GREEN HORNET, IRON MAN & FANTASTIC FOUR tidbits from San Diego

Greetings, fellow fanboys! ROBOGEEK here with some tantalizing tidbits from this weekend's San Diego Comic Con!

I just got my very own Cerebro from ebay today, so I thought I'd take it out for a little spin. I figured I'd try to pick Harry's brain cross-country for some news from the Con, seeing as I couldn't attend this year, myself.

Anyway, it took awhile to zero in on Harry's unique mutant signature (don't ask me what his power is; you don't want to know), and once I did I had to sort through all sorts of mental noise (some disturbing imagery involving Cyclops' head, frinstance), but finally I was actually able to pick up a few interesting bursts of coherent thought...

First of all, it seems that Mark Wahlberg is a no-go for Universal's forthcoming GREEN HORNET (now being scripted by Christopher McQuarrie for producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin, who start shooting TOMB RAIDER soon for Paramount). So who is now being looked at to star opposite Jet Li's Kato?

HUGH JACKMAN

Now how cool would THAT be?

Next, I picked up some stray thought waves regarding Tim McCanlies, the much-worshipped screenwriter of THE IRON GIANT. It seems that New Line Cinema, in an act of boundless wisdom (and poetic, er, irony), has approached him to write something for producer Don Murphy (currently doing FROM HELL) called...

IRON MAN

And if that wasn't cool enough, this IRON MAN project may also very well include... NICK FURY. (Can you even begin to wrap your brain around how kick-ass that would be?)

(Oh, and by the way: rumors regarding the death of "Bruce Wayne" -- McCanlies' brilliant "Batman" prequel TV series -- have been greatly exaggerated. It is very much still alive... and kicking. Hard.)

Finally, Harry's synapses sparked news that Raja Gosnell may no longer be attached to direct THE FANTASTIC FOUR for Fox, and could instead move over to Warners to direct SCOOBY DOO. This leaves a coveted helm open...

...which Harry seems to think could (and should) be ably filled by none other than Brian Helgeland (writer of L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, writer/director of PAYBACK). Apparently he told Harry in Prague that FANTASTIC FOUR is his favorite comic of all time, and that it would be his dream project to direct.

You know, it occurs to me that Brian's schedule will be clearing up pretty soon when he wraps A KNIGHT'S TALE. Hmmm...

So have I given you folks enough to chew on in Talk Back today? ;-)

Still meditating on those words,

- robogeek@robogeek.com