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Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Back as The Governator—Watch the Trailer!
Was Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent announcement that he was ready to act again simply a diversionary tactic to help conceal his actual identity as a crime-fighting superhero?
That certainly seems to be the case given how this brand-new trailer for the upcoming animated TV series The Governator shows what the former California leader has been up to since leaving office. Sure, we've witnessed him battle baddies on the big screen, but who knew he was capable of doing the same in real life, too?!
So what do you think? Should folks like Bruce Wayne and Peter Parker pack it in? After all, there's a new sheriff governor in town.
Think New Wonder Woman Is Bad? Get a Load of the Five Worst TV Superhero Costumes of All Time
The reviews are in! The tweaked, toned-down and rebooted ("literally") Wonder Woman costume is "improved," "totally works" and--hey!--makes our lady of the Amazon "look like a woman and not a porn star."
Whew! It looks like Adrianne Palicki's get-up, coming to NBC this fall, will be just good enough (or not bad enough) to avoid joining our TV superhero costume hall of shame:
First Look at Wonder Woman in Action in Retooled Costume—Is It Any Better?
If Adrianne Palicki used the lasso of truth on us, we'd have to admit that the first photo of her in the Wonder Woman costume left a lot to be desired. It just wasn't what we had in mind for our new TV superhero.
Now we have new pics and video and this time Palicki's not just standing there posing. Oh, no. She's in full Wonder Woman mode! Filming on the dark and mean streets of Hollywood last night, our hero is chasing...something. Or she's running from something. Either way, she's springing into action while stuffed into her Wonder Woman outfit.
And speaking of that red-and-blue ensemble, we've spotted changes since the first photo was released...
Angelina Jolie Comic Book Has Breast Intentions
Angelina Jolie's not bad. She's just drawn that way.
While Bluewater Productions supposedly intends for its Female Force comic book series to showcase powerful, inspiring women in an accessible way, that's hard to do when your cover girl's face has been whittled down to nothing except for a mouth that warns you not to get too close...
Because you'll be eaten if you do!
First Look: New Captain America Trailer Kicks Ass
Don't ever bet against a little guy with a big heart.
Though Iron Man and Thor may have the money and the muscles, Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger is all about the incredible power inside a single person—and how awesome that power can be when it's augmented by a jolt of crazy comic-book superserum.
So what's the best thing about this new trailer?
Superhero Fashion Police: New Wonder Woman Outfit Leaves Us Wondering
No, you didn't just accidently click on some Halloween costume site hawking cheesy knockoffs of famous get-ups.
Believe it or not, what you're actually looking at is the new Wonder Woman outfit that Adrianne Palicki is being forced to wear to play everyone's favorite Amazonian princess in the pilot for NBC's reboot of the classic comic.
But rather than embrace the Lynda Carter look that we all know and love, the designer behind this clearly opted to dramatically change things up—what with the addition of pants, changing the color of the boots and, well, don't even get us started on the whole shiny, latex thing that seems to be the new trend that so many of our favorite fearless crimefighters have gotten saddled with lately.
Yep, it's a wonder this woman ain't asking for a new tailor. Somebody send Tim Gunn to Paradise Island, stat!
Elizabeth Hurley Will Play Wonder Woman's Nemesis—and There's a Lesbian Twist
Who's bad? Elizabeth Hurley, that's who!
The beautiful Brit has been cast in Warner Bros.' Wonder Woman pilot as what Hurley called "the evil villain" on her Twitter. But exactly which character is that in the Wonder Woman pantheon, what's the last remaining hitch in this deal, and what's the homoerotic twist to the character?
Here's what we can tell you:
Five Things We Think We Know About the New Batman Movie
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Christian Bale's back. Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy are in. The Dark Knight Rises is down for July 2012.
So, what else we got? Clues, tidbits and fake press releases. Here's where, to the best of our knowledge, the upcoming Batman movie stands:
Check Out the New Wonder Woman!
Everyone's favorite Amazon has been lassoed.
Adrianne Palicki has been tapped to play the red, white and blue costumed superheroine for the pilot of David E. Kelley's NBC reboot of the classic comic, Warner Bros. Television announced Wednesday.
Best known for Friday Night Lights, the actress also appeared in the quickly canceled Lone Star last year and has a role in the Red Dawn remake coming later this year.
Palecki's no stranger to superheroes and strange circumstances, though: She's appeared on Smallville and Supernatural, had a role in the Aquaman TV movie and even did voice work for Robot Chicken''s Star Wars spoofs.
So she's got nerd cred, to be sure.
And considering she nabbed a role that proven hard to cast over the years, Palicki sounds up for any challenge—including finding the controls on an invisible airplane.
First Batman, Now Supes! Why Are the All-American Heroes Now British?
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Superman is going to be played by Henry Cavill!? Why are so many of our American superhero parts, like Wolverine and Spider-Man, being taken over by British actors?
—LittleWave, via the inbox
Right, right. Don't forget Batman, aka Christian Bale—who also has joined the grand limey conspiracy going on in your brain—as well as Scot James McAvoy, who has stolen our rightful X-Men franchise right out from our poor, proud Uncle Sam.
They're all meeting in an underground pub right now, finalizing a plan to scrap popcorn machines in our movie theaters and force feed us fish and chips instead. Or, maybe, here's really what's going on...




