Title Note: (12/7/05) This project has been listed for years as ‘Rocky VI’ (since the other sequels were all Roman numeralized), but the title for this relaunch of the series is actually ‘Rocky Balboa.’

Distributor: MGM, Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios (Sony)

Cast: Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa), Roy Jones Jr. (in talks) (Mason Dixon), Burt Young (Paulie); other cast not announced yet.

Director: Sylvester Stallone (Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Staying Alive, Paradise Alley; also in development is ‘Poe’, a biopic about the doomed poet)

Type of Animation: Traditional; a few years back, Corona posted a very popular April Fool’s Day joke page that described a live-action movie project, but that’s not going to happen. When The Simpsons come to movies, they’ll be the animated characters you already know.

Cast (Voice): Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson), Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson), Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson), Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson), Hank Azaria (many characters), Harry Shearer (many characters) (note: each of these actors, except Yeardley Smith, voice several other characters as well; see IMDb listing for more); expect plenty of celebrity guest voices as well; but, heck, some of them might not even be celebrities yet…! (as of 7/3/01)

Release Date: May 2nd, 2008 (wide)Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Distributor Note: (5/15/06) For much of this projects development, it was positioned at New Line Cinema, but as the first project for Marvel Enterprises under their new deal with Paramount, that studio is now this movies home. (more…)

Distributor: Columbia Pictures (Sony)

Release Date: February 16th, 2007

Production Company: Crystal Sky Entertainment (Deathlok, Baby Geniuses), Marvel Enterprises (In addition to Steven Paul of Crystal Sky and Avi Arad of Marvel, actor Jon Voight will also produce), Harlow FX

Cast: Nicolas Cage (Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider), Eva Mendes (Roxanne Simpson), Wes Bentley (Blackheart), Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda (Mephistopheles), Donal Logue (Mack), Daniel Frederiksen (Wallow), Matt Long (Young Johnny Blaze)

Release Date: Summer 2008 (wide)

Production Company: Legendary Pictures (Batman Begins, Superman Returns, Lady in the Water), Di Bonaventura Pictures (Doom, Constantine)

Cast: Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne, AKA Batman), Michael Caine (Alfred Pennyworth), Heath Ledger (The Joker); other cast not announced yet.

Release Date: Not announced yet

Cast Notes: (9/6/06) In Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the Surfer will be a CGI character, with Doug Jones, who played (with CGI help) Abe Sapien in Hellboy, involved with the production as the actor who will be the basis of the CGI character of the Silver Surfer (source: director Tim Story’s MySpace blog). Therefore, there’s a very strong chance that for this spin-off film, Jones would be reprising that duty as the Silver Surfer.

Official Character Site: MarvelComics.com

Release Date: June 15th, 2007 (wide)Distributor: 20th Century Fox