Friday, March 14, 2003
HALLE BERRY AS CATWOMAN?
According to Variety, Warner Bros. has set Halle Berry to play the lead role in the Catwoman movie that Pitof will direct later this year.
After winning the Academy Award for Monster's Ball, Berry is reprising her role of Storm in X2, due on May 2. Last fall she played the character Jinx in the James Bond movie Die Another Day.
The Variety story notes Berry has not finalized a deal yet. The Catwoman film was scripted by John Rogers and rewritten by Mike Ferris and John Brancato. Denise Di Novi is producing.
Berry is about to star in Gothika, along with Robert Downey Jr. and Penelope Cruz.
Catwoman has been long in the making, ever since Michelle Pfeiffer played the character in Batman Returns. Ashley Judd was interested in the part for the past few years and recently Nicole Kidman reportedly had been considered for the role.
DARK HORSE COMICS FOR JUNE
Dark Horse Comics has released its solicitation information for June.
For a complete rundown, with cover images, CLICK HERE.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and four-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, CLICK HERE.
Titles include X-Men 2 Movie Prequel: Nightcrawler, X-Men 2 Movie Prequel: Wolverine, New X-Men #136, X-Men: Ronin #2, Captain America: What Price Glory? #3, The Punisher #23, Captain Marvel #7 and Soldier X #8.
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and four-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Smallville #1, Green Arrow #22, JLA: Scary Monsters #1, Lucifer #36, Robotech #4, Sleeper #3, Superman: Metropolis #2 and Y: The Last Man #9.
INVINCIBLE SELLS OUT
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Image Comics announced on Thursday that Diamond has completely sold out of Invincible #1 and 2 by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and Bill Crabtree.
Invincible was one five new superhero titles launched by Image in January. Invincible #1 arrived in stores on Jan. 22; Invincible #2 hit the stands on Feb. 19. Both books were over-shipped to retailers participating in Diamond's over-ship program.
"I don't think it's a secret that launching a new series in today's market is a difficult task," said Image's Director of Marketing, Eric Stephenson. "I think it's more difficult than ever for retailers to gauge what's going to hit and what's going to miss and as a result, books like Invincible wind up with incredibly conservative initial orders. The strong reorder activity on these first two issues indicates that Invincible is finding its audience, though, and we couldn't be more pleased."
""It's great when all your hard work pays off and you get the feeling that people out there are actually enjoying what you're doing," said Kirkman. "Invincible means a great deal to both Cory and myself, and I'd like to continue with it for years to come. Right now, I'm just stoked to find out that I'm not the only one enjoying it."
In addition to the rapid sales on the first two issues of Invincible, Stephenson said that there has been heavy reorder activity on Tech Jacket and Firebreater as well.
"Tech Jacket #1 and 2 are all but sold out at this point and Firebreather #2 has just sold out this week," he said. "All of these books were over-shipped and we made copies available for reorder as well, so I think it's safe to say there's some positive word of mouth generating increased interest in these titles."
Invincible #3 will be in stores on March 26. Above are the covers to Invincible #3-5.
"Most people don't realize it, but the first few issues of Invincible
are just beginning of a much larger story," Kirkman said. "Up to
this point, the scale of the stories has probably seemed pretty small,
but that's all going to change. The further we get into this book, the
more we delve into Mark's life and his relationship with his father and
everyone around him, the stories are going to start to get more and
more intense. We won't lose the upbeat feel that people have been
responding to, but the book definitely takes on more depth as the
series progresses."
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