Wednesday, March 30, 2005
SIN CITY MOVIE UPDATE
Robert Rodriguez, director of Sin City with Frank Miller, appeared on CBS' The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Tuesday night and described his approach in translating Miller's property to film.
"Those are like the best written directed, shot, lit movies never seen on the big screen, if you just read the book," Rodriguez said. "So I thought he (Miller) was already a director.
"So I told him, 'I want this to be Frank Miller's Sin City; I don't want make Robert Rodriguez's Sin City. Because I love the books so much. What he was doing in the books was so much bolder than anything we were doing in the cinema.
"I said, 'Let's not insult the book by turning it into a movie. Let's take the movies and turn it into a graphic novel by using all these tricks, and I want you there because I love the books and I want to see that movie on the screen.
"And when you see the movie, it is unbelievable. People are not going to know what they're looking at. It is really a moving, living, graphic novel."
Rodriguez said that Miller's inspiration went beyond just storyboards.
"He got such great performances from his paper characters," Rodriguez said.
In other Sin City news:
* Brittany Murphy appeared on CBS' The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday. "I think it will be in film schools 20 years from now," she said of Sin City.
* Clive Owen appeared on ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday.
"I think it's incredble," he said of the movie. "I sat watching the movie as a fan, regardless of the fact that I was in. I saw watching this movie, thinking, 'It's really an extraordinary achievement. It's a wild movie.'"
* Above is a photo from Rosario Dawson's appearance on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Below are photos from the world premiere of Sin City on Monday night. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
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COUNTDOWN BACK TO PRESS
Two days before arriving in stores on March 30, the Countdown to Infinite Crisis Special has sold out at DC Comics.
DC is rushing the comic back to press for a second printing with a new, variant cover by Jim Lee and Alex Ross that reveals the shadowy figure in Batman's arms as the Blue Beetle.
Scheduled to arrive in stores on April 13, Countdown to Infinite Crisis Second Printing will have a cover price of $1.99, and will include the full story written by Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka and Judd Winick with art by Rags Morales and Michael Bair, Ed Benes, Ivan Reis and Marc Campos, Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning, and Jesus Saiz and Jimmy Palmiotti.
"Even with the new price of $1.99, Countdown is the single best value in comics today," said Bob Wayne, DC's VP -- Sales. "As the four miniseries that follow start to reach stores, retailers will want to have Countdown in stock, so we recommend that they place orders for this second printing now."
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and four-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on April 6, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Blood of the Demon #2, Deadshot #5, John Constantine -- Hellblazer Special: Papa Midnite #3, Lex Luthor: Man of Steel #2, The Losers #22, Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #1, Swamp Thing #14 and Y: The Last Man #32.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and six-page previews of upcoming Marvel Comics titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Marvel Knights 4 #17, Fantastic Four #525, Spectacular Spider-Man #27 and Spider-Man: Breakout! #1.
HARRY MOORE COVERS TENTH MUSE
Artist Harry Moore has recently joined Blue Water Productions to provide cover art featuring model Cindy Margolis as the Tenth Muse beginning with Tenth Muse #5, and also as part of the Tenth Muse 2006 Calendar.
"We really wanted the photos covers to pop off the shelves, so digitally altering the Tenth Muse's costume on Cindy Margolis was the way to go," said Managing Editor, Darren G. Davis. "We looked at hundreds of people's artwork and, to be honest, Harry's stuff really stood out . and
Cindy agreed. He is a great addition to the Tenth Muse team."
Moore has more than 10 years of commercial experience working
on product development, children's books, storyboards, art direction,
and more. His and past projects include work for Universal Studios,
Nickelodeon, Hasbro, Mattel Toys, Marvel Entertainment, Disney Stores,
Disney Publishing, the MGM Grand-Las Vegas and NFL films.
"I thank Darren for the opportunity to work on some of the Tenth Muse
covers," said Moore. "Having Cindy as the inspiration for the character
makes my job a lot of fun!"
DEVIL'S DUE TO GET D&D RIGHTS
Devilšs Due Publishing (DDP) is finalizing negotiations to acquire the license to the entire D&D library from the Hasbro Properties Group, the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro, Inc. The proposed agreement will allow DDP to develop comic book and graphic novel properties based on D&D and its various universes, including Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Eberron and Spell Jammers.
The proposed agreement contemplates that the rollout will begin in June with a three-issue, 48-page mini-series based on author R.A. Salvatore's Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy: Homeland. Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, written by Andrew Dabb with art by Tim Seeley, will bring Drizzt Do'Urden, one of the most popular characters in the Forgotten Realms, in a graphic format that would unveil the dark world of Menzobberranzan and the obsidian-skinned race of dark elves in a way that has never been seen before.
Under the proposed agreement, Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy would retell the tale of Drizzt Do'Urden as originally published in Salvatorešs three novels, Homeland, Exile and Sojourn. (The first issue of volume one of the series, Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, adapting Homeland, has already been solicited via Diamond Distribution).
"This is a thrill," said Josh Blaylock, President of DDP. "Dungeons and Dragons started a whole new wave of outstanding fantasy novels. With compelling characters and gripping new worlds, and the creators we have canšt wait to start playing in the D&D realms. I know Andrew and Tim have been having fun working on Drizzt. We're honored to publish the Dark Elf series and we think fans, new and old alike, will be thrilled."
DDP has also solicited the June release for the trade paperback of The Legend of Huma, a Dragonlance graphic novel based on Richard Knaak's novel.
BRIEFLY
* Lex Luthor: Man of Steel #1 has sold out at DC Comics. The debut issue of the five-part mini-series written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Lee Bermejo sold out 12 days after arriving in stores on March 2.
"While Lee and I were fleshing out the ideas for the series, we both knew we were on to something that might be special," Azzarello said. "LL: MOS is a radical piece of work -- both in its subject and design, and ultimately in its crescendo. The first issue just laid the groundwork. In the timeless words of Randy Bachman, 'B-b-b-baby, you ain't seen n-n-nothin' yet.'"
* Coming Thursday: Marvel news and much more!!!
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links:
* For Wednesday, March 23, including Sin City news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 22, including Spider-Man 3 movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, March 21, including Wizard World Los Angeles coverage and Fanstastic Four movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Sunday, March 20, including Wizard World Los Angeles coverage, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, March 19, including Marvel's panel at Wizard World Los Angeles, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, March 18, including Marvel Comics' solicitations for June, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 17, including Image Comics' solicitations for June, CLICK HERE.
* 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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