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Spider-Man Web of Shadows Video Gameplay Trailer

Liam — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:16:15 +0000

If Spider-Man 4 in 2011 seems a long time to wait for your next dose of Spider-Man goodness, then here is some footage some the upcoming Spider-Man: Web of Shadows game. Not only does it contain your regulars from the Spider-Man world such as Black Cat, Rhino and Mary Jane, it also contains characters such as Nick Fury, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Storm and Nightcrawler. If only making movies were as easy as making games!

Venom has returned to New York to infect the city with an army of symbiotes. S.H.I.E.L.D. has quarantined Manhattan to prevent the invasion from spreading. As a result, the entire city is cut off from the outside world. Spider-Man has to work with both heroes and villains from the Marvel Comics universe to track down Venom and stop the invasion before he himself is consumed by the symbiote, attached to him once again.

Coolness: Simpson-ized Superheroes

Liam — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:17:04 +0000

Ever wondered what an episode of The Simpsons would look like if Iron Man, Spider-Man and Batman dropped in for a visit? Well Springfield Punx have done the very cool thing of Simpson-izing a truckload of well known characters from movies, comic books, TV and games, so we don’t have to wonder any more.

You can see some of them below!

Click here to sift though others including Wonder Woman, James Bond, The Matrix and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The Dark Knight Overtakes Spider-Man

Liam — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:38:23 +0000

According to Media by Numbers The Dark Knight climbed to 7th place on the all-time domestic blockbuster list on Tuesday, surpassing the first Spider-Man movie to become the biggest comic book movie of all-time in North America.

The Christopher Nolan-directed Batman Begins follow-up added $5.67 million on Tuesday to bring its massive total to $405.7 million after just 19 days. Spider-Man reached $403.7 million domestically during its entire run in 2002.

Batman’s next target is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which sits at #6 with $423.3 million.

Spider-Man Mask Up For Auction

Liam — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:41:39 +0000

On August 1st hundreds of pieces of movie memorabilia will go up for auction, including Tobey Maguire’s mask from Spider-Man, which is expected to fetch up to $55,000 (£27,500). Other items up for auction include:

The original T.I.E. Fighter filming miniature from Star Wars: A New Hope
Ben Affleck’s complete Daredevil costume and outfits from X-Men, Van Helsing and Space Patrol
The hoverboard used by Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) in Back To The Future II and III
The animatronic puppet from Alien 3
The Holy Grail cup from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The axe from The Shining
Mel Gibson’s William Wallace suede padded battle jacket, leather lace-up shoes, belt and Wallace clan kilt from 1995’s Braveheart
Charlton Heston’s 10 Commandments tablets from 1959 film Ben-Hur
The pistol from 1976 movie The Outlaw Josey Wales
The ray gun from 1956 science-fiction classic Forbidden Planet

You can see images of the items and the prices they are expected to fetch by clicking here!

Peter Parker Could Have Been In The Incredible Hulk!

Liam — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:00:13 +0000

We’ve been hearing rumours of a possible Captain America cameo in The Incredible Hulk recently (apparently its nothing more than serum), but one we haven’t heard of before is that fellow Marvel character Peter Parker could also have been in The Incredible Hulk.

Marvel are doing the cool thing of crossing characters over films, we’ve seen Captain America’s shield in Iron Man, then we will see Tony Stark in Hulk and now director Louis Leterrier revealed to MTV information on another interesting cameo…that didn’t happen…

“The University at the end [where Banner meets with Samuel Sterns] is Columbia University. Columbia University in the Marvel world, especially in the ‘Spider Man’ world, is Empire State University,” the director explained. “I wanted some kind of shot where you’re like, ‘Oh my god. Is that Peter Parker?’ That would have been fun!”
Unfortunately for Leterrier, crossovers begin and end with the properties Marvel has total control of – no matter how hard you ask. And “Spider-Man” all its many names, places, and stories therein, belong to Sony. But while he quickly realized that he wouldn’t be able to get Tobey Maguire (no matter how much he wanted to), Leterrier thought a compromise could be reached. No dice, he sighed.
“I just wanted to call it Empire University – to treat it like a coherent world,” he recalled. “And Sony, who has the rights to Spidey, didn’t want us to do that. It was a small thing but something we couldn’t do.”
Still, Leterrier is such a fan of comics, and the new combined Marvel universe in particular, he’s already jealous of the director who one day, he knows, will get to do what he couldn’t.
“Marvel is pretty good at doing their own movies and so eventually the studios will allow them to chaperone the production of [all of them],” he said. “Years from now you’ll see Peter Parker meeting Bruce Banner.”

Spider-Man 4 and 5 Shooting At The Same Time?

Liam — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:51:00 +0000

Cinematical got a rather interesting scoop from a source who says that Spiderman 4 and 5 may end up being filmed at the same time.

Apparently, in the last few weeks, James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) has turned in a working draft of Spider-Man 4 to the studio. However, according to our source, “his story arc has encompassed two films, making Spider-Man 5 shootable at the same time. The studio saw dollar signs and is in the process of reworking his deal to snatch up the story arc.” Don’t expect anything immediately, though, since we’ve been told both sides are still trying to negotiate the deal.

This is quite exciting if true. No word on whether the fabulous three will return, Tobey, Kirsten and director Sam Raimi. Having completed the trilogy they may want to move on, however at this point in time I can’t image anyone else playing Spiderman.

What are your thoughts on this?