WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009
IDW PUBLISHING FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five-page previews of IDW Publishing titles arriving in stores on May 13, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Angel: Not Fade Away #1, Astro Boy Movie Prequel: Underground #1, From the Ashes #1, G.I. Joe: Cobra #3, Star Trek: Mission's End #3 and Doctor Who Classics: Series 2 #6.
GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT -- VICTOR GARBER
The Continuum kicks off a series of features on the Green Lantern: First Flight animated movie (scheduled for a July 28 release from Warner Home Video) with an interview with Victor Garber, who provides the voice of Sinestro.
For the interview, with four new images from the film, CLICK HERE.
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: "MENACE OF THE CONQUEROR CAVEMAN!"
Warner Bros. Animation has released a description, 24 images and three clips from "Menace of the Conqueror Caveman!," the Friday, May 15 episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold on Cartoon Network.
Here's how the studio describes the episode:
"31st Century Booster Gold travels back 100 centuries to join Batman and become a celebrity hero. In his quest for fame, he unwittingly enables the immortal tyrant Vandal Savage to carry out his nefarious plot of turning everyone into cavemen and take over the world! This weekıs teaser gives a first look at Bane as he takes on Wildcat and Batman."
The episode was written by Matt Wayne and directed by Ben Jones.
The guest-cast includes R. Lee Ermey as Wildcat, Billy West as Skeets, Tom Everett Scott as Booster Gold, Michael Dorn as Kru'll and Bane and Jane Singer as Jewelee and Trung.
For the first clip, CLICK HERE.
For the second clip, CLICK HERE.
For the third clip, CLICK HERE.
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MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD: SCOTT MENVILLE
Scott Menville is providing the voice of Quicksilver in Cartoon Network's upcoming Marvel Super Hero Squad animated series, The Continuum has learned.
Menville, 38, had dozens of credits in animation, but is perhaps best known as the voice of Robin in Teen Titans.
He recently provided the voice of Metamorpho in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Look for more on Super Hero Squad on Thursday here in The Continuum.
FOX DEVELOPING DEADPOOL MOVIE
20th Century Fox is developing an X-Men spin-off movie featuring Deadpool, according to a report from Daily Variety.
Ryan Reynolds, who played Wade Wilson/Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, would return to star in the film.
Reynolds -- who played another Marvel character, Hannibal King, in Blade: Trinity -- has long expressed an affinity for the character.
"I've wanted to play Deadpool most of my adult life," Reynolds said. "It's a beloved character with comics fans, so it's not a responsibility I take lightly."
Despite his apparent demise in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Deadpool is seen in one of the film's ending-credits segments as being alive.
The Deadpool movie would be produuced by Laruen Shuler Donner, who has produced all of the X-Men movies for Fox.
Variety is also reporting that another Wolverine film appears to be in the works, picking up from the hints of a Japanese storyline.
Also in development are a Magneto film and an X-Men: First Class movie.
NICKTOONS PICKS UP MORE WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN
Nicktoons Network has picked up 26 additional half-hour episodes of Wolverine and the X-Men from Marvel Animation for a total of 52 episodes.
The series, which premiered on Jan. 23, has been a ratings juggernaut, helping the network to its highest-rated April ever with all core demographics and total viewers. New episodes from Season 1 will return on Fridays beginning May 22 at 8 p.m. (ET).
"Wolverine and the X-Men is a proven hit with our audience who can't get enough of this new action-packed series," said Keith Dawkins, Nicktoons Network general manager, senior vice president, Nickelodeon Programming Partnerships. "We are excited to continue working with Marvel to bring viewers the next chapter for these super heroes."
Led by Wolverine and the X-Men and Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Nicktoons Network posted the highest gains of any other kids' network with boys 6-11 and boys 6-14 in prime time and total day for quarter-to-date. The network grew its ratings by 50 percent with boys 6-11 in total day and 33 percent in prime time, and posted a 67-percent gain with boys 9-14 in both total day and prime time.
BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS FOR AUGUST
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Bluewater Productions has released its solicitations for August.
