Wednesday, June 18, 2003
IMAGE COMICS FOR SEPTEMBER
Image Comics has released its solicitation information for September.
For a complete rundown of comics, with cover images, CLICK HERE.
CROSSGEN ENTERTAINMENT FOR SEPTEMBER
CrossGen Entertainment has released its solicitation information for September.
For a complete rundown of comics, with cover images, CLICK HERE.
LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN MOVIE UPDATE
The Continuum has obtained 10 new images from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie.
The images include Sean Connery as Allan Quartermain, Naseeruddin Shah as Captain Nemo, Stuart Townsend as Dorian Gray, Shane West as Tom Sawyer, Jason Flemyng as Dr. Jekyll, Peta Wilson as Mina Harker and Tony Curran as the Invisible Man.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images and look for more news on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen soon here in The Continuum.
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MARVEL MOVIE UPDATE
The Punisher trailer, which is set to reach theaters on Friday with The Hulk, will be show on Access Hollywood on Wednesday.
The trailer will also be on The Punisher's web site on Friday.
In other Hulk movie news:
* In connection with the film's release, Payless ShoeSource is launching a new line of super-hero shoes and accessories featuring the Hulk, Spider-Man and other Marvel characters.
Payless' new line of all-terrain footwear includes sneakers and the popular new aqua-terra shoe, a sport sandal and aqua sock in one. The line comes with a variety of coordinating accessories, including umbrellas, sunglasses, hats, and visors.
* To read an interview with producers Gale Anne Hurd and Avi Arad, CLICK HERE.
* To read an interview with Hulk star Eric Bana, CLICK HERE.
* Look for more Hulk news all this week in The Continuum, and for 120 stills from the movie, CLICK HERE.
TEEN CHOICE AWARDS
The nominees for The 2003 Teen Choice Awards have been announced and include several genre performers.
The fifth annual awards show allows America's teens to cast their vote for the hottest celebrities in film, television, music, and sports. Teens can vote exclusively at AOL Keyword: Teen Choice Awards--which is available to both AOL and AOL for Broadband members. Teen People readers can go to TeenPeople.com to vote.
The 2003 Teen Choice Awards program is scheduled to air Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. on Fox.
Following are genre nominations:
Choice Movie Actor - Drama/Action Adventure: Daredevil's Ben Affleck and Colin Farrell and X2's Hugh Jackman.
Choice Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure: Daredevil's Jennifer Garner and X2's Halle Berry and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
Choice Movie - Drama/Action Adventure: Bulletproof Monk, Daredevil and X2.
Choice TV Actor - Drama/Action Adventure: Smallville's Tom Welling and Buffy the Vampire Slayer's James Marsters.
Choice TV Actress - Drama/Action Adventure: Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alias' Garner.
Choice TV Sidekick: Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Alyson Hannigan and Smallville's Allison Mack and Michael Rosenbaum.
Choice TV - Drama/Action Adventure: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Smallville.
Choice Female Hottie: Garner.
Choice Male Hottie:Farrell and Welling.
Choice Liar: X2's Romijn-Stamos.
Choice Villain: X2's Brian Cox and Ian McKellen, Daredevil's Farrell.
Choice Chemistry: Daredevil's Affleck and Garner, X2's Shawn Ashmore and Anna Paquin.
Choice Fight/Action Sequence: X2 and Daredevil.
Choice Breakout Male Movie Star: Farrell.
Choice Breakout Female Movie Star: Garner.
CLAYPOOL COMICS FOR OCTOBER
Following are Claypool Comics' solicitations for October, with information coming from the company.
ELVIRA #126
By Frank Strom, Ronn Sutton, Bill Anderson and Richard Howell.
Ghosts from the ice menace skater Irenya Spookskaya, so Elvira teams up with literary pooch Itchbone to freeze their assets, in "Elvira on Ice!" by Frank Strom, Ronn Sutton, and Bill Anderson. Also, the evil forces beneath Wilkie House reach upwards, in "Emphasis on the Ladder!"
32 pages, black and white, $2.50.
DEADBEATS #62
By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran, with a cover by Howell and Steve Leialoha.
Dr. Ralston and Hermano the vampire king restore their alliance, Dakota and Christine mount an inter-dimensional rescue effort, and Dracula orders the destruction of one of his own, in "Shocks!"
32 pages, black and white, $2.50.
FIRST LOOK: METALLIX #6
Metallix #6 is from Future Comics. The issue is written by David Michelinie, penciled by Ron Lim and inked and co-plotted by Bob Layton, with a cover by Lim and Layton.
Here's how Future describes the issue:
"The surviving members of Team Metallix cope with the tragic loss of their comrade through a unique form of 'primal therapy'--they make other people scream. In lieu of flowers, please send bandages."
Metallix #6 will be 22 pages and will cost $2.99.
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BRIEFLY
"I spent nine years trying to find the perfect writer to bring Double Impact to the big screen," Carralero said. "When I read Mylo's proposed storyline for the movie, I knew it was time to get rockin' with this."
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