Pretty much as premiered last night at Sony’s The Untold Story special events, here’s the first full trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. This time there’s Lizard, there’s more back story and there’s a good sense of the “new” Peter Parker. I say “pretty much” because those of usat the events got to see it in…
Although Before Watchmen wins the story of the week, if you count up all the separate articles, it’s Doctor Who that wins the day by busting through them all. Go Doctor! Woo! Top Twenty Traffic Posts Of The Week 1. Moffat Sets Up Doctor Who Season Seven And A New Companion. 2. BEFORE WATCHMEN…
This weekend, Alan Moore engaged in his first mass webchat, to help promote the Kickstarter appeal to raise money for a tribute statue to the late Harvey Pekar. The two-and-a-half hour video has been made available on Vimeo, and those who enjoy it are asked to consider making a Paypal donation towards the fundraising effort…
We’ve finally been given a look at Loki’s forces in the new, extended trailer for The Avengers, as premiered online just after a cut-down version graced the Superbowl. Here are four screen grabs from the single shot in which they appear with any degree of clarity: So it’s not the Skrull or the Kree –…
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Who wears the Watchmen? Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s superhero opus comes to Hallowe’en this year. But the question is, will anyone do a full on Doctor Manhattan? If so, I want photos. Sadly the blue spray can is not a costume option over at WatchmenCostumes.com. though the Rorschach costume seems a bit of a rip off, you can get the mask on its own and do the rest yourself…
The Miami Herald interviews Matt Fraction about Iron Man, writing the comic and consulting on Iron Man 2. Marvel have been promoting their “brain trust” idea, where the comic book creators talk to the movie people about the films, and have seen them alter as a result. I’m wondering just how much of the Disney deal will be about tapping Marvel comic creators to work on other Disney concepts in other media. Hell, it worked for Brian K Vaughan and ABC’s Lost…
Megan Fox told MTV that the Jonah Hex movie “somehow manages to be super-violent while still having a PG-13 rating. I don’t know how they did that.” Yes, that’s the kind of baiting the MPAA look favourably on, isn’t it?
What will the next cross-media buyout by Time Warner, owner of DC Comics be? Buying Dreamworks Animation SKG? MGM? Scrfipps Network Interactive? NBC Universal? games giant Electronic Arts? Or Take Two Interactive? Business Week lays out the odds and gets a Warner response from CEO Jeffrey Bewkes, basically, “nothing changes” and that Disney bought Marvel to compete better with Warner.
Super Heroes Who Are Super! is a new series of plays by Plays And Players in Philadeplphia, who act out old superheroes comics on stage. Including Fringe’s Melissa Lynch playing Wonder Woman, ten actors perform each comic, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man and Batman, re-written by Daniel Student, including genuine lines such as;
Stupid men! You have no chance against us as long as we wear Aphrodite’s magic girdle!
The shows continue at Plays & Players, 3d floor, 1714 Delancey Place, Philadelphia. Here’s a video preview;
And as I wrote last night, free comics in The Guardian!
We’ve finally been given a look at Loki’s forces in the new, extended trailer for The Avengers, as premiered online just after a cut-down version graced the Superbowl. Here are four screen grabs from the single shot in which they appear with any degree of clarity: So it’s not the Skrull or the Kree –…
Here’s the new TV spot for The Avengers as premiered during the Superbowl – just, longer now. And that’s a good thing. For those of you who watched the Superbowl just to see this commercial, tell me: was it worth it? Related Posts:The Extended John Carter Superbowl Spot Is Here (Fixed) The Avengers Mini-Rushes –…
In yesterday’s webchat (referred to earlier), Alan Moore revealed that the next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen project to follow the conclusion of Century this summer, is to be called Nemo: Heart Of Ice, and that forty of the forty-eight pages involved have been written so far… and that we’ll see it before the end of…
(Welcome Facebook people… please tell us who has linked to us, because we’re gettng massive traffc and we’d like to say thanks. And you can see more Bleeding Cool Doctor Who coverage here.) The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will tomorrow be playing The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, described in their schedule as: A musical celebration with…
Is it Spider-Man? Or has Iron Man just got a fancy new paint job? This is the costume he’ll be wearing in the upcoming Ends Of The Earth storyline, as the machinations of Doctor Octopus and the Sinister Six are made clear. There’s webbing design on the lining as well. Related Posts:Spider-Man’s New Costume Gets…
When reporting early rumours about Before Watchmen, almost every name I was given turned out to be true – Darwyn Cooke, Brian Azzarello, JMS, Amanda Conner, JG Jones, Andy Kubert, Joe Kubert, Adam Hughes and John Higgins. There was another name that I dismissed as it was denied directly – that of Kevin Smith. His…
