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MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008
COMING TUESDAY
Television news -- and more!
Director Jon Favreau continues to adeptly stir the buzz pot, building momentum for Iron Man's release on May 2.
Following a show-stealing appearance last summer at Comic-Con International in San Diego, Favreau appeared at the recent WonderCon, staging a panel and showing both the new trailer and a clip from the movie.
After the panel, he sat down backstage with members of the press.
For an edited transcription of one of the roundtable interviews, CLICK HERE.
For coverage from the Iron Man panel at WonderCon, CLICK HERE.
IRON MAN DIRECTOR JON FAVREAU
DAVE BULLOCK TALKS SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN
Dave Bullock, director of the recently released Justice League: The New Frontier, told The Continuum he has directed four episodes of Kids' WB!'s The Spectacular Spider-Man.
"The first one I directed was the Lizard episode," Bullock said. "I specifically asked for that, knowing it would absolutely be a much moodier, darker type story. Curt Connors is such a great character, so I pushed for that."
The episode, "Natural Selection," will be the series' third.
Bullock directed one episode in each of the first season's four arcs.
For more from Bullock, including his thoughts on New Frontier, CLICK HERE.
Look for more on The Spectacular Spider-Man this week here in The Continuum.
NBC'S FEAR ITSELF
30 Days of Night co-creator Steve Niles and Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. writer Dan Knauf are among the writers contributing to NBC's Fear Itself.
The suspense/horror anthology series from Lionsgate, in association with Industry Entertainment, has been given a 13-episode order.
Niles is writing "New Year's Day" from a story by Paul Kane. In the episode, directed by Saw II-IV's Darren Bousman, a young woman wakes up in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by horrifying zombies.
Knauf is writing "Family Man, to be directed by Ronny Yu. In an action-charged, psychological thriller, a likeable family man switches bodies with a serial killer after a near-death experience. He must fight from behind bars to keep the murderer from adding his family to the long list of victims.
Superman Returns' Brandon Routh will star in "Community." He joins Shiri Appleby as a young married couple who find the perfect house in the perfect neighborhood. But as the dark underbelly of their neighborhood creeps to the surface, they soon realize that their neighbors will go to any extreme -- even murder -- to make sure that they comply with their twisted sense of conformity.
The image show to the right is from "Eater" and the first episodes, starring Stephen R. Hart and Elisabeth Moss.
FIRST LOOKS
For covers and five-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Invincible Presents Atom Eve #2 from Image Comics and X-Men: Legacy #209 from Marvel Comics.
For covers and six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on March 5, CLICK HERE.
For covers and five-page previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on March 5, CLICK HERE.
IMAGE COMICS' PRETTY, BABY, MACHINE
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Image Comics on Monday released imagery from Pretty, Baby, Machine, a three-issue mini-series that launches on May 8 from Shadowline.
By Kody Chamberlain and Clark Westerman, the mini-series features Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Machine Gun Kelly taking on the most powerful mobster of the 20th century, Al Capone.
"Pretty, Baby, Machine came out of a love for the classic noir films of the 1950s and the startlingly true history of America's mobsters," Westerman said. "However, it wasn't until I saw Kody's art that the idea really gelled. Seeing the range of his styles blew me away and soon after, we got to work on Pretty, Baby, Machine."
Shadowline President Jim Valentino said, "Kody is one of the most versitile young artists around and a future super-star. Here he applies the most realistic chiaroscuro/film noir style this side of Michael Lark."
Each issue will be 32 black-and-white pages and will cost $3.50.
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MAY SOLICITATIONS FOR ROUNDUP
For previously posted May solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Archie Comics.
* Big City Comics.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* Boom! Studios.
* Dabel Brothers Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Digital Webbing.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Markosia Pubishing.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
* Radical Comics.
* Red 5 Comics.
BRIEFLY
* Comic-book movies will be the subject of one of the Starz Inside specials hosted by Richard Roeper.
Starz Inside: Comics Books Unbound will premiere on Tuesday, June 10 at 10 p.m. The special "looks at the evolution and revolutions in this colorful corner of show business, going behind-the-scenes to explore how filmmakers work with and bring to life comic books and characters to the big screen."
Leading into the special will be airings of Mystery Men at 4 p.m., Ghost Rider at 6 p.m. and Spider-Man 3 at 8 p.m.
* Archie Comics has announced a June 25 release for Archie Ameriana Series: Best of the Sixties Book 2. The 96-page book features stories from original archival materials and is faithfully re-colored.
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* Marvel Comics has released another "Who Do You Trust?" teaser image.
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* Heroes' Hayden Panettiere will be presenter at Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice
Awards on March 29 in Los Angeles.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
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.
* Wednesday, February 27: Battlestar Galactica, Marvel Comics press conference, Marvel First Looks, The Simpsons, Batman: Gotham Knight and Digital Webbing for May.
* Tuesday, February 26: Oni Press for May, Markosia Publishing for May, DC Comics roundup, First Looks and Red 5's Atomic Robo.
* Monday, February 25: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Boom! Studios for May, Smallville and DC First Looks.
* Sunday, February 24: From WonderCon: Iron Man movie and WildStorm Productions, plus: First Looks and Red 5 Comics for May.
* Saturday, February 23: From WonderCon, DCU panel, Aspen Comics panel, Wanted presentation, DC Nation panel, Astro City panel and Terry Dodson panel, plus: IDW Publishing for May and Dabel Brothers for May.
* Friday, February 22: Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks, Devil's Due Pop and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
* Thursday, February 21: Bongo Comics for May, Columbia Pictures options The Boys, Dark Horse Firsts and Archie Firsts.
* Wednesday, February 20: Image Comics for May, Justice League: The New Frontier's David Boreanaz, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Smallville and Marvel First Looks.
* Tuesday, February 19: X-Men Origins: Wolverine casting, Marvel Comics for February, DC Comics for February, Top Cow Pilot Season winners, First Looks and Marvel's Secret Invasion.
* Monday, February 18: Archie Comics for May, Painkiller Jane on DVD, Incredible Hulk toys and Fantastic Four.
* Sunday, February 17: Moonstone Books for June, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Knight Rider and First Looks.
* Saturday, February 16: Justice League: The New Frontier's Jeremy Sisto, Knight Rider's Justin Bruening, First Looks, Marvel Second Printings and Hasbro's Marvel toys.
* Friday, February 15: Top Cow Productions for May, Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks and Knight Rider.
* Thursday, February 14: Justice League: The New Frontier's Brooke Shields, Knight Rider's David Hasselhoff, First Looks and Family Guy.
* Wednesday, February 13: Dark Horse Comics for May, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, First Looks, Hasbro's 2008 highlights and Bluewater Productions' Pistolfist.
* Tuesday, February 12: The Batman, The Simpsons, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and First Looks.
* Monday, February 11: Steve Gerber dies, Marvel Comics roundup, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Sunday, February 10: The Spectacular Spider-Man and Gnome.
* 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.
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