UPDATE: Fantastic Four FAN CAST


Director - Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan would be the perfect choice to direct Fantastic 4 because he has a knack for tapping into the inner workings of family dynamics as seen in Brothers and In America. He would bring a whole other echelon of greatness that no other director could.


Mister Fantastic / Reed Richards - Mark Kassen

I've only seen Mark Kassen in a movie called Puncture and to me, he was the embodiment of Mister Fantastic. I have never seen someone so perfect for this role!


Invisible Woman / Susan Storm - Malin Akerman

Say what you will about Malin Akerman in Watchmen, I thought she was great! Not only that, but she is a stunning actress and of all the characters in the Marvel universe, she would shine as Susan Storm.

Media I've seen:
Harold & Kumar Go to white Castle
Entourage
27 Dresses (don't ask)
Watchmen
Couples Retreat


Human Torch / Johnny Storm - Ryan Kwanten

I've watched all 4 seasons of True Blood and Ryan Kwanten is definitely one of my favourites on the show, only second to Sooki's boobs. He has a certain charm that's also found in the comic book pages of the Fantastic 4's Human Torch.

Media I've seen:
True Blood


Thing / Ben Grimm - Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel has the size, the height, and voice to pull off the perfect Thing. Michael Chiklis was a hard one to replace and believe me, I put a lot of thought into this casting choice because I wanted to make sure Diesel was the man for the job and he is!

Media I've seen:
Saving Private Ryan
The Iron Giant (voice)
Pitch Black
The Fast & the Furious
Knockaround Guys
xXx
Find Me Guilty
Babylon, A.D.
Fast & Furious
Fast Five


Doctor Doom / Victor Von Doom - Dominic Purcell

Dominic Purcell would be an intimidating Doom rather than Julian McMahon's limp-wristed version.

Media I've seen:
Mission: Impossible II
Equilibrium
Blade: Trinity
Prison Break
Straw Dogs


Namor - Eric Bana

I was toying with the idea of Eric Bana as Doom and I'm still not sure, but I think he would look great as Namor. I never liked the idea of him as Bruce Banner, he was just too big and too good-looking. I actually wanted Edward Norton for the role from the beginning.

Media I've seen:
Chopper
Black Hawk Down
Hulk
Finding Nemo (voice)
Troy
The Other Boleyn Girl
Star Trek
Hanna


She-Hulk / Jennifer Walters - Olivia Wilde

I'm not too keen on Olivia Wilde as an actress after seeing her two big films that came out this year. However, I am a fan of her look and I've seen her deliver some good performances on House. I would like to see She-Hulk join the Fantastic 4 as a temporary member, during Sue's pregnancy.

Media I've seen:
The Girl Next Door
The O.C.
Conversations with Other Women
House
Cowboys & Aliens
The Change-Up


Silver Surfer - Alexander Skarsgard

Another True Blood staple, Alexander Skarsgard has the right body type and attitude for the Silver Surfer. It would be an interesting role to see him in, so long as they delve into his background a little more.

Media I've seen:
Zoolander
Generation Kill
True Blood
Straw Dogs


Wyatt Wingfoot - Dwayne Johnson

Wyatt Wingfoot is the Fantastic 4's personal pilot. He does not have any superpowers and became employed under Johnny's recommendation. Dwayne Johnson seems to fit the bill and we know what he's capable of when introducing him into an action movie!

Media I've seen:
That 70's Show
The Mummy Returns
The Scorpion King
The Rundown
Walking Tall
Southland Tales
Get Smart
Fast Five


Willie Lumpkin - Tommy Chong

Who to pick when replacing the irreplaceable, Stan Lee? Tommy Chong. 'Nuff said.

Media I've seen:
Up in Smoke
Still Smokin'
McHale's Navy
Half-Baked
That 70's Show
Evil Bong

I forgot my Mole Man pick!


Mole Man - Eddie Marsan



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This video was released last week of someone in what was a concept piece for the Green Goblin in 2002's Spider-Man film. I might be in the minority, I don't know, but I liked the armor suit that was used in the movie. Of course it threw me off at first, but by the time I went into the theatres, I was over it. Willem Dafoe more than made-up for any ill will I might've had for the costume.



I tried to look for the clip where Green Goblin mists Spider-Man with a nerve toxin and talks to him on a rooftop. At one point, leaning against a vent and smacking Spider-Man over the head, telling him not to be stupid and join him. One of my favourite villain moments ever.

