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Robert Zemeckis Explains Why He Hasn't Directed A Superhero Movie (Yet)

4 November 2009 2:08 PM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" and "Back to the Future" director Robert Zemeckis is certainly no stranger to the art of bringing fantasy fare to life on the big screen, so when we had the chance to chat with him during a press event for "A Christmas Carol," we had to ask: why hasn't he tackled a superhero movie yet?

"I'm a superhero fan, although I actually have never been offered one," Zemeckis told MTV News. "I've never really brought one to someone and said I really want to do this superhero [movie]. Obviously, I love the form, as movies really are the extension of comic books."

"When I was real young, we had the George Reeves 'Superman' on TV all the time," he explained when asked if he had any favorites in the comics world. "I've seen every one of those episodes and probably have them all memorized and »

- Rick Marshall

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Review: 'Ruby-Spears Superman' on DVD

2 November 2009 8:44 AM, PST | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »

Superman did not do well as an animated series despite three different studios attempting to tell his stories. Filmation debuted as a competitor to Hanna-Barbera with the 1966 Superman series then H-b told their stories in Super Friends. It seemed they didn’t fully know how to challenge someone with the amazing powers.

By the late 1980s, Ruby-Spears was a well established company, best known for their Thundarr the Barbarian. In 1988, it was their turn to try their hand with the Man of Steel and tomorrow, Warner Home Video releases Ruby-Spears Superman , a two-disc set collecting the thirteen episodes from the one season series.

This series came out just two years after Superman had been revamped from top to bottom by John Byrne and Marv Wolfman in the pages of Superman, Adventures of Superman, and Action Comics. Most of the changes from the comics are not reflected here, the exception being »

- Robert Greenberger

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DVD Review: ‘Superman/Batman: Public Enemies’

29 September 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

The animation departments of DC and Warner brothers has been on quite a hot streak since last year’s release of Justice League: New Frontier. Their releases of both Wonder Woman and Green Lantern films over the last year were both critically well reviewed and did well in the stores. Since New Frontier, this project is the first story that was taken almost directly from a published storyline, originally written by Jeph Loeb.

The great part about Jeph Loeb’s Public Enemies is he teamed up with artist Ed McGuinness, who is best known for his animated art style. This made the announcement of the direct-to-dvd feature all the more exciting. Not only was the source material well done, but casting director Andrea Romano was also able to bring back the dream team of DC voice actors to return to characters they helped make immortal.

Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, »

- Matt Raub

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‘Batman Returns’ Catwoman Costume Earns Top Bid At Auction

12 May 2009 1:06 PM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

In a move that won’t be shocking to any “Batman Returns” fans, Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman costume fetched a pretty penny early this month at an auction put on by Profiles in History. Now all the winner needs to do is shake out the wax.

The costume, which had recently adorned a “resident” of the Hollywood Wax Museum, was won for $8,260 and edged out duds worn by both the Beatles and Michael Jackson as the most profitable outfit of the auction, according to SciFi Wire.

It’s not the first time superhero memorabilia has inspired a hefty purchase. At least two other bidders have proclaimed their comic book love by putting down $192,000 for one of George Reeves’ Superman costumes from “The Adventures of Superman” television show and $126,000 for the Black Beauty car from “The Green Hornet” show at past Profiles in History auctions.

Despite Halle Berry’s Razzie Award-winning performance in 2004’s “Catwoman, »

- Caleb Goellner

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Spotlight: Marcelo Zarvos

6 May 2009 7:05 AM, PDT | Daily Film Music Blog | See recent Daily Film Music Blog news »

Brazilian-born composer Marcelo Zarvos slowly but surely makes his steps in the world of film music by gathering better and bigger credits. Having parallele careers in jazz and film music, Zarvos' first commercially released score was written for the Kim Basinger / Jeff Bridges drama The Door in the Floor. Since then, he worked on the nostalgic Hollywoodland and started collaborating with Robert De Niro on The Good Shepherd and the satiric What Just Happened. Zarvos He recently completed Taking Chance (released by Varese Sarabande) and by the time you read this, Lakeshore Records has already released his score to Sin Nombre.

What was the situation of film and film music in Brazil when you grew up?

Brazil's film industry has had many ups and downs and when I was growing up there wasn't much going on. The renaissance of Brazilian film really only happened in the 1990's when I »

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Jon Voight's Long-Lost Hal Ashby Comedy

10 April 2009 1:07 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

While journalist Nick Dawson was researching his new biography, "Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel," his interviews with Jon Voight (who won an Oscar for Ashby's "Coming Home") revealed that a director's cut of a long-lost Ashby/Voight collaboration still existed under everybody's noses. 1982's "Lookin' to Get Out," which had its world premiere last week at the Sarasota Film Festival as part of an Ashby retrospective tied to Dawson's book, will finally be available to audiences when it hits DVD on June 30th. Voight and Burt Young co-star as Alex and Jerry, a couple of small-time New York gamblers -- lovable losers, both -- who escape to Vegas when their debts come knocking at their door. Pretending to be a casino owner's close friends while he's out of town, the two foolishly exploit their free comps to try to win back their losses, much to the chagrin of the returning tycoon, »

- Aaron Hillis

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