SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010
TOP COW PRODUCTIONS FOR AUGUST
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Top Cow Productions has released its solicitations for August.
For a rundown, with images, CLICK HERE.
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME CLIPS
Walt Disney Pictures has released six clips from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
For the "Kill Me, Then Kill Me" clip, CLICK HERE.
For the "Ostrich Racing" clip, CLICK HERE.
For the "Rooftop Escape" clip, CLICK HERE.
For the "Sand Trap" clip, CLICK HERE.
For the "Sneak Attack" clip, CLICK HERE.
For the "We Attack at Dawn" clip, CLICK HERE.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Iron Man 2's two-week run on top of the box office ended over the weekend, but the sequel still finished second.
Iron Man 2 brought in an estimated $26.6 million to trail only the $71.2 million posted by Shrek Forever After in its opening weekend.
The weekend numbers pushed Iron Man 2's domestic total to $251.2 million.
Iron Man 2 passed X-Men: The Last Stand's $234.3 million and became No. 5 among Marvel films at the box office.
The top four are Spider-Man with $403.7 million, Spider-Man 2 with $373.6 million, Spider-Man with $336.5 million and Iron Man with $318.4 million.
Kick-Ass pulled in $0.4 million over the weekend to push its total to $47.1 million.
DC/VERTIGO'S THE GREEN WOMAN
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In October, DC Comics' Vertigo imprint will release The Green Woman, an original graphic novel from novelist Peter Straub that brings back Fielding "Fee" Bandolier, the unstoppable serial killer last seen in his novel The Throat.
The graphic novel is written by Straub and One Life to Live actor Michael Easton, with art by John Bolton.
At the recent C2E2 in Chicago, Straub and Easton -- who also played Gabriel in the syndicated Mutant X TV series -- appeared at Vertigo's panel.
To watch what Straub had to say about the project, CLICK HERE.
And for the covers and sample pages from the book, click on the thumbnails above for larger images.
BRIEFLY
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* ABC has released gallery cast images from its upcoming series No Ordinary Family.
The cast includes Michael Chiklis, Julie Benz, Romany Malco, Tate Donovan, Autumn Reeser, Christina Chang, Kay Panabaker and Jimmy Bennett.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
AUGUST SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted August solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
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