While promoting his new film, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Daniel Craig shared his thoughts on politicians who befriend Hollywood celebrities to seem cool.

"You immediately are aligning yourself with a political party. Politicians are s***heads. That's how they become politicians, even the good ones. We're actors, we're artists, we're very nice to each other. They'll turn around and stab you in the f***ing back."

Read the rest of Daniel Craig's interview in Men's Health Journal, on stands now.

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I try to keep my expectations for the holidays to the lowest of lows. I figure I'm a twenty-something, who doesn't really deserve anything, so why should I expect anything? Y'know, those type of healthy, self-confident reasonings.

However, I was surprised to receive a $100 gift card from my step-dad, Gary. I figured the best deals would be happening today since it's Boxing Day and I went to one of those.. err--I'm gonna say twice, but not since I was a kid and I remember getting a assload of shit, too.

I was kind of hoping to see some deals again this year (and remember, this is coming from a guy who doesn't expect many things), but it didn't seem to be the case. I go to Wal-Mart maybe once or twice a month for food, cat stuff and/or cheap movies and I notice prices for the next time (sometimes even taking pictures of things as a reminder for later). When I went in today, none of those prices changed. It was just a bunch of signs posted, saying "BOXING DAY BLOWOUT" or "BOXING DAY SALES" and there was nothing about it that screamed "blowout" or "sale" because they were the same goddamn prices as they were the last time I was there and the time before that!

Is this Wal-Mart pulling back from the Boxing Day tradition of low prices? The only things I saw that were sporting low prices were a handful of movies. Everything else in that fucking mega store was the same price as it always was.

I picked up a pair of jeans that I haven't tried on yet, a much needed black belt and some other stuff I needed. The most noteworthy of things are these bad boys:

Alan Taylor will be the director of Thor 2!

First Marvel Studios decide to part ways with Kenneth Branagh after delivering a successful opening for a character, surprisingly most people weren't aware existed in comics, THOR. I really don't know why people seem to want to give this movie Hell. It's the first installment of a lucrative franchise, spear-headed by Marvel and Branagh. Thor's not as established as Spider-Man was when his first film came out, so I think it was a mistake getting rid of Branagh so early. Especially since I was keen to see him tackle Beta Ray Bill and he seemed excited as well.

Then Marvel Studios takes a look at Monster director, Patty Jenkins. I like her as a director and wonder why she hasn't done a second film. After convincing fanboys she was going to be good for Thor 2, she and Marvel parted ways over "creative differences".

Now it looks like Alan Taylor may be set to direct Thor 2.

I want to know what is up with Marvel Studios and maintaining their professional relationships with the talent. We saw it in the beginning when they stiff-armed Terrence Howard from returning as James Rhodes. It wasn't a big deal, it's just for continuity's sake, it would have been nice to seen him done the War Machine suit for at least one film.

We really saw the writing on the wall when they gave Edward Norton a longtime cold shoulder, followed up with an insulting letter to the public regarding his future, sans Bruce Banner and Marvel.

Then Marvel Studios parted ways with their former golden child, Jon Favreau after a less than successful sequel to Iron Man. To me, that seemed like Marvel dropping the ball more than it did Favreau. The Iron Man director had said in interviews from 2008, he had no idea what Marvel would do with an Iron Man sequel. It took them 3 years from the time Robert Downey, Jr. was named Tony Stark to when the actual film debuted. Then Marvel announced a release date for Iron Man 2 without consulting with anyone, including Favreau! Why would they think they could write a new script, breeze through post production and go into filming in less than a year? I guess that's the reason they got what they got.

I'd say Jon Favreau was the fall guy for Iron Man 2, which is a shame. Although he was saying some weird things about Iron Man 3, talking about possibly making the Mandarin Arab instead of Asian. I just think he was tired and delirious from making Cowboys & Aliens all day.

I say the next one to go is Scarlett Johansson. That bitch was complaining about having to keep in shape for Black Widow. Guess what? It's Hollywood! They pay you to look hot, not look like some flabby bitch with cottage cheese ass. That's roles being filed by Kathy Bates. ;)

I guess what I'm really saying is, good luck Alan Taylor and don't expect to be back for sequels!

To find more of Alan Taylor's work, check out these shows:

Lobo - Jason Momoa

Awesome.

What I've seen him in:
Baywatch
Game of Thrones
Conan the Barbarian


Santa Claus - Michael Chiklis

Santa is the bounty he aims to kill and they have a pretty epic fight.

