Tuesday, April 5, 2005
FRANK LANGELLA JOINS SUPERMAN CAST
Frank Langella has joined the cast of Warner Bros.' Superman Returns and will play Perry White.
Langella replaces Hugh Laurie, who had to bow out of the role because of scheduling conflict with his Fox television series House.
House, on which Superman Returns director Bryan Singer is executive producer, was just picked up for a second season.
Laurie had not filmed any scenes for Superman Returns, which is in production in Australia.
Langella, 65, has dozens of film and television roles, ranging from 1979's Dracula to Skeletor in 1985's Masters of the Universe to the current HBO series Unscripted.
SIN CITY MOVIE UPDATE
Michael Clarke Duncan has been in two No. 1 comic-book films in just over two years, after the performance of Sin City over the weekend.
Duncan, who played the Kingpin in 2003's Daredevil, plays Manute in Sin City.
"This is the ultimate prize to play this guy," Duncan said. "I was a fan of Frank Miller's from a long time ago."
Duncan describes Manute as "a no-nonsense type of guy."
"If this were Daredevil, he'd be Kingpin's bodyguard," Duncan said.
Duncan is scheduled to be a guest on CBS' The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Tuesday.
In other Sin City news:
* Thanks to a stronger-than-expected performance on Sunday, Sin City's box-office total came in at $29.1 million over the weekend.
* Brittany Murphy continues the talk-show rounds, appearing on the syndicated Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday.
THE BATMAN UPDATE
Tom Kenny and Gina Gershon are reprising their voices as the Penguin and Catwoman for the second-season opener of The Batman animated series.
The episode, "The Bat, The Cat and The Very Ugly," was written by Tom Pugsley and Greg Klein and directed by Brandon Vietti.
In the episode, Catwoman and Penguin team up to steal two statues, that, when combined, form a dangerous weapon.
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VIPER COMICS' NEW PROJECTS
Viper Comics has announced two new projects, a Josh Howard art book and Karma Incorporated.
Josh Howard Art Book Volume 1 will showcase new, never-before-seen art by Josh Howard, creator of Dead @ 17. Best known for his unique rendition of females, Howard has assembled a new collection of school girls, pin-up beauties and punk-rock hotties.
Karma Incorporated, a three-issue mini-series, is written by David Hopkins, with art is by Tom Kurzanski and colors by Marlena Hall. Karma Incorporated features an improbable group of con artists, hackers and a retired hitman who decide they can make money by making people miserable. When a previous customer's adulterous wife hires Karma Inc., the lines become crossed and new lessons are learned.
The projects join the previously announced The Middleman.
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BRIEFLY
* Daredevil returns to Cinemax in May with five showings.
Air dates include Sunday, May 1 at 10:15 a.m.; Friday, May 6 at 8 p.m.; Wednesday, May 11 at 6:15 p.m.; Saturday, May 21 at 4:15 p.m.; and Tuesday, May 31 at 3:15 p.m.
* At the 2005 Tokyo Anime Fair in Japan, Cartoon Network unveiled a new Toonami series, IGPX. Cartoon Network is partnering with animation studio, Production I.G. and Bandai Entertainment to produce IGPX.
Here's how the show is described:
"In IGPX, the year is 2048 and the "IGPX" has become the worldıs most-popular sport. Itıs so big that an entire city was built for the racing industry where competitions take place on a huge, 60-mile track called "The Big Eye." In the "Immortal Grand Prix," two teams of three Mechs, high-tech fighting machines driven by humans, race at speeds greater than 350 mph. Team Satomi, a crew of amateur pilots, has just won a minor-league championship, vaulting them into the sportıs highest level, the IG-1. Now, the untested rookies of Team Satomi must overcome impossible odds and beat the world's most skilled and ruthless pilots in the planetıs biggest event, the 'Immortal Grand Prix.'"
* Ambition Studios Anthology will make its debut at the Alternative Press Expo on Saturday.
Published by Ambition Studios and edited by Alexis E. Fajardo, the anthology offers a tour of all-ages comics, from stories featuring flagship characters Swampfox and Kid Beowulf, to new properties like Xio the Aztec dragon-boy and Victor, a medieval kid with horns and hooves.
The anthology is 112 black-and-white pages and will cost $7.95.
* Below is a first look at the House of M Sketchbook and the Wolverine: Enemy of the State hardcover. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
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* Dan Taylor, an independent comic-book publisher and co-creator of GeekPunkıs Hero Happy Hour is a new editor at IDW Publishing. He will be assisting editor-in-chief Chris Ryall with a variety of editing tasks, as well as handling occasional marketing responsibilities.
Taylor originally broke into the comic book scene in 2003 with the self-published Hero Happy Hour (formally Super Hero Happy Hour), which he co-created with artist Chris Fason. Besides contributing short fiction to IDW's 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales, Taylor has also written stories for Western Tales of Terror (Hoarse & Buggy Productions), Digital Webbing Presents (Digital Webbing) and Dr. Blink Superhero Shrink (Dork Storm Press).
"The opportunity to join the IDW crew is fantastic," Taylor said. "I can't thank Chris Ryall and Ted Adams enough for offering me the position. IDW represents many of the best publications that the comic book industry has to offer. To get the chance to roll up my sleeves and bury my hands deep into the midst of it all is really great."
* Coming Wednesday: DC news and much more!!!
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* 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.
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