Hugo Weaving is an excellent actor and has done great work before as the villain of a piece. If Marvel Studios get their way, they'll have Hugo Weaving playing Red Skull in the upcoming Captain America movie, as he's apparently their top choice to play the villain. I think it personally sounds like an excellent bit of casting.

The Christopher Nolan Batman films have been huge successes, but you can only tackle the same material so long before you grow tired of doing it. In the case of Nolan it seems that three is the limit, as the next Batman film will reportedly be his last.

"I'm very excited about the end of the film, the conclusion, and what we've done with the characters," Nolan said. "My brother [Jonah] has come up with some pretty exciting stuff. Unlike the comics, these thing don't go on forever in film and viewing it as a story with an end is useful. Viewing it as an ending, that sets you very much on the right track about the appropriate conclusion and the essence of what tale we're telling. And it hearkens back to that priority of trying to find the reality in these fantastic stories. That's what we do."

The story has been known for quite some time - Wolverine heading to Japan and following a story somewhat like Frank Miller did back in the day - but so far there has been no word on when the Wolverine sequel would start filming. Well that changes today, as Wolverine 2 will officially start shooting come next January. That's still a long ways away though, so don't expect the movie anytime soon.

Greg Berlanti, who is the co-writer of the upcoming Green Lantern film, is apparently in the running to handle the directing duties of a Flash film. Nothing is really known about what the story could be about or if Berlanti will even indeed direct it, but that's the word on the street right now.

It's been reported before that Warner Bros. approached Christopher Nolan to be a grandfather for the upcoming new Superman film, though he wouldn't be writing or directing...just giving advice. It seems today that the movie may have found its writers by way of David Goyer (who just recently left Flash Forward) and Nolan's own brother Jonah.

Of course, though two sites are reporting as true, one is reporting as false, so who knows. It could be big news, however, so I thought I'd post it for all of you.

The rumor for the longest time had Jackie Earle Haley being cast as Sinestro in the upcoming Green Lantern film. Well, it turns out to have been just that - a rumor - as actor Mark Strong has instead been officially cast to play the role of Sinestro.

Much like Kick-Ass, Dragon Age is another franchise I can't get enough of. I'm waiting for Awakenings to come out in March, I need to buy the two novels, and now I'm waiting until April for the Dragon Age comic - written by Orson Scott Card - which has just been delayed.

As of late, Smallville has been bringing a lot of DC characters onto the show, such as Doomsday, Green Arrow, the JSA, etc. The latest character to be making the transition from the comics to the television series is Maxwell Lord, who will be played by Gil Bellows. Lord is a unique character, as he was portrayed as a good guy and JL backer for a long time, but then was later revealed to be a villain.

I'm glad you weren't around when I saw this video for the first time earlier this morning. I was as giddy as a girl meeting the Jonas brothers.

Peter Sarsgaard, who will be playing the Green Lantern villain role of Hector Hammond, recently talked a little about his role and why he's excited to be playing the part.

"It's something completely different for me and something that I've not done before," he told us at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where he received a Cinema Vanguard Award. "I imagine that if I'd done 10 of them I wouldn't be as excited as I am, but it's not the kind of thing that I normally do. It feels expansive to me. It feels like shackles being taken off instead of being put on. I just feel like I can do anything with this role. I can't really talk much about it, because we have to protect it, but it's a very, very fun role, and I just don't get the opportunity to play a role that is so expansive and delicious—and it really is!"

Chris Pine did an excellent job as Captain Kirk in the recent Star Trek movie, so, if this rumor is true, I don't mind talk that he's on the short list of actors the studio is looking at wearing the shield in the upcoming Captain America film. It's all rumor right now, but stayed tune if it develops more.

If it wasn't for Chris Nolan, there's a good chance that the Batman reboot films would've never taken off and become the success that they have. Given his success for the studio, Warner Bros. has approached Nolan about being a mentor for a new Superman reboot. Can lightning strike twice for Nolan? Could his input really help make a new Superman film a hit? The studio is going to have to get to work quickly, as the studio's rights to the franchise will revert back to the original owners if a movie isn't started soon.

It's been rumored for a long time that an Ant-Man movie was in the works and that director Edgar Wright would be helming the film. Wright is busy right now finishing up Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, but he just had a lunch date with Stan Lee, where the two talked about plans for a movie.

"Marvel is prepping a movie starring -- Ant Man!" tweets Lee (or more likely one of his assistants). "I had lunch with the cool, young director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) and, as you'd imagine, we had fun discussing the tiny hero."

Could Ant-Man be coming soon after Pilgrim is finished?