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Sunday, February 19, 2006V FOR VENDETTA UPDATE David Lloyd, who created the V for Vendetta comic book with Alan Moore, said he feels the Wachowski Brothers' screenplay adaptation for the upcoming movie was a good representation of the original.
"I never had a purist concept of Vendetta as just a comic," Lloyd said. "It always felt like an idea that could be transposed to other forms of media. In any of my work, the only expectation and desire is that the spirit and key elements are retained and the same essential message is captured."
Key revisions included movie the story's timeline into around 2020, streamlining Moore and Lloyd's storyline, altering Evey's background and making her older than in the original material.
"The graphic novel is quite sprawling and has a lot of characters," director James McTeigue said. "Some of those characters had to be amalgamated or taken out, but all the while we made sure we were adhering to the themes and integrity of the graphic novel."
"It¹s a highly ambitious attempt to move something from one medium to another," said Stephen Rea, who plays Finch. "Graphic novels are obviously static, single frames, and you're transposing that to a moving picture. It's tricky and not entirely realistic, but I found that interesting. It was good to be working with something that has a certain heightened quality to it."
In other news from the movie:
* Warner Bros. has released a stills package, and you can can see larger images by clicking on the thumbnails.
* The film's television promotion has started, with spots on such programs as NBC's Daytona 500 race coverage on Sunday.
DABEL BROTHERS PRODUCTION FOR MAYDabel Brothers Production has released its solicitations for May.
For a rundown, with cover images, CLICK HERE
FIRST LOOKSFor covers and three- to six-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE
Titles include G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 #3 and DragonLance Chronicle #7 from Devil's Due Publishing and Truth, Justin and the American Way #1 and Emissary #1 from Image Comics.
Look for more First Looks on Monday here in The Continuum.
A.C.T.O.R. AUCTION AT MEGACONA.C.T.O.R. returns to MegaCon in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 24-26 with another extensive auction.
A.C.T.O.R. has a total of 179 lots from artists such as Mark Bagley, Ethan Van Sciver, Rags Morales, David Finch, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Gene Ha and Joe Quesada.
"Every year I'm amazingly blown away by the generosity of today's artists in making donations to help comics' elder statesmen," said A.C.T.O.R. President Jim McLauchlin. "The sheer volume of donations we get warms the heart, and I'm really looking forward to being at this year's Orlando MegaCon."
Click on the thumbnails above for examples of lots, and for the complete catalogue, CLICK HERE.
BRIEFLY * Above is a first look at the covers to Witchblade #95 (MegaCon edition) from Top Cow, The Last Sin of Mark Grimm #1 from Silent Devil and an edited version of Civil War #1 from Marvel. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
* Mike Erwin is reprising his voice role as Speedy for "Patriot Act," this Saturday's new episode of Justice League Unlimited on Cartoon Network.
* Coming Monday: 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.
* Tuesday, Feb. 14: Image Comics for May and Archie Comics for May.
* Monday, Feb. 13: DC Comics for May and, from WonderCon, Superman Returns, Frank Miller, DC Crisis and WildStorm.
* Sunday, Feb. 12: From WonderCon: Superman Returns, X-Men: The Last Stand, DC Universe and Dark Horse Comics.
* Saturday, Feb. 11: From WonderCon: Mike Mignola, Bongo Comics, Vertigo Comics, Image Comics and Boom! Studios.
* Friday, Feb. 10: X-Men: The Final Stand, Just a Pilgrim movie and First Looks.
* Thursday, Feb. 9: Marvel's Annihilation, Justice League Unlimited, Rising Stars: Untouchable and First Looks.
* Wednesday, Feb. 8: Mike Deodato's New Avengers and First Looks from Marvel, DC and Image.
* Tuesday, Feb. 7: Supergirl, The Batman, Dark Horse and DC First Looks and Moonstone Books for June.
* Monday, Feb. 6: X-Men movie game, Spider-Man 3's Captain Stacy, Aspen Comics for May and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
* Sunday, Feb. 5: Sin City, Heroic Publishing for May and Doctor Strange movie.
* Saturday, Feb. 4: Smallville, Alias' Valkyries and First Looks.
* Friday, Feb. 3: Dark Horse Comics for May, First Looks and Death, Jr. returns.
* Thursday, Feb. 2: Smallville's Cyborg, Marvel and Devil's Due First Looks and Infinite Crisis.
* Wednesday, Feb. 1: Spider-Man 3's Gwen Stacy, Marvel and DC First Looks and SLG's Tron.
* Tuesday, Jan. 31: Blade, IDW Publishing for May, Claypool Comics for May, The Batman, DC trade paperbacks for June, Rex Mundi and The Simpsons.
* Monday, Jan. 30: Spider-Man's new costume, Infinite Crisis, Smallville, Image's Death Dealer and First Looks.
* Sunday, Jan. 29: Krypto, Smallville and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Saturday, Jan. 28: Smallville, Teen Titans, Star Wars: Rebellion and First Looks.
* Friday, Jan. 27: Smallville, Image Comics First Looks, Devil's Due First Looks and Sam Kieth's My Inner Bimbo.
* Thursday, Jan. 26: Black Panther/Storm wedding, DC Comics' 52, V for Vendetta, New Universe preview and Marvel and DC First Looks.
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