Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 12:36pm
Legendary comics writer, artist, editor and publisher Joe Simon, whose work included the co-creation of Captain America and other Golden Age icons, passed away Thursday at the age of 98.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 10:16am
Remember back in the late '90s when Tim Burton was trying to make Superman Lives with Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel? Of course you do. We've heard Kevin Smith talk about his time as a writer on the flick, plus we've seen glimpses of concept art over the years.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 1:17pm
Putting together a gingerbread house with someone you love is a holiday tradition, but let's be honest. Most of us either bake a few slabs of gingerbread and paste them together with frosting in some very basic configuration, or else just buy the prefab kit. But there are other nerds out there—crafty nerds with serious baking game—who won't settle for the same old gingerbread.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 11:05am
Rise of the Planet of the Apes was successful and acclaimed enough to definitely merit a sequel, and director Rupert Wyatt (like us) is excited about where the rejuvenated franchise will go next. In fact, he's so excited about the future of the apes that he left some clues in Rise's DVD and Blu-Ray commentary track.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 7:36pm
Steven Spielberg seems to be on our minds more than ever these days. He's got two big movies—War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin—headed to theaters this month, and his roster of future projects includes everything from Robopocalypse to a fifth Indiana Jones picture.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 7:15pm
We're almost done with 2011 TV, and some shows are still ignoring the holiday entirely and pushing right through December with new episodes. Meanwhile, there are a few shows now on holiday break with uncertain futures, and it's the time of year for their fans to ask Santa for another season.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 1:10pm
The Black List, an annual grouping of the most-liked unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, is out this week, and that means it's time for the scripts at the top of the list to get a publicity bump and a chance at new life. Lots of promising scripts made the cut, but the most intriguing of the 73 by far is a new comedy about the making of Star Wars told through the eyes of Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 11:17am
We're just half a year from the opening of The Dark Knight Rises, and director/mastermind Christopher Nolan is finally opening up a little on why he made the choices he made for the final film in his epic Bat-trilogy. In a new interview, he talks everything from why he chose to Bane to, most interestingly, why he opted to place 8 years between this film and the last.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 9:32am
We've been hearing a lot of chatter about a fifth Indiana Jones flick lately, and every time we do it seems to tell us that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg aren't exactly in sync. Just last week Spielberg said they "already have a concept in mind" for another adventure, but according to Lucas, that's not really the case.
Monday, December 12, 2011 - 11:52am
Christopher Nolan is playing some Dark Knight Rises secrets so close to the vest that we're not even sure who some members of the cast are actually playing. But thanks to a story in a small British newspaper, we now have confirmation that at least one of the most rumored female characters will show up in the flick.
