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Monday, March 21, 2005WIZARD WORLD L.A.: TOP COW PANEL A special book in November for Witchblade's 10th anniversary and Pat Lee's designs for a new Cyberforce series were among the highlights at Top Cow's panel at Wizard World L.A. on Sunday.
For a rundown of the panel, with images, CLICK HERE.
WIZARD WORLD L.A.: JOSS WHEDON PANEL Joss Whedon, recently announced as writer and director of the Wonder Woman film, said that making a movie is more different from television than he envisioned.
Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, was at a Wizard World L.A. panel with cast members of Serenity, his upcoming movie based on the Firefly television series.
"In television, the structure is very simple," Whedon said. "It has the act breaks. I know exactly the dance, where to pause and when to shout.
"A movie is so much more fluid that everytime I go to it, I learn something else ... it's been an education."
The panel featured the usual Whedon hijinks and it was in that tone he described getting the Wonder Woman gig.
"I had a meeting with (producer) Joel Silver and he said, 'You should do Wonder Woman,' and I said, 'No, I don't think so,'" Whedon said.
"So I sent him a memo saying, 'I know I told you I'm not doing this, but if I did, this is sort of what I'd be thinking about. Maybe you should think about this, maybe you should do this, and this would be cool and if she did this...'
"So I sent him the memo and he called me and it's like, 'Oh, please.' and 'You like her.' (laughs)
"And I said, 'Yeah, I really do.' So I really am. So I'm going to make Wonder Woman."
Whedon joked with the cast of Serenity about Wonder Wonder, and then cast an eye at Morena Baccarin. "Where will I find a dark-haired, olive-skinned beauty?" he said.
WIZARD WORLD L.A.: FANTASTIC FOUR MOVIE PANEL The build-up to July 8 and the release of Marvel's latest tentpole movie, Fantastic Four, continued on Saturday at Wizard World L.A. with a panel featuring guest of honor Avi Arad of Marvel Studios and Chris Evans, who plays the Human Torch.
For a rundown of the panel, CLICK HERE.
MARVEL MOVIE ROUNDUPSony Pictures is in negotiations with Marvel for a live-action movie based on Killraven, Variety is reporting.
According to the trade, Sony already is in discussions with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan (The Kentucky Cycle) to adapt the series, which was at its heighth of popularity during a run in Amazing Adventures in the 1970s.
In other Marvel movie news:
* Ari Arad recently returned from Australia, where shooting continues under Mark Steven Johnson's direction on Ghost Rider, starring Nicolas Cage.
Arad said production was going well, and a scene involving the Ghost Rider on his cycle was recently shot.
* It has not been determined where Punisher 2 will be filmed.
* The Man-Thing movie, which will debut on Sci Fi, has characters named Steve Gerber and Mike Ploog. Look for more on Man-Thing very soon here in The Continuum.
WIZARD WORLD L.A.: DC'S VERTIGO/WILDSTORM PANEL An Asbsolute edition of Watchmen, a new writer for Hellblazer and a new WildStorm series were among the highlights of DC Comics' Vertigo WildStorm panel on Sunday.
For a complete rundown of the panel, with images, CLICK HERE.
BRIEFLY * The Continuum has obtained this photo of Christian Bale from Batman Begins. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image, and if you can read an interview with Bale by CLICKING HERE.
* Constantine placed 10th at the box office over the weekend with an estimated $2.3 million, pushing its total to $70.4 million.
During Sunday's DC panel at Wizard World L.A., Hellblazer editor Jonathan Vankin said he enjoyed the film. "It felt like a Vertigo movie," he said.
* Coming Tuesday: Justice League Unlimited news and much more!!!
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links:
* For Wednesday, March 16, including a first look at Victoria's Secret Service from Alias Enterprises CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 15, including Jessica Alba talking about Sin City, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, March 14, including DC Comics' solicitations for June news, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, March 12, including movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, March 11, including Fantastic Four movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 10, including Cartoon Network schedules for April, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, March 9, including Krypto the Superdog animated news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 8, including Dark Horse's solicitaitons for June, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, March 7, including Fantastic Four movie news, CLICK HERE.
* 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.
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