up, argue comic book writers, if they want to make a Wonder Woman who's not just darker, but also more true to the spirit of the original and yet the most modern version we've ever seen.

"Wasn't the guy who created her a protofeminist?" asked former "Catwoman" writer Ed Brubaker. "He had multiple wives-slash-lovers, and was a crazy character for his time."

William Moulton Marston actually based Wonder Woman on his wife Elizabeth, who he considered to be pretty liberated -- after all, she and he shared a live-in female lover in a polyamarous arrangement. Back in the 1940s, this was radical, and the couple's ideas about women, love, and sex seeped into his construction of Princess Diana. "There was an awful lot of bondage," "Sandman" creator Neil Gaiman said. "She's got a magic lasso that makes people do whatever she wants. You could certainly up that, and make something dark out of that -- or at least dead kinky." Read More...

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Oscar IssacIf 20th Century Fox wants a do-over for "Daredevil," that would mean finding a new lead, since Ben Affleck has no interest in returning to Hell's Kitchen.

"Wearing a costume was a source of humiliation for me, and something I wouldn't want to do again soon," Affleck told reporters years ago.

So who would consider it an honor, not a humiliation? Jason Statham has already thrown his hat in the ring , telling the L.A. Times, "Just give me a chance, I would love to be Daredevil." (Frank Miller, who was sitting at the same table, agreed Statham would be a good choice).

But Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio's co-star in the upcoming "Body of Lies," Oscar Isaac, wants it even more -- so much so he's willing to make a huge sacrifice for the part. Read More...

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Dr. HorribleIt only took a few months for Bad Horse to get his stable in order, but the Evil League of Evil -- finally -- is accepting applications for new members .

"I would encourage people sending in their submissions to know that the Evil League of Evil is no joke," Neil Patrick Harris told us. "It's legitimately hard-core to get in. I would know."

Those who submit before October 11 have a chance at being included on the upcoming DVD commemorating the league's most recent member, and already there are some interesting prospects of the hundred or so-and-counting who leaped at the chance. For instance, this pair has extensive experience, or so they claim, with guns, knives, hand-to-hand combat, and debilitating bad breath. This vampire even went to the trouble of singing about his plight. And this aspirant doesn't even want to be in the League proper -- she just wants a shot at being Dr. Horrible's sidekick. Read More...

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MagnetoIt all depends on Wolverine -- but the movie spin-off of Magneto should be next in the "X-Men" series of films, said character designer Aaron Sims.

"Unfortunately, because of the writers strike, it got pushed off," Sims said. "But they're now back to the rewrites."

Since "X Men Origins: Magneto" is still in conceptual form, it's too soon to say much about it, except that obviously, like Wolverine , it will be an origin story -- "where he started, where he got his powers, the very beginning."

"Remember the scene [from 'X-Men'] in the concentration camp where you see Magneto as a young boy? It just continues from there," Sims said. "Some people thought that might be too dark, but I really like that. It's a lot of death and mayhem." Read More...

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'Hercules: The Thracian Wars'Don't expect the upcoming adapation of "Hercules" to be just another swords-and-sandals film -- for one thing, it comes from the Radical series "Hercules: The Thracian Wars," not the DC or Marvel versions of the demigod, which means it's "a whole lot darker," says Radical president and publisher Barry Levine. He expects this version, to be produced and directed by Peter Berg, to be more "300” than "Troy" or "Alexander."

"It's all about taste," Levine said. "What would have '300’ been without Zack Snyder? He gave it a stylization. There were no stars. There didn't need to be. If you have taste and you stay true to the concept and the characters, there's a lot of embellishment you can do." Read More...

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Clark DukeShia LaBeouf isn’t the only comic-book fan who wants to be in “Y: The Last Man” – count "Kick-Ass" cast member Clark Duke as someone who covets a part in the adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan's celebrated series, too.

“‘Y’ is the only comic book I’ve bought every issue of from the start, no trades,” Duke said. “I went every week to buy it.”

Duke’s already got the experience of shooting a cross-country trip under his belt in the upcoming “Sex Drive." “It’s all about the crazy s**t that happens on the road, right?” Read More...

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JokerThere can never be too much Batman -– which is why Brett Ratner proposes, once Christopher Nolan’s take on the Caped Crusader runs his course, that there be a few spin-off films.

“As a kid, Batman was my thing,” Ratner said. “I’m a little jealous that I didn’t get to direct it, although Nolan did a great job. But there are so many characters in the Batman series, so many characters that I love, that the opportunities for spin-offs are endless.”

Ratner thinks that the first one should be a film just about the Joker, exploring his (possible) origin as the Red Hood. “That would be really cool,” he said. But don’t we then run into the not-so-little problem of who could possibly fill Heath Ledger’s shoes?

“Heath was great,” Ratner said. “But the Joker is a great villain. That’s why Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger had so much to work with. And I think there will be another actor who can interpret that. It would be great to see [Robert] Downey [Jr.] as the Joker, for instance.” Read More...

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Cover Artist

Splash Page welcomes Ed Tadem to our cover artist family (our custom-designed theme up top). Currently working on the forthcoming "Avengers" animated series, Tadem's work can also be seen in the "Jackie Karma" issues of Image's "'76," and in "Pop Gun, Volume 1." Ed Tadem can be found online at EdTadem.com.