Martin Campbell’s “Green Lantern” and Zack Snyder’s “Suckerpunch” have had their release dates pushed back with both now due out in 2011. ‘Lantern’ will see a release on June 17 while Snyder will return to to the familiar territory of March 25. [Coming Soon]
The creator of the comic book character Venom, Todd McFarlane, has optimistically and naively revealed his hope for a return for the character in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 4”: “He was in the last ‘Spiderman’ movie. And I think he might make an appearance here in the next one, too.” Of his character’s portrayal in the third film, MacFarlane added: “I would’ve done something more dramatic. [I also would’ve increased] the nastiness; I never cared too much about the comics code.” Dear, Todd, we can pretty much bet you all kinds of money that Venom won’t be in Spider-Man 4″ and be right. [MTV]
Julie Taymor, creator of the upcoming “Spider-Man” musical has revealed that casting for her musical is progressing, slowly. Regarding the strong rumours of Evan Rachel Wood playing Mary Jane. “It’s not scheduling. It’s just in negotiations at the moment. It’s purely that sort of stuff right now” she said. Little Miss Wood want a fatter pay check after “The Wrestler”? [MTV]
Jonathan Levine’s “All The Boys Love Mandy Lane,” starring Amber Heard as the lead, has been pulled from its July 17th release date. The film has experienced a shocking run scheduling after it debuted at the Toronto Film Festival in 2006 before being left for dead and then sold by the Weinstein Company. [Shock Till You Drop]
Alexander Nevsky has revealed that production on “Hercules: The Beginning,” where he will play the title role, will begin later in the year with Morroco and Russia being eyed as locations. John Bierly and Kevin Rice scribed the film. [Obsessed With Film]
Matthew Fox is set to lead Jeffrey Nachmanoff’s “Billy Smoke,” an assassin thriller based on an Oni Press comic book. Fox will presumably play an elite hit man who is nearly killed during a botched job and realizes that his only way to find redemption is to rid the world of all assassins. [THR]
Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer have all jumped on board mob drama “The Irishman.” The film will be helmed by Jonathan Hensleigh and is based on the real story of mobster Danny Greene. [THR]
A new trailer for “Give Em Hell, Malone” has been released. The action-crime film is directed by Russell Mulcahy and stars, among others, Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames and Elsa Pataky. [AICN]