Thursday, December 1, 2005
X3 MOVIE UPDATE
The first trailer for X3 will appear in front of King King, 20th Century Fox has confirmed for The Continuum.
King Kong is scheduled to open in theaters on Wednesday, Dec. 14.
"We're expecting it to get a very enthusiastic response and we're very excited about it," associate producer David Gorder said. "We've got great footage. We've got three more weeks of principal (photography), so we've got a lot of stuff packed into the trailer that you'll see in front of King Kong."
The trailer will likely give at least a glimpse at new-to-the-movies characters such as Beast (Kelsey Grammer), Juggernaut (Vinnie Jones) and Angel (Ben Foster).
Look for more on X3 soon here in The Continuum.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and four-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3, New Excalibur #2, Sentinel #2, X-Men Unlimited #12, New Warriors #6, Spider-Girl #93 and X-Men: Colossus Bloodline #4.
For covers and six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Marvel Zombies #1 and Marvel Team-Up #15.
PANG BROTHERS TO DIRECT THE DARKNESS
Platinum Studios and Blue Star Pictures have signed a deal with directors Danny and Oxide Pang to direct the upcoming The Darkness, a live-action movie based on the Top Cow character.
Platinum Studios will finance 50 percent of the production. Platinum, Blue Star and the Pang Brothers are jointly looking for a writer.
Danny and Oxide Pang, twin brothers best known for their action movie Bangkok Dangerous and the horror film, The Eye, recently finished another Blue Star feature, The Messengers, starring Dylan McDermott, John Corbett and Penelope Ann Miller, for Mandate Pictures and Sony/Columbia.
"The Pang brothers' unique horror style suits this project very well," said Platinum Studios chairman Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. "This is an opportunity to develop one of Platinum's many horror-genre properties with two of the best horror-directors available."
The Darkness is at Miramax with a progress to production clause through January.
"When we first approached Danny and Oxide with the idea, we found out they were already fans of the book," said Blue Star partner William Sherak. "The ideas they started coming up with were exactly in line with what we and Platinum had already discussed. We knew right then they were the only ones who could do this."
Rosenberg will produce for Platinum, with Director of Development Aaron Severson and Director of Production Jay Burns as co-producers. Top Cow founder and The Darkness creator Marc Silvestri will serve as executive producer and Top Cow president Matt Hawkins as co-producer. Rhiannon Meier will oversee development for Blue Star Pictures.
PAUL JENKINS EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL
Marvel Comics announced on Wednesday that writer Paul Jenkins has signed an exclusive with the publisher.
"I grew up as a writer at Marvel... we've had a lot of mutual success," Jenkins said. "I'm at a time in my life and career when it makes sense to go exclusive. My wife and I are expecting our first child, I just signed the deal to produce my first film and things are looking interesting for my production company, Good Cop Bad Cop.
"In addition, I've been working on video games a lot... it was time to bring all of the comic work into one place, for the sake of my sanity
"This has been a long time coming. Let's not kid ourselves: I've pretty much been exclusive with Marvel for the last five or six years, with all due respect to the Distinguished Competition."
Jenkins, who is writing the current Generation M, will take over The Pulse.
"I would trust Paul Jenkins with any Marvel character," said editor-in-chief Joe Quesada.
DC COMICS STAMPS
The United States Postal Service has announced a line of DC Comics Superher Stamps for next summer.
Half of the 20 stampes will be portraits of the characters; the other half will show individual comic book covers devoted to their exploits.
Character shots include Batman by Jim Lee and Scott Williams, Wonder Woman by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito, Plastic Man by Dick Giordano, Superman by Curt Swan and Sheldon Moldoff, Green Lantern by Neal Adams, The Flash by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson, Aquaman by Jim Apara, Hawkman by Murphy Anderson, Supergirl by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye and Green Arrow by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer.
Covers include Plastic Man #4 (summer 1946) by Jack Cole, Batman #1 (spring 1940) by Bob Kane, The Brave and the Bold #35 (June/July 1961) by Joe Kubert, Green Lantern #4 (Jan./Feb. 1961) by Gil Kane and Joe Giella, The Flash #111 (Feb./March 1960) by Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella, Wonder Woman #22 (Nov. 1988) by George Perez, Aquaman #5 (Oct. 1989) by Curt Swan and Al Vey, The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #1 (Nov. 1982) by Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano, Superman #11 (July/Aug. 1941) by Fred Ray and Green Arrow #15 (Sept. 2002) by Matt Wagner.
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FEAR AGENT #2 MISPRINTED, TO BE REPLACED
Image Comics has announced that, due to a printing error, Fear Agent #2 was incorrectly printed on the wrong paper stock, leading to widespread damages.
According to Image, this issue has been taken up with the printer and they are re-printing Fear Agent #2, which will be in-stores on Dec. 14.
If you have purchased a copy of Fear Agent #2, please take it back to
your local store and you will be able to exchange it for a new copy
of Fear Agent #2. The rest of the current print run is being pulped
so it does not get sent out accidentally.
Image Comics regrets this error and apologizes for any inconvenience.
BRIEFLY
* Marvel has released the second printing variant covers to Amazing Spider-Man #526 and X-Men: Deadly Genesis #2. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
* Coming Friday: Marvel news -- and 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, Nov. 25: Avatar Press' February solicitations and First Looks.
* Thursday, Nov. 24: Painkiller Jane, Hellboy, The Batman and Paula Peril.
* Wednesday, Nov. 23: Marvel First Looks, Chris Claremont's next project, X-Men: Deadly Genesis second printing and Ramon Bach exclusive to Marvel.
* Tuesday, Nov. 22: Teen Titans, Krypto, DC and Marvel First Looks, Devil's Due Publishing's February solicitations.
* Monday, Nov. 21: Image Comics' February solicitations, Bomb Queen, Judo Girl and The Batman.
* Saturday, Nov. 19: Superman Returns, Smallville ratings and First Looks.
* Friday, Nov. 18: Marvel Legends, Oni Press for February, First Looks and The Simpsons.
* Thursday, Nov. 17: Spawn the Animation, Teen Titans and The Batman on DVD, Marvel and Image First Looks and The Portent.
* Wednesday, Nov. 16: Marvel solicitations for February, Marvel First Looks and American Splendor.
* Tuesday, Nov. 15: Planet Hulk, DC and Marvel First Looks and Daniel Acuna exclusive to DC.
* Monday, Nov. 14: DC Comics, Aspen Comics and Blue Water Productions for February.
* Saturday, Nov. 12: Heroic Publishing for February, Spider-Man/Black Cat and First Looks.
* Friday, Nov. 11: October sales, First Looks, Marvel/Activision deal and Family Guy.
* Wednesday, Nov. 9: Marvel and Dark Horse First, Hellboy animation voices, Fantastic Four DVD and Judge Dredd.
* Tuesday, Nov. 8: Marvel and DC First Looks and DC's four exclusives.
* Monday, Nov. 7: DC, Peter David and Ultimate Avengers panels at Wizard World Texas, Hellboy animated and First Looks.
* Sunday, Nov. 6: Marvel and Aspen panels at Wizard World Texas and Thomas Haden Church as the Sandman.
* Saturday, Nov. 5: Painkiller Jane movie photos, Dark Horse Comics for February and First Looks.
* Friday, Nov. 4: Marvel and DC panels at Wizard World Texas and Amazing Fantasy #15.
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