Tuesday, July 2, 2002

DAREDEVIL MOVIE UPDATE

Jon Favreau, who plays Foggy Nelson in the upcoming Daredevil movie, will play host to his DD castmates on his Dinner for Five program on the Independent Film Channel.

IFC has picked up Dinner for Five for a second season, with 13 episodes being produced this summer.

Each episode features Favreau and four guests sharing an evening of food and banter. The season opener will feature Favreau's Daredevil co-stars Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell and director Kevin Smith.

A new, first-season episode of Dinner for Five on Sept. 30 will feature X-Men's Famke Janssen, who starred with Favreau in Love and Sex.

Production of Daredevil continues this month, although Favreau completed his work on the film in late June. Daredevil is scheduled to reach theaters on Feb. 14, 2003.

KIDS' WB! SCHEDULE CHANGES

Kids' WB! Has announced changes to it summer lineup, which features the return of The Zeta Project and a new time period for X-Men: Evolution.

Beginning Monday, here is the weekday line-up (all times ET): 3 p.m. Scooby-Doo (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays); Rescue Heroes: Global Response Team (Wednesdays); 3:30 p.m. Jackie Chan Adventures; 4 p.m. Pokemon; 4:30 p.m. Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Beginning Saturday, July 13, here is the Saturday lineup: 8 a.m. The Zeta Project; 8:30 a.m. Static Shock; 9 a.m. Jackie Chan Adventures; 9:30 a.m. The Powerpuff Girls; 10 a.m. Pokemon: Johto League Champions; 10:30 a.m. Yu-Gi-Oh!; 11 a.m. Yu-Gi-Oh!; 11:30 a.m. X-Men: Evolution.

Upcoming episodes for shows include:

Static Shock: "The Big Leagues" and "Static Shaq" on July 6; "Sunspots" on July 13; and "Replay" on July 20.

The Zeta Project: "Quality Time" on July 13; and "On The Wire" on July 20.

X-Men: Evolution: "Retreat" on July 13 and "Badda Bing, Badda Boom!" on July 20.

SMALLVILLE AIRS MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS

Starting next week, The WB will be airing Smallville on Mondays and Tuesdays. Both episodes will air at 9 p.m.

Following is a rundown of upcoming episodes:

MONDAY: "PILOT"

A meteor shower in Smallville, Kansas leaves behind a future superhero in the shape of a young boy who is taken in by Jonathan and Martha Kent. As his extraordinary powers begin to emerge, a teenage Clark faces the tribulations of high school and destiny changing relationships with his future nemesis Lex Luthor and first love Lana Lang. David Nutter directed the episode, written by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough.

TUESDAY: "NICODEMUS"

Clark must solve the riddle of the mysterious Nicodemus flower and Lex's shady involvement after it infects the residents of Smallville removing their inhibitions - Jonathan becomes a couch potato, Lana puts the moves on Clark as the town Lolita and Pete tries to kill Lex - then puts them into a deadly coma. James Marshall directed the episode, written by Greg Walker with teleplay by Michael Green.

MONDAY, JULY 15: "METAMORPHOSIS"

Clark discovers that a fellow high school student has taken on the "eat, molt, mate, die" life cycle of an insect with Lana as his prey, and Clark must rush to save her without revealing his superpowers. Meanwhile, Lex holds Lana's kryptonite necklace in his possession and ponders what to make of the strange stone.

TUESDAY, JULY 16: "STRAY"

After Martha accidentally hits a young boy with her car, the Kents take him in until they can locate his parents, unaware that the boy can read minds and has unlocked the secret thoughts of Lex Lana, Jonathan and Martha, which puts Clark's secret in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Lex must decide if he wants to take his father up on his job offer and move back to his old life in Metropolis. Paul Shapiro directed the episode, written by Philip Levens.

IDW COLLECTS CHUCK DIXON STORY

Invasion '55 becomes the second book in the Chuck Dixon Library series from IDW Publishing in September.

Invasion '55 was originally published by Apple Comics as a three-issue mini-series. This is the first time the story has been collected. It's 80 black-and-white pages and retails for $12.99.

Here's how IDW describes the story:

"The year is 1955. Hidaglo, New Mexico gets a surprise invasion from aliens. It seems Roswell wasn't enough. Now it's Hidaglo's turn to be the ultimate alien truck stop. It must be the dry air and year-round golf that attracts so many aliens to this southwest state.

"It's up to a very odd team of humans to tie a knot in the alien's collective butts. You've got a 'been there, done that' former Air Force Lieutenant, a biker with a sandpaper soul, a curvy, nervy female reporter and a six-year old boy that wants to be the next John Wayne. It makes you wonder why the aliens haven't already cut bait and ran!"

CHAOS! COMICS FOR OCTOBER

Chaos! Comics has released its solicitation information for October.

For a complete rundown, CLICK HERE.

CROSSGEN FIRST LOOKS

For covers and four-page previews of CrossGen Comics titles shipping on Wednesday, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Meridian #25, The Path #4 and Ruse #9.

BRIEFLY

Here's a first look at the covers to Scion #29, Meridian #29 and Negation #11.

GIVE'EM A CLICK

Toy Biz's second series of Marvel Legends figures is targeted for a September release. Figures include Doctor Doom, Sub-Mariner, Human Torch and The Thing.

GIVE'EM A CLICK