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Gametrailers released a trailer recently for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions that reveals some of the bad guys that Spider-Man will encounter in his latest video game.  So far I see Sandman, Juggernaut, Vulture, Carnage, Mysterio, Kraven the Hunter, Deadpool, Hobgoblin 2099, Hammerhead and more!

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions will be released September 7, 2010.

Check out the latest trailer for the Batman: Brave and the Bold The Video Game, that stars Bat-Mite, Batman, and Wii controllers.

Batman: Brave and the Bold The Video Game arrives in stores September 7, 2010.

Check out Jim Lee’s Wonder Woman brought to “life” in the DC Universe Online video game coming to Playstation 3 and PC’s November 1, 2010.

Check out the pics after the jump!

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On September 28, 2010 DC Comics will release an audio CD that will collect the music from DC Comics related projects throughout the years.  Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection will contain everything from the theme to the 1941 cartoon of Superman to the music from the 2009 Green Lantern First Flight animated film.

Here’s the product description from Amazon:

The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection celebrates highlights of DC Comic’s rich musical history including many rare theme songs that have never before been released. The compilation begins in 1941 with the theme song from Max Fleischer’s Academy Award Nominated Superman Cartoons and moves through the decades. Theme songs from the DC Superhero Filmation cartoons from the 1960’s including Justice League and Green Lantern are featured alongside the most recent Justice League and Green Lantern themes produced by WB Animation in the 2000’s. The 1970s are represented by Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends cartoons as well as the theme from the legendary Wonder Woman series starring Lynda Carter. Other highlights include DC superhero themes from John Williams, Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer and, of course, the unforgettable theme to the 1966 Batman TV Show starring Adam West……Nah Nah Nah Nah Batman!!

Click here to order it!

Check out the track listing:

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According to Grant Morrison, in November, there will be 2 Batman’s running around in Gotham City as DC plans to keep Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne as Batman.

Starting in November, DETECTIVE COMICS, BATMAN and BATMAN AND ROBIN will feature the ongoing adventures of Dick Grayson as Batman, with Damian as Robin. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne will take center stage in the pages of Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette’s BATMAN INC. and writer/artist David Finch’s BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT.

Not sure how this will work out, but it’s been said that Batman Inc. will be the start of Bruce Wayne making Batman a franchise opportunity of sorts.

Check it all out November 3, 2010 when the comics start hitting the store shelves!

KryptonSite is reporting that actor Ted Whittall has been cast as Suicide Squad member Rick Flag for the 10th season of Smallville.

"We have gotten confirmation that Ted Whittall has landed the role of the Suicide Squad leader, and that he will be appearing in at least two episodes, starting with "Shield" and "Ambush," the latter of which is currently filming."

Click here to read more about Rick Flag.

Smallville debuts September 24, 2010 at 7:00PM CST for its final season on The CW.

IM Global has announced that the remake of Judge Dredd that’s coming to theaters will now simply be called Dredd.  They also announced the plot of the movie:

“"Dredd" takes us to the wild streets of Mega City One, the lone oasis of quasi-civilization on Cursed Earth. Judge Dredd is the most feared of elite Street Judges, with the power to enforce the law, sentence offenders and execute them on the spot – if necessary.”

Judge Dredd will be played by Karl Urban, and Olivia Thirlby will play Cassandra Anderson.

The movie will be directed by Peter Travis (Vantage Point) and pre-production has already started in South Africa. 

Watch for Dredd when he comes to theaters in 2012.

According to Production Weekly, Marvel’s movie about the comic Runaways will begin filming in March 2011, and has been renamed Small Faces for the theaters.

Director Peter Sollett (Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist) has been chosen to direct the film about super-powered teenagers who discover their parents are super villains.

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No release date is known at this time.

CBM has revealed that 20th Century Fox is making changes to their upcoming Fantastic Four remake movie, and here’s some of what they’ve found out!

• The movie will no longer be called Fantastic Four Reborn… it’s now just Fantastic Four
• The movie will be released during the Summer of 2012
• The team’s origin story will be told in the opening credits like they did for The Incredible Hulk
• Sue Storm casting has changed from Amber Heard to Alice Eve possibly
• The Thing (who will be entirely CGI) will be voiced by either Bruce Willis or Kiefer Sutherland
• The director for the movie will either be: David Yates, Joe Carnahan, or James McTeigue

No other cast changes are known at this time… check out my previous article for the rest!

Fantastic Four remake will be in theaters during the Summer of 2012.

