Spider Man’s nemesis set for spin-off

September 19th, 2009 LONDON - Actor Mickey Rourke seems to have come between a Russian pop star and his fiancie model leading to the cancellation of their wedding. Model Lena Kuletskaya has apparently been spending a lot of time with 'The Wrestler' star, which has made her singer fiancie Dima Bilan call off their wedding.

September 8th, 2009 Reality star's attorney: Linebacker's story 'spin'LOS ANGELES — Tila Tequila's attorney is calling NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman's explanation of an altercation with the reality star that led to his arrest "spin." Attorney Alan S. Gutman says Merriman's public comments that he was trying to protect Tequila, who he thought was drunk, amount to another attack on his client.

September 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'The Joker' in the Batman, who gave sleepless nights to the winged superhero, has been named the world's best-loved villain in a poll. The character, which first appeared in a 1940 Batman comic, has been played on the big screen by the likes of Jack Nicholson and late actor Heath Ledger.

September 3rd, 2009 LONDON - U2 frontman Bono has reportedly made arrangements to help finance the Spider-Man musical which could have been scrapped due to financial problems. Apparently, the Irish rocker has convinced his wealthy friends to invest in the show.

August 22nd, 2009 LON - Spider-Man creator Stan Lee will come up with an animated comic book, which will be available online and on mobile phones. His company Purveyors Of Wonder has linked up with Disney to produce Time Jumper, which he says is "a comic, but it has sound, it has music, it has some motion, although it isn't fully-animated." Lee has further plans to turn the comic into a film if it does well.

August 20th, 2009 LONDON - Evan Rachel Wood has assured that she is ready to star in the upcoming Spider-Man musical, even though recent rumours claim she quit the production after it was hit by financial crunch. Representative for the actress said that she is "100 per cent committed - she didn't pull out," reports the Daily Star.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - Brushing aside all rumours of financial difficulties slowing down the new Spider-Man musical, producers have said the project will open on time. Recent reports in some tabloids claimed that preparations for the musical came to a standstill due to cash flow problems on the 35-million-dollar (23.3 million pounds) production, reports The Daily Star.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson wanted to act in Spider-Man movies, the creator of the superhero has revealed. Stan Lee, former president and chairman of Marvel Comics, disclosed that MJ had plans to produce the movie.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Sam Raimi, director of the top-grossing "Spider-Man" films, is all set to helm a film adaptation of the wildly popular videogame "World of Warcraft." The movie is set to be a live action version of the popular game, which enables players to become characters including dwarves, orcs and trolls, reports Variety.com. "At its core, 'Warcraft' is a fantastic, action-packed story," Raimi said in a statement.

July 23rd, 2009 Sam Raimi to direct 'World of Warcraft' film LOS ANGELES — The director of the "Spider-Man" film franchise is set to transform "World of Warcraft" into a movie. Blizzard Entertainment Inc.

July 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - TV host Larry King's wife Shawn is one of the two finalists being selected for Bono's Broadway musical 'Spider-Man'. The former western-country singer is being considered to play role of Arachne in the much-anticipated and hugely expensive musical, set to debut on Broadway in February, reports New York Post.

July 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Spider-Man has found life outside of comic-book pages, says an associate humanities librarian for Texas Tech University Libraries. In an article published in the International Journal of Comic Art, pop-culture guru Rob Weiner basically says that Spider-Man and his costumed peers have entered mankind's collective consciousness, filling a shared need for heroes.

June 25th, 2009 Correction: Netflix's Nemesis storyBELLEVUE, Wash. — In a June 20 story about Redbox, The Associated Press erroneously reported the amount Coinstar Inc.

June 11th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Actress Teri Hatcher left an elderly gentleman facing disappointment after turning down his offer of marriage at the opening of her animated film Coraline in Sydney. The Desperate Housewives star made the revelation while stunning the crowd in a grey Zac Posen dress matched with patent red peep-toe heels at the Sydney Film Festival opening.

June 10th, 2009 LONDON - Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has been successful in persuading Kirsten Dunst to sign up for the fourth installment of the superhero franchise, it has emerged. Rumors were abuzz that Dunst's return to the role of Mary Jane-Watson won't happen after Raimi told reporters the actress was still pondering whether to rejoin the cast, reports the Daily Express.