Thursday, October 27, 2005
GHOST RIDER MOVIE UPDATE
Sony Pictures has provided The Continuum with two images from the Ghost Rider movie.
The movie, written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson, continues toward a July 14 release.
"Post-production is going great," Marvel Studios' Ari Arad told The Continuum on Thursday. "We're starting to get visual effects in."
The images show Nicolas Cage, who plays Johnny Blaze, and Sam Elliott, who plays Caretaker. This is Elliott's second Marvel film; he was General Ross in Hulk.
During a recent convention appearance, Johnson said that Ghost Rider is targeted as a PG-13 film, a rating he doesn't think will be a difficult obstacle.
"I think PG-13 is going further and further in a good way," he said. "I think you can get more in a PG-13. War of the Worlds was PG-13 and there's some pretty intense stuff in there, really intense, graphic stuff."
FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and two- to seven-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Aeon Flux #2 from Dark Horse Comics; Spider-Man: House of M #5 and Captain Universe/X-23 from Marvel Comics; Bone Rest #4, Flaming Carrot #4 and Mora #4 from Image Comics; Dead Samurai from Komikwerks; and Past Lies from Oni Press.
X-MEN: DEADLY GENESIS
Marvel Comics has announced that X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1 will include an eight-page back-up story by Ed Brubaker and Pete Woods.
The publisher has provided The Continuum with a five-page preview of the story. Click on the thumbnails below for larger images.
The main story is written by Brubaker and features art by Trevor Hairsine.
Here's how Marvel describes the story:
"The X-Men are at one of the lowest points in their history following the scarring events of House of M and now a new enemy has awakened; a new enemy with a shared history with the X-Men now looking for vengeance against Xavierıs followers."
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SMALLVILLE UPDATE
The WB has released 11 more images from "Exposed," the Thursday, Nov. 3 episode of Smallville.
The episode reunites Dukes of Hazzard stars John Schneider and Tom Wopat.
Here's how the network describes the episode:
"Clark (Tom Welling) and Jonathan (John Schneider) are thrilled when Jake Jennings (guest star Tom Wopat), Jonathan's oldest friend, rolls into the Kent farm looking for their support in his campaign for re-election to the senate. However, after a young girl named Melissa (guest star Sarah Mutch) turns up dead, it is revealed that she was a stripper and Jennings' mistress, which makes him the prime suspect. Searching for answers, Chloe (Allison Mack) convinces Lois (Erica Durance) to go undercover as a stripper, but things take a dangerous turn when Lois gets kidnapped by a diplomat's son (guest star Woody Jeffreys) who intends to sell her into slavery."
The episode was written by Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders and was directed by Brad May.
Click on the thumbnails for larger and fuller images, and for eight previously released images from the episode, CLICK HERE.
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BRIEFLY
* Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19, part two of "The Other" story arc, has sold out at Diamond. Marvel has announced a second printing variant for for the issue, available on Nov. 23.
* Vampirella will be featured on A&E Network's The Secret Life of Vampires, premiering Friday at 8 p.m.
Vampirella editorial eirector Bon Alimagno was asked by the producers to talk on camera about the character's history and place in comics. "One of the producers called me up and said they were about to complete the show, but it was missing something: Vampirella," Alimagno said. "They told me the character's part in the program may be brief, but I think anytime her place in pop culture and comics is recognized itıs something that Vampi fans should celebrate."
* Kids' WB! has announced that there will be new episodes of The Batman on Saturdays thoughout November.
* Coming Friday: Animation news -- and much more!!!
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Friday, Oct. 21: Painkiller Jane, Smallville, Oni Press for January, Devil's Due First Looks and Marvel in the Middle East.
* Thursday, Oct. 20: Devil's Due for February, Marvel's New Mangaverse, Supergirl #4 variant, Marvel First Looks and Justice League Unlimited.
* Wednesday, Oct. 19: Savage Dragon and Marvel and Image First Looks.
* Tuesday, Oct. 18: Marvel and Image Comics for January, DC First Looks and DC exclusives Don Kramer and Dale Eaglesham.
* Monday, Oct. 17: DC Comics for January, New Excalibur and Brian Pulido.
* Sunday, Oct. 16: Motor City Comic Con panels featuring Grey DeLisle (voice of Wasp from Ultimate Avengers) and Ron Garney.
* Saturday, Oct. 15: Smallville and First Looks.
* Friday, Oct. 14: Sin City DVD, September sales, Maximum Fantastic Four, The Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror," The Batman, Scott Allie talks The Fog and First Looks.
* Thursday, Oct. 13: IDW Publishing for February, Marvel and Image First Looks and Superman DVDs.
* Wednesday, Oct. 12: Kirsten Dunst on Spider-Man future, Smallville, City of Villains, Marvel and DC First Looks and Moonstone Books' February soliciations.
* Tuesday, Oct. 11: Teen Titans' Kid Flash, Geoff Johns exclusive to DC and First Looks.
* Monday, Oct. 10: Dark Horse solicitations for November, Marvel movies, Alan Moore's DCU collection, DC trade paperbacks, Dwayne McDuffie on Fantastic Four and Tom Welling in The Fog.
* Saturday, Oct. 8: Elektra and Spider-Man 2 on Cinemax, more Franklin Richards, House of M trade paperbacks, The Batman and Smallville.
* Friday, Oct. 7: Teen Titans, Smallville, Star Wars: Purge and First Looks.
* Thursday, Oct. 6: IDW Publishing's soliciations for January and Smallville.
* Wednesday, Oct. 5: Batman Begins and The Flash on DVD, Marvel and DC Comics First Looks, Blade: Trinity on Starz and Neal Adams covers All Star Superman.
* Tuesday, Oct. 4: Smallville's Aquaman, Marvel and DC First Looks, Superman Returns video game, New X-Men and Claypool for January.
* Monday, Oct. 3: Top Cow and WildStorm/Vertigo panels at Wizard World Boston and Heroic Publishing's January solicitations.
* Sunday, Oct. 2: Marvel and DC panels at Wizard World Boston and Heroic Publishing's January solicitations.
* Saturday, Oct. 1: Ultimate Avengers Panel at Wizard World Boston, Smallville and Dark Horse First Looks.
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