Check out what director Joe Johnston recently said to CBM about the tie-ins for Captain America: The First Avenger to the other movies in the Marvel Universe:

JOE JOHNSTON: There are links between all the MARVEL films, mostly ones that only the fans will pick up on. We have several subtle references to certain elements in THOR, but since CAPTAIN AMERICA is a period picture taking place in the 40′s, there are fewer opportunities for contemporary links to the rest of the MARVEL universe. We can, however, create events in our story that will be paid off in AVENGERS and other MARVEL pictures.

Humm… what could a movie taking place in the 40’s possibly reference in the Thor movie?

The Cosmic Cube that Loki is seen with in Thor perhaps?  Click the photo below to read more about the cube!

Check out Captain America: The First Avenger when it arrives in theaters July 22, 2011.

Check out the official description of Smallville’s season 10 episode 1 titled “Lazarus”.

JOHN SCHNEIDER REPRISES HIS ROLE AS JONATHAN KENT IN THE FINAL SEASON OF SMALLVILLE – The season premiere picks up where the finale left off. Lois finds Clark’s lifeless body and removes the blue kryptonite enabling him to heal himself. Lois sneaks away before Clark fully awakens in order to protect his secret. Chloe is desperate to find Oliver, so she turns to an unlikely source for answers. Jonathan returns to the Kent Farm with a message for Clark, and Tess awakens in a LuthorCorp lab.

"Lazarus" will air on The CW at 7:00pm CST on Friday, September 24, 2010.

Here are the comics I picked for this week!

Avengers 4
  

Secret Warriors 19

X-Men Legacy 239

X-Men: Curst of the Mutants – Storm & Gambit 1

Justice League of America 48
 

Justice League: Generation Lost 8

Check out this walkthrough trailer for Marvel’s upcoming Super Hero Squad Online MMO PC-based videogame.

Marvel’s Super Hero Squad Online is coming to PC’s Q2 2011.

Marvel’s remakes are getting more often these days, and now it seems that multiple
websites are listing who are potentially in talks for roles in Marvel’s upcoming remake of
the Fantastic Four.

Adrien Brody (Predators) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) are booth being eyed
for the role of Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic

Amber Heard’s (Zombieland) name is being tossed around for the role of Sue Storm aka
The Invisible Woman

Kevin Pennington’s name (90210) is being tossed around for the role of Johnny Storm
aka the Human Torch

Finally, while the Thing is not going to be live-action, no actors are currently being cast
to voice the rock-composed powerhouse.

No word on a release date for the remake yet.

Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Marvel is moving forward with their plans to make a live-action Iron Fist movie. 

The latest is that they’ve hired xXx writer Rich Wilkes to write the movie about the businessman/martial arts master who receives the powers of the Iron Fist. 

No word on a release date at this time.

Click here to read more about Iron Fist.

After several years with the comic book publisher IDW, the comic series that’s based off the Angel television show is returning to Dark Horse publishing. Since there will be many crossovers, Joss wanted the comic series together with Buffy The Vampire Slayer at Dark Horse to make the process simpler.

Currently IDW and Dark Horse are working out Angel’s Season Six final 6-comic arc storyline so that Dark Horse can pick it up in the beginning of 2011.

CinemaBlend got the scoop that Ghost Rider 2 will be shot entirely in 3D when filming on location in Romania.

The storyline currently takes place 8 years after the original, and will be a standalone film not reliant on content from the first movie.

Ghost Rider 2 is expected in theaters mid-to-late 2011.

EW com revealed that Erica Durance will be playing not only Lois Lane this season on Smallville, but also the character “Isis” after Lois is possessed by a relic left behind of Isis’.

“Lois is actually going to be possessed by the spirit of Isis.” Was it good for you, Steve? BTW, quick clarification: Smallville‘s Isis isn’t the DC Comics character Isis. It’s the Egyptian goddess Isis with a nod to the DC Isis. Understand? Good, now explain it to me.

Smallville returns to the CW on September 24, 2010.

During an interview with the New York Post, Allison Mack revealed that Chloe Sullivan will at least appear in five episodes this season to wrap up her character.

“I’ll be back for five total episodes.

I was very much ready to move on, and not because I was unhappy with the show or that anything bad happened, I was just very much ready to enter a new phase of my life. But I realized as we came towards the end of the season that my character wasn’t getting a completion. I didn’t feel comfortable walking away from the show, and my character, without a completion. So I committed to doing five episodes to giving her the ending I think she deserves. I do think there’s a relationship between my character and the people who’ve watched the show for so many years. I want to honor them, her and myself.

I think that I have a much deeper appreciation for what I have with that character and that show. Just the privilege it’s been to play her. It’s like the Joni Mitchell song, “you don’t know what you have till it’s gone.” Because ["Smallville' is] winding down, I’m able to really evaluate the life she has led, which has been a real honor.”

Smallville’s 10th & final season debuts on the CW September 24, 2010.