FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: CHRISTIAN BALE
The Continuum continues its preview of The Dark Knight Rises with an interview with Christian Bale, who returns as Batman and Bruce Wayne.
To watch the video, CLICK HERE.
Bale talks about working with Christopher Nolan, his castmates and taking off the Batman suit for the last time.
CCI -- DREDD RED-BAND CLIP
Following a screening of Dredd at Comic-Con International, Lionsgate has released a red-band clip from Dredd.
To watch the video, CLICK HERE.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and four- to seven-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on July 15, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Avengers Academy #33, Avengers Vs. X-Men #8, Captain Marvel #1, Daredevil #15, Fantastic Four #608, Invincible Iron Man #521, Journey into Mystery #641, Infernal Man-Thing #2, Marvel Zombies Destroy #5, New Mutants #46, Secret Service #3, Uncanny X-Men #16, Wolverine #309, X-Factor #240 and X-Men #32.
CCI: MARVEL'S NEXT BIG THING
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At its Next Big Thing panel at Comic-Con International on Thursday, Marvel Comics announced that its Hulk title will become Red She-Hulk beginning with #58 in October.
Jeff Parker continues as writer, with Carol Pagulayan as artist. The first story will see Red She-Hulk sent on a mission for an unrevealed organization that will puts her at odds with the rest of the Marvel Universe.
In other notes from the panel:
* Peter David talked about his upcoming X-Factor stories. To watch the video, CLICK HERE.
* New Mutants #50 will be the last issue, but the characters will be seen again soon.
* Daniel Way talked about ending his run as writer of Deadpool. To watch the video, CLICK HERE.
CCI: NEIL GAIMAN RETURNS TO THE SANDMAN
At DC Comics' Vertigo panel at Comic-Con International on Friday, writer Neil Gaiman announced his return to The Sandman via a video.
To watch the video, CLICK HERE.
Karen Berger, executive editor of Vertigo, then revealed that Gaiman is paired with artist, J.H. Williams III for the series. The Sandman mini-series will be published in 2013.
Gaiman returns to The Sandman for the first time in more than a decade.
"When I finished writing The Sandman, there was one tale still untold," he said. "The story of what had happened to Morpheus to allow him to be so easily captured in The Sandman #1, and why he was returned from far away, exhausted beyond imagining, and dressed for war. It was a story that we discussed telling for Sandman's 20th anniversary... but the time got away from us. And now, with Sandman's 25th anniversary year coming up, I'm delighted, and nervous, that that story is finally going to be told."
"There's nothing like a Neil Gaiman story," said Berger, "and there's nothing like having Neil back home on The Sandman, his dark, soulful, literary epic that transformed comics and continues to captivate countless new readers year after year. Working with him again, and with J.H. Williams, the extraordinary and groundbreaking artist, is truly the stuff dreams are made of."
Each issue of The Sandman mini-series will be published day-and-date digitally. The title will be announced at a later date.
CCI: IDW PUBLISHING ROUNDUP
At Comic-Con International, IDW Publishing announced it is teaming again with Hasbro for My Little Pony comic books. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comics will offer stories featuring the ponies: Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Applejack.
"My Little Pony is a highly successful brand and we’re incredibly excited to have the opportunity to extend the franchise through this collaboration with Hasbro," said IDW CEO and publisher Ted Adams. "We look forward to providing new stories for the fans and launching their favorite ponies into comic book form."
According to IDW, the comics will stay true to My Little Pony's moral foundation, while providing themes and subject matter that older audiences can also appreciate.
The series, launching in November, will be written by Katie Cook, with art by Andy Price and covers by Jill Thompson, Stephanie Buscema and others.
In other IDW news, editor Scott Dunbier announced new Artist's Editions, including Gil Kane's The Amazing Spider-Man and Mark Schultz's Xenozoic Tales
BRIEFLY
* According to Deadline, Jessica Biel has joined the cast of 20th Century Fox's The Wolverine as Viper.
It's Biel's second Marvel movie; she played Abigail Whistler in Blade Trinity. She joins Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) and Will Yun Lee (Silver Samurai) in the movie.
* Legendary Comics has announced it will be publishing J. Michael Straczynski's The Majestic Files, which is described "a fast-paced story that looks at the events of the Roswell crash from an entirely new perspective - inside-out rather than outside-in."
Geoff Shaw is the artist.
* Dark Horse has that Brian Wood will be writing a titled simply named Star Wars, set to launch in January.
OCTOBER SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted October solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* DC Comics.
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