Saturday, April 3, 2004
SPIDER-MAN 2 MOVIE UPDATE
Spider-Man 2: HBO First Look, a 13-minute, behind-the-scenes special, will debut on HBO on Thursday, June 24 at 10:45 p.m.
Other showings of the special include Friday, June 25 at 8:45 a.m.; Sunday, June 27 at 5:30 p.m.; Monday, June 28 at 4:15 p.m.; and Wednesday, June 30 at 8 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
The film opens on June 30.
In other Spider-Man movie news:
* HBO will also show the first Spider-Man movie eight times in June: at 9:30 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, June 6; Friday, June 11 at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.; Wednesday, June 16 at 2 p.m.; Saturday, June 26 at 11:30 a.m.; Wednesday, June 30 at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
* The Detroit Tigers are the latest Major League Baseball team to announce a promotion day in conjunction with the film. The Tigers' Spider-Man day will be Sunday, June 13.
* Look for more on Spider-Man 2 soon here in The Continuum.
HELLBOY MOVIE UPDATE
The Hellboy movie finished first at the box office on Friday with $8.7 million.
According to figures poste by BoxOfficeMojo.com, Hellboy had a sizable lead over second-place Walking Tall, which had $5.5 million.
In other Hellboy news:
* For a feature on Doug Jones, who plays Abe Sapien, CLICK HERE.
* Ron Perlman, who plays Hellboy, was a guest on CBS' The Late Show with Craig Kilborn on Friday night. He compared Hellboy to Beast from Beauty and the Beast in that both characters enjoy the world but were limited because of their nature.
* Look for more on Hellboy on Monday here in The Continuum.
DREAMWAVE FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and four-page previews of upcoming Dreamwave Production titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Transformers Armada: More Than Meets the Eye #2, Transformers: Energon #22 and Duel Masters #4.
MUTANT X UPDATE
Tribune Entertainment has released a logline for "In Between," the episode of Mutant X scheduled to air the week of April 18.
Here's how Tribune describes the episode:
"When Jesse's (Forbes March) life hangs in the balance, Brennan (Victor Webster) must connect to him and lead him through past memories they've shared in order to save his life."
The episode was written by Gil Grant and directed by Andrew Potter.
Look for more Mutant X news on Monday here in The Continuum.
DC ANNOUNCES HUMANOIDS TITLES
DC Comics has announced its first wave of titles from Humanoids. As Humanoids' English-language publisher, DC presents these titles in a new format, designed to fit on a bookshelf while maintaining the original aspect ratio of the art.
The following titles, all suggested for mature readers, are scheduled to arrive in stores this summer:
THE TECHNOPRIESTS TP
* A 7 3/8" x 10 1/5" 160-page trade paperback.
* Written by Alexandra Jodorowsky with art and cover by Zoran Janjetov and Fred Beltran.
Scheduled to arrive in stores in July with a cover price of $14.95.
THE HORDE TP
* A 7 3/8" x 10 1/5" 144-page trade paperback.
* Written by Baranko with art and cover by Baranko.
* Scheduled to arrive in stores in July with a cover price of $17.95.
TOWNSCAPES TP
* A 7 3/8" x 10 1/5" 176-page trade paperback.
* Written by Pierre Christin with art and cover by Enki Bilal
* Scheduled to arrive in stores in July with a cover price of $17.95.
THE METABARONS TP
* A 7 3/8" x 10 1/5" 176-page trade paperback.
* Written by Alexandro Jodorowsky with art and cover by Juan Gimenez.
* Scheduled to arrive in stores in August with a cover price of $14.95.
DEICIDE TP
* A 7 3/8" x 10 1/5" 112-page trade paperback.
* Written by Carlos Portela with art and cover by Das Pastoras
* Scheduled to arrive in stores in August with a cover price of $14.95.
THE HOLLOW GROUNDS TP
* A 7 3/8" x 10 1/5" 192-page trade paperback.
* Written by Luc Schuiten with art and cover by François Schuiten.
* Scheduled to arrive in stores in August with a cover price of $19.95.
BRIEFLY
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"I am so happy about Devil May Cry," said Dreamwave's Pat Lee. "This book has been my blood, sweat and tears for the past few months and it is so exciting to see it out finally. I'm glad that the response has been absolutely positive and I can't wait for everyone to see the rest of the series."
"The purpose of Free Comic Book Day is to get new readers into the comic book stores,² IDW VP of marketing Beau Smith said. "It's the job of the publisher and the retailer to keep them coming back. IDW Publishing plans to do their part in this endeavor by issuing a very appealing product on Free Comic Book Day."
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links:
* For Monday, March 29, including Punisher movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, March 27, including Elektra, Hellboy and Punisher movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, March 26, including Justice League Unlimited news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 25, including Marvel news, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, March 24, including DC first looks and Hellboy movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 23, including an interview with John Singleton, director of the Cage movie, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, March 22, including coverage of Spider-Man 2 and Punisher panels at Wizard World Los Angeles, CLICK HERE.
* For Sunday, March 21, including Wizard World Los Angeles coverage, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, March 20, including Marvel Comics' solicitations for June, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, March 19, including Image Comics' solicitations for June, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 18, including Marvel Comics first looks, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, March 17, including DC Comics first looks, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 16, including DC solicitations for June, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, March 15, including DC news, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, March 13, including Batman news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 11, including Marvel Comics news, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, March 10, including DC Comics news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 9, including Image Comics' The Ride, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, March 8, including Dark Horse solicitations for June and an interview with wrtier Tony Bedard, CLICK HERE.
* For Sunday, March 7, including CrossGen news from MegaCon, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, March 6, including Hellboy and Catwoman movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, March 5, including Static Shock news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 4, including Marvel first looks, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, March 3, including Marvel and DC first looks, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 2, including Marvel movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, March 1, including Teen Titans news, CLICK HERE.
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