What I've seen him in:
The Commish
The Shield
Family Guy (voice)
Fantastic 4
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Robot Chicken (voice)
No Ordinary Family


Elves - Noah Taylor

Santa's elves guard Santa Claus when Lobo arrives to the North Pole.

What I've seen him in:
Shine
Almost Famous
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Vanilla Sky
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory


Easter Bunny - Andy Serkis

This little guy is drunk in a bar when he hires Lobo to kill Santa on behalf of the other holiday characters.

What I've seen him in:
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
King Kong
The Prestige
Flushed Away (voice)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes


Aurifice - Pam Grier

This is a very dark story line that bookends the Lobo Christmas comic.

What I've seen her in:
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Jackie Brown
Jawbreaker
Larry Crowne


Pa - Jeffrey Tambor

They never really gave him a name, so I'm going to just refer to this character as "Pa"

What I've seen him in:
Three's Company (my girlfriend specifically showed me one of the episodes he was in)
Mr. Mom
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (voice)
The Golden Girls
The Larry Sanders Show
Batman (voice)
Dinosaurs (voice)
Muppets from Space
Girl, Interrupted
Malibu's Most Wanted
Eurotrip
Arrested Development
Hellboy
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Monsters vs. Aliens (voice)
The Hangover
The Invention of Lying
Win Win
Flypaper
Paul
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Lucky

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance trailer!


After Michael Steven Johnson's atrocious Ghost Rider movie, I didn't think there was any possible way I could get excited for a sequel, especially if he were returning as director. Luckily, Columbia Pictures felt the same way and fired his ass!

Columbia Pictures did a great service to Ghost Rider by hiring Neveldine/Taylor, two film directors who know what they want in an action film and who know how to do intensity. Something the first Ghost Rider sorely lacked, among other things.

I love Neveldine/Taylor's Crank movies. The first one I saw back in 2007 and was excited when I got to see a free pre-screening of Crank: High Voltage in Vancouver in 2009! After Crank, I heard they were working on a script for Jonah Hex and were attached to direct it as well.

I was not that familiar with the comics, so I decided to check them out, based solely on this information. Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray's Jonah Hex is now one of my favourite comic books currently. Although I heard they were recently let go from writing and drawing Jonah by DC Comics, which I think is a dumb idea since those guys had a bunch of ideas leftover they were never able to execute.

Unfortunately, there was some disagreements between Warner Bros. and Neveldine/Taylor on what type of film Jonah Hex should be. Warner wanted a PG film while Neveldine/Taylor wanted to make a rated R western. I guess that was not a leap Warner's was willing to take and stupidly fired the team from directing. At this point, the film was going through a re-write, half the film had been cast and pre-production had begun and in comes second time director, kid-friendly, Jimmy Hayward who completely butchered the character and movie. Even Josh Brolin made statements that he was upset with the outcome.

Shortly after being fired from Jonah Hex, Neveldine/Taylor are approached by Columbia Pictures to direct the sequel to Ghost Rider. Now I was torn, a director team I really liked are going to direct a sequel to a film I loathed with all my heart. I saw they were recasting a bunch of characters, which I didn't know if I was supposed to be happy or worried about. Then they started making statements about deciding not to use certain characters and making up their own.

THAT ALWAYS worries me.

If you have a comic book with a gallery full of characters to use at your disposal, and you find an opportunity to use one. Use them. Don't change their name, don't change their powers or give them powers if they don't have any. The only time I've ever seen a non-existing comic book character work in a movie was Agent Coulson in Iron Man and that's only because Clark Gregg is so damn charming.

I love the way Neveldine/Taylor are taking on the Ghost Rider. From the trailer, it looks like they're introducing a young Danny Ketch, which makes me wonder if they'll tie-up a trilogy with one more Nicolas Cage as Ghost Rider. I wouldn't mind seeing it because I don't think Johnny Blaze got his due in the first film and it would be a shame to have only ONE good Blaze movie before they begin introducing other Riders.

Cats Screaming Yawns

My former co-worker, neighbour and current Facebook friend, Korie uploaded a picture of a book he was reading in his friends bathroom. I thought it was kind of funny, so I'm posting it here. So.. that's that.

In light of yet another The Dark Knight Rises trailer being uploaded, I decided to post it, along with some other Batman-related items found online in the last few days.

The Dark Knight Rises trailer #2: I'm sorry if it's taken down. I have nothing to do with it.


