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Marvel broke up with Terrence Howard through the interwebs

October 20th, 2008Respond

When news hit that Terrence Howard was replaced by Don Cheadle in the next Iron Man installment, fans experienced thirty seconds worth of shock. The story was Howard was axed because he was holding out for more money but in an interview with NPR, Howard said he learned about the news the same way we …

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Terrence Howard is out

October 14th, 20081 comment

Warner Bros. has replaced Terrence “Baby Wipes” Howard with Don Cheadle in the upcoming Iron Man 2 due to “financial differences.” Cheadle will take over the role of Jim Rhodes who will eventually become War Machine.
Marvel had no comment about the decision but was later seen crying like a 14-year-old girl going through her first …

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Robert Downey Jr. makes a cameo

June 9th, 2008Respond

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Edward Norton’s The Hulk hopes to revitalize the falling green monster franchise with better cgi — looks the same — a new Bruce Banner, a new Betty Ross and a surprise cameo by Robert Downey Jr. who reprises his role as Iron Man aka …

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Iron Man dominates competition like Britney dominates cake

May 5th, 2008Respond

As expected, Iron Man, currently at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, dominated the box office over the weekend raking in $104.2 million to become the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel. This was also the first release by Marvel Studios without the backing of major studios. Which goes to show Spider-Man may have sucked far less …

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Iron Man in HD

February 29th, 2008Respond

The new Iron Man trailer hit the web yesterday in glorious HD. With this and the Dark Knight, expect to hear every guy around you have one big nerdgasm. For those unaware, a nerdgasm is the rustling of comic book pages followed by intense pushing up of black rimmed glasses.

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Leftovers: Iron Man SDCC

August 5th, 2007Respond

The Iron Man panel at SDCC. Gwyneth Paltrow looking like a zombie, Terrence Howard sitting there twiddling his thumbs, Jon Favreau rambling and Robert Downey Jr. in character. A lot more after the jump.

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Iron Man has some footage

July 30th, 2007Respond

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Jon Favreau debuted a trailer for Iron Man at ComicCon and, as you can clearly tell, a lot of people geeked out and left the place a metaphorical sticky mess. Beware. This is essentially nerd porn.

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Saturday Madness

July 22nd, 2006Respond

Jessica Biel is expensive: Jessica Biel has been auctioned off for $30,000 to benefit some girl who lost her leg on prom night after being dragged by a Hummer stretch limousine. The event itself generated $44,000. Jessica was not there in person for the auction, but she recorded a voice message promising she was a …

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