Blackfilm.com and Superherohype.com are reporting that Oscar Jaenada (“The Limits of Control”, “Che: Part Two”) has been cast as cowboy-hat wearing sniper Cougar in the upcoming Warner Bros. adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comic book “The Losers”. He’s joining Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Columbus Short, Jason Patric, and Zoe Saldana in the film about a CIA-affiliated black ops team who are betrayed and cut loose, left to die on a mission. They barely survive and plot to get even, hoping to find the reason they were selected to die and take revenge against the enigmatic intelligence persona known as Max. Sylvain White is directing “The Losers”, the original  [ Read More ]

A trailer has hit the web for the upcoming DC Animated direct-to-DVD feature “Batman/Superman: Public Enemies”. The trailer can be seen here on AICN. Based on a story arc from DC’s “Batman/Superman” book, the animated film finds the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight teaming up after the villainous Lex Luthor, now President of the United States, declares the two enemies of the state after blaming the coming of a giant kryptonite meteor on them and unleashes an army of both supervillains and other heroes on Batman and Superman. The film will be released sometime in fall of 2009. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Comic Book Resources)

You can check out some exclusive clips from the upcoming show “Human Target” starring Mark Valley, based on the DC/Vertigo Comics character, that are online now. See them right here, courtesy of Target 419. Fox has also released an official synopsis for the series; “It takes a brave, selfless man to make himself a “human target” in order to save the lives of those in danger. Based on the popular DC Comics graphic novel, HUMAN TARGET is a full-throttle action drama centered on CHRISTOPHER CHANCE (Mark Valley, FRINGE), a unique private contractor/security guard hired to protect. Call him what you like, because for Chance, it’s about one thing only: saving  [ Read More ]

The first image of Mark Valley (“Fringe”) as Christopher Chance, aka The Human Target, from the pilot picked up by Fox for a full series, has hit the web. You can check out the picture below, courtesy of Krypton Site. “The Human Target” is based on the DC/Vertigo character and title, originally created for DC in 1972 for several back-up features and later on adopted for a mini-series in 1999 and a full series in 2003, both from DC’s “mature” imprint Vertigo Comics. Christopher Chance, the Human Target, is an unusual mercenary and bodyguard who takes on the identity of his clients, drawing fire away from them towards him, making  [ Read More ]

On the strength of the pilot, Fox has picked up comic book drama “Human Target”, starring Mark Valley (“Fringe”) and co-starring Jackie Earle Haley (“Watchmen”) and Chi McBride (“Pushing Daisies”). Based on the Vertigo/DC Comics title, the show centers on the Human Target, a freelance bodyguard named Christopher Chance. He offers a unique service, taking on the identity of his clients to draw attention towards him, thus becoming a literal human target. The pilot was written by Jon Steinberg and directed by Simon West, and McG helped produce it. The Human Target first appeared in 1972 as a DC Comics back-up feature character before DC’s more “mature” and cult offshoot  [ Read More ]

Here’s a few brand new Megan Fox photos from the set of “Jonah Hex” starring Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, and John Malkovich. Synopsis: “Jonah Hex” is a Western-themed comic book title created by John Albano and Tony DeZuniga for DC Comics in 1972. The right side of Hex’s face is horribly scarred, a ritual scarification from an Indian tribe and his most defining feature. An officer for Confederacy during the American Civil War, he fought at Gettysburg and is normally shown wearing a tattered Confederate States Army jacket and armed with his guns and a tomahawk. “Jonah Hex” hits theaters August 6th, 2010. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest  [ Read More ]

Mania.com and Comics2Film are reporting that Chris Evans (“Push”, “Fantastic Four”) will be joining the cast of the film version of the DC Comics/Vertigo comic “The Losers”. “The Losers”, from Jock and Andy Diggle released by Vertigo from 2003 to 2006, is about an elite group of black-ops commandoes who are betrayed and left for dead by their CIA handlers and the mysterious man known as Max. Surviving the setup, they wage war against their former bosses and fight to clear their own names and find out why they were selected for being dumped. Mania.com’s sources report that Evans is in negotiations for the role of Jensen, the fast-talking blonde  [ Read More ]

I Don’t Like You In That Way.com has some exclusive pics of Megan Fox on the set of the comic-book Western “Jonah Hex”, one of which we have below. You can check out the rest of the pictures right here. “Jonah Hex” is a Western-themed comic book title created by John Albano and Tony DeZuniga for DC Comics in 1972. The right side of Hex’s face is horribly scarred, a ritual scarification from an Indian tribe and his most defining feature. An officer for Confederacy during the American Civil War, he fought at Gettysburg and is normally shown wearing a tattered Confederate States Army jacket and armed with his guns  [ Read More ]

Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana are in negotiations to join the cast of “The Losers,” Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures’ adaptation of the Vertigo/DC Comics book being directed by Sylvain White and written by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt. The two will join Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Columbus Short for the action film based on the 2003-2006 action comic by Andy Diggle and Jock. “The Losers” follows a Special Forces team betrayed by its handler, the mysterious Max, and left for dead during a mission. They regroup in the interest of vengeance against the CIA and its illegal interests, the opportunity to remove their names from a secret CIA death  [ Read More ]

Blackfilm.com is reporting that Columbus Short (“Stomp The Yard”) has joined the cast of “The Losers”, the adaptation of the DC/Vertigo comic series for Warner Bros. Short will be playing the role of Pooch, and is joining Jeffrey Dean Morgan (“Watchmen”), who plays Clay, the team’s leader. Sylvain White, who has also been tapped to direct the adaptation of comic legend Frank Miller’s “Ronin”, will be directing “The Losers”. DC/Vertigo’s “The Losers”, created by Andy Diggle and Jock, tells the story of Special Forces group who work as black-ops operatives for the CIA, who are set up and cut off, left to die after a mission goes horribly wrong. Surviving  [ Read More ]

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Chi McBride (“Pushing Daisies”) and Jackie Earle Haley (“Little Children”, “Watchmen”) have joined the cast of the “Human Target” pilot episode, along with Mark Valley (“Fringe”) in the adaptation of the DC/Vertigo series about a mysterious PI and bodyguard named Christopher Chance, who assumes the identity of his clients. There is no mention of who McBride or Haley will be playing in the pilot. A TV pilot adaptation of the comic was filmed in 1990 starring Rick Springfield, but the series only briefly aired in 1992 with 7 episodes and followed a similar setup from the comic. This new pilot, which Fox will produce, has  [ Read More ]

DC Animation have announced details for their upcoming animated feature “Green Lantern: First Flight”, the latest in their line of animated full-length features. “Green Lantern: First Flight” will be available as a special edition 2-disc version on both DVD and Blu-Ray Hi-Def for $29.98 (SRP) and $34.99 (SRP), respectively, as well as single-disc DVD for $19.98 (SRP). The DVD version comes with over three hours of extra content, including two featurettes, a digital copy download, and a widescreen (1.78:1) version. It also comes with two episodes of the animated “Justice League” series, hand-picked by animation legend Bruce Timm. The Blu-ray version will include the same special features as the DVD.  [ Read More ]

Warner Bros, according to a report from Variety, has greenlit DC Comic’s “Suicide Squad” for getting the big-screen treatment as a potential franchise, bringing villains as opposed to heroes to the forefront this time. A mix of obscure and well-known DC supervillains, the off-the-books Suicide Squad must bury their interpersonal conflicts and villainous egos in order to survive and hopefully, shave a few years off their sentences if they manage to survive. Dan Lin and Stephen Gilchrist from Lin Pictures will be producing together and Justin Marks, who has also penned “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” the highly-anticipated “Hack/Slash” adaptation, and “Street Fighter”, is penning the screenplay. No director or  [ Read More ]

Variety.com is breaking the story of Warner Bros. courting Jeffrey Dean Morgan to star in their big-screen adaptation of the DC/Vertigo title “The Losers”. Morgan is slated to appear as The Comedian in the upcoming “Watchmen” movie, the highly-anticipated film adaptation of the famous Alan Moore and David Gibbons graphic novel in theaters March 6th. The Losers, written by Andy Diggle and drawn by Jock between 2003 and 2006, takes place in world focusing on intelligence, black ops, and the US “War On Terror”. They are a Special Forces team lent to the C.I.A. in the 1990’s and were betrayed and left for dead by their handler, a mysterious man  [ Read More ]

March 24th has been slated for the DVD and Blu-Ray release of “Tales Of The Black Feighter”, the animated “story within a story” pirate comic that is being read within the pages of DC/Vertigo’s “Watchmen” as the story unfolds of flawed and tragic human superheroes struggle to unravel a mystery that threatens their whole world. The studio’s official release statement says; “They’re in the book. And on this disc. From the director of Watchmen and 300 come two tales from the celebrated graphic novel that do not appear in the extraordinary Watchmen Theatrical Feature. Tales of the Black Freighter (featuring the voice of 300′s Gerard Butler) brings to strikingly animated  [ Read More ]