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TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2008
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD -- TOM KENNY
Tom Kenny is providing the voice of Plastic Man in Cartoon Network's upcoming Batman: The Brave and the Bold, but it's not the first time he's voiced the character.
During a brief interview with The Continuum at the recent Comic-Con International, Kenny -- whose many credits include SpongeBob SquarePants and The Batman's Penguin -- explained his history with and passion for Plastic Man, as well as how the character will be presented in the new Batman series.
To read the interview, CLICK HERE.
TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES -- SHIRLEY MANSON
With the second season of Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles set to premiere on Monday, Sept. 8, The Continuum kicks off a series of roundtable interview from the series with new cast regular Shirley Manson.
Manson, former lead singer of Garbage, plays Catherine Weaver, the CEO of a high-tech company who launches a division called "Babylon."
She talks about her transition from music to acting, how she got the Terminator job and more.
To listen to the interview, CLICK HERE.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five-page previews of upcoming Marvel Comics titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include The Stand: Captain Trips #1 and Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #1.
MARVEL STUDIOS UPDATE
Marvel Studios has received a $5 million advance payment from Sony Pictures to proceed with Spider-Man 4, Marvel confirmed during its second-quarter conference call on Tuesday morning.
Sony reportedly is eyeing a May 2011 release for the film, which could conflict with Marvel's plan for a May 6, 2011 release for The First Avenger: Captain America.
Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel said that he wouldn't respond to the "hypothetical" conflict, but noted that Marvel does have control with release dates of its own films and "has a lot of options."
Maisel said Marvel is hard at work on its four announced films -- Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America and the Avengers -- and he is pleased with the progress, but he was not ready to announce any creative or talent decisions.
Iron Man 2 is the only upcoming Marvel film with a distributor with Paramount Pictures.
Iron Man has brought in $571 million worldwide, ranking it 22nd all time. The Incredible Hulk has brought in $246 million worldwide.
Marvel's film, television and animation slate remained unchanged from the first quarter of the year.
To view Marvel's second quarter statement, CLICK HERE.
THE DARK KNIGHT ROUNDUP
The Dark Knight crossed the $400-million mark on Monday with $6.3 million to push its total to $400.1 million.
The Batman sequel crossed the mark in 18 days, faster than any other film. Shrek 2 needed 43 days to eclipse $400 million.
The film is projected to top $500 million, but probably not pass Titanic's $600.8 million.
In other Dark Knight news, Donna Lee, publicist for Morgan Freeman, who plays Lucius Fox, released an update on Freeman's condition after his automobile accident in Mississippi on Sunday night:
"Morgan is doing well after surgery last night to reconnect nerves and to repair damage to his left arm and hand at the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center at The MED, at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. The surgery lasted approximately 4 and a half hours including recovery and he is in good spirits and was visiting with family members this morning. He was walking this a.m., and is looking forward to his release as soon as possible."
HEROES WINS TEEN CHOICE AWARDS
NBC's Heroes won twice at Fox's Teen Choice Awards at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif.
Heroes won for Choice TV Show: Action Adventure, and Hayden Panettiere, who plays Claire, won for Choice TV Actress: Action/Adventure.
The awards were presented on Sunday and televised on Monday. More than 32 million votes were cast.
Widely nominated, comic book-inspired properties were most shut out for awards. Hancock won for Choice Summer Movie: Action/Adventure, and Superhero Movie's Drake Bell won for Choice Movie: Breakout Male.
Among those attending and/or presenting awards were The Spirit's Scarlett Johansson, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' Summer Glau, Thomas Dekker and Brian Austin Green, Heroes' Kristen Bell and The Magdalena's Jenna Dewan.
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BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS LAUNCHES MANGA LINE
Bluewater Productions has announced that Waterbury will be launching its line of manga comic books in November.
Here's how Bluewater describes the book:
"Living in the town of Waterbury in an aging inn wasnıt Audreyıs dream. It was her husband's. But now her husband is dead, and Audrey is the only one who thinks it wasnıt an accident. She's also the only one who thinks the scarecrows scattered throughout the town have been moving. Whatıs really going on in Waterbury? Audrey's about to find out."
Legend of Isis and 10th Muse will debut in early 2009, both with new and updated looks in the traditional manga style.
Other new manga titles will be Dead End Boys (written by Ryan Burton) and Queen of Hearts based on the characters from Alice in Wonderland.
Bryan Golden is spearheading the redesigns of the characters. The specific art teams will be announced in a couple months.
