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• Series: Kick-Ass, Iron Man 2, Micronauts, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Lucky Luke, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, Iron Man 2, Kick-Ass, Tamara Drewe

Abrams to adapt MICRONAUTS

Comics2Film: MICRONAUTS
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JJ Abrams to adapt 'Micronauts'. Plus: Rockwell talks 'Iron Man 2'. 'Kick-Ass' posters debut online. Set photos from 'Dark Days' and more! Still sore from its close encounter of the fourth kind, it's your Comics2Film 9.11.6!

First Look: SMALLVILLE's Wonder Twins

Mania cross-link: We've just posted the first photos of the Wonder Twins, as they appear on 'Smallville' next week. Check out 15 photos from the episode.

KICK-ASS Posters Premiere

IGN has debuted four new posters from the 'Kick-Ass' movie, featuring Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl, Big Daddy and Red Mist. Check 'em out!

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LUCKY LUKE Box Office

Not sure if anyone is paying attention to the French run of the comic adaptation 'Lucky Luke'. We have to admit the previously released footage for the film has C2F amused.

According to Allocine.fr, the movie dropped to #4 at the box office this week. That's 3 spots lower than its debut last week. It lost ground to two new opening movies, but also gave up a rank to the kids-book adaptation Le Petit Nicolas, which is in its fifth week of release.

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Set Photos from 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: DARK DAYS

Dread Central has posted photos from the set of '30 Days of Night: Dark Days', which they recently visited.

They also list the following new cast members: Troy Ruptash ('A Marine Story') as Agent Norris, Jackson Berlin, John De Santis, Marco Sorian and Katherine Isabelle.

Click through for the photo gallery.

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Gemma Arterton talks TAMARA DREWE

The Daily Mail puts the spotlight on actress Gemma Arterton who who stars as the shag-a-delic title character in the comic adaptation 'Tamara Drewe'. The film is currently lensing in West Dorset and London under the direction of Stephen Frears.

Jason Schwartzman talks SCOTT PILGRIM

Collider.com sat down with actor Jason Schwarzman, who tells fans that 'Scott Pilgrim vs The World' is a much more ambitious movie than fans are probably expecting.

"It's really amazing," says Scwartzman, who plays one of seven evil ex-boyfriends the protagonist battles. "There's surrealism and dreams and all kinds of unusual things happening but it's all grounded in a super-reality and real emotion."

The actor was enthused about working with leading man Michael Cera, as well as director Edgar Wright, of whom he says, "He is one of the greatest directors working today."

He also commented specifically about what techniques Wright is using to go beyond traditional film-making. "Edgar employs all types of effects in this film. There are things like split-screen, animation, all kinds of stuff."

Interestingly, Schwartzman said that Wright would have a mini-FX team on set to immediately apply mock special effects to just-filmed scenes, so the actors had a clearer picture of their role in the F/X heavy film.

Check out the complete interview:

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Rockwell's IRON MAN 2 Villain Influenced by...Billy Murray?

Sam Rockwell plays Tony Stark's business nemesis Justin Hammer in next summer's 'Iron Man 2'.

The actor recently spoke with MTV Splash Page about influences on his performance, which included Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor, Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor, Richard Gere's character in 'American Gigolo and Bill Murray's arrogant bowling star from 'Kingpin'.

He also said Marvel sent over some comics for research. "I looked it over and that was about it," Rockwell told Splash Page.

Check out hte complete interview...

J.J. Abrams producing MICRONAUTS?

Wall Street Journal has a massive round-up of the recent Toys2Film phenomenon. Tucked within is the notice that filmmaker J.J. Abrams is in discussions to develop one of our 70s/80s favorites to the big screen. That would be 'Micronauts'.

Mind you, C2F never owned a Micronauts toy as a youngster, but we were huge fans of Marvel's 'Micronauts' comics.

According to Wikipedia, the toys were developed by Japanese toy maker Takara (later Tomy) and then imported into the U.S. by Mego in the late 1970s.

That's when Marvel picked up the license and produced an excellent line of comics written by Bill Manto. Marvel's version of the characters had the characters engaged in rollicking sci-fi style action in their own Microverse, but would frequently see them escaping into the Marvel Universe. There they'd appear as miniature-sized characters, interacting with the likes of Man-Thing, the Fantastic Four and others.

Later the toy line folded and Marvel lost the license. However, characters that were created for the comics remained in the Marvel universe, such as the Captain Universe entity and Bug (who may be responsible for Peter Parker getting his powers, and currently appears in 'Guardians of the Galaxy').

The property was later revived by Pallisades Entertainment, who aimed to relaunch the brand in various media. However, the only thing that got off the ground was a series of comics from Devil's Due Publishing.

Wall Street Journal reports that Hasbro recently obtained the property. The company has obviously been enjoying great success with the 'Transformers' and 'G.I.Joe' lines, both of which have a mythology rooted in comics.

Its unlikely that any 'Micronauts' movie would incorporate the Marvel comics stories or mythology, since the relationship there seems a bit fractious. However it's possible that the Devil's Due stories, which were developed in cooperation with the previous rights holders, may be part and parcel of the brand.

Frankly, with all the crazy toy movies we've been hearing about, some of them leave us scratching our heads (Battleship? Risk? Really?). But Abrams is a bit more philosophical about it, suggesting these brands are stars unto themselves.

"Sometimes, when someone is not a celebrity and you are casting them in a role, everyone who is in a seat of authority voices questions about that actor's talent, sex appeal, looks, ability -- their everything," he told WSJ. "But then they get the role, and suddenly they are on the cover of every magazine, and nobody questions those things again. In retrospect, everyone says, 'Of course that person is a star.'"

Regardless, 'Micronauts' seems tailor-made for storytelling and we're eager to see what Abrams can do with it.

What do you think, Maniacs? Is Micronauts something you want to see? Post your comments below...

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