Friday, April 1, 2005
WILDC.A.T.S DVD
Jim Lee was interviewed recently at WildStorm's offices in La Jolla, Calif., for a segment to be included in the WildC.A.T.S. The Complete Series DVD set.
The collection, from FUNimation, will include the entire one-season run of the animated series, which originally aired on CBS 10 years ago. It is targeted for release this summer.
Among the regular voices on the series was Canadian actor Rod Wilson as Spartan. Wilson also voiced Longshot in X-Men and Ant-Man in Avengers and appeared as a guest-star in Mutant X.
"Spartan was pretty much a no-nonsense character," Wilson told The Continuum.
The cast also include Roscoe Handford as Zealot, Janet-Laine Green as Void, Ruth Marshall as Voodoo, Sean McCann aas Marlowe, Dean McDermott as Warblade, Paul Motas as Maul, Colin O'Meara as Grifter and Maurice Dean Wint as Helspon.
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SIN CITY UPDATE
Sin City opens in theaters on Friday in an estimated 3,230 theaters, with an excellent chance of opening No. 1.
Buoyed by good reviews, Dimension Films' Sin City is one of two major releases this weekend. The other is MGM's Beauty Shop, which opens in 2,660 theaters.
In other Sin City news:
* Brittany Murphy appeared on MTV's Total Request Live on Thursday. "What a joy it was an actor to work with Clive Owen and Benicio del Toro," she sadi.
* Jessica Alba will appear on NBC's Late Call with Carson Daly on Friday.
FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and three- to fuve-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Dead @17: Revolution #4 from Viper Comics, Infantry #4 from Devil's Due Publishing, Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist #6 from Dark Horse Comics and Shadowhawk #1 from Image Comics.
KRYPTO THE SUPERDOG UPDATE
Cartoon Network has added four weekend showings of Krypto the Superdog to its schedule beginning Saturday, April 9.
Kypto will air on Saturdays at 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Sundays at 7 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Upcoming episodes will include "Krypto's Scrypto," parts 1 and 2, and "Super Flea" and "A Bug's Strike" on Saturday, April 9.
After a sneak peek last week, Krypto has its official premiere on Monday.
Cartoon Network also announced that Teen Titans will air on Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. beginning April 9.
VICTORIA'S SECRET SERVICE ACTION FIGURES
Southern Island has announced six-inch action figures based on the upcoming comic book series Victoria's Secret Serviceby creative studio Blue Water Productions and publisher Alias
Enterprises.
Created by Darren G. Davis and Brooklyn Weaver, Victoria's Secret
Service centers on a young American girl who finds out she's been
selected to join an elite, clandestine organization - which was formed
by Queen Victoria during her reign over the English Empire, and exists
today as an international organization.
"There's been a lot of excitement building around this new series," said
Davis. "We're really pleased and excited to have had such commercial
success with the line. I mean, who doesn't want a toy line based on
their characters? We're very happy to be working with Southern Island
on this project, and we can't wait to debut the line this summer."
Southern Island will begin the line with Scarlet, designed by artist, Nadir Balan, to debut alongside the comic at the San Diego Comic Con in July 2005.
Blue Water has also provided The Contnuum with character designs from the series. Click on the thumbnails for larger and more complete images.
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BRIEFLY
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* Above is a first look at the completed covers to Uncanny X-Men #458, Amazing Spider-Man #519, New X-Men #12, Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill #4 and Ultimate Spider-Man #76. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
* Access Hollywood will feature the Fantastic Four movie on Friday.
* Coming Saturday: Marvel news and much more!!!
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links:
* For Friday, March 25, including Entertainment Weekly's Star Wars covers, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 24, including Teen Titans Go! news, CLICK HERE.
* 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.
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