THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2006
COMING FRIDAY
Star Wars news -- and much more!
Cartoon Network on Thursday morning released a revised schedule for November, and the Fantastic Four animated series has been removed.
The Batman is replacing Fantastic Four on the schedule, with "The Cat, The Bat and The Ugly" on Nov. 11, "Riddled" on Nov. 18, and "JTV" on Dec. 2. A movie was scheduled to air on Nov. 25.
An episode of Naruto as been scheduled for this Saturday in the 8 p.m. time slot.
Fantastic Four had been airing on Saturdays at 11 a.m. (repeats) and at 8 p.m. Seven of the show's 26 episodes have aired.
Efforts to get comment from the network and Marvel Studios have yet to be returned. Look for updates here as they become available.
CARTOON NETWORK PULLS FANTASTIC FOUR
HEROES EPISODES FOR NOVEMBER
NBC has released titles and descriptions for all of the new Heroes episodes airing in November.
For a rundown, with images, CLICK HERE.
Look for more on Heroes soon here in The Continuum.
MARGOT KIDDER TALKS RICHARD DONNER CUT
Margaret Kidder, who played Lois Lane in the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, appeared on Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday to promote Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut.
Kidder has long been a proponent of having Donner's version of the film being released.
"I'm very excited because what we're finally going to see is what Superman II was supposed to look like," Kidder said.
Among the scenes shown were a fight between Superman and Zod around the Statue of Liberty and a kiss between Superman and Lois Lane.
"Chris was so much to me like a kid brother," Kidder said. "I remember pretending he was Harrison Ford. I had rather a large crush on Harrison.
"Chris and I didn't have sexual chemistry. We had serious brother/sister chemistry, and you don't want to be kissing your brother."
Kidder said she did not enjoy the attention the Superman films brought.
"I just hated it," she said. "I felt like a monkey in a cage at the zoo and everyone is peering at me. I used to scream expletives at the paparazzi at the airport."
To the right is the recently released HD version of the packaging for the film, due in stores on Nov. 28.
LOIS & CLARK DVD
The Continuum has obtained a first look at the screen menus for Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: The Complete Fourth Season.
The final set in the Lois & Clark series, which starred Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher, is scheduled for a Nov. 14 release.
The menus also reveal the episode order. The only bonus feature is Kryptonian Kronology, a look at key events throughout the years in Superman history.
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: The Complete Fourth Season will carry a suggested price of $59.98.
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MARVEL FIRST LOOKS
For covers and four- to five-page previews of upcoming Marvel Comics titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Ultimate Spider-Man #102 and Punisher: X-Mas Special.
Look for more First Looks on Friday here in The Continuum.
FAMILY GUY: "WHISTLE WHILE YOUR WIFE WORKS"
Fox has released an image from "Whistle While Your Wife Works," the Sunday, Nov. 12 episode of The Family Guy.
It is the first of two episodes this month to guest-star Drew Barrymore.
Here's how the episode is described:
"When Peter hurts his hand, Lois goes to the brewery and helps him play catch-up. Meanwhile, when Stewie discovers that Brian is dating a very attractive but intellectually challenged girl named Jillian (Barrymore), he tries to convince Brian to break up with her, but Brian can't close the deal because she is so hot."
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COMICS CONTINUUM AT DETROIT NEWS: BRANDON ROUTH
The latest installment of The Continuum at The Detroit News has been posted.
This one is a profile of Brandon Routh, the star of Superman Returns who is providing the voice of The Everywhere Man on this Saturday's episode of The Batman on Kids' WB!.
To read the story, CLICK HERE.
BRIEFLY
* Top Cow has provided The Continuum a look at its Freshmen II #1 variant exclusive for next week's Wizard World Texas. It will be limited to 500 copies.
The publisher will also be offering convention exclusives for Darkness/Pitt First Look and X-Men: Phoenix -- Warsong #1.
* Superman Returns' Parker Posey will be a guest on ABC's The View on Friday, Nov. 10.
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.
* Saturday, October 28: Heroes, Hellboy: Sword of Storms, Smallville and First Looks.
* Friday, October 27: Diamond Select Toys, Smallville, First Looks and Marvel postage stamps.
* Thursday, October 26: Onslaught Reborn, Smallville, First Looks, DC Comics trades, The Fountain, Heroic Publishing's Athem and Hellboy: Sword of Storms.
* Wednesday, October 25: Marvel First Looks, The Simpsons, Marvel Legends, Image First Looks, Vampirella and Black Panther.
* Tuesday, October 24: Marvel Legends, Black Panther, DC Comics roundup, Anita Blake, Heroes and Black Coat.
* Monday, October 23: Image Comics for January, Spider-Man movie, Heroes, Family Guy, Witchblade and First Looks.
* Sunday, October 22: Battlestar Galactica, Painkiller Jane and First Looks.
* Saturday, October 21: Paul Dini, Family Guy, Smallville, Arcana Studio for January and HBO/Cinemax in December.
* Friday, October 20: Kristanna Loken cast as Painkiller Jane, Smallville, Hellboy: Sword of Storms, Oni Press for January and Marvel First Looks.
* Thursday, October 19: IDW Publishing for January, Marvel Comics First Looks, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica comics and Teen Titans.
* Wednesday, October 18: Devil's Due Publishing for January, Archie Comics for January, Image First Looks, Andy Diggle on Hellblazer and Star Trek's Michael Dorn.
* Tuesday, October 17: Spider-Man 3, Marvel Comics for January, Boom! Studios for January, Dynamite First Looks and Soulfire: Chaos Reign.
* Monday, October 16: DC Comics for January, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Georges Jeanty, Heroes and Top Cow's Tyler Kirkham.
* Sunday, October 15: DC Comics, The Batman, Silent Devil and First Looks.
* Saturday, October 14: Battlestar Galactica, The Simpsons, Transformers: Spotlight, Ape Entertainment's Nightmare World and Krypto the Superdog.
* Friday, October 13: Hellboy: Sword of Storms, Smallville, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, First Looks, September sales and Iron Man movie.
* Thursday, October 12: Justice League of America, Superman Returns video game, White Tiger, Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Wednesday, October 11: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Marvel First Looks, DC First Looks and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
* Tuesday, October 10: Moonstone Books for February, Iron Man movie, Heroes and Battlestar Galactica.
* Monday, October 9: Aspen Comics for December, Image Comics First Looks, Justice League Unlimited and The Simpsons.
* Sunday, October 8: Spike TV's Scream Awards, Hellboy and First Looks.
* Saturday, October 7: Smallville, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica and Top Cow's Freshmen II.
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