Three new live-action television series are in the works at Marvel Studios, Slashfilm.com is reporting. After Disney acquired the studio, Jeph Loeb, who has previously worked on such shows as ‘Lost,’ ‘Heroes,’ ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Smallville,’ was appointed to run the television division. He decided to bring the three series, based on Marvel superheroes, to the small screen. It’s believed that ABC is already developing a show based on ‘The Incredible Hulk.’ While the other two haven’t been publicly discussed as much, Slashfilm is also speculating that Marvel is going to adapt ‘Cloak & Dagger’ for ABC Family. It’s also rumored that ‘The Punisher’ is also going to  [ Read More ]

The Spider-Man series is getting completely rebooted with a new cast and storyline, Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced on Monday, January 11, and will hit theaters during the summer of 2012. The movie will be based on a script written by James Vanderbilt, and will bring Peter Parker back to high school, once again focusing on the teenager grappling with his transformation into the superhero. While Spider-Man 4 with Tobey Maguire and producer Sam Raimi was supposed to be released next year, it never went into production. While Raimi’s Spider-Man series will always be an important franchise for Sony Pictures, Michael Lynton, the Chairman and CEO of the studio,  [ Read More ]

Finally confirming rumors, Fox has confirmed that fresh off the opening-weekend success of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” development has started for a solo spinoff featuring the fan-favorite character Deadpool, the nonstop-joking, sword-swinging mercenary portrayed in the film by Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds is attached to reprise the character in what is being called “Deadpool.” Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel Studios would act as producers, and the studio is seeking writers. Deadpool is known as “the merc with a mouth,” a character that first debuted in “New Mutants” in 1991. A wise-cracking mercenary with superhuman healing powers, he gradually gained a cult following of his own through several solo series and appearances in  [ Read More ]

The Lost Angeles Times’ “Hero Complex” blog is reporting that reportedly there are rumors regarding the surety of Samuel L. Jackson’s role as superspy and SHIELD commander Nick Fury in upcoming Marvel Studios projects such as “Iron Man 2″ and “The Avengers”. Jackson said; “I saw ["Iron Man" and "Iron Man 2" director] Jon Favreau at the Scream Awards and we had a conversation [...] ‘I hope things are working out for you because we’re writing stuff for you.’ Then all of a sudden last week I talked to my agents and manager and things aren’t really working that well. [...] There was a huge kind of negotiation that broke  [ Read More ]

Marvel Comics’ smash hit “Runaways” is apparently being eyed by Marvel Studios, the movie branch of the comic book publishers behind this summer’s smash hits “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk”. Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige said, when asked recently by MTV News “I love the idea. Brian brought to Marvel one of the best new concepts that we’ve had in quite some time, […] It’s very different than anything we’ve done before.” He expects to be looking at a finished script by early 2009. Feige compares the title and future possible film as being in the same film vein as “Goonies”, the iconic 1985 teen adventure movie  [ Read More ]

The Incredible Hulk producer Gale Anne Hurd talked with MTV news about the directions that Marvel Studios is going to be taking the Big Green Man himself, the Hulk, in future movies from the studio responsible for both “Hulk”, starring Ed Norton, as well as the blockbuster “Iron Man” starring Robert Downey Jr. In terms of the internet buzz pinpointing the Hulk as the villain in the upcoming “Avengers” movie as opposed to a sequel to “The Incredible Hulk”. “It’s all going to depend on the screenplay and where his character goes in any sequel, because [Ed Norton] does have a multiple-picture deal, […] Next, he’s likely to appear in  [ Read More ]

No big surprise, but in a recent interview with actor Terrence Howard, Coming Soon reports that “Iron Man 2″ has already been slated by Marvel Studios. According to the report, shooting will begin sometime in March, 2009 for a 2010 release. No reports yet as to who will star in and direct the sequel. “Iron Man” by director Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges continues to rock the box office with an aggregate total of over $288 Million dollars of earnings in its sixth week of release. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest “Iron Man 2″ movie news and  [ Read More ]