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Monday, April 21, 2003DC, MARVEL COMICS FOR JULYThe Continuum will be presenting complete July solicitations for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. Look for DC Comics' solicitations at midnight and Marvel's solicitations at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
X-MEN SEQUEL UPDATEDavid Hayter, who wrote the X-Men movie and developed the sequel's story with director Bryan Singer, told The Continuum he was pleased with how X2 turned out. "I saw most of X2 in the editing room the other day and it FAR exceeded my expectations -- which were pretty high to begin with," Hayter told The Continuum on Sunday night. "I think that film is going to blow people away." Since working on X2, Hayter has been developing a Watchmen movie, based on the Alan Moore series. "I finished my second draft of Watchmen on Friday," Hayter said. "It will go to the studio this week and then hopefully we'll get started on prep -- hopefully. I am extremely happy with it." In other X-Men news: * Kraft Foods has provided The Continuum with a first look at the four Tang boxes featuring X2 characters Storm, Cyclops, Rogue and Wolverine. The back panel of each carton contains a bonus collectible cut-out X2 trading card. In addition to the packaging, the Tang Mutant Punch foil pouch has been designed to feature all four characters. Click on the thumbnails above for larger looks at the cartons. * Kraft also has a tie-in with the following products: Ritz Bits Sandwiches S'mores, Ritz Bits Sandwiches Cheese, Chocolate Creme Oreo, Chewy Chips Ahoy! and Kraft Cheese Nips Four Cheese. The products will feature 3-D packaging with X-Men graphics and a national 3-D movie poster/glasses offer on participating Nabisco brands. Wal-Mart will be holding X-Men treasure hunts in its outlets. * Anna Paquin, who returns as Rogue, said the character is more confident in the sequel. "Now that she's at Xavier's school, she's found where she fits in," Paquin said during the X2 online chat last week. For a complete transcription of Paquin's chat, CLICK HERE. And for previous transcriptions: For Hugh Jackman, CLICK HERE; for director Bryan Singer, CLICK HERE; for Kelly Hu, CLICK HERE; for Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, CLICK HERE; for James Marsden, CLICK HERE; for Aaron Stanford, CLICK HERE; for Shawn Ashmore, CLICK HERE; for Famke Janssen, CLICK HERE; and for Alan Cumming, CLICK HERE. Coming soon will be interviews with producers Ralph Winter and Lauren Shuler Donner. * Romijn-Stamos talked about playing Mystique again on Monday during an online with with USA Today. For an edited transcription, CLICK HERE. * E! will premiere a Behind the Scenes special on X2 on Thursday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m. Additional airings be on Friday, May 2 at 2:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 3 at 7 a.m.; Sunday, May 4 at 3 a.m.; Sunday, May 4 at 7:30 a.m.; and Monday, May 5 at 3:30 a.m. * Patrick Stewart, who returns as Professor Xavier, appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly on Monday to promote the show. The clip of Xavier talking to Magneto before his capture was shown. * Fox aired its preview special on Sunday, giving viewers their first look at Siryn and a more complete view of Colossus. Click on the thumbnails below for larger images from the special.
VARIANT MAGDALENA COVERTop Cow Productions and Jim Silke will join forces in July for a Magdalena #1 variant cover to benefit ACTOR Comic Fund. Top Cow's new Magdalena series deals with the latest in the line of the Magdalena warriors. For 2000 years, the Magdalenas have battled in secret, protecting humanity from supernatural menaces of all types. Now Patience, a young and untrained beauty, must take on the role of being this generation's protector, perhaps even before she's ready. "I'm very happy that Top Cow is able to give back to the writers and artists who helped create this industry. I've met a lot of these guys over the years and when Jim McLauchlin pitched this to me it was a two-second decision," said Top Cow president Matt Hawkins. "It's a pleasure to be involved with a program that is designed to help the
men and women who have inspired me all my life," Silke said.
NEW X-MEN GAME FROM ACTIVISIONActivision. and Raven Software have announced X-Men: Legends for PlayStation2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube. In a real-time RPG, players get the chance to assemble, train and lead their own X-Men fighting force in a battle against some of the deadliest foes in the Marvel Universe including the Morlocks, the Brotherhood of Mutants and robotic Sentinels. To be successful, players will have to draw on the powers of a diverse pool of X-Men and use teamwork to unleash the full power of their squad. "X-Men: Legends is the first game to capture the complete essence of the X-Men by allowing players to control multiple characters that fight together as a team," said Larry Goldberg, executive vice president, Activision Worldwide Studios. "The game will blend the best parts of the movies, comic books in a fantastic new adventure that allows the you to develop your specialized powers as you succeed through your missions." Here's how Activision describes the game: "Penned by Man of Action, a studio of comic industry veterans, X-Men: Legends begins with the rescue of a young mutant and takes players through an engrossing plot that could unite mutant-kind, yet destroy the human race in the process. Along the way, players will be able to assemble their ideal X-Men crew from over 15 of the most popular characters from the last 40 years, including Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Gambit and Beast, to name a few. However, before players load-up their squad with heavy hitters, they will have to take their foes' abilities into consideration as certain situations may benefit from the abilities of specific X-Men. While Cyclops' optic blasts and Colossus' immense strength are great for clearing a path through hordes of enemies, players can opt to bring Wolverine and Nightcrawler along on a stealth intensive mission to help circumvent detection devices. Once the action begins, players can take control of any member of their squad and even execute multi-character combinations such as the famous Wolverine/Colossus Fastball Special. As they progress through the game, characters will gain experience points that players can use to upgrade the X-Men's abilities and even learn new fighting styles. "Four-player co-operative mode is also planned, allowing multiple players to partner-up in X-Men: Legends. With dynamic joining, new players can join the adventure at any time, or gamers can take a break and pit their heroes against each other in the X-Men's famed Danger Room." X-Men: Legends is expected to ship next year.
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