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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2008

COMING FRIDAY

Marvel news, June solicitations, Legion of Super Heroes -- and more!

THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ROUNDUP

Greg Weisman, producer of Kids' WB!'s The Spectacular Spider-Man, told The Continuum he has long-term plans for the series.

"We have plans for Season 3, 4 and 5," Weisman told The Continuum. "We don't have pick-ups for them yet. My hope is to do this forever."

Does he have an endpoint for the series in mind?

"I have an endpoint for the TV series," he said. "I would love to do 65 episodes that took him from the start of his junior year to graduation in his senior year. That is my overall goal for the series.

"But I hope that beyond that we do direct-to-DVDs that we deal with his college years, as well. It's a joke, but I'm not kidding. I would be very happy doing this for a long, long time."

In other Spider-Man news:

* Kids' WB! has released another image from "Market Forces," this Saturday's new episode featuring the Shocker.

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* The episode introducing Sandman was written by Kevin Hopps.

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CARL ELLSWORTH TALKS Y: THE LAST MAN MOVIE

Carl Ellsworth, who is working on the script for the Y: The Last Man movie, said his goal is make a translation for the property from comic book to film.

"We are taking those great aspects of the comic book and grounding them," Ellsworth said last weekend at Wizard World Los Angeles. "We have to embrace it and make it viable for more of a mass audience."

Y: The Last Man co-creator Brian K. Vaughan wrote the original draft of the script for the movie, which is being directed by D.J. Caruso.

"It was a draft they sent me," Ellsworth said. "I had yet to read the comic book. I thought it was a lot of fun. And when I read comics, I thought it was true to it.

"There were basic things we had to address. In a movie, you're always looking for a motor. In the comic books, he is looking girlfriend, but we felt there needed to be more of a dramtic push."



BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT VOICES

Warner Bros. Animation on Wednesday confirmed that Kevin Conroy will be providing the voice of Batman in Batman Gotham Knight, the direct-to-DVD movie scheduled for a July 8 release.

Conroy provided the voice of Batman for Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League/Justice League Unlmited.

"Anytime we initiate an animated Batman project, 'Will Kevin Conroy voice Batman?' is the first question we hear from fans," exective producer Bruce Timm said. "To meet Kevin is to know that he's not anything like Batman, and yet he manages to perfectly nail that indefinable element that is Batman. He's got the voice, he's got the acting chops, and he's absolutely the best man for the job."

Gary Dourdan and Ana Ortiz are heard in multiple segments of the six-story film as police detectives Crispus Allen and Anna Ramirez, key members of a special unit who learn to trust the Dark Knightıs motives. Parminder Nagra supplies the voice of Cassandra, a mystical Indian woman who teaches Bruce Wayne to endure and manage his pain. David McCallum takes on the role of loyal servant Alfred. George Newbern and Alanna Ubach also join the cast.

Other voices will come from Corey Burton, Rob Paulsen, Kevin Michael Richardson, Will Friedle, Jason Marsden, Jim Meskimen, Pat Musick, Scott Menville, Hynden Walch, Corey Padnos and Crystal Scales.

Warner Bros. also announced extras for the DVD package. For the rundown, CLICK HERE.

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ONI PRESS FOR JUNE

Oni Press has released its solicitations for June.

For a rundown, with images, CLICK HERE.

For previously posted June solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:

* Archie Comics.

* Bongo Comics.

* Dark Horse Comics.

* DC Comics.

* IDW Publishing.

* Image Comics.

* Marvel Comics.

* Moonstone Books.

* Top Cow Productions.

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FIRST LOOKS

For covers and five- to six-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.

Titles include The Stranded #3 from Virgin Comics and Ghost Rider #22 from Marvel Comics.



THE INCREDIBLE HULK VIDEO GAME

SEGA has provided The Continuum a first look its The Incredible Hulk video game, based on the upcoming movie.

Here's how SEGA describes the game:

"Fueled with fury, SEGAıs The Incredible Hulk features key moments from the film, as well as additional plotlines and characters from the character's rich comic-book universe. Players smash through New York City, battling gigantic enemies amidst soaring skyscrapers in a massive open world."

The game will be available in June for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, PS2 and PC.

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BRIEFLY

* SciFi Channel has released a new group image from the upcoming season of Battlestar Galactica.

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* Universal Pictures has provided The Continuum a first look at The Wolfman, the upcoming movie starring Benicio Del Toro.

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* To the left is a first look at the Iron Man movie calendar.

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* The one-hour Family Guy spoof of Star Wars, "Blue Harvest," will be repeated on Fox on Sunday, April 6.

* According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joby Harold will write the adaptation of Frank Miller's Ronin for Warner Bros.



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.

* Friday, March 14: From Wizard World Los Angeles -- Secret Invasion, X-Men, DC Universe, Lou Ferrigno and Aspen Comics panels.

* Thursday, March 13: From Wizard World Los Angeles -- Cup O' Jeph, Spider-Man, DC Nation and Arthur Suydam panels; Universal/Dark Horse deal, Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.

* Thursday, March 13: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Aspen postpones Soulfire, Bluewater Productions First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.

* Wednesday, March 12: Incredible Hulk movie, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Moonstone Books for July and First Looks. StarWarsShop.com - More Product. More Exclusives.

* Tuesday, March 11: The Spectacular Spider-Man's Ben Diskin, X-Men Origins: Wolverine's Dominic Monaghan, Legion of Super Heroes, Paramount options Harbinger, First Looks and DC Comics roundup.

* Monday, March 10: Incredible Hulk movie, First Looks, IDW's Snaked optioned and Transformers on Cinemax.

* Sunday, March 9: Dark Horse First Looks, Boom! First Looks and Image First Looks.

* Saturday, March 8: Smallville's James Marsters, Dark Horse Comics for June and First Looks.

* Friday, March 7: Heroes' Eriko Tamura, The Spectacular Spider-Man's Crispin Freeman and Marvel First Looks.

* Thursday, March 6: Watchmen, Wanted, The Spectacular Spider-Man, First Looks and Image Comics' The Safest Place.

* Wednesday, March 5: The Spectacular Spider-Man's Victor Cook and Archie First Looks.

* Tuesday, March 4: Smallville, World of Quest, Bluewater Productions for July, Marvel Comics roundup, DC Comics roundup, IDW's BlueDream imprint and First Looks.

* Monday, March 3: Iron Man's Jon Favreau, The Spectacular Spider-Man, NBC's Fear Itself, First Looks and Image's Pretty, Baby, Machine.

* Sunday, March 2: Devil's Due Publishing for May and Dark Horse First Looks.

* Saturday, March 1: The Batman, Legion of Super Heroes, Smallville, Marvel First Looks, Boom! First Looks, DC First Looks and Archie First Looks.

* Friday, February 29: Smallville, Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks, DC First Looks, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Viper Comics for May.

* Thursday, February 28: Justice League: The New Frontier's Phil Morris, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Red 5 Comics First Looks and Radical Comics for May.

* 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.



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