Long before he went on stage and began to say “The Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV,” got arrested for it in Milwaukee and saw the battle over freedom of expression that it ignited rage all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, George Carlin had a different dream. 

George Carlin loves to point [...]

Hollywood Gang, the shingle behind “300,” has optioned the rights to the graphic novel “The Last Christmas,” written by actor-comedian Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan. The company’s Gianni Nunnari will produce, while Craig J. Flores will executive produce. The story follows Santa Claus as he withdraws from normal life and turns his back on Christmas. [...]

 
With NBC’s Heroes one of the most talked-about shows on TV, an enthusiasm for super-powered heroes no longer carries the social stigma it once did. 2008 promises yet more comic book characters migrating from the page to the cinema , with big budget debuts for the long awaited Watchmen, Iron Man, The Flash, and half [...]

The halls of the San Diego Convention Center were abuzz with the news that came pouring out of the panel today hosted by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.  
Exclusive footage and major casting announcements included:

Director/Producer J.J. Abrams revealed his first casting for the “Star Trek” adventure: Zachary Quinto (Sylar on “Heroes”) will step [...]

 
Zach Snyder, the sandy-haired 41-year-old of 300, who was at last year’s Comic-Con convention, arrived this time to a triumph worthy of Xerxes. All of PetcoPark, the city’s Major League Baseball stadium, was reserved for a Friday night screening and celebration of “300,” which became a surprise global hit for Warner Brothers in March.
Earlier in [...]

Feeling bullish on the eve of the release of its “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” Fox has already put a feature spinoff into development that will star the enigmatic Surfer, with J. Michael Straczynski currently crafting the screenplay. Despite lackluster reviews, the first “Fantastic Four” raked in $329 million worldwide, apparently a result of [...]

ComingSoon.net/Superhero Hype! talked to Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige on the set of ‘Iron Man’ on Wednesday about the company’s future slate. What’s next for the company, which has both the Jon Favreau-directed project and ‘The Incredible Hulk’ hitting theaters next year?  “I have a writer on ‘Captain America‘ right now, hoping to get a director [...]

THERE he was, seemingly just another perpetual adolescent, gleefully flipping through the pages of a comic book at Comics Ink in Culver City. But director Tim Story was doing more than merely getting his comic-book jones on; he was on a market-research expedition that July of 2005, one that would help lay the foundation for [...]

 
Spider-Man, as any comic book fan knows, isn’t the most powerful superhero. He can’t push planets around like DC Comics’ Superman. He’s just an insecure teenager who, after his encounter with a radioactive spider, can climb walls and swing around on a web. But Marvel’s wisecracking web-slinger is Hollywood’s most bankable superhero. Sony’s “Spider-Man” and [...]

The Internet is already filled with cheap laughs — YouTube alone offers a lifetime’s supply of home videos (some funny, most not). But now many experienced comedians, talent agents and financiers are seeing the Web as a way to showcase talent while trying to turn a profit. In January, Turner Broadcasting began SuperDeluxe.com, which features [...]