Superman Reboot Update: Laurence Fishburne is Perry White!

Big news once again arrived in the doorstep of Superman fans anxiously waiting for news surrounding the Zack Snyder directed and Christopher Nolan produced Superman reboot flick by Warner Bros. that is tentatively being title "Man of Steel". According to a post in Slash Film, the role of Perry White, the EIC and head of the Metropolis Newspaper the Daily Planet, has been given to veteran African-American actor Laurence Fishburne!

Yes, coming off a related comic book twist revelation and news of a new version of Ultimate Spider-Man, we have a new version of Perry White, and an African-American one at that too. Regardless of the racial change, I'm all for it and Fishburne is an excellent actor. His resume is extensive when it comes to cool, collected, and authoritative figures, and people best remember him well as Morpheus from the Matrix films, a role that remains kick-ass to this day. This also won't be the first time a Supes character makes the switch, as Pete Ross was also portrayed as a African-American character in Smallville by Sam Jones III. It will be interesting to see how the dynamic plays in the Superman film reboot with Fishburne as Perry White. For more details on the story, visit the source post at Slash Film!

Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill in the title role, soars into theaters on June 13, 2013!

Balrog: Behind The Glory

A few days ago while watching the Evo Championship Series, I stumbled upon this little piece of fictional documentary being played whilst waiting for the Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Grand Finals to begin.



Balrog: Behind The Glory



Premiering on July 31st during the 3rd day of Evo 2k11, Balrog: Behind The Glory takes a look at the rise and eventual fall into corruption of one of the Street Fighter Universe's most aggressive and talented fighters. He may not be able to kick, but his punches more than make up for his lack of sweeps, footsies, and  roundhouses. Take a look at what made the boxing champ and Shadoloo enforcer what he is today. Think of it as a live action "Punch Out" movie, only focusing on the career of a promising boxer turned bad guy muscle for hire.


Thanks goes to Kotaku and Chubby Boy Films' YouTube channel for posting this up.

SPOILER: The new Ultimate Spider-Man... revealed!

Now it totally makes sense why the costume was changed. It truly is A NEW ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, and those who would avoid Spoilers better do so now. SPOILER MODE IS ON.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Update: Gameplay Footage from Evo 2k11!

Besides showing off some insane fighting game skills in the Evo Championship Series, fighting game fanatics were able to bear witness to the Evo build gameplay demonstration of Namco Bandai Games' Tekken Tag Tournament 2! As archived and recorded by Gamespot, here's gameplay footage straight out of Evo 2k11 presented by Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada that was uploaded to YouTube for the world to see!




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Slated for an Autumn 2011 release, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will blast into arcades first before making its way to consoles inevitably!

Evo 2k11 has new champions!

For the life of me, I haven't been this much hyped about an e-gaming tournament for the longest time. Every single year I tune in to the streams and see the Evo Championship Series roll in, it makes my heart skip and tense at the prospect that literally ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN at any given moment, and it just did!

With the results in, Evo 2011 has finally concluded and is in the books. I wasn't able to catch everything due to obvious time differences and schedules, but I pretty much caught the most important and latter segments of the championships, which were the Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition tournament finals!

The Dark Knight Rises Update: Batman and Bane fight scene pics and video make their way online!

The folks at subaruwrxfan and Batman-News have gotten another scoop up from the set of Christopher Nolan's next Batman flick, The Dark Knight Rises, and it involves Christian Bale and Tom Hardy tussling and fighting against one another as Batman and Bane respectively in a scene being filmed in Oakland! As you can see, Bale is still wearing the Batsuit Lucius Fox made for him in The Dark Knight, and he's taking on Nolan's version of Bane, which is a different take compared to the comic book version most of us know and have read about. A video of the scene being filmed was also uploaded by subarywrxfan in You Tube. You can check it up while it's still up, and of course, there be SPOILERS in it as well.


The Dark Knight Rises Batman vs Bane scene set filming

For more info and pics on the story, visit the source post at Batman-News and subaruwrxfan.

The Dark Knight Rises casts its shadow of justice on theaters July 20, 2012.

The Dark Knight Rises Update: Tumblers and Bane being filmed on Pittsburgh!

Batman-News has sprung the word for a couple of nifty news from the set of Christopher Nolan's next Batman movie, with one post showing photos of Tom Hardy on set and wearing full costume gear as Bane for "The Dark Knight Rises"! With filming currently taking place in Pittsburgh, this looks to be a major scene taking place with Hardy standing in the middle of the street, with his Bane costume made up of a military vest, trenchcoat, and of course a mask that covers his mouth.

Also being filmed on Pittsburgh is the returning Tumbler (aka the Batmobile), or rather THREE of them. For those still wondering why the vehicle is back, Lucius Fox did point out in Batman Begins that there is more than one, so it would make sense for Bruce Wayne to procure another one for his needs. A video has also made its way to You Tube which sees the vehicles being driven on the set.




The Dark Knight Rises Tumblers on set

For more information on the stories, visit the source post at Batman-News!

The Dark Knight Rises comes into theaters on July 20, 2012!