FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2009
CHICAGO COMIC-CON: MARVEL COMICS' ULTIMATE PANEL
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Marvel Comics opened its programming at Chicago Comic-Con on Friday with a panel devoted to its Ultimate Comics imprint.
For a rundown of highlights, CLICK HERE.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five- to eight-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on August 12, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Cable #17, Captain America Theater of War: To Soldier On, Deadpool #13, Dominic Fortune #1, Incredible Hercules #132, Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #4, Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #14, Marvel Divas #2, The Marvels Project #1, Ms. Marvel #43, Pride & Prejudice #5, Ultimate Comics Avengers #1, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1, Uncanny X-Men #514, Uncanny X-Men First Class #2 and X-Men Forever #5.
For previews of Dark Horse Comics titles arriving in stores on August 12, CLICK HERE.
For previews of Top Cow Productions titles arriving in stores on August 12, CLICK HERE.
For previews of Archie Comics titles arriving in stores on August 12, CLICK HERE.
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and seven-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on August 12, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Batman #689 and Red Robin #3.
BOOM! STUDIOS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and six-page previews of BOOM! Studios titles arriving in stores on August 12, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Farscape: D'Argo's Trial #1 and Toy Story: The Mysterious Stranger #4.
THE LOSERS MOVIE
Warner Bros. has released a description of the Losers movie, based on the DC Comics' Vertigo title.
Here's how Warner describes the film, which will be released in April:
"An explosive tale of double cross and revenge, The Losers centers upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team -- Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Jensen (Chris Evans), Roque (Idris Elba), Pooch (Columbus Short) and Cougar (Oscar Jaenada) -- find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max (Jason Patric). Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha (Zoe Saldana), a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war."
Principal photography began late last month in Puerto Rico on the Dark Castle Entertainment prodcution.
The Losers is being directed by Sylvain White from a screenplay by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt. Producers are Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman.
Other members of the team include director of photography Scott Kevan, editor David Checel, production designer Aaron Osborne, visual effects supervisor Richard Yuricich and costume designer Magali Guidasci.
OCTOBER SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted October solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Bluewater Productions.
* BOOM! Studios.
* DC Comics.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Red 5 Comics.
BRIEFLY
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* Marvel Comics has announced Deadpool Team-Up #899, to be released in November. The creative team includes writer Fred Van Lente, artisti Dalibor Talajae and cover artist Humberto Ramos.
* Marvel Comics has unveiled Jorge Molina's cover to its Marvel Super Hero Team-Up trade paperback, which will be in stores on Sept. 9.
* DC Comics has announced Batman/Doc Savage Special #1 for November. The book is written by Brian Azzarello, with art by Phil Noto and cover by J.G. Jones.
* Image Comics has announced that Walking Dead #64, due in stores on August 12, will feature the entire first issue of the sold-out Viking #1 in a black-and-white version at no additional cost.
"The response to Viking has been absolutely flooring in every way. But the chance to expose the book to the entire massive Walking Dead fan base is a whole new level of exciting," said Viking writer Ivan Brandon. "Even though Viking is normally in our full-color oversized format, we were surprised by how incredible Nic's art looked in black and white. I think people are really going to love what they see."
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.
* Sunday, August 2: Human Target's Mark Valley, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Locke & Key's Joe Hill.
* Saturday, August 1: Smallville's Callum Blue, Iron Man 2's Jon Favreau, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and G.I. Joe's Larry Hama.
* Friday, July 31: BOOM! Studios First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Thursday, July 30: Smallville's Cassidy Freeman, Iron Man 2's Don Cheadle, Aspen Comics for October, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Wolverine and the X-Men, Archie Comics' Mike Pellerito, Bluewater Productions First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, July 29: Smallville's Erica Durance, Iron Man 2's Robert Downey Jr., BOOM! Studios for October, Devil's Due Publishing for October, Zenescope Entertainment for October, Wolverine and the X-Men and Astro Boy's Freddie Highmore.
* Tuesday, July 28: Marvel Super Hero Squad, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Dynamite Entertainment for October, Image Comics for October, Red 5 Comics for October, Smallville's Allison Mack, Whiteout trailer, Marvel Comics roundup and DC Comics First Looks.
* Monday, July 27: From Comic-Con International: Iron Man 2's Scarlett Johansson, Smallville, Jonah Hex, DC Universe, Dark Horse Comics, Marvel Adventures' Paul Tobin and IDW Publishing's Legion.
* Sunday, July 26: From Comic-Con International: Jennifer Love Hewitt's The Music Box at IDW Publishing, IDW Publishing' Angel and Oni Press.
* Saturday, July 25: From Comic-Con International: Iron Man 2, Aspen Comics, J.T. Krul talks Mindfield, Marvel anime, Marvel Super Hero Squad, IDW Publishing's Transformers, Astro Boy's Kristen Bell, Darren Bousman to direct Abattoir and Devil's Due Publishing.
* Friday, July 24: From Comic-Con International: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Marvel acqiures Marvelman rights, Marvel Comics' Cup 'O Joe, X-Men, Max Brooks to write G.I. Joe, BOOM! Studios, Kick-Ass movie and Bryan Lee O'Malley; and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Thursday, July 23: From Comic-Con International: Mondo Marvel, Len Wiseman to direct Shrapnel, IDW Publishing, Transformers: Nefarious, Billy Martin's Vitriol, Bob Schreck to join IDW, Iron Man 2 and DC Direct; Archie Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, July 22: Magdalena movie, DC Comics First Looks, Bluewater Productions First Looks and Dark Horse Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, July 21: Marvel Comics for October, Marvel Comics roundup, Disney's Prince of Persia and BOOM! Studios First Looks.
* Monday, July 20: DC Comics for October, Archie Comics for October, 12 Gauge's Trace Adkins comic, Image United preivew, DC Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, July 19: Aspen Comics First Looks and Marvel animation.
* Saturday, July 18: Top Cow Productions First Looks and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.
* Friday, July 17: Marvel Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Thursday, July 16: IDW Publishing First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Aspen Comics' Comic-Con exclusives and Archie Comics' Hal Lifson.
* Wednesday, July 15: Moonstone Books for November, Dark Horse Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Green Lantern: First Flight.
* Tuesday, July 14: Dark Horse Comics for October, Marvel Comics roundup and DC Comics First Looks.
* Monday, July 13: Natalie Portman cast in Thor, The Simpsons, BOOM! Studios roundup, IDW to publish Yoe! Books, Marvel Comics First Looks, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and Betty Cooper, Confidential.
* Sunday, July 12: The Spectacular Spider-Man.
* Saturday, July 11: BOOM! First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics roundup and Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern.
* Friday, July 10: Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks, Dabel Brothers Publishing First Looks and Green Lantern: First Flight.
* Thursday, July 9: IDW Publishing First Looks, Marvel Comics roundup, Marvel Comics First Looks and Archaia Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, July 8: Colbie Caillat in Veronica, Jonah Hex animated, Zenescope's Comic-Con titles, Aspen Comics First Looks, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
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