Megan Fox is definitely making an effort at becoming the ultimate fanboy fantasy girl. It’s being reported that Fox is in final negotiations to star in Jonah Hex, and that she is already attached to star in and develop a movie based on the comic Fathom.

Fox’s role in Jonah Hex would be that of Leila, the beautiful, but deadly love interest of Josh Brolin‘s Jonah Hex. The movie follows Jonah Hex, a horribly scarred Civil War soldier who spends his days as a bounty hunter. Hex also stars John Malkovich as the villain character. It’s directed by Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears A Who!).

Fathom is an ongoing comic from the late Michael Turner. The comic follows a young girl named Aspen, who grows up with a strange attraction to water. She eventually discovers that she’s actually a special aquatic race of humans who can control water, called the Blue. Along with playing the role of Aspen, Megan Fox is helping to develop the project as well. Fathom’s script is being handled by Jordan Mechner, who created the game Prince of Persia [...]

How does one review Watchmen for what must be the ten billionth time? What I mean to say is, what can I bring to the discussion of this book that hasn’t been said before? As a reviewer, most of the time I’m writing to say whether I think the item I’m reviewing is worth your time and money. That’s the nuts and bolts of what I do for this website, I try to advise you, our humble reader, what is worth your hard earned money, and what you should skip. Well, this time it’s a little different, because if you’re a comic reader (even if you’re not), you either already own this, or have already decided if it’s worth your time and money. So, if you’ve never read this before, or if you’re on the fence about it, I will start this off by saying yes, Watchmen is absolutely worth your time and money. Go out and buy it, you’ll find something to enjoy about it. What I’m going to go into now, is a short look into why Watchmen is good (in my humble opinion) and why it still matters to so many readers today. Why has this book persisted as the one book comic readers point to when asked for a good book to read?

The first reason is that it’s smart. This is a book that will not only make you think on your first read, but will give you something new to think about every time you read it [...]

If you haven’t heard yet, I don’t know how to tell you this… but, Zack Snyder is a machine. OK, well, not really, but I have no idea when that dude actually sleeps.

Just days before Watchmen finally is released to the masses, Snyder is already hard at work on pre-production on his next film, entitled Sucker Punch. Now comes news via Entertainment Weekly that he has begun the casting process for the movie.

Though no castings have been made official, the offers are out to a number of young actresses to fill out this all-girl cast. For the leading role of Baby Doll, Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia, Alpha Dog) is currently in negotiations. Aside from Seyfried, offers have been put out to Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen, Across the Universe), Abbie Cornish (Stop/Loss), Emma Stone (Superbad), and Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) for roles.

Now, before you go and assume that this is some adaptation of The Hills, fear not. Snyder himself calls the movie “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns” and it’s expected to be R-rated. The movie takes place in the ’60s and is looking at a $100 Million price tag. [...]

During this year’s Oscar ceremony’s final credits, some clips from big movies of 2009 were shown; one of those movies was for Michael Mann‘s newest movie — Public Enemies — which stars Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. Up until that clip, all we had to excite us was information and a bunch of different images from the movie. That was all just a tease, though, as now we have our first look at the full trailer, and it does indeed look worth the wait. Included with the trailer is a bunch of new images and a new poster as well.

The trailer is really pretty simple: a lot of a very smooth Johnny Depp, a little bit of determined Christian Bale, a googly-eyed Marion Cotillard, some bank robbing, and best of all, the promise of some great cat and mouse action; all of this with that period 1930s back drop. If that little slick combination doesn’t already have you sold, then this movie probably isn’t for you. This isn’t to say we know whether or not it’s good or bad, but man, this mixture of story, time period, and talent would be really hard to fail with. [...]

How do you know you’re at a Terminator Salvation panel led by the director, McG? The word “balls” is mentioned 50 times, an awkward (and unanswered) call is placed to Christian Bale’s house, and lots of unfinished CGI effects are flashed in front of your face in hopes that you’ll stop asking the question: do we really need a Terminator 4?

If you haven’t already guessed, McG thinks the answer to that question is a resounding yes and he’s been on a mission to get everyone to agree with him. While this is understandable — what director openly invites derision of his work, after all? — it’s led to convention panels that, while certainly entertaining, have been filled with cringe-inducing moments that are only forgotten when the clips start rolling.

The panel at WonderCon was no different. After rehashing, once again, his talks with James Cameron and Christian Bale about his desire to do another Terminator, McG attempted to drum up more enthusiasm from the crowd by calling Bale on speakerphone. Though the call went unanswered, the assembled were soon treated to appearances by Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, and Common [...]

The teaser trailer for Overture Film’s upcoming sci-fi/horror thriller Pandorum is now online. Watch it at the end of this post.

