SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2009
COMING SUNDAY
Wonder Con coverage -- and much more!
Following the Wonder Con screening of Wonder Woman, Warner Home Video on Friday night announced Green Lantern: First Flight, the fifth entry in the
DVD series of DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies.
A co-production of Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation, the full-length animated film is set for release by Warner Home Video on July 28. Green Lantern: First Flight will be available as a special edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray Hi-Def for $29.98 and $34.99, respectively, as well as single disc DVD for $19.98.
Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) fills the lead voice of Hal Jordan, aka Green Lantern. The cast include Victor Garber (Milk, Titanic) as the villainous Sinestro, Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) as the voice of Boodikka, and Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs) as Kilowog.
Produced by Bruce Timm, Green Lantern: First Flight is helmed by heralded director Lauren Montgomery and scripted by four-time Emmy Award-winning writer Alan Burnett.
Here's how the film is described:
"Green Lantern: First Flight finds Hal Jordan recruited to join the Green Lantern Corps and placed under the supervision of respected senior Lantern Sinestro. The earthling soon discovers his mentor is actually the central figure in a secret conspiracy that threatens the philosophies, traditions and hierarchy of the entire Green Lantern Corps. Hal must quickly hone his newfound powers and combat the treasonous Lanterns within the ranks to maintain order in the universe."
Green Lantern: First Flight - 2 Disc Special Edition versions will include bonus features such as: Over three hours of extra content; two featurettes; digital copy download; and two episodes of Justice League hand-picked by Timm. The Blu-Ray version will include all those extras, as well as two additional episodes of Justice League picked by Timm.
"As one of the true core DC Super Heroes, Green Lantern has captured the imagination of pop culture enthusiasts with his illuminatingly human approach to justice throughout the universe," said Gregory Noveck, senior VP - creative affairs, DC Comics. "Alan Burnett's script captures the essence of DC's canon of Green Lantern tales, and provides a fine launching point for future stories with this character."
Look for more on Green Lantern: First Flight soon here in The Continuum.
WONDER CON: GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT
WONDER CON: IMAGE COMICS
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Greg Capullo's return to Spawn and a new ongoing series were among the announcements at Image Comics' panel at Wonder Con on Friday.
For details and highlights, CLICK HERE.
WONDER CON: BLACK PANTHER
For the second time in a month, Marvel Comics' Black Panther was the focus for a major convention panel.
Reginald Hudlin, writer of the Black Panther comic and animated series, Denys Cowan from BET Animation and Marvel editor Axel Alonso talked abouth both the comic and the show at a panel at Wonder Con on Friday.
For highlights, CLICK HERE.
WONDER CON: DC NATION
The Wonder Con version of DC Comics' DC Nation panel on Friday was more news-heavy than recent verisons, with the announcement of two new Batman titles to be written by Paul Dini.
Batman: Streets of Gotham and Gotham City Sirens will round out the previously announced eight Batman titles beginning in June.
For more details and highlights from the panel, CLICK HERE.
WONDER CON: BOOM! STUDIOS
At its Wonder Con panel on Friday, BOOM! Studios announced a parternship with Fox Atomic.
For more details and highlights from the panel, CLICK HERE.
THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ON DISNEY XD
Disney XD has announced that while The Spectacular Spider-Man will make its network debut on Monday, March 23, new episodes will launch this summer.
The series will begin its regular time slot of Mondays at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Monday, March 23 with episodes from the first season, which originally aired on The CW 4Kids.
Episodes on March 23 include "Survival of the Fittest" at 7:30 p.m., "Interactions" at 8 p.m. and "Natural Selection" at 8:30 p.m.
Season 2 episodes have already been airing in other markets, including Canada.
Look for more on Spectacular Spider-Man soon here in The Continuum.
MAY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted May solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* BOOM! Studios.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
BRIEFLY
* Top Cow Productions has released the cover images for Broken Trinity: Aftermath, a one-shot epilogue issue to last year's event, Broken Trinity.
The covers are by Tyler Kirkham / Stjepan Sejic and Ryan Sook.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
If you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, following are links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Monday, February 23: Watchmen, Battlestar Galactica, Heath Ledger wins Academy Award, BOOM! Studios for May, Antacric Press for May and Dark Horse Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, February 22: Dollhouse, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Zenescope Entertainment for May, Dabel Brothers Publishing for May, Ape Entertainment for May and Iron Man action figures.
* Saturday, February 21: Devil's Due Publishing for May, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Watchmen's Carla Gugino and Smallville.
* Friday, February 20: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Marvel Comics First Looks and Oni Press for May.
* Thursday, February 19: The Middleman, Wolverine and the X-Men, Watchmen, Aspen Comics for May, Image Comics for May, Bongo Comics for May, Heroes, Image Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, February 18: Watchmen's Zack Snyder, Red 5 Comics for May and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, February 17: Marvel Comics for May and DC Comics for May.
* Monday, February 16: IDW Publishing for May, Archie Comics for May, Battlestar Galactica, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks and Marvel Universe action figures.
* Sunday, February 15: Hasbro's Wolverine action figures, Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks and Heroes.
* Saturday, February 14: Heroes, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li and Marvel First Looks.
* Friday, February 13: Watchmen, Marvel Comics First Looks and Image Comics First Looks.
* Thursday, February 12: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, John Malkovich joins Jonah Hex cast, January sales and Top Cow Productions First Looks.
* Wednesday, February 11: Archie Comics First Looks, The Human Target and Knight Rider.
* Tuesday, February 10: Wolverine and the X-Men, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Heroes, XIII, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks and DC Comics roundup.
* Monday, February 9: Dollhouse, Marvel animation roundup, Brett Ratner to direct Youngblood movie, Watchmen, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Battlestar Galactica, The Simpsons, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks, Amazing Spider-Man: The Short Halloween and Marvel's Cup O' Joe panel at New York Comic Con.
* Sunday, February 8: Michael Chiklis at IDW Publishing, Vertigo titles and XIII's Jay Firestone.
* Saturday, February 7: XIII's Caterina Murino and X-Men Origins: Wolverine video game.
* Friday, February 6: From New York Comic Con -- X-Men, Dark Reign and Wars of Kings, Marvel Comics First Looks, XIII's Stephen Dorff and Wolverine and the X-Men.
* Thursday, February 5: Dark Horse Comics for May, Black Panther voice cast, XIII's Val Kilmer, Radical Publishing's The Last Days of American Crime, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, February 4: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Spectacular Spider-Man, XIII, Top Cow Productions First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Family Guy.
* Tuesday, February 3: Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics roundup and Vincent Price Presents.
* Monday, February 2: The Middleman, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Spider-Man 4, Knight Rider and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.
* Sunday, February 1: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dark Horse Comics First Looks.
* Saturday, January 31: Smallville, Dollhouse, Watchmen, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Bluewater Productions for May and Image Comics First Looks.
* Friday, January 30: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Heroes, Boom! Studios First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Wolverine and the X-Men.
* Thursday, January 29: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Necessary Evil, IDW Publishing First Looks, Bluewater Productions page counts and Family Guy.
* Wednesday, January 28: Moonstone Books for May, Wonder Woman's Nathan Fillion, Heroes, Wolverine and the X-Men, BOOM! Studio's Irredeemable, Marvel Comics First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
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