Joss Whedon announced on his blog, last night, that today will be the first day of production on the much anticipated “The Avengers”. This is “The Expendables” of comic book movies. Starting in 2008 when Marvel/Paramount released the original “Iron Man” and rebooted “The Incredible Hulk”, then talks began to release “Thor” and “Captain American” into theaters, all culminating to this magic moment, the production of “The Avengers”, which will be direct sequels to these films and follow the same mythology. “The Avengers” will also feature additional Marvel characters Hawkeye, Black Widow and Nick Fury. Joss Whedon’s announcement from his blog: “Film Greatness. On the Eve of Our Endeavor, I…

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…

Peter Sarsgaard has been cast in Warner Brothers’ upcoming adaptation of DC Comics’ “Green Lantern” as the villainous Hector Hammond. Originally appearing in the pages of 1961′s “Green Lantern”, the character was created by John Broome and Gil Kane. Hammond was exposed to the radiating energies of a strange meteor, which gave him telepathic powers and also mutated his features, giving him an exaggeratedly-large head. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that despite Hammond’s status as a Green Lantern villain, casting calls and listings indicate that Hammond may not be the actual or only villain in the film, as well-known GL villain Sinestro, a former Green Lantern gone bad, might be…

Marc Silvestri, best known in comics as a renowned artist on the “X-Men” titles, one of the cofounders of Image Comics, Top Cow CEO and executive producer of the big-screen adaptation of “Wanted”, is taking on the executive producer role again for an upcoming comic book adaptation. Variety and MTV Splashpage are reporting that he has found a director for “Magdalena”, a big-screen adaptation of the long-running Top Cow character that will star Jenna Dewan and Luke Goss. Ryûhei Kitamura (“Midnight Meat Train”) will be directing. Writer Holly Brix (“The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations”) and producers Gale Anne Hurd (“Terminator 2″) Platinum Studios head Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, and Top Cow…

Ryan Reynolds has been cast in the role of the eponymous title hero in the upcoming adaptation of the DC comic “Green Lantern,” about Hal Jordan, a daredevil test pilot who becomes a member of an intergalactic police force who use weapons called power rings that are fueled by fearlessness. Martin Campbell is directing “Green Lantern”, which is expected to start production in January of 2010. Greg Berlanti, who is producing along with Donald DeLine, wrote the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more Green Lantern news. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com)

We recently interviewed actor Al White who has starred in such films as “Airplane!”, “Back to the Future Part II” and a vast television career including roles in “Wonder Woman”, “The Incredible Hulk”, “The Dukes of Hazzard” and more recently in “CSI: Miami” and “The King of Queens”. Here’s our interview. 1. Tell us about yourself, where are you from, and what is your background in acting? I was born in Houston, Texas. My family moved to San Francisco when I was two. I was a janitor in Golden Gate Park for eight years when I all of a sudden one day decided to become an actor. The next day…

A few new pictures from the upcoming “Green Lantern: First Flight” animated film from DC and Warner Bros have hit the web, highlighting the various characters and alien species you’ll see in the upcoming animated tale of the classic DC title. You can check one out below, and the rest right here courtesy of MTV and Warner Bros. The film, featuring the voice talents of Christopher Meloni, Michael Madsen, Victor Garber, and Tricia Helfer, tells the story of daredevil test pilot Hal Jordan becoming a Green Lantern, a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps. Jordan must deal with a growing conspiracy within the Corps…

“Terminator Salvation” star Sam Worthington confirmed to Moviehole.net that he has recently talked to Martin Campbell about Campbell’s “Green Lantern”, the big-screen adaptation of the DC Comics title about the ring-wielding intergalactic space police force. Worthington can next be seen in the upcoming latest installment of the Terminator franchise playing Marcus Wright, the resistance fighter from another time who discovers that he is in fact a decommissioned Terminator prototype. He told Moviehole that he had “been talking to (“Green Lantern” director) Martin Campbell about it [...] It’s one of those things where they’re still doing the script. I said, ‘Give me a script. Let me have a look at it.’…

Box Office Mojo is listing a new release date for Martin Campbell’s big-screen adaptation of “Green Lantern” for DC, moving it from December 17th 2010 to June 17th 2011. Whether or not this will affect plans to start shooting in Australia in September or if the move is to give Campbell more time for post-production and FX is unknown. So far no casting decisions have been made for the film. The Green Lantern premiered in 1940, created by Bill Finger and Martin Nodell for “All-American Comics”. Hal Jordan, a test pilot and arguably the most well-known character to use the name, debuted in 1959, which is also when the concept…

Hitfix is reporting that Bradley Cooper (“Alias”, “The Hangover”) is a frontrunner to portray Hal Jordan in Martin Campbell’s adaptation of the DC title “Green Lantern” though no deal has been signed yet. The film is set for a December 17th, 2010 release. The “Green Lantern” was created in 1940 by Bill Finger and Martin Nodell, though several characters have used the name. Hal Jordan was introduced in 1959 and is the second Green Lantern and a second-generation test pilot. He is given the Green Lantern power ring and lantern, the weapons of the intergalactic space police known as the Green Lantern Corps, by a dying alien named Abin Sur….