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As promised!  Here are a few pics from the New York Comicbook Convention.

Greetings… I’m back.  For all of you that remember me in 2007/2008 I was the cool guy with all the interesting things to read about.  For those who don’t… well… I don’t remember you either, so I guess we are even.

Neil has embarked on another great adventure in his life and I have been asked to come aboard to SS Jewish Guilt to bring some of my useless knowledge and witty banter.  How you all enjoy.  I will do my best.

Cheer!

Source: MTV

MTV has posted a new Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer behind-the-scenes clip which features Jessica Alba (aka The Invisible Woman) giving you a tour of the set and art department. You can watch the clip at the link above!

Directed by Tim Story, the sequel hits theaters on June 15.

Source: Superhero Hype!

Superhero Hype! has learned that we’ll be seeing new trailers from Warner Bros. Pictures for TMNT (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”) and 300 this week. It looks like the TMNT trailer will be playing in theaters with “Unaccompanied Minors” (Dec. 8th), “Eragon” (Dec. 15th) and “Arthur and the Invisibles” (Dec. 15th). The second 300 trailer looks to be hitting theaters with Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypto”. We expect these trailers will be online very soon as well.

As always, be sure to check with your local theater to see if a trailer is playing with a specific movie, as every location can be different.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

HBO is developing a one-hour series based on the popular 1990s Vertigo comics series, Preacher, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Mark Steven Johnson (upcoming Ghost Rider, Daredevil) is writing the pilot, while Howard Deutch is attached to direct. Johnson and Deutch will executive produce along with Michael De Luca, George Agusto, Chris Bender and JC Spink.

Preacher, which ran from 1995-2000, told the story of a down-and-out Texas preacher possessed by Genesis, a supernatural entity conceived by the unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon. Given immense powers, the preacher teamed with an old girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire and set out on a journey across America to find God — who apparently had abandoned his duties in heaven — and hold him accountable for his negligence.

The series was created by Irish-born writer Garth Ennis and British artist Steve Dillon, who will serve as co-executive producers. Ken F. Levin, who represents the duo, also will serve as co-executive producer.

There have been several attempts to bring the comic to the screen, whether big or small, but nothing stuck, says the trade. A movie version, to have been produced by Kevin Smith’s View Askew, among others, got to the casting stage, with James Marsden attached.

Source: Charity Folks

Charity Folks has posted a new auction in which you can bid on two tickets to the world premiere of Spider-Man 3 and a photo with Tobey Maguire. Proceeds will go to Keep A Child Alive.

Click the link above to check it out!

Source: Paramount Pictures

Do you have Stardust questions? Author Neil Gaiman has the answers.

Stardust, based on the bestselling graphic novel by Gaiman and Charles Vess, sends audiences on an adventure that begins in a village in England, and takes us to a world that could only exist in Gaiman’s imagination.

Now, Paramount Pictures and Neil Gaiman give fans the chance to ask the creator how Tristan’s journey toward a shooting star really began.

You can submit your questions to questions@StardustMovie.com and, every month, Paramount will select five questions that Neil Gaiman will personally answer.

Look for his answers at StardustMovie.com.

Stardust, directed by Matthew Vaughn, hits theaters on July 27 and stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Peter O’Toole, Ricky Gervais, Billy Whitelaw and Jason Flemyng.

Source: Marvel Entertainment

The future of X-men and Spiderman depends on how well talks between Marvel,Sony, and Fox are handled over the next several months…

Sony is so confident that Spider-Man 3 will be a hit that both the studio and Marvel are in active talks about doing more movies with the current cast and film crew. Talks between Marvel and Fox have not gone so smoothly.

At the time of X3’s release, it was widely reported “well this is the last movie” despite the last scenes that were shown. Then the Box Office results kind of made Fox change their minds, at least all of a sudden they became more open to the idea of doing an X-Men 4.

But Marvel has an alternate plan for the future of these movies. One that Fox is reluctant to take seriously. However, they may have little choice in the matter because ultimately the X-Men are Marvel’s characters and with Marvel making even bigger steps to control and have more say in the production of their movies, the news on the future of the X-Men movies (which will be revealed in good time).

This Transformer is not very friendly!!!
Actor Tyrese Gibson runs for his life.

Source: ComingSoon.net

ComingSoon.net talked to Shawn Ashmore (aka Iceman) about possible future X-Men movies. Here’s a clip:

“I know they are doing a Wolverine prequel and I’ve heard a rumor about a Magneto film… those are all in the past like prequels and origin stories, so I don’t know. There are rumors about an ‘X-Men 4,’ but as far as I’ve been told ‘X3′ was going to be the last big ensemble ‘X-Men’ movie. I would love if they made another one, but I’m not sure that they will,” he told us.

In the interview, available in full at the link above, he also reveals he has a contract in place for a fourth film.