For a rundown, with images, CLICK HERE.
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS -- UPDATED!
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For covers and seven-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on May 13, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Secret Six #9, R.E.B.E.L.S. #4 and Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #1.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For a cover and five-page previews of Ender's Game: Recruiting Valentine, CLICK HERE.
Look for more Marvel Comics First Looks soon here in The Continuum.
FAMILY GUY/BONES CROSSOVER
Family Guy's Stewie Griffin will appear in "The Critic in the Cabernet," Thursday's episode of Bones on Fox.
Stewie will be presented in his usual animated form and will be voiced by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.
For a video clip from the episode, CLICK HERE.
Here's how Fox describes the episode:
"The team is on the case when human remains are found inside a barrel of wine during a wine tasting. When the victim turns out to be a wine critic whose scathing reviews were capable of sending a vineyard to its ruin, everyone from the wineryıs owner to the victimıs own wife becomes a suspect. Meanwhile, Brennan decides she wants to have a baby and surprises Booth with the request to father her child. The unexpected request dredges up a host of unspoken feelings and unresolved issues between the two of them, and Booth becomes consumed by the prospect of having another child. The stress of the situation, coupled with Boothıs undiagnosed health issue, paves the way for a surprise visit from Stewie Griffin, Family Guy's diabolically clever baby who offers Booth advice in his inimitable style."
JULY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted July solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Aspen Comics.
* Archie Comics.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* BOOM! Studios.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Mercury Comics.
BRIEFLY
* BOOM! Studios has announced a second printing for the sold-out Irredeemable #2. The new printing will feature a sketch variant cover by John Cassaday and will hit stores in mid-June.
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.
* Friday, May 1: Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and The Simpsons.
* Thursday, April 30: IDW Publishing First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Smallville.
* Wednesday, April 29: Dynamite Entertainment for July, Antarctic Press for July, Green Lantern: First Flight and Top Cow Productions First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 28: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men animated, Devil's Due Publishing for July, BOOM! Studios for July, Marvel Comics First Looks and Red 5 Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 27: IDW Publishing for July, Red 5 Comics for July, Bluewater Productions First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks and X-Men DVD.
* Sunday, April 26: Oni Press for July and IDW Publishing First Looks.
* Saturday, April 25: Dollhouse, Family Guy, Smallville, Viper Comics for July and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, April 24: Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Bluewater Productions First Looks and Aspen Comics for July.
* Thursday, April 23: Heroes, Angel, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Iron Man 2, Bongo Comics for July, Image Comics for July and Mercury Comics for July.
* Wednesday, April 22: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Smallville, Heroes, The Simpsons, Archie Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Shadowline's Descendant.
* Tuesday, April 21: Marvel Comics for July, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Radical Pubishing for July, Family Guy and DC Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 20: DC Comics for July, Archie Comics for July, G.I. Joe, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and DC Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, April 19: Iron Man: Armored Adventures.
* Saturday, April 18: The Simpsons, Smallville and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, April 17: Top Cow Productions, Marvel Comics First Looks, IDW Publishing First Looks and BOOM! Studios First Looks.
* Thursday, April 16: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, DC Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, April 15: Image Comics First Looks, Smallville, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Marvel Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 14: Top Cow Productions roundup, Lauren Shuler Donner talks X-Men: First Class, Hellboy II: The Golden Army on Cinemax, Marvel Comics roundup, DC Comics roundup and DC Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 13: The Dark Knight on HBO, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Carpica, DC Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, April 12: Family Guy and Dragonball: Evolution box office.
* Saturday, April 11: DC Comics First Looks, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and Smallville.
* Friday, April 10: Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks and Zenescope Entertainment First Looks.
* Thursday, April 9: IDW Publishing First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, March sales leaders, Family Guy and Dollhouse.
* Wednesday, April 8: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Simpsons, Heroes, Warner Bros. Animation, Archie Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 7: Dark Horse Comics for July, Family Guy, The Phantom, Dollhouse, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and DC Comics First Looks.
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