Awwwww… Jim Lee finished the most recent issue of Justice League #5 just before his new child was born, and while his wife Carla was rather heavily pregnant. He’s written that the new arrival held out until he’d finished his deadline, which was appreciated by all, I’m sure. But what tribute could Jim Lee make…
We know from the publicity that DC Vertigo are publishing graphic novel adaptaions of the Millenium Trilogy, with Denise Mina and Leonardo Manco adapting the first book The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo into two parts. And in April they’ll be publishing a free teaser of the first graphic novel. But Bleeding Cool (alone it…
Recently, Bleeding Cool ran an article on how Marvel were looking to get certain creators out of their exclusive deals with Marvel, in an attempt to save money. And how Ariel Olivetti may have been a good example, locked into a two year excluisve deal with Marvel but suddenly appearing on the rejigged Men Of…
Toy News International ran these scans of images of DC toys and statues for 2012. But did they miss the headline story? Or is it a case of one side of DC not knowing what the other is doing? Because in May 2012, as part of the New 52 Cover Girls Of The DC Universe,…
There’s a surprisingly strong director attached to the next Final Destination movie. Hardly seems fair, does it? Neither on him or on us. And calling it The 5nal Destination, as Warner Bros. are threatening to do, is just spiteful. The lucky guy is going to be Steven Quayle, a second unit director on James Cameron’s…
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…
Behind Enemy Lines and Max Payne culprit John Moore is currently working on a comic book called Dead Soldier for Liquid, and like all Liquid titles the idea is apparently to use the comic as a launch pad for a film. I won’t go into more detail there – I’m not the comics guy round…
The Realm Of Kings oversized hardcover will collect the Marvel cosmic crossover, consisting of Realm of Kings: Inhumans #1-5, Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk #1-4, and Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1-5. But before it sees publication, it’s having a few price issues on Amazon it seems. A retail price of $39.99, Amazon.com have…
With those floppy arms, big ball eyes, uncommon skin colour, run-around Wahhhhhhhhhh! and comedy gulp, Johnny Depp’s latest star turn sure has a touch of the Kermit about him. Second rate Kermit, of course, but Kermit none the less. Director Gore Verbinski apparently eschewed performance capture for key-frame animation for Rango, yet still filmed a…
Why don’t we have a rapid-fire roundup of the Scream 4 comings and goings over the last couple of days? First of all, here’s a snap of Neve Campbell with what appears to be a sassy new do for the movie. That’s Nancy O’Dell of Access Hollywood with the long blonde tresses. She can thank…
In Ultimate Avengers #5, Mark Millar and Carlos Pacheco threw a baby out of the window. Okay, the Red Skull did it. And it’s a fictional baby. But still. The scene caused a lot of fuss - but it had been bawlderised once already. Below are the original pencils compared with the printed art. The…
You can see it in their eyes. “We married each other. And not you”. An item since 2004, engaged since 2006. Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have tied the knot. Let no geek put asunder. And what a combined geek rating they have. Various parts of Megan Fox were the star of Transformers 1…
A new issue comes this way, with Garth Ennis and Oscar Jiminez’ first collaborative run together on the book run about the anti-Christ trying to hide in plain sight as a media mogul and not bring about the end of the world. Even if a talking rabbit, a nymphomaniac dead Joan of Arc , a…
The upcoming Pixar picture Brave, formerly The Bear and the Bow, will be their first film with a female protagonist and their first film with a female director, two points of relevance in view of how hungrily the internet chews up this particular studio’s apparent gender politics. It’s a folk tale set in Scotland and…
If everything goes to plan, Terry Gilliam will commence production this September on his new, improved, second version of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. It’s a full decade now since cameras first turned on the project, and as the tragicomic documentary Lost in La Mancha so painfully showed, quite quickly stopped turning again. There’s…
This is an advance preview of the much-awaited second issue of (deep breath in) Warren Ellis and Raulo Caceres’ Captain Swing And The Electrical Pirates Of Cindery Island from Avatar. Yes it’s been a while. But you know what they say about absence making the heart grow fonder? Of course, this is all steampunk pirates,…
Below you’ll see a photo of a poster, hanging on a bus shelter. It was taken by Little Bleeder Ian, who wondered: I don’t know if this is genuine viral marketing or just a bunch of students. You can see a #believeinsherlock hashtag on the bottom right hand corner. I went to Twitter and searched…
The above is a commission by Frank Miller, recreating the splash page from The Dark Knight, below, for one Felix Lu. Such a detailed commission from Miller, it would be quite a rarity these days and rather expensive. Albeit not quite as expensive as buying the original art, recently selling for almost half a million…
Here’s an orderly and dependable plot blurb for The Amazing Spider-Man, as issued by Sony and piling up across the net (and in my inbox) like wildfire right now. There may not be any bombshells in here, but the strands come together pretty clearly. You know – like a web. The Amazing Spider-Man is the…
The last time I remember reading a Legend Of Zelda comic was back in the nineties, from Valiant Comics before they decided to move into superheroes. There’s were also a few manga books tied into specific game releases but no US licenced comics for quite some time. This could change if Joe Madueira gets his…
He’s done gangbusters for DC Comics, taking C-list character Animal Man, whose return to the DC Universe from DC Vertigo had been lacklustre at best, and turned him into a surprise critical and commercial hit as part of the DC New 52. So it’s only natural that DC might tap him for any other bright…
I would assume that the success of The Lord of the Rings and the huge interest in The Hobbit, not to mention the extraordinary, eight-film success of the Harry Potter series, would encourage Warner Bros. to look seriously into all of their similar options, but the studio has not to move ahead with a long-developing…
