Blue Beast In X-MEN: First Class?

Candy Alderson Hair and make-up artist on the upcoming X-MEN:First Class has let it slip that Beast played by Nicholas Hoult will indeed be blue:



"I've been spying on Beast, he's being made next to our fitting room. He looks big and very blue!"

Also there have been a few new minor castings:

...several other roles in the movie, including Russell Balogh as a Russain soldier, Artem Sinelnikov as a Kremlin War Room technician, Irena Kiseleva as a Russian secretary, Will Wheeler as an Oxford University student, Maurice Hunt as a Jew, Leonard Redlich as a Stormtrooper, Andrew Foster as a German soldier, Charlie Hobbs as a refugee and Juan Herrera as an airport worker.

Director Joe Johnston Offers Commentary on Captain America Pictures

JOE JOHNSTON: This is a frame grab from the rebirth scene, a moment after Steve steps out of the rebirth pod. He's a little dazed by the transformation process and a bit wobbly on his feet, but looking for all the world like a super-hero. Chris worked out for days for the shot of the pod opening and revealing his new self, and the iron pumping really paid off.



JOE JOHNSTON: This shot shows the rebirth pod with Steve inside. Erskine is about to begin the procedure.



JOE JOHNSTON: Red Skull about to evaporate a trio of Nazis who have come to confiscate his technology to serve the Reich. Hugo Weaving was really the only choice for Red Skull. Hugo is a chameleon as an actor. He's played so many incredibly versatile roles, from the LORD OF THE RINGS films, MATRIX, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT. He's never failed to create a multi-layered and complex character. In my own experience with him on THE WOLFMAN, he took a part that was much less significant and inspired us to develop the character into a pivotal role. I wanted Hugo to play Red Skull to SEE what he would bring to the character. He's one of those actors you don't want to look away from."



JOE JOHNSTON: A gang of Hydra bikers intent on chasing down Steve on his custom Stark-modified Harley Davidson.



JOE JOHNSTON: Hayley Atwell and Chris Evans are seen in uniform in Allied Headquarters, a fantastic multi-room set constructed at Longcross Studios, an ex-tank factory outside of London.



JOE JOHNSTON: The submarine was built by Paul Corbould's team of special effects technicians. It can actually dive and resurface, travels at 12 knots, has a watertight compartment for the actor, Richard Armitage, who plays a very convincingly evil spy, Heinz Kruger.



JOE JOHNSTON: The last picture is a shot of Chris, returning from Steve Roger's first mission, when we goes AWOL to rescue his pal, Bucky Barnes.

Season 10 Smallville New Promo Trailer

Comicbookmovie has an interview with new Superman movie director.

Coming in 2011 is an ambitious fan film called Superman: Requiem, and the Superman Homepage -- pretty much the final word in terms of sites devoted solely to the Man of Steel -- has an interview with its director, Gene Fallaize.

What follows is an excerpt from that interview:

Q: What can Superman fans expect from "Superman Requiem"? What will the quality be like?

A: By having such a great cast and crew (from well-known cast members, to visual FX, to costume design, right down the list), I am totally confident that what we will have is something not of 'fan-film' quality, but of true professional-level quality, which is a direct result from having a fully professional cast and crew who are very used to working on multi-million dollar pictures all giving their time and energy into making this film at that same high quality that they're used to working on. The huge benefit for them - and everyone else working on the project - is that they get to work on a 'Superman' movie, which is great for everyone, and the support and dedication from everyone involved has been simply amazing.

The attention to detail we have been striving for on this picture, going as far as the costumes, to ensure they are of the exact same cape fitting and design of those used in the Christopher Reeve movies, and that others (including the Kryptonian costumes) are made of the same material as originally used also. We also have composers Warlock & Bradford composing an entirely new score based on many of the original John Williams themes, but also including entirely new compositions.

Read whole story @ this link:  http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/VoicesFromKrypton/news/?a=25031

Comicbookmovie has an interview with new Superman movie director.

Coming in 2011 is an ambitious fan film called Superman: Requiem, and the Superman Homepage -- pretty much the final word in terms of sites devoted solely to the Man of Steel -- has an interview with its director, Gene Fallaize.

What follows is an excerpt from that interview:

Q: What can Superman fans expect from "Superman Requiem"? What will the quality be like?

A: By having such a great cast and crew (from well-known cast members, to visual FX, to costume design, right down the list), I am totally confident that what we will have is something not of 'fan-film' quality, but of true professional-level quality, which is a direct result from having a fully professional cast and crew who are very used to working on multi-million dollar pictures all giving their time and energy into making this film at that same high quality that they're used to working on. The huge benefit for them - and everyone else working on the project - is that they get to work on a 'Superman' movie, which is great for everyone, and the support and dedication from everyone involved has been simply amazing.

The attention to detail we have been striving for on this picture, going as far as the costumes, to ensure they are of the exact same cape fitting and design of those used in the Christopher Reeve movies, and that others (including the Kryptonian costumes) are made of the same material as originally used also. We also have composers Warlock & Bradford composing an entirely new score based on many of the original John Williams themes, but also including entirely new compositions.

Read whole story @ this link:  http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/VoicesFromKrypton/news/?a=25031