This guy, Andrew1 wrote a cool article titled Five Important Quotes for TDKR basically showing how things that were said in Batman begins and The Dark Knight will tie into The Dark Knight Rises.

Bane's plans of attack on Gotham City!


How to make a Batman utility belt!


1966 Batman theme done with Lego!


Time-lapse drawing of Batman at Occupy Gotham!

VIDEO: Retired Archbishop John Spong

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The large-breasted Illyne as Lara Croft, Tomb Raider!

I am so excited for The Three Stooges movie! I've probably seen this trailer more times than I have The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises combined!

Check out Louis C.K.'s article and listen to his interview with NPR here.

"If I make a profit, that's terrific. If I don't and I'm outraced by the Internet thieving or whatever it is, it's not that big a loss to me. It's OK — a lot of people saw the video, and it was interesting. This has been such an education for me. ... And I've got the money back already. I broke even — and then some."

-- Louis C.K.

This is what happens when you cross breed pugs with turtles!

It's really true. Santa would be disgusted! So much ATM...

My sister actually posted this on my Facebook, too. I wonder if she's going to continue to post this stuff since my Nana is back on my friends list. She unfriended me four years ago because I made a status update that said "Chris is handing out heroi--err, candy to children tonight!" Not only that, but I had her blocked from seeing my status updates, so I don't know how the Hell she saw that unless I have a tattle tale cousi--I think I know what happened.

These people should be scared out of their minds! What part of Godless killing machines don't they understand? Was Stephen Colbert really that unclear about the dangerous... Hahaha, holy shit! He's waving! The little bear is waving, awwww...

I don't like zoos anymore. Ever since I dropped acid and decided to hang out with my friends hamster for an hour or so, contemplating on "setting him free". The reality of this hamsters life, stuck in this cage seemed like some sort of life time prison sentence. Except the hamster has spent its entire life span from birth to death in captivity and the reality was really fucking me up inside.

How could you no be in love with this? Even Robert Pattinson is hot for her and he's the one getting flipped off!

I'd like to do this every month, but maybe have it a little closer to the beginning of the month. I had this done a couple weeks ago, but kind of forgot about it.

This are my top 10 tweets for the month of November 2011 in no particular order!

1. I'm the only one @SweetLeaf111 can complain to. #FUUUUUUUUU

2. I get this feeling that Terry O`Quinn will spend the remainder of his days playing different versions of John Locke.

3. I saw @StephenAtHome on a unicorn. After this episode is over, what else could late night television have left to offer me?

4. I just learned that @SweetLeaf111's Mom doesn't like Bruce Campbell. *whispers* Should... should I kill her? :/

5. I'm finding "just sayin" after every thought is really fucking annoying. Fuck off! #justsayin

6. @GarryShandling how gay does President Herman sound?

7. Had car trouble. @SweetLeaf111 thinks it's an omen, telling us we'll die tonight. #notthatlucky

8. I just realized The Brave Little Toaster promotes hoarding. I don't like it.

9. @SweetLeaf111 was telling me about this hand massage she got from a tall, hunky Isreali guy and I was happy for her...? #prettyawesomebf

10. @GregFitzShow don't be a pussy when it comes to jokes from the roasts. They're jokes. Nobody with half a brain gives a fuck.

Serene Branson skillfully ignores a homeless man during Occupy LA.

If you don't recognize her, she was the one who had that heavy burtation earlier this year at the Grammy's.

Wonder Woman


Storm


She-Hulk


Catwoman

These are ads for breast cancer awareness and young boys masturbational material.

I always wondered what She-Hulks tits would feel like.

Taekwondo "Finger" Performance in Korea

My friend, Kristina claims this'll be me in 4 years.

Pfft, I could only hope my life looks this good in 4 years!

tribute to drive from tom haugomat & bruno mangyoku on Vimeo.

If you haven't seen Drive yet, I wouldn't watch this, but if you have... totally bad ass!

My Comic Book Wish List

I loved Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and I can't wait to see The Dark Knight Rises. That is all I wanted to say.

Oh, and did you know Christopher Nolan doesn't have an e-mail account or cellphone?

Lindsay Lohan's Playboy pictures

These turned out a lot better than I thought they might. It's Playboy, so I assumed she wouldn't look like a pig, but when I heard "leaked photos" I was thinking they would be pre-photoshopped. Maybe they are. If they are, I'm impressed! She's got some nice legs and tittays!