USA Today: Who should lead the next ‘Spider-Man’?
Title/Link: Who should lead the next ‘Spider-Man’? Begin the debate
Publication: USA Today
Date: January 13, 2010
Quotes:
On fan concerns over the exit of Sam Raimi and the Spider-Man reboot:
Some worry that the shift to younger fans “is going to turn Spider-Man into Twilight,” says Rob Worley, editor of Mania.com. “Nobody wants to see Taylor Lautner as the next Spider-Man.”
On the possibility of David Fincher stepping up to direct:
Read More“He’s a guy fans are wondering, ‘What if,’ ” Worley says.
E! Online: To Be ‘Thor’ Director, or Not To Be
Title/Link: To Be ‘Thor’ Director, or Not To Be
Publication: E! Online
Date: September 29, 2008
Quotes:
My reaction to the news that Shakespeare filmmaker Kenneth Branagh may direct Marvel’s ‘Thor movie:“I think it’s kinda cool,” said Rob M. Worley, editor of Comics2Film.com. “[But] he’s not anybody I would have thought of.”
On the potential for the director to do a film unlike any he’s done before: In what might give Marvel a good fright, Worley also made the Lee analogy, as in: “This could be like Jon Favreau, or it could be Ang Lee in a total mismatch.”
Read MoreOn how the Shakespearean background may benefit Branagh: Worley thinks the Thor script—a “more Lord of the Rings than Spider-Man” adventure by I Am Legend’s Mark Protosevich—could be a good fit for Branagh’s classical background.
“It’s meant to be a big epic, and kind of Old World,” Worley said.
USA Today: Angry fans join in the battle over ‘Watchmen’
Title/Link: Angry fans join in the battle over ‘Watchmen’
Publication: USA Today
Date: August 27, 2008
Quotes:
On the fan reaction to the news that 20th Century Fox was seeking to enjoin Warner Bros. from releasing the ‘Watchmen‘ movie: “It’s pure rage out there,” says Rob Worley, host of Comics2Film.com and author of the graphic novel The Revenant. “Fans are mortified this movie won’t come out, and they’re threatening a studio at a level I’ve never seen before.”
Read MoreOn fickle fans: Relationships between studios and diehard fans, who now have a bigger voice via the Internet, have traditionally been stormy. Many fans of the Watchmen graphic novel didn’t even want a movie in the hands of a big studio. But the movie’s trailer was a hit at this year’s Comic-Con, “and now suddenly everyone is worried it’s not going to come out,” Worley says. “And now they’re not the fans of (Fox’s) X-Men that they once were.”
USA Today: Riddle me this, Batman: Who will be your next big foe?
Title/Link: Riddle me this, Batman: Who will be your next big foe?
Publication: USA Today
Date: August 15, 2008
Quotes:
Read MoreOn the kind of Batman villain that could appear in the sequel to ‘The Dark Knight‘: “You really can’t have too fanciful a villain in Chris Nolan’s universe,” says Rob Worley of Comics2Film.com. “Anything too science-fiction-y isn’t going to fit in his hard-core take of Batman. He likes something that’s going to fit in the real world.”
USA Today: New ‘Hulk’ boasts better effects, smashing foe
Title/Link: New ‘Hulk‘ boasts better effects, smashing foe
Publication: USA Today
Date: June 6, 2008
Quotes:
On Oscar nominee Edward Norton yielding the lead role to a CGI creation: “It’s different than, say, Batman or Iron Man,” says Rob Worley of Comics2Film.com. “Those movies have human beings in costumes, which gives you a personal connection with the hero. With the Hulk, you have to turn him into a computer-generated character. That can be a fine line to walk.”
Read MoreOn the dangers of the “do-over”: “It’s unprecedented for a comic-book movie,” Worley says. “And if you don’t follow the industry or comic books, you run the risk of confusing people who think they just saw that film.”
E! Online: How big ‘Iron Man’?
Title/Link: How Big ‘Iron Man‘?
Publication: E! Online
Date: May 1, 2008
Quotes:
On the movie having legs at the box office: Rob M. Worley, founder of Comics2Film.com, agreed.
“I rank it among the better superhero movies,” said Worley, who watched it Tuesday night. “It’s the cool, hipster superhero movie.”
Read MoreAccording to Worley, fan interest was nearly as hot, thanks in part to the efforts of the movie’s director.
“Jon Favreau has done such a good job hyping the movie for two years,” Worley said.
With good reviews and good vibes, there might just be one thing standing in the way of Iron Man and a killer weekend: Himself.
Said Worley, “He doesn’t have much of a TV Q outside of comic fandom.”
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