Cap is in Action!!

Posted November 10, 2008
At last, First Avenger: Captain America moves forward! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joe Johnston has landed the job of directing one of the most beloved superheroes in Marvel’s canon. Get this — he’s been in talks for this for two years straight, and most of the plans currently swirling around Cap originated then, thanks to Johnston. So he’s certainly put his time in on the character. At the present time, no writer has been hired, but the pitches are pouring in, so expect another announcement soon. The movie is still scheduled to be released May 6th, 2011.
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Is ‘Hari Puttar’ Too Close to ‘Harry Potter’? Warner Bros. Thinks So [Cinematical]

Posted August 24, 2008

Movie studios are big on protecting their intellectual property, which is certainly understandable — but sometimes they come down too hard. Take this new case. Warner Bros. is suing to stop the Indian release of a domestic film called Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors. Why? Because Hari Puttar is close to Harry Potter, obviously, and Warners damn well owns the film rights to Harry Potter.

Sounds fair enough — except that the movie has nothing to do with Harry Potter, and doesn’t even appear to be an attempt to capitalize on the Potter brand name. As best I can determine, “Hari Puttar” is the endearing…

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