SuperHeroHype reports that Terrence Howard is considering the part of James Rhodes in the Iron Man movie currently under development. In an interview with MTV, he was quoted as saying:

“Mayyy-bee,” he said about taking the role. “It’s something I’m trying to fully consider. Action is a whole ‘nother animal. The CGI and special effects, that’s a whole ‘nother thing. Playing to green screen or blue screen, I’ve never done that. I want to accomplish it and do it well. I don’t want to do anything and not do it well.”

FilmRot has a plotline for the fourth installment of this questionable franchise. Nick Lyon will be directing. His entry in IMDB does not give confidence as far as experience goes.

The script by Ben Ripley, who penned Species III, follows Miranda Hollander, a beautiful and brilliant young university professor who’s horrified when her “uncle”, Tom Hollander, reveals that she is not actually human after all, but an alien hybrid he created in a laboratory with his former scientific associate Forbes McGuire. When Miranda’s bestial alien side emerges, with bloody consequences, Tom rushes her to Mexico, hoping that Forbes will be able to help. But when Forbes and Tom combine forces to prolong Miranda’s lapsed life span, they soon learn that the “cure” is far worse than the disease.

I won’t lie. I own the first two Species movies. Mostly for Natasha Henstridge. I mean, the tagline for the second movie was “mating season begins…” I don’t regret buying that DVD in any way. Unless this Miranda Hollander is played by Henstridge, I’m not sure what the point of this movie will be.

TFW2005.com has posted an image of what we are told is Revoltech Optimus Prime. We reported on Revoltech Prime a few months ago, when the Revoltech line was first starting. It appears that the picture we posted then matches what tfw2005 has posted. We have mirrored the new picture below.

While were still recovering from our first look at the “movie Prime,” Remy has a gallery of Transformers Classics Optimus Prime available. Theres shots of him in and out of box and comparisons with Primes from the past.
Remy, if you didn’t know, is the man behind TFkenkon, and frequently takes pictures worth making you change your mind about a figure. Take a look at his collection, and try not to lose your mind wanting all the toys pictured.

1:45 PM: In a live webcast, Transformers scriptwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman revealed the names of the characters to be used in the feature film.

Autobots

• Optimus Prime
• Bumblebee
• Jazz
• Ratchet
• Ironhide

Decepticons

• Megatron
• Starscream
• Brawl
• Barricade
• Bonecrusher
• Scorponok
• Frenzy
• Blackout

5:45 PM UPDATE: TFW2005 has a roundup of info from the chat, including descriptions of the characters.

Four new images from the movie set have surfaced on FLIKR. We’re going to mirror those images in the (likely) event they disappear.
The first 2 are a close-up of Optimus Prime’s grill, and a group shot of the four of the autobots. You’ll recognize the black pickup as Ironhide, the yellow Camaro is Bumblebee, Optimus Prime is the semi, and the hummer/ambulance is Ratchet. Not pictured is Jazz, who has yet to be spotted on film or discussed in set reports.

UPDATE: We now have posted some of the toy prototypes and some concept images after the jump. Same spoiler rules apply.

You’ve been warned. Now lets go!

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As you might’ve heard, The Tick animated cartoon is finally hitting DVD. Newest news is, you can win it for free. All you have to give out is your home address and phone number! Seems a little excessive, if you ask me. Are they going to peek in your window at night just to make sure you really do live there? Well, regardless, that’s a risk I’m willing to take, as the show was fan-freaking-tastic, and free’s an agreeable price for my moth-infested wallet.

In case you didn’t click above, here’s the link to the SuperheroHype.com contest again. You have untill September 1st to sign up.

2006.08.17 10:09AM EST
S250 over at the 2005boards has posted a number of images of new mini-con molds in Transformers Classics packaging. Three sets were shown in all with both the front and back of the packaging. The breakdown seemed to be a dinobot set, a rescue set, and a construction set (with a tank).

[Update – Crazy: (2006.08.17 4:12PM EST) 3 more pictures of new mini-cons have been added. These are new minicons, not included in the three prior sets. You can see them after the jump.]

 
 
 

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Ignoring their recent delays, let’s go ahead and look at what Civil War brought to us this week: Thunderbolts #105, and X-Men: Civil War #2.

Thunderbolts was a pleasant read, and it seems like it’d actually be accessible to a new reader, which is a rare find in a Thunderbolts book. This crossover is an excellent time for such things. It gets a B+ / C. Then there’s the underwhelmingly pointless X-Men. It gets a D / D. Read on for the hows and the whys.

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