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BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE Featurette

IFC Film's SUPER How To Fight Crime

In honor of the on demand release of the new IFC dark comedy SUPER , unlikely superheroes The Crimson Bolt ( Rainn Wilson ) and sidekick Boltie ( Ellen Page ) have traveled to Austin to speak with Personal Security Expert Frank Corpus about crime during the 2011 SXSW Film Festival. See The Crimson Bolt hit the dangerous streets of Austin to take the city back! When sad-sack loser Frank ( Rainn Wilson ) sees his ex-addict wife ( Liv Tyler ) willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer ( Kevin Bacon ), he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But soon he decides to fight back under the guise of a DIY superhero called Crimson Bolt. With a hand-made suit, a wrench, and a crazed sidekick named Boltie ( Ellen Page ), the Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife. The rules were written a long time ago: You are not supposed to molest children, cut lines or key cars; if you do, prepare to face the wrath of the Crimson Bolt! SUPE

Nathan Fillion Added To James Gunn's "Super"

Nathan Fillion Added To James Gunn's "Super" Regular readers will know that we loves us some Nathan Fillion. So imagine our squealing, nerdy excitement when we learn that he's teaming up again with Slither creator James Gunn for the director's latest, superhero adventure" Super". And that's not all. If there's one thing Gunn is good at, it's playing to the crowd, and his latest casting announcement is one heaping load of geek bait after another. Not only is Fillion signing on to play the pop icon who inspires an ordinary bloke (Rainn Wilson) to try his hand at heroism), but the likes of Scooby Doo's Linda Cardellini, Slither's Michael Rooker, and The Wire's Andre Royo have also been aded to the line up. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Nathan Fillion will indeed be in the same cast as Bubbles. Super, as mentioned, follows a regular joe named Frank who sets out on a mission to become a superhero named Crimson Bolt, albeit one armed not w