Tag: G.I. Joe

New York City Comic Con 2013 – All News and Announcements

Posted: October 18, 2013 at 3:57 pm   /   Comic Books, Film, Local, Movie News, Television

New York City hosted it’s annual Comic Con this past weekend.  Much like all the other major cities that host a Comic Convention, there are a plethora of news, reveals, and announcements.  This show was no different.  Every publisher made some big announcements, but yet again, Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios stole the show. I’ll […]

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Watch the First Four Minutes of ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 8:55 pm   /   Local, Movie Trailers

I was not a fan of the first G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.  As evidenced by my review a few years back when we first started the site. It was lazy, made no sense, and wasn’t even that fun on top of it. Luckily, the sequel seems to have improved a bit. The story may […]

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The Long Box – Comic Book Casting: The Punisher

Posted: February 9, 2013 at 5:53 pm   /   Comic Books, Film, Local

The Punisher has been in what I like to call “movie jail”.   Despite three feature films, it has never found traction with audiences or critics.  In 1989, the first film starred Dolph Lundgren and went straight to video (never a good sign). The second was released in theaters in 2004 and starred Thomas Jane. […]

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Even More “Captain America” Casting News; Channing Tatum Auditions?

Posted: March 16, 2010 at 12:05 pm   /   Local, Movie News

I am beginning to think the studio is drawing this out as long as possible to gain more media exposure, and that they have picked someone weeks ago. Although, the lastest reports seem to indicated that Dear John’s Channing Tatum is the latest actor to throw his hat into the ring. He meets many of […]

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Replaces James McAvoy in Cancer Comedy

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 1:32 pm   /   Local, Movie News

I know the headline looks a little weird, but it is true. Will Reiser wrote a comedy, I’m With Cancer, based on his real life battle with cancer, and originally James McAvoy was set to star alongside Seth Rogen in the film. However, Summit has announced that McAvoy had to drop out due to “unrelated […]

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‘Zombieland’ Writers Attached To Write ‘G.I. Joe’ Sequel and ‘Deadpool’

Posted: January 8, 2010 at 4:05 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are finding out what happens when you are the writers of a successful film. They have been tapped to write the spinoff of a spinoff film Deadpool, starring Ryan Reynolds.  They have also apparently been tapped to write the sequel to G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra. Reynolds will be reprising […]

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G.I. Joe coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on November 3rd

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 3:18 pm   /   Local, Movie News

I know a lot of people are waiting to see this on DVD, because they didn’t want to pay the price for admission. Now you can finally watch the summer blockbuster G.I. Joe from the comfort of your own couch. I personally look forward to rewinding all the silly parts, but I’m not sure I […]

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‘Inglorious Basterds’ Takes Over Weekend Box Office

Posted: August 23, 2009 at 2:49 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Quentin Tarantino scored his biggest release every over the weekend with his WWII action film, Inglorious Basterds. The film took domestically an estimated $37.6 million beating his previous best Kill Bill Vol. 2 which had an opening of $25.1. Inglorious Basterds did well over the expectations for it’s weekend opening, which most pundits set at […]

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District 9 Has Impressive Weekend

Posted: August 16, 2009 at 7:52 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Weekend Box Office showed an improvement over last year in the same time frame jumping almost 15% led by the impressive weekend from the sci-fi thriller District 9. District 9 which flew into theaters this weekend did sizeable business for a low budget sci-fi thriller. The film had an estimated gross of $37 million over […]

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GI Joe Pulls in Large Box Office Cash, Despite No Press Screenings

Posted: August 9, 2009 at 9:55 am   /   Local, Movie News

GI JOE is this year’s over-the-top August action movie, based on the classic childhood toys from Hasbro. The film stars Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Dennis Quaid, Ray Park, and Marlon Wayans as the elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe. Despite weary critics and negative publicity, the movie pulled in $22.3 […]

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