Geekbeat! ‘Thor’ Rumor-Busting, ‘Iron Man 2’ Snaps, The Return Of ‘Swamp Thing’? ‘Ong Bak 3’ Trailer

–Click here and here for new photos from “Iron Man 2;” part of a Paramount photo splurge revealing that, in still-form, the damn thing looks like a videogame, but, you know, can of worms, etc. Elsewhere at the LA Times (what a bunch of nerds, eh?), Jon Favreau discusses “multi-villain-itis” and how “Iron Man 2” will transcend that specific genre staple by… having Sam Rockwell? Fuck it, sure, sounds good.

– Peter Berg’s “Battleship” will begin principal photography on August 16th in Baton Rouge (how Hollywood loves New Orleans’ tax incentives). Taylor Kitsch will play the lead.

– One of Wildstorm Comics’ countless generic creations is hitting the big screen. “Danger Girl,” which producer Adrian Askarieh describes as “Kill Bill” meets “Raiders of the Lost Ark” meets “Mission: Impossible,” is headed in front of the cameras for director Todd Lincoln. Askarieh is also developing adaptations of the comic “Hack/Slash,” the videogame “Kane And Lynch” and “Leonardo Da Vinci And The Soldiers Of Forever,” so clearly we’ve got a visionary on our hands, “Danger Girl” fans.

–Vincenzo Natali, the fringe horror director behind “Cube” and the upcoming “Splice,” is apparently a big fan of “Swamp Thing.” Joel Silver is attached to produce a 3D movie of the cult comic character, and Natali nerded out with MTV about Alan Moore‘s ’80s reinvention of the mythos. No filmmaker is attached to the project, which previously saw big screen immortality in Wes Craven‘s “Swamp Thing,” the beginning of a downward slope of multimedia adaptations for the ecologically-themed antihero.