At the moment, you're likely drooling with anticipation to watch "Iron Man," "The Incredible Hulk" and "The Dark Knight" over the next few months. Heck, maybe you'll even go see "Punisher: War Zone."
But once these thrills have come and gone, what comic book movies will come next? It's a question we're all dying to know, and vague promises of "Captain America" and "Thor" movies aren't cutting it. So instead, we hold out hope for a new take on a familiar hero.
"It feels different," Hugh Jackman told us recently about "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which he's currently shooting with eyes towards a May 2009 release. "But I don't think its going be night and day." Read more...
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon Levitt to headline live-action "Akira" adaptation. (AICN)
- The Curious Case of the Teenage Plague: David Fincher to direct "Black Hole" from a script by Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman. Story centers on a radical STD sweeping through American high schools. (Hollywood Reporter)
- On golden wings: Former hobbit Dominic Monaghan makes a break for "Wolverine." Will play mutant Beak. (Just Jared)
- "I can say with absolute certainty that you will see stuff you've never imagined." James Cameron checks in to give a status report on "Avatar." (AICN)
- Behind the scenes video from Richard Kelly's "The Box." (/film)
In today's Dailies: Craven's "House" gets raided, a Lostie snags corpses and Harvey Dent does Dr. Phil (not in that way). Eh, slow news day.
- The Greeks, fresh off their "300” success, turn their eyes toward remaking Wes Craven's "The Last House on the Left." (Hollywood Reporter)
- The Weitz Brothers set to adapt author Michael Moorcock's "Elric" fantasy saga. (Empire)
- "Lost" star Dominic Monaghan plays Victorian-era grave robber in "I Sell the Dead." (AICN)
- World's prettiest comedian Dane Cook plans for Lionsgate's "Bachelor No. 2." Something about getting hired to take people's ex-girlfriends on horrible dates so they come crawling back. (Hollywood Reporter)
- Aaron "Harvey Dent" Eckhart to play self-help guru in drama pic "Traveling." (Variety)