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Tuesday, December 21, 2004

ELEKTRA MOVIE UPDATE

Sean McKeever, writer of Marvel Comics' Elektra: The Movie Adaptation, told The Continuum that it was "actually quite easy" incorporationg the film into a comic-book format.

"The hardest part was figuring out what has to go, and how you can maintain the tone and themes of the story without that material," McKeever told The Continuum.

To read the complete interview, with McKeever, CLICK HERE.

In other Elektra news:

* Elektra star Jennifer Garner was featured on the syndicated Extra television series on Monday night and revealed that she's wearing green contact lenses for the role.

* Never Before Scene: Elektra, a half-hour MTV special, will debut on the cable network on Wednesday, Dec. 29 at 10 p.m., with a follow-up on Thursday, Dec. 30 at 10:30 a.m.

SIN CITY MOVIE UPDATE

Robert Rodriguez said that working with Frank Miller as a co-director on Dimension Films' Sin City movie went very well.

"People wonder how we worked together. We both seem to have strong personalities," he said. "But my goal was to make Frank Miller's Sin City and that was his goal. I really understood where we was coming from. And when in doubt, go by the book. I made him stick by the book more than he wanted."

Rodriguez said Miller took to directing quickly.

"Having been a cartoonist, it's just like drawing," Rodriguez said. "Especially with the way we're shooting against green screens, it's like working with layers. And he picked it up in no time. He was already talking all this tech-talk and setting cameras and directing the actors. It really did work."

"Robert and I are very serious about our work, and we work very hard," Miller said.

The trailer for Sin City debuted online from MoviePhone on Monday, showcasing cast members Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Jaime King, Jessica Alba, Nick Stahl, Benicio del Toro, Rosario Dawson, Clive Owen, Brittany Murphy, Alexis Bledel, Josh Hartnett and Elijah Wood.

CONSTANTINE MOVIE UPDATE

As part of its 2005 preview, Warner Bros. has released two new images from Constantine, the live-action adaptation of DC Comics' Hellblazer title.

The images show Keanu Reeves as John Constantine and Djimon Hounsou as Papa Midnite.

The movie is scheduled for a Feb. 18 release.

Click on the thumbnails for larger images, and look for more on Constantine soon here in The Continuum.

BRIEFLY

Above is a first look at the cover to Bigfoot #3 from IDW Publishing, the covers to Exiles #60 and Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Age of Apocalypse 2005 and the variant covers to New Avengers #2 and Arana: Heart of the Spider #1 from Marvel Comics. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.

The Fantastic Four movie will be featured on Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday.

Upcoming episodes of Mutant X in syndication include "A Breed Apart" this week, "Dancing on the Razor" the week of Dec. 27 and "Past as Prologue" the week of Jan. 3.

Click on the thumbnails below for larger images from "A Breed Apart."