John Rozum recently talked about his problems as writer of Static Shock, citing that he was hardly writing the book, the actual work being split between artist Scott McDaniel and editor Harvey Richards, which is why he chose to walk off the book with issue 4, not wanting his name to be associated with work…
The Darkness #100 is on its way… And this is the first you’ll have seen of the Todd McFarlane (above), the Michael Golden (below) and the Marc Silvestri retailer incentive (further below). 48 pages for $4.99 US, it’s out the last day of February. But since the Darkness II game comes out today, it seems…
It was the recent ICV2 interview with Marvel Senior Vice President-Sales David Gabriel that did it. Answering a questionnaire with no followups, he managed to dodge some questions by answering different ones, and throw some googlies at the opposing team. But he’s hardly alone in this, DC’s Executive VP-Sales, Marketing and Business Development John Rood…
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…
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Sequel clauses are a regular fixture on movie contracts so I suppose this should really not be that much of a surprise, but Tim Allen has apparently already signed on for a fourth Toy Story picture. Admittedly, it’s a fourth Toy Story picture that we’re very, very unlikely to see any time soon.
The scoop report on Allen’s contract at The Wrap leaves more questions than answers. Here are the top five things I want to know:
Is this just a sequel clause in a contract he signed some time ago?
That’s my hunch but, for some reason, they don’t actually confirm this. I guess that’s less hit-grabbing?
Who else has such a contract?
I’m assuming Tom Hanks would, at the very least, but what if he doesn’t? What if Disney/Pixar’s plan is for a Buzz Lightyear spin-off? They tried before and, well, pretty much failed. I can’t help wondering if there’s not a direct-to-video Buzz movie being planned somewhere, particularly after yesterday’s surprise news about the Cars tie-in, Planes.
Is this contract going to run out at some point?
Because if it is, the internal pressure to make another movie will only increase and increase as time goes on. You wouldn’t want to lose your Buzz or see your Woody drop away just because you’ve been sitting on your hands. So to speak.
What does Disney Pixar’s official statement really mean?
They said “At this time, we have nothing to announce regarding another full-length feature”. Just hedging their bets? PR speak? Or do they want us to be prepared, on some level, for an announcement at some point in the future?
What have the upcoming Toy Story shorts got to do with any of this?
We don’t know what the contractual position is regarding the series of Toy Story shorts we’ve been promised. All we know about that is that the first is going to play before Cars 2 in the summer, and that there’s at least seven of these toons on the cards. And why Toy Story shorts? Just because thats what they wanted to do? Because they know we want them to do this? Or to keep the characters alive long enough that by the time Toy Story 4 is announced, we’re virtually begging for it?
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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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…