"I have been a fan of action adventure manga for a long time," said Darren G. Davis, Bluewater's publisher. "Battle Angel Alita is one of my personal favorites, so we decided to launch a new and exciting line of titles though this manga line."
After the 4 issues of each comic book comes out in color, Bluewater will be releasing a trade paperback verison in black and white.
For all of Bluewater's November solicitations, CLICK HERE.
OCTOBER SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted October solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* Dabel Brothers Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
* Oni Press.
BRIEFLY
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* Marvel Comics has announced Marvel 1985: The Secret Wars: Must Have will collect three issues of the series. The book, due in stores on Sept. 3, will be available with a cover by interior artist Tommy Lee Edwards and a wraparound cover by Jim Cheung.
* The first arc of Season 2 of The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series will be four episodes.
* The Thursday, August 21 episode of The CW's Smallville will be a repeat of "Sleeper."
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.
* Thursday, July 31: Heroes, Knight Rider, Dark Horse's Comic-Con announcements, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow and War Heroes.
* Wednesday, July 30: Magdalena movie, Top Cow Productions for October, Dynamite Entertainment for October, IDW Publishing for October, Viper Comics for October, Dabel Brothers Productions for October and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, July 29: Virgin Comics for October, Punisher: War Zone, IDW Publishing's plan, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Monday, July 28: From Comic-Con International: Smallville, Wolverine and the X-Men and Terminator Salvation.
* Sunday, July 27: From Comic-Con International: Marvel animation, Heroes, DC Universe, Aspen Comics, Final Crisis, Vertigo, Batman, Geoff Johns and Jim Lee.
* Saturday, July 26: From Comic-Con International: Wonder Woman animated, Ultimate Universe, Secret Invasion, Black Panther animated, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Bryan Singer to produce Freedom Formula movie, The Spirit, Family Guy, DC Nation, Superman, J.G. Jones and Bill Willingham.
* Friday, July 25: From Comic-Con International: Watchmen movie interviews, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Spectcular Spider-Man, Image Comcs, Marvel Studios, Knight Rider, Marvel's Cup O' Joe, Ed Brubaker, Red Sonja, Punisher War Zone and Devil's Due; plus: Marvel First Looks.
* Thursday, July 24: From Comic-Con International: X-Men Origins: Wolverine's High Jackman, Wolverine vs. Hulk, X-Men, G.I. Joe, Grant Morrison's MBX, Darwyn Cook's Parker, Landscape Entertainment's Pretty, Baby, Machine, Afro Samurai, Peter Berg to direct Hercules and Firebreather animation; Red 5 Comics for October.
* Wednesday, July 23: Cartoon Network develops three comics properties, Brave: The Brave and the Bold, The Middleman, Boom! Studios to publish Pixar comics, Bongo Comics for October and Oni Press for October.
* Tuesday, July 22: Marvel Comics for October, Image Comics for October, Christian Bale arrested, First Looks and Robert Kirkman becomes Image partner.
* Monday, July 21: DC Comics for October, The Dark Knight, Archie Comics for October, Thulsa Doom, Caprica, Len Wein at Bloodfire, Image Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, July 20: The Dark Knight.
* Saturday, July 19: The Dark Knight box office, Watchmen movie, John Woo to direct Caliber and First Looks.
* Friday, July 18: The Dark Knight, Watchmen trailer, Image Comics First Looks and Aspen Comics' convention exclusives.
* Thursday, July 17: The Spirit, The Dark Knight, Punisher: War Zone, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Terminator: Salvation, Marvel second printings and First Looks.
* Wednesday, July 16: The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger, World of Quest, The Cleveland Show, The Remnant, Savage, Zeroids and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, July 15: The Dark Knight's Gary Oldman, BET's Black Panther and Marvel Comics roundup.
* Monday, July 14: The Dark Knight, Aspen Comics' tribute to Michael Turner, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, Boom! Studios First Looks, Marvel Comics roundup and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.
* Sunday, July 13: Hellboy II: The Golden Army and Fear Itself.
* Saturday, July 12: Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight and First Looks.
* Friday, July 11: Smallville, Marvel Comics First Looks and Hellboy II: The Golden Army's Mike Mignola.
* Thursday, July 10: Hellboy II: The Golden Army's Guillermo del Toro, The Dark Knight, Aspen Comics for October, Image Comics First Looks and Watchmen movie.
* Wednesday, July 9: Hellboy II: The Golden Army's Ron Perlman, The Dark Knight, Dark Horse Comics for October, The Middleman, Marvel Comics First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
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