MOVIE NEWS FOR APRIL 14TH IRON MAN 2, THE AVENGERS, HERE THERE BE DRAGONS

Amazing new INTERACTIVE Iron Man 2 trailer!

Paramount has released a cool interactive version of the Iron Man 2 trailer, with places to find out more about what’s in it, below.

Hot spots in the trailer, which we’ve seen previously, now allow you to read about new characters Justin Hammer and Black Widow, among other things.

Check it out! Iron Man 2 opens May 7.

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Will Joss Whedon Direct ‘The Avengers’?

When we interviewed Chris Evans recently, he questioned whether his Captain America would stay true to the comic books and become the leader of the Avengers. Now, it seems, the beloved band of superheroes may finally have their boss — behind the camera, at least.

Various Web sites are reporting that “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” mastermind Joss Whedon is the leading candidate for “The Avengers.” The eagerly anticipated flick isn’t due in theaters for quite some time, but Marvel Entertainment has been carefully engineering the project behind the scenes as part of an “Avengers Assemble” campaign, as they’re internally referring to it.

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‘Eagle Eye’ Writer To Adapt Himself Some Fantasy

And so, the quest to find the next cinematic successor to “Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter” continues!

Travis Adam Wright has been hired to adapt “Here, There Be Dragons” and “The Search for the Red Dragon,” the first two books in James A. Owen’s popular young-adult fantasy series “The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica.”

So far, “Geographica,” which Owen also illustrates, includes four novels revolving around a secret book that contains the unpublished maps and journals of history’s most famous author-adventurers. Included as protagonists are a young J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, future giants of the fantasy-adventure genre whose famous works are imagined by Owen to have been inspired by these fictional adventures.

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I am beyond excited for Iron Man 2. The first one was great. Are you looking forward to the 2nd one based on the footage you’ve seen?

It would be great if Joss Whedon directed The Avengers, I have been a fan of his for a while. Do you think he’d be the best director for The Avengers?