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Wednesday, January 11, 2006BLADE TV UPDATESpike TV has provided The Continuum with the first six promotional images from its upcoming Blade television pilot movie.
The images show Kirk "Sticky" Jones as Blade and Jill Wagner as Krista.
The two-hour original drama, which marks the network's first foray into scripted entertainment, is scheduled to air in June.
"Blade is perfectly suited for Spike TV and its male viewers," said Pancho Mansfield, Executive Vice President, Original Programming at Spike TV. "The new Blade promises to capture what men want to see: thrilling action and effects combined with an intelligent and highly creative story."
David S. Goyer, who wrote the screenplays for the Blade trilogy as well as Batman Begins, serves as executive producer and co-wrote the script with Geoff Johns. Peter O'Fallon serves as director.
Here's how Spike TV describes the movie:
"Blade focuses on Marvel's eponymous immortal warrior of the same name fighting a shadowy underworld of vampires who want to destroy the human race. The title character is a half-man, half-vampire who uses his incredible powers and skills to fearlessly battle the demonic creatures of the night in a blood-drenched crusade to prevent the ascendance of vampires over mankind."
The cast also includes Neil Jackson, Nelson Lee and Jessica Gower.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images, and look for more on Blade soon here in The Continuum.
X3 UPDATE20th Century Fox has released two new images from X3 as part of its 2006 preview package.
The image above shows Halle Berry (Storm), Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Patrick Stewart (Professor Xavier) and Ian McKellen (Magneto).
The photo to the right shows Rebecca Romijn's Mystique in action.
Producer Ralph Winter told The Continuum the film is "heavy into post" after completing photography on Dec. 22.
X3 is scheduled to reach theaters on May 26.
Click on the images for larger and fuller images, and look for more on the film soon here in The Continuum.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKSFor covers and five to six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Jan. 18, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Marvel Knights 4 #26, New Mangaverse #1, Sentinel Squad O*N*E #1, X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl #1, Spider-Woman: Origin #2, Incredible Hulk #91, Generation M #3, Uncanny X-Men #468 and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4.
Look for more First Looks on Thursday here in The Continuum.
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKSFor covers and five-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on Jan. 18, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle #3, The Losers #31 and Ex Machina #17.
Look for more First Looks on Thursday here in The Continuum.
JENNIFER GARNER WINS PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDJennifer Garner, star of the Elektra movie and the Alias television series, won two People's Choice Awards on Tuesday night.
Garner, who recently had a baby with Daredevil co-star Ben Affleck, won in the female action star and female TV star categories.
Garner accepted her awards via video.
While promoting Elektra, Garner talked about her approach for Elektra's action.
"Elektra is a consummate martial artist, and I've poured by heart, body and soul into my training," Garner said. "Luckily I had Daredevil and three years of Alias under my belt."
In other awards, Batman Begins was beaten out by Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith in both Favorite Movie Drama and Favorite Movie.
The awards were presented from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on CBS.
BRIEFLY * Above is a promotional image from 20th Century Fox from Super Ex-Girl Friend, starring Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson.
* Coming Thursday: TV 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, Jan. 6: X3, Virgin Comics/Animation and First Looks.
* Thursday, Jan. 5: Marvel and DC First Looks, Superman Returns, Wolverine: Origins and G.I. Joe vs. Transformers.
* Wednesday, Jan. 4: Teen Titans, Sam Kieth exclusive to DC, First Looks and Red Sonja/Claw the Unconquered.
* Tuesday, Jan. 3: Wolverine: Origins, Justice League Unlimited, X-Factor, Pars Unknown and Dead Me Tell No Tales.
* Monday, Jan. 2: Justice League Unlimited, Iron Man animation, Jonah Hex, First Looks and Heroic Publishing for April.
* Sunday, Jan. 1: The Batman DVD, Heroic Publishing for April and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Friday, Dec. 30: X3, Teen Titans and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Thursday, Dec. 29: Marvel and DC First Looks and Smallville.
* Wednesday, Dec. 28: IDW Publishing for April, Narwain's Hollywood Noir, Kurt Busiek exclusive to DC and First Looks.
* Tuesday, Dec. 27: X3, Family Guy and Transformers: Best Wars.
* Monday, Dec. 26: Smallville, The Batman, Victoria's Secret Service and First Looks.
* Saturday, Dec. 24: X3's Halle Berry, Smallville's Erica Durance, DC First Looks and Family Guy.
* Friday, Dec. 23: Ultimate Avengers, Smallville's Cyborg, Marvel and Image First Looks and Narwain's Neptune.
* Thursday, Dec. 22: The Batman, Marvel First Looks, Image Comics roundup and Painkiller Jane ratings.
* Wednesday, Dec. 21: Devil's Due and Apsen Comics for March, Marvel First Looks and Smallville.
* Tuesday, Dec. 20: Justice, Ghost Rider movie, DC Comics First Looks and Alias Comics for March.
* Monday, Dec. 19: Ultraviolet, Marvel Comics First Looks, Devil's Due trade paperbacks and Archie Comics for March.
* Saturday, Dec. 17: Street Fighter, X3 and First Looks.
* Friday, Dec. 16: Image Comics for March, Avatar Press for March, Image Comics First Looks, November sales and UDON's Raw Editions.
* Thursday, Dec. 15: X3, Marvel First Looks, DC First Looks and Ghost Rider movie.
* Wednesday, Dec. 14: Marvel solicitations for March, Wolverine and the X-Men animated series and Teen Titans and Krypto schedules for January.
* Tuesday, Dec. 13: Witchblade movies, Marvel's Annihilation, Teen Titans, The Batman, Alias' Twin Blades, Marvel First Looks and Oni Press for March.
* Monday, Dec. 12: DC Comics for March, Blade TV, Cyborg on Smallville, Neal Adams covers Green Lantern and Dave Sim on Gun Fu.
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