In the film, which is from producers of the Resident Evil film franchise, Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster star as two crew members who awake aboard an abandon spaceship out in deep space in a post-apocalypse situation. The two have no memory of who they are, how long they’ve been asleep, or what their mission was. At first they think that they are alone, but they soon discover that they’re not and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

Foster (X-Men: The Last Stand) appeared at Overture’s Pandorum panel on Saturday at WonderCon in San Francisco, where the trailer debuted, along with another clip from the film. Along with Foster, who plays Bower, were his co-stars German actress Antje Traue and world champion martial arts fighter Cung Le [...]

I’ve heard of marketing companies going overboard, what with The Dark Knight’s viral advertising campaigns, etc. However, the freight train that is Zack Snyder’s Watchmen is going further.

Not content with one of the biggest movies of the year, an animated DVD, and Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, there is also going to be an iPhone & iPod Touch MMO based on the graphic novel adaptation dubbed Watchmen: Justice is Coming.

Having literally just posted the story on The End Is Nigh, I’ve just read about the iPhone game — due for release in the App Store sometime this month. Happily, although the game is an MMO, there will be no monthly fee ala World of Warcraft — however more expansion packs are planned, and will most likely be chargeable. As yet we don’t know the impending price on the App Store [...]

After the Terminator Salvation panel at Wondercon, McG apparently stuck around to chat it up for a bit. One of the topics brought up, was the idea of Robert Patrick (who played the best evil Terminator of them all — the T-1000 — in T2) returning in Terminator 5 if, of course, Terminator Salvation succeeds and they decide to make another one, both of which are fully expected. Keep in mind, this is a planned trilogy, not just one at a time. Even star Christian Bale supposedly signed with the expectations of three films.

Surprisingly enough, McG responded with positive feelings about the idea. In fact, it appears that he has even been talking to Robert Patrick quite a bit (they’ve worked together twice in We Are Marshall and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle), and it’s no where near as far-fetched as you might think. Apparently McG has been busy with a lot of former cast and crew lately — Arnold Schwarzenegger saw the movie recently and they’re set to meet and discuss possible ways for Arnie to join the party; Linda Hamilton has been talking with him a lot about her possible voice over work, and McG is trying to get James Cameron to take a little peek at the movie as well, just for approval, of course. [...]

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak
Starring Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Michael Clarke Duncan
PG-13
Release date: February 27, 2009

With Street Fighter 4 already out in gaming consoles and catching fire once again, you knew it was only a matter of time before La-La Land would take another stab at the Street Fighter movie franchise. This time, the popular Capcom game takes the form of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li.

The movie centers around Chun-Li (Kristin Kreuk), the popular female character in the Street Fighter franchise. As a small child, Chun-Li spent most of her time honing her skills on the piano and learning martial arts from her father until one night when he is kidnapped right in front of her by the evil Bison (Neal McDonough) and his henchman Balrog (Michael Clarke Duncan) and unable to stop it. Days become years, as Chun-Li grows up without her father but becomes a pianist, what he always hoped her to be. Still, she longs to find her father and a mysterious scroll that arrives on her doorstep may hold the key to his whereabouts. Leaving everything she knows behind her, she searches for her father, knowing her search will lead her to Bison once more.

Okay, I know what you are thinking: Is the movie good? Is it terrible? Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that the movie is not terrible. The bad news is that the movie is not good either. It really just tows the line of being mediocre and just bad [...]

Aint it Cool News has received some news out of Canada where Tron 2 is currently filming. So far we’ve heard a lot of stuff here and there but nothing has really be solid, including the various titles we’ve heard. This source is expected to be fairly reliable, and they seem to have great info, so here it is!

Right off the bat — the title. It looks like it won’t be called Tr2n or Tron 2 or just Tron as we’ve heard; it’s looking like it will get the colon treatment, like Tron: Our Bikes Are More Awesome Than Yours or Tron: The Virtual Beginning of the End Begins Again Soon. This is good news, as the titles we had heard so far weren’t very good, so hopefully they dream up something cool.

The movie will apparently begin in 1989, where Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is living well by selling toys and novelties based on his experiences in the first movie (Recognizer night lights?). For no reason at all, Flynn then disappears completely, leaving behind his seven-year old son, Sean. [...]

So… you didn’t think Terminator Salvation could look any more bad-ass then is has so far? I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong.

Forget all the drama, forget all of the PG-13 arguments, that’s all for later discussion. Right here and now, Yahoo! Movies has the new trailer that will play in front of Watchmen this weekend, and I have to say — it’s easily the best trailer that we’ve seen so far. This is one of those trailers that fans will watch over and over and over again.

One of the stories that director McG has been telling on the convention circuit is how Christian Bale (John Connor) told him to re-do the whole script. That if he was going to do the movie, it had to be based on character and story, not action. Thankfully McG agreed with him that the draft was bad, they hired The Dark Knight co-writer Jonathan Nolan to help out, and the rest is history. This is the first trailer where we see this story playing out. We’ve always had a good look at the amazing visuals and the job that McG has done building a post-apocalyptic Judgment Day world, but seeing the story and characters was kept to a minimal. [...]

If you haven’t heard anything on the forthcoming Watchmen graphic novel adaptation by Dawn of the Dead & 300 helmer Zack Snyder, then you must’ve had your head buried in the sand for the past 5 months or so.

