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'Before Watchmen' Will Be An Intriguing Read For Jackie Earle Haley

Posted 5/1/12 1:50 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


Say what you will about DC's plans for the "Watchmen" prequel, "Before Watchmen." Be it a pro or anti-prequel stance, there is undeniable interest in the project, which will supposedly include seven different miniseries starring popular characters from Rorschach to Doctor Manhattan.

MTV News recently caught up with Jackie Earle Haley to see what he thinks about this new spin/perspective on classic characters.

"They're working on a new book right? I don't know that they'd ever make a movie from that. I haven't even really thought about that," Haley said when asked if he'd be game for re-visiting the character during the press day for his latest film, "Dark Shadows." "I just kind of heard about that. I'd certainly love to read that book and see what they did."

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The Final 'Dark Knight Rises' Theatrical Trailer Arrives

Posted 5/1/12 9:35 am EST by in DC Comics, News


If silence is acceptance, we fully accept the new "Dark Knight Rises" trailer. The end result of one of the Batman's infamous viral marketing games, the third and final theatrical trailer for Christopher Nolan's final dance with the Bat is everything you would want it to be and more.

What's so excellent about the new trailer, you ask? Join us after the jump — we'll tell you!

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'Dark Knight Rises' Stars Weigh In On Batman's End

Posted 4/30/12 12:36 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


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The end is nigh for Christopher Nolan's Batman, and the actors and crewmembers involved with the project can feel it hanging over them.

"Back in Gotham, back in Chris Nolan's city," Morgan Freeman said during a set visit The Los Angeles Times attended. "The only drawback is this is the last one we get to work on with him. And a lot of us won't really get that until later. It's not until the curtain goes down that you think, ‘Jesus, that's the last one.'"

This is a summer that is overwhelmed with superhero blockbuster releases. From "The Avengers" to "The Amazing Spider-Man" to "The Dark Knight Rises," all of our favorite masked, caped and suited crusaders are going to be making their way to the big screen. But there's something about "The Dark Knight Rises" that makes it stand out from the rest.

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'Robot Chicken' Developing 'DC Comics Special'

Posted 4/26/12 3:11 pm EST by in DC Comics, Humor, News, Toys, TV


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Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken," created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, is already well-known for its geek-friendly sense of humor. With multiple "Star Wars" specials under its belt and a plethora of comic book references, it makes perfect sense that the stop motion animated television series is now taking aim at Batman and his super-friends.

The series is partnering with DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation to make a "Robot Chicken DC Comics Special," Yahoo reports.

Slated to air sometime this fall, the "Robot Chicken DC Comics Special" will be an entire episode devoted to poking fun at the most popular superheroes and supervillains that DC has to offer. Comic book fans will also be happy to know that Geoff Johns (writer of Green Lantern, Aquaman and DC's chief creative officer) is attached to the project, ensuring an authentic DC Comics parody.

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'Dark Knight Rises': New Promo Images, Bane's Clearer Voice

Posted 4/25/12 3:39 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


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CinemaCon has brought a bunch of exciting news in the past few days, but nothing was cheered quite as much as the news about Bane's voice. After months of controversy and complaining from fans, new footage from "The Dark Knight Rises" debuted at the gathering in Las Vegas, and the consensus is that Tom Hardy's voice is much clearer than it was in the prologue.

Additionally, new promo art from the film has debuted, giving us a look at Bane and Batman locked in combat.

Check out expert reactions to Bane's voice and the full promo images after the jump!

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'Dark Knight Rises' Features More Than An Hour Of IMAX Footage

Posted 4/23/12 1:07 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


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Here’s an amateur hypothesis, motivated by nothing but conjecture and heresy: if you see "The Dark Knight Rises" once, you’ll probably see it again. Realistically speaking, you’ll probably see it another time after that. You may consider, then, heading to an IMAX theater for one of those screenings, as "Rises" will contain more than an hour of IMAX footage. That’s the most ever for a Hollywood feature, a decision that was motivated by director Christopher Nolan’s appreciation for the format.

"I remember looking at the audience every time a helicopter banked, and everyone was leaning slightly to the side," Nolan told the Wall Street Journal about watching IMAX movies as a kid. "I had never seen an audience so immersed in a film."

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'Lobo' Targets 'Journey 2' Director Brad Peyton

Posted 4/23/12 11:20 am EST by in DC Comics, News


Cigar-chomping, butt-kicking Lobo has been hurtling towards the big screen for many, many years now. Guy Ritchie was attached to direct the DC Comics adaptation at one point, but he's been off the project for more than two years now. The last update we'd received was in June 2010, when producer Joel Silver expressed his desire for "Lobo" to be a 3-D movie. That would require "Lobo" to be a movie at all, of course, which itself would require a new director.

Well, a solution appears to have been found on that final point: according to Deadline, "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" filmmaker Brad Peyton is the man for the job. Peyton "has been set by Warner Bros to rewrite and direct" the live-action take on "Lobo," a choice that's sure to raise a whole bunch of eyebrows.

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New 'Dark Knight Rises' Trailer Attached To 'Avengers'

Posted 4/23/12 10:33 am EST by in DC Comics, Marvel, News


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In the battle between summer blockbusters "Marvel's The Avengers" and "The Dark Knight Rises," the question of who's the winner has a fairly obvious answer: the fans, of course! But even the folks at Disney/Marvel and Warner Bros/DC Comics seem to understand that 2012 represents a massive occasion for the geek community far and wide, and (to an extent) there's room for everybody to come out a winner.

Believe it or not, the two biggest superhero films of the year are indeed joining forces in a limited (but no less awesome) capacity: "Avengers," debuting in theaters everywhere on May 4, will feature a brand new theatrical trailer for "Dark Knight Rises."

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'Man Of Steel' Star Ayelet Zurer Talks Costumes

Posted 4/20/12 2:30 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


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Judging by everything we've heard about "Man of Steel," Zack Snyder's latest directorial effort is going to be awesome.

In a recent interview with ShockYa, star Ayelet Zurer said just that. The "Angels & Demons" star plays Lara Lor Man, the birth mother of Superman, in the upcoming flick, and she couldn't stop gushing about what a great job she thinks Snyder did with the film.

"I think it’s going to be an awesome movie, really. I loved Zack. I think he’s a very cool and creative director, and I think the executive producers who developed the project are really on top of it because it’s a major movie and they’ve invested so much in it -- not just money, but time. So I think the edginess of the direction that Zack took is something that’s really going to pay off," Zurer said.

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Val Kilmer, Adam West Recall Their Batman Days

Posted 4/19/12 4:58 pm EST by in DC Comics, News


Pity Val Kilmer, if you will. One of the best actors of our times, Kilmer never got a fair shot to make the Batman franchise his own. Coming on the tail end of two well-received Tim Burton Bat films, "Batman Forever" wasn’t the best representation of the franchise and eventually set the table for the brand-killing "Batman & Robin."

At the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, Kilmer discussed working on "Forever," and where things went wrong.

"I think because of Tim Burton’s success on the first film and Nicholson being so amazing that they kind of got carried away with the idea of the bad guy being immune to rules somehow," he said. "In the original film the Joker gets the hell kicked out of him and thrown off the bell tower. He suffers, and that sort of went away. Things became cute. It’s entertaining, but I think what they’re doing with the Batman films now is more in the original spirit of the character."

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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.