Friday, March 11, 2005
FANTASTIC FOUR MOVIE UPDATE
Twentieth Century Fox has provided The Continuum with four new images from the Fantastic Four movie.
The images show Jessica Alba as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic and Chris Evans as Johnny Storm/Human Torch.
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In other Fantastic Four news, Alba -- who is also starring in Sin City -- will be a guest on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien on Friday, March 25.
SIN CITY MOVIE UPDATE
Jaime King said the upcoming Sin City movie is "the coolest looking and feeling thing you've ever seen."
Appearing on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien on Thursday, King described the movie.
"It's all in black and white except there's splashes of color," King said. "Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson and I are wearing like ... God bless, Rosario, because she's hardly wearing anything. She's wearing like little chains.
"A lot of Sin City is these crazy characters, like corrupt cops, run by prostitutes, but the prostitutes have a heart of gold."
During the interview, a photo from last summer's Comic-Con International was shown of King and Sin City co-stars Alba and Dawson.
"All the hardcore, avid comic-book fans come to check out all the new comic-book movies and comic books," King said. "It's crazy. You've got all the trekkies there and people who dress up in costumes.
"It was pretty cool. It's a crazy experience."
Sin City star Bruce Willis also was a guest on the show, but he was promoting his new film Hostage.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images and look for more on Sin City soon here in The Continuum.
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SPIDER-MAN CLASSIC
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Toy Biz has provided The Continuum with a first look at Assortment 15 of its Spider-Man Classic line, due in stores in October.
The line includes:
* Ultimate Rhino.
* Rocket Blast Spider-Man.
* Hurricane Kick Spider-Man.
* Super Stunt Spider-Man.
* Web Splasher Doc Ock.
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IMAGE COMICS' GØDLAND
Writer Joe Casey is set to launch his first Image Comics ongoing series in June.
GØDLAND features art by Tom Scioli. fresh off Freedom Force, Fantastic Four, and his own Myth of Opus-8. The book introduces readers to Adam Archer, the world's first star-powered superhero. And with powers drawn from the stars, it's only a matter of time before Adam attracts attention that's more alien in nature.
Casey and Scioli intend for each issue to be a
complete and satisfying experience, while simultaneously building momentum
for a far-reaching, star-spanning superheroic odyssey, introducing an entire
universe of new characters including Basil Cronus, Discordia, Crashman, the
Tormentor and Friedrich Nickelhead.
"If there is a hook here," Casey said. "I guess it's the 'everything all at once' approach we're taking, where every issue is a complete experience. No
writing for the trade. No 'Part 1 of 6' nonsense. GØDLAND is meant to be the
kind of comic book that comes straight from the spinner rack.:
Casey said he is fired up to be working on a creator-owned book at Image,
and is equally excited to be working with Scioli.
"Tom's proven in his own work that he's got a visual imagination to be
reckoned with, and he's definitely pulling out all the stops on this book," Casey said. "Honestly, I would never have considered a series like this
without him on board as my co-pilot. His commitment to this particular
brand of cosmic epic storytelling has absolutely inspired me."
The first issue will be in stores on June 22.
BRIEFLY
* The Unauthorized Puffed Movie Adaptation debuts in May from IDW Publishing. The 132-page book, written by John Layman with art by Dave Crosland, will cost $15.99.
Here's how IDW describes the book:
"We've all seen -- and pitied -- those unfortunate souls
forced to earn their daily bread by donning funny animal costumes and
amusing (or terrifying) youngsters. As bad as their lives are in an
amusement park setting, imagine having to survive a night in that
get-up in the heart of your city¹s worst neighborhood.
"In the darkly hilarious miniseries Puffed, Aaron comes face-to-face
with just such a situation, and the results aren¹t pretty! The
Unauthorized Puffed Movie Adaptation collects this black comedy classic
by Gambit writer John Layman and Heaven LLC¹s Dave Crosland, and pairs
it with Stay Puffed, the where-are-they-now follow-up one shot. The
original story is expanded with³Director¹s Cut,² additional scenes. But
the extras don¹t end there, as a brand-new story, ³Mo¹ Puffed,² is
included, too."
Included is a pin-up featuring John Cassaday, Frank
Quitely, Sam Kieth, Ashley Wood Jim Mahfood and others.
* Kids' WB! has released its schedule for the week of March 21, which can be seen in its entirety by CLICKING HERE. Episodes on Saturday, March 26 include "Feat Itself" for Teen Titans and "Q & A" for The Batman.
* Coming Saturday: Movie news and much more!!!
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links:
* For Saturday, March 5, including V for Vendetta movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, March 4, including Catwoman news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 3, including a look at Toy Biz's Marvel Legends lines for 2005, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, March 2, including Justice League Unlimited news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 1, including a rundown of Fantastic Four movie toys, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, Feb. 28, including Spider-Man movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, Feb. 26, including Sin City movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, Feb. 25, including an interview with Constantine's Djimon Hounsou, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, Feb. 24, including Top Cow news, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, Feb. 23, including Devil's Due Publishing's solicitations for May, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, Feb. 22, including Justice League Unlimited news, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, Feb. 21, including interviews with Batman Begins' Christian Bale and Fantastic Four's Julian McMahon, CLICK HERE.
* For Sunday, Feb. 20, including the DC Universe panel at WonderCon in San Francisco, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, Feb. 19, including the Vertigo/WildStorm panel at WonderCon in San Francisco, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, Feb. 18, including Marvel Comics' solicitations for May, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, Feb. 17, including Image Comics' solicitations for May, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, Feb. 16, including news on The Batman's second season, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, Feb. 15, including an interview with Constantine's Keanu Reeves, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, Feb. 14, including DC Comics' solicitations for May, CLICK HERE.
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