Arguably one of the most prestigious graphic novels of all time, Watchmen is the comic that has been hailed as “unfilmable” by creator Alan Moore (who still apparently stands by this, and prefers to distance himself from any movie based on his work). However, Zack Snyder’s anal-retentive attention to detail has made it a reality.

All this being said, I’m not here to lend my critique on the forthcoming movie (due for release on March 6th) or the graphic novel. I’m here to talk about the video game adaptation for the Xbox, PS3 & PC; Watchmen: The End Is Nigh (Not the browser-based flash game Minutemen)…

Director J.J. Abrams was on hand this weekend at the WonderCon 2009 Star Trek panel to introduce the world premiere of the film’s newest trailer, which will play in theaters in front of Watchmen starting this Friday. Continuing reading at the bottom of the post for a description of the new trailer and images from the panel.

Early in the panel, Abrams sought to dispel the talk that his new Star Trek was far removed from the existing franchise. He stressed that he “loves and is beholden to existing Star Trek fans” and that while new fans will appreciate the film, older fans will be happy too. Also, there’s plenty of references to old Trek in the film.

“It’s a prequel but a sequel,” said Roberto Orci, a long-time Trek fan who co-wrote Abrams’ version along with Alex Kurtzman. “If you’re a fan, your knowledge of Star Trek will be rewarded; if you’re not, you’re going to see why we’re all inspired by it.”

Along with Abrams, Orci, and executive producer Bryan Burk were castmembers Chris Pine, Zoë Saldana, and Zachary Quinto, the latter of which, who was introduced as “one of our Heroes,” got the biggest reaction from the crowd. Also, some extras from the film were in the crowd, so Abrams had them stand up to be applauded [...]

It’s been a good while since my little tirade after we first heard that Terminator Salvation was aiming for a PG-13 rating (See: ‘Terminator Salvation: The Dilution Of A Franchise’). Well, the controversy has arisen once more!

Last year, director McG addressed the issue regarding the film’s rating, explaining that if the movie could be achieved with the PG-13, it would be, but that he was under no circumstances being forced by Warner Bros. to make it PG-13. He also said if the film turned out to be R-rated, then Warner Bros. would be fine and dandy with it.

Now the newest “What a twist!” moment in the story. At this weekend’s WonderCon convention in San Francisco, McG held another Terminator Salvation panel. At said panel, McG shared that there was a scene in the movie involving Moon Bloodgood topless in the rain. The reason for the scene was to bring back that Sarah Connor presence in the movie. While we may still get actual Sarah Connor voice-over, McG wanted his female lead to have that strong-yet-sexy “I’ll kiss you or I’ll kill you” kind of a feel to her. It turns out though, that WB wasn’t so open to whatever was needed as we were once promised, asking that McG remove the scene from the final cut so that the feared PG-13 rating could be achieved [...]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere in Ashenvale for the past 3 months chances are you’ve been noticing how big Wraith of the Lich King has been for World of Warcraft. With a retooling of the game in the near future and the addition of achievements, new raids to come and what seems to be a never ending stream of pwnage, its no wonder so many old fans and noobs alike are picking this game out and drawing battle lines for the never ending struggle between the Alliance and the Horde.

Well Lok’ Tar! My friends, because two members of the Geeks of Doom Warcraft Guild (lovingly referred to as GoDs), along with some very cool Horde players, took one home for the Horde with the slayings of all four main leaders of the so called ‘Alliance’! So first and foremost, congrats to Doomhammre and Tarsonus (yeah, me) on their Epic Black Bear Mounts. Just remember, Mr. Wolfcastle from Simpson’s said it best. “Zee goggles. Dey do Nothing!!”.

Now to inform on how we did our mass slaying all in one night. First we stormed the boat in Darkshore to gain our way to Exodar, home to the otherworldly Draenei. We charged in with lightning speed as we weaved our way past guards and right onto the pedestal where Prophet Velen stood. It was a short fight this one, as the alliance have all but forsaken Exodar and Darnassius. After we gave him the final farewell, it was back out, and on the boat to the home of the Night elves. The next on our ‘Death List Four’ was High priestess Tyrande Whisperwind…

One very interesting movie that has flown under the radar for the most part, is Splice. The movie is produced by Guillermo Del Toro and stars Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley. It follows a couple of crazy scientists who decide to splice human genes with animal genes, like that could ever go wrong!

The movie looks incredibly messed up, but in a really good way. If you haven’t seen anything about Splice, make sure you catch up by heading on over to AICN for the first bit of info that was released on the movie a while back, as well as the first batch of nightmare-inducing images. Be warned, this particular set of images is of the R-rated NSFW variety. So long as this doesn’t offend you, it’s well worth the trip, trust me. This is a movie you will be excited about.

It’s rare to find a horror movie to look forward to, but this one is definitely up there. It has a Species vibe to it with a definitive Guillermo Del Toro look to it [...]