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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008
COMING FRIDAY
Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks and more!
David Hasselhoff returns to his 1980s franchise with the Knight Rider movie that airs on NBC on Sunday at 9 p.m.
Hasselhoff reprises his role of Michael Knight in a guest-role appearance. Justin Bruening stars as Mike Tracer, the estranged son of Hasselhoff's character, and former Batman Val Kilmer provides the voice of KITT.
In a video interview, Hasselhoff, who also played Nick Fury in Fox's television movie 10 years ago, said he's remembered more for Knight Rider than Baywatch and that now is an ideal time for the franchise to return.
For Hasselhoff's comments, CLICK HERE.
KNIGHT RIDER'S DAVID HASSELHOFF
JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER'S BROOKE SHIELDS
Brooke Shields, who plays Carol Ferris in the upcoming Justice League: The New Frontier animated movie, said "there's nothing silly" about working in animation.
"I'm always impressed with the artists and the technology," said Shields, who also guest-starred in an episode of Kids' WB!'s The Batman as The Riddler's girlfriend. "It's also really nice to be behind the scenes, but still be an actress. The characters themselves precede you, but you're still right with them, supporting them. There's a wonderful thing that happens when you have the cans (headphones) on and there's time and place to sort of infuse these characters."
Carol plays a key role in the film, recruiting Hal Jordan, who becomes Earth's Green Lantern.
Not having seen the physical look of Carol until nine months into the project, Shields said she was initially attracted to the character's strong sensibilities and absolute determination to succeed in what-was-then a man's world.
"I think the thing that I responded to with Carol, as a character, is that, if you think about the 1950s, people were not sympathetic towards women in any position other than the very traditional homemaker -- and here's Carol, this revolutionary woman for that period of time," Shields said. "There's a strength in Carol -- she's not willing to lose her sexuality by being in a man's world, and she's determined to be respected for having the same intelligence and ability to stay on course, and be par for the course, with the men that she's surrounded by. I admire her character from that perspective for that period of time, and I would admire her in this day and age."
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Shields finally got to see Carol's appearance during looping.
"She's hot!" Shields said with a laugh. "I wish I could cut my hair like hers. I just love her. And I love that pencil skirt that she's wearing, too."
Shields, who is currently starring in NBC's Lipstick Jungle, finds super-heroes appealing.
"I'm so drawn to the concept of a female warrior as the lead character -- I've loved it since before they had shows like Alias and Bionic Woman,² Shields said. "As I'm not exactly, let's say, a dainty girl -- I'm not frail, and no matter what I do, I'm not little -- I've always secretly wished to have to go through some kind of training to do a big, physical role. I've trained with the Blue Angels and I've done triathlons, but ultimately, I think I want to be a super hero. Okay, I just want to play a super hero. I think that would be great. I'd love to do that kind of role."
FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five- to six-page previews of upcomng titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include The 99 #5 from Teshkeel Comics and Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #9 from Marvel Comics.
FAMILY GUY: "LOVE BIACTUALLY"
Fox has released a description of "Love Biactually," the Sunday, March 2 episode of Family Guy.
Here's how the network describes the episode:
"Dissatisfied with his current love life, Brian decides to slow things down when he meets the girl of his dreams, Carolyn. However, Cleveland soon sweeps Carolyn off her feet, and Brian must do anything her can to win her back, even if it means involving Cleveland's ex-wife, Loretta."
Meredith Baxter guest-stars as herself.
APRIL SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted April solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Ape Entertainment.
* Arcana Studio.
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* Big City Comics.
* BlueWater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* Boom! Studios.
* Dabel Brothers Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Desperado Publishing.
* Digital Webbing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Markosia Publishing.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
* Red 5 Comics.
BRIEFLY
* USA Today has published the first image of Hugh Jackman in the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie, which has started production in New Zealand.
* Fox Home Entertainment has announced an April 15 DVD release for Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem.
* Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' Thomas Dekker will be a guest on the Saturday, March 1 episode of Fox's Talkshow with Spike Feresten.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
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In case you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Saturday, February 9: Bluewater Productions for June and First Looks.
* Friday, February 8: Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks, Battlestar Galactica and Iron Man movie.
* Thursday, February 7: Family Guy, The Simpsons, Captain America and First Looks.
* Wednesday, February 6: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Marvel Comics roundup, NBC's Knight Rider and Archie First Looks.
* Tuesday, February 5: Chassis to Bluewater Productions, Dark Horse First Looks, MAD Magazine and Marvel First Looks.
* Monday, February 4: The Batman, The Spectacular Spider-Man, First Looks, Archie Comics' Mayhem and Ben 10: Alien Force.
* Sunday, February 3: Iron Man and First Looks.
* Saturday, February 2: Smallville, The Spectacular Spider-Man and First Looks.
* Friday, February 1: Punisher: War Zone, Iron Man, Marvel First Looks, Dark Horse First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Thursday, January 31: X-Men: Legacy, The Spectacular Spider-Man, The Middleman on ABC Family, Moonstone Books for May and Bluewater Productions First Looks.
* Wednesday, January 30: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Bluewater Productions teams with Legend Films, First Looks and Markosia Publishing for April.
* Tuesday, January 29: The Spectacular Spider-Man's Tricia Helfer, The Batman, DC Comics roundup, The Simpsons, Antarctic Press for April, Arcana Studio for April, Marvel Comics First Looks and Dynamic Entertainment First Looks.
* Monday, January 28: Smallville, Boom! Studios for April, Ape Entertainment for April, Red 5 First Looks, Dark Horse First Looks, Marvel First Looks and DC First Looks.
* Sunday, January 27: Dynamite Entertainment for April, Avatar Press for April, Aspen Comics for April, Dabel Brothers Productions for April, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Saturday, January 26: Family Guy, Desperado Publishing for April and Big City Comics for April.
* Friday, January 25: Marvel First Looks, The Simpsons, Image First Looks, Marvel/WGA deal, Digital Webbing for April, New Exiles, Dabel Brothers' Mercedes Thompson and Marvel/Soleil deal.
* Thursday, January 24: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, X-Force, Devil's Due Publishing for April, Bongo Comics for April, Oni Press for April and Meet the Spartans.
* Wednesday, January 23: X-Men: Divided We Stand solicitations, Red 5 Comics for April, Smallville, Bluewater Productions' 2008 titles, The Stranded, First Looks and Marvel Comics roundup.
* Tuesday, January 22: The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger dies, DC Comics for April, Marvel Comics for April, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Archie Comics for April, Marvel Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and Boom Studios' Cthulhu Tales.
* Monday, January 21: IDW Publishing for April, Turok: Son of Stone, The Spectacular Spider-Man, First Looks and Cinemax's Month of 300.
* Sunday, January 20: Justice League of America and First Looks.
* Saturday, January 19: Smallville's Black Canary and First Looks.
* Friday, January 18: Flash Gordon, Fantastic Four, Marvel First Looks, Transformers Animated, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Image First Looks and Archie First Looks.
* Thursday, January 17: Image Comics for April, Top Cow Productions for April, Viper Comics for April, Smallville, Dabel Brothers' Wild Cards and Marvel First Looks.
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