It seems the news about comic book adaptations just keep coming and coming, apparently just after the Wolverine movie was announced the Magneto movie is just as alive, the movie is set to be directed by David Goyer, only difference with the X-Men movies is that Ian McKellen will not be staring in the movie as it is set in a younger time period than X-Men.
Sheldon Turner (The Longest Yard, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) has written the script and Fox has snapped it up and are going to begin production after Wolverine has finished itself. Who knows where they will get the original story from, as in the TV series of X-Men him and Professor Xavier were doctors when his village was burnt down and Magneto wanted revenge using his magnetic powers and Professor stopped him. Or maybe they will use the X-Men movie of where he was a Auschwitz survivor.
Personally I am super excited about this film and Wolverine as they are my favorite characters (second to Beast and Gambet although X-Men movies didn’t pick them up) so hopefully they can launch them quicker, although Ian McKellen would be the perfect Magneto, we can survive as a guy in his 20’s would look buffer and probably suit the role better.
Yup, we have our first official photos of Robert Downey, Jr. playing his role as Tony Stark in Iron Man. I have been loving the current adaptation of comic books to theaters, so maybe this one will be just as good 
Here is what Filmwad had to say about the matter
“Iron Man” director Jon Favreau thinks Robert Downey Jr. overcoming his troubled past mirrors the struggles comic character Tony Stark had to overcome to be reborn as Iron Man. ‘”He had to find an inner balance to overcome obstacles that went far beyond his career. That’s Tony Stark.”‘ Sounds like a stretch, but if Downey Jr. draws inspiration from his past to bring us a kick-ass performance, all the better.
I realise this might be a little out of my usual movie news, but being a resident Australian I had to report this. Bad boy Snoop Dogg, who’s real name is Calvin Broadus, has just been barred from entering Australia after just being barred from United Kingdom. Apparently his visa was cancelled when he plead guilty to drug and arms charges he recieved in the United States.
“He doesn’t seem the sort of bloke we want in this country. This man has been a member of a Los Angeles gang, and is still associated with it apparently, that’s been involved in murder, robberies and drug dealing in the LA area.” Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said of Snoop Dogg earlier this month.
Snoop Dogg pleaded guilty at a Los Angeles court early this month. Broadus was given a three year suspended sentence which spared him jail time. Instead of jail time, Calvin was given 5 years of probation and ordered to perform 800 hours of community service.
I think it is a genius movie by the Australian government as people such as Snoop Dogg are a menace to society as they think they are above the law and deserve special treatment which is utterly disgraceful. Nice work Kevin Andrews.
This list is truly gold, FilmSchoolRejects have written a great list of the top 10 baddasses that they would fight. Total genius list that I wish I had come up with before them, but never the less, great list. Here are the 2 of the top 10 badasses.
10. Indiana Jones
Okay. I’m going to hear he was a super badass who constantly won. First off, without his whip, he dies early in a lot of movies. Relying on a prop really kills your badass-ititude, even for Indy. Plus, if there is a female in a 30 mile radius, he’ll forget about your fight and drop his zipper like a bitch. So, whip-less I’d just like to punch him in the face. Plus the whole act was overdone, and it just seemed like all the jocks in high school put him in his locker. Reason enough to keep the stereotype going. No teacher should be a badass without totally getting his world rocked. My right hand could be the deliverance of such.
9. Jackie Chan
Back in the day, I’d not come near this dude with a 40 foot pole. Jackie Chan went pansy in this movie. I totally would fight him in this movie. Anyone who dances with Chris Tucker needs punched in the face anyways. If you take away the super kung-fu of Chan, he is a horrible actor. So for that reason alone, ruining a whole catalog of movies, I’d want to fight him. Plus, like I said, he dances like a fool and tries to fit in. It just never works and he acts like a puss the whole time.
Top 10 Movie Badasses I’d Fight
Alec Baldwin, currently playing Jack Donaghy in the comedy 30 Rock, has asked if he could be get early release from his NBC contract.
Baldwin and his personal life have not had much love by the media lately with TMZ.com posting an audio recording of Alec Baldwin leaving a voice message on his daughters voice mail. It had him saying rude things such as, “You don’t have the brains or the decency, I don’t give a damn if you are 12 years old, or are a child”, which to me sounds just plain wrong.
Apparently furious at his daughter for not being there to pick up the phone for a pre-arranged conversation. Well to me it is just wrong to talk to a child like that, according to him this release is to reconcile family issues, if he doesn’t go on over to his Los Angeles and chat to his kid and work it out between him and her, then he is the dumbest dad I know.
