The first trailer for Thor: The Dark World begins the post-Avengers attack on the box office with character driven sequels bent on becoming legitimate franchises of their own. And yet, now that Man of Steel looks great again, it's hard not to wonder what the future for Marvel holds.
A (pretty) well sourced report suggests that Bale will return to his role as the Caped Crusader for Warner Bros.' answer to The Avengers franchise. So how would this work?
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Warner Bros. has just released the first full-length trailer for their big summer 2013 Superman reboot, and it really is quite something. Should we be hopeful, or really disappointed?
There's at least one job opening at a newspaper: Clark Kent has quit his job at The Daily Planet. We've got an early look at the job listing for any reporter willing to move to Metropolis. Superheroes need not apply.
Zach Snyder is the master of making an amazing trailer to get you excited and then ultimately disappointing you once your butt is in a theater seat. He's done it again, too, with the latest trailers for Man of Steel. They look like he's taking Clark Kent into Terrence Malick territory.
Peter Jackson wants to make three Hobbit movies because he is a modern super-villain that should be stopped; Marvel gives away the plot of the new Captain America movie; Jamie Foxx and Zack Snyder are separately bad at their respective jobs.
The first picture of Henry Cavill in costume is nothing like Bryan Singer's version
"Kent is a befuddled, timid nerd who elevates politeness to the realm of parody"
In the wake of bin Laden's death, the one-liners just keep on coming
They aren't American citizens, either
Superman renounces his citizenship in the latest comic over foreign policy concerns
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