His name is Everett Watford. He is seventeen years old. He is putting on a comic convention in Chicago. He says; My goal is to showcase independent comic book creators and people trying to break into the business primarily from Chicago. I plan to have artists booths to showcase their wares and a pre-party to have…
Here are a few of the things Marvel has got planned to help promote the Avengers Vs X-Men crossover through the summer. And do you know what? I think it might just work. Avengers Vs X-Men #1 is a new reader jumping on point, for those unfamiliar with the current Marvel universe. Possibly obvious, but…
This is the planned artwork for Archie Comics #635 in July, leaked to Bleeding Cool. As earlier rumoured, it will tell the story of the global protest against massively unequal redistrubution of wealth and power, under the title Occupy Riverdale, echoing the Occupy movements present around the world. This continued the further progressive storylines from…
Grace Randolph, as well as looking at tomorrow’s comics today, takes on Benderspink’s blatantly open plans to use Arcana to publish comic books as a way to get Hollywood interested in their ideas… as well as evangelising for the medium of comics. Get your injection of Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic, half of her Think About The…
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There’s been a remake of The Secret life of Walter Mitty on the cards for a good while now. I remember when Jim Carrey was attached to star, with Steven Spielberg supposedly set to direct. When Carrey dropped out, Owen Wilson held the hot seat for a while, and then it was Mike Meyers’ turn and everything was overhauled completely to make it suit his comedy style. Just a couple of months ago, Sacha Baron Cohen was apparently being wooed for the role.
Now, the director and screenwriter have been pegged. According to Variety, Gore Verbinski has signed a deal to direct the picture and he could kick off as soon as next spring. In the mean time, Steve Conrad is working on another draft of the screenplay.
What could stall the movie this time? If they haven’t stuck with Sacha Baron Cohen, and there’s every chance they haven’t as he’s not mentioned anywhere in the new report, then the problem will be in finding the right, green-lightable star.
Maybe we live in some kind of wonderful Bizarro world and Nicolas Cage will get the part, reteaming with Verbinski and Conrad, his director and writer on The Weather Man. That’s a nice thought.
If you don’t know Mitty from James Thurber’s original short story then I should tell you that it’s the tale of a man driving his wife into town to do some shopping and visit the hair and beauty salon…. and that’s all that happens. Literally. If you don’t believe me, look it up.
Courtesy of Midtown Comics‘ listings and skipping the trades, here’s a look at the Marvel solicitations for May 2012. One word of warning, the credits on these do get mixed up, especially when there are double shipping issues – and there are a lot of those this month. But those pictures sure are pretty. AGE…
We already showed you what the DC Free Comic Book Day retailer customizable version would look like. Now we have the Marvel version, only available to retailers who order vast quantities. It’s intended to be used in mailshots or attached inside local newspapers, or given away in mass drives, each copy featuring the details of…
FastCoCreate has a new interview with Alan Moore talking about Watchmen – accompanied by the first art from Darwyn Cooke from the Minutemen book. It seems an odd article for DC Comics to have agreed to provide such artwork for, as negative as it is, including such paragraphs as; More recently, Moore says some lawyers…
Welcome to the Justice League Of Hanna Barbera, by Brazilian artist Daniel HDR. Can’t Boom just buy the rights and make this happen?
Neal Adams writes for Bleeding Cool, about Ghost Rider creator Gary Friedrich; Fellow creators, we can help Gary Friedrich without taking any kind of position in his case with Marvel. Gary is sick, and he’s about to lose his house, and though he will tell you he is not destitute, he needs help. If I…
This is the cover to Aquaman #7 by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, the first part of the two part story “The Other League” by Geoff Johns. And from the solicits for issues 7 and 8… Who destroyed Atlantis? In the start of a new storyline, we follow the hunter as he stalks and kills…
