Link: http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/18/warner-bros-hopes-to-fill-harry-potters-void-with-dc-comics-movie-adaptations/

So according to slash film Warner Bros is looking to fill the gap in it's movie schedule left by the Harry Potter franchise with superhero movies from the DC Entertainment stable. That would mean they're looking to have at least one superhero summer blockbuster every summer for at least the next 10 years starting with Green Lantern next year.

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I made no bones about how pants I thought Marvel's special Avengers teaser images were, so much so that I stopped posting them on the blog. So imagine my joy when I saw this cheeky little teaser from those rapscallions at Image Comics. Firmly taking the piss outta Marvel but effectively promoting the Image Universe's very first proper ongoing team book; Guardians of the Globe, kudos to the Image marketing team I say (not sure aboput the name though guys).

Link: http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/03/green-lantern-taps-two-kiwi-actors-exclusive.html

According to The Hollywood Reporter the Green Lantern movie has found it's Abin Sur in the form of kiwi actor Temuera Morrison. Most people will recognise him as the guy that played not only Bobba Fett's pa Jango but also all the clone troopers in the Star Wars prequels. I first cam across him in the 1994 New Zealand film Once Were Warriors based on the novel of the same name. That movie was possibly one of the harshest and most bleak films I'd seen in my young life at the time and had quite a profound effect on me. He was quite wooden in the Star Wars movies but that's no surprise given the dialogue he had to work with but if you want to see if he really is good enough to play such a vital role in the Green Lantern movie I strongly reccommend checking out Once Were Warriors and it's sequel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?.

Abin Sur was a member of the Green Lantern Corps who crash landed on Earth and recruited Hal Jordan to take his place as a Green Lantern .

Link: http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyzrdpvNwU1qz9bu3o1_500.jpg

For anyone that cyber stalks either me or fellow Sidekickcast host Dan Marshall you'll already know about this week's Something Silly as Dan posted it on my wall earlier in the week. For everyone else, the ones I like to call the sane, non-stalker kind here's this week's entry courtesy of Dan:

Link: http://brokensea.com/betaflight/2010/03/04/betaflight-struck-twice-part-2-conclusion/

It's not often you'll find me pimping somebody else's podcats/audio endeavours, I'm a bit selfish like that, it's all about The Sidekickcast for me. This week however I am going to ask you to take a look at the audio drama Beta Flight, especially Beta Flight: Struck Twice part two - conclusion. And why am I breaking my own rules on this occassion? Quite simple really, I'm in it, as Thomas Raynolds brother to a superhero. If you want to hear some horrendous over-acting from myself (everyone else is spot-on) then please check it out, you have been warned though. Also want to say thanks to New Mutant for giving me a chance, hope you don't regret it Al.

Link: http://ironmanmovie.marvel.com/

This new Iron Man 2 trailer is very similar to the last one but with some interesting and important additions, that new suit being the main one. From what I can tell it seems to be a portal suit that unfolds from your pocket...that's right I said pocket proving once and for all that Tony Stark is the Ultimate Boy-Scout.

Link: http://issuu.com/soundofdrowning/docs/muppetwickerman

We've had a Muppet Christmas Carol and a Muppet Treasure Island so of course next up is a Muppet Wicker Man?! Obviously this isn't real but a parody I saw on Ain't it Cool this week and seeing as it's in comic book form courtesey of issuu.com I thought it would be perfect for Something Silly. Enjoy!

Soon to be on Disney Channels across the globe:

We do seem to be literally swimming in comic book cartoons of late. I remember the days when I used to get so excited over my taped off the TV Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, kids these days don't even know their born, god I'm getting old.

Link: http://www.stansback.com

There's been some speculation for a while now as to what the above image meant, well wonder no more, this press release from Boom! Studios clears it all up:

POW! Entertainment and BOOM! Studios announced a deal has been struck that will see the production of a series of three superhero titles presented by Stan Lee. These series will premiere from BOOM! Studios later this year.

BOOM!'s Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid, creator of BOOM!'s runaway hit series IRREDEEMABLE and its smash sister book INCORRUPTIBLE, will be writing one of the series. Two other series will follow, featuring A-list writers as a part of the creative team. Further announcements will clarify the teams and the timing for the roll-out.

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I pity the fool that thinks the A-Team is gonna be better than this...

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I don't really know why I feel the need to create this faux tension between the Losers and the A-Team, they just seem so close in style and content that a smackdown seems natural. I will of course be going to see both films so it doesn't really matter.