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,…
One of the saddest prisoners in the “lost movies” dungeon is about to be liberated. Against some odds, Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret is finally headed to cinemas. As well as being a playwright and the writer-director of You Can Count on Me, Lonergan was a writer on Scorsese’s Gangs of New York and, oddly, The Rocky…
I hear repeated rumours that MTV is prepping a new comic book site – and that it may feature existing and original comics. No names yet, but a number of major people seem to have been approached. Whether these are early days, whether people are being signed up, or whether they are ready to announce…
Monsters. It’s the new District 9, don’t you know – in that it mixes a quasi-realist storyline with lots of CG aliens. The English* premiere is taking place at Frightfest, and I’m most excited. The trailer comes from IGN, the poster above from Digital Spy. *UK premiere was at EIFF.
A couple of interwoven stories about Batman Begins and Jumper scriptwriter David Goyer have bobbed up to the surface. Let’s see if they sink. The first story claims that, alongside the previously touted Jonathan Nolan, Goyer is now a front runner for the directing gig on Warner Bros. upcoming Superman movie. We already know he’s…
According to Nicky Wire, the bassist for The Manic Street Preachers, he’s “trying to write a script for Doctor Who“. He revealed this on his blog, in a big string of information about, essentially, his new record. The episode is being called Do Not Go Gently and here’s how he pitches it: The idea is…
Here’s a new, and most work-unfriendly trailer for Machete from IGN. It features the best jumping out of a window, swinging back into the window below stunt that I’ve seen in quite some time.
Here are the six leading ladies of Sucker Punch. Nicknames, silly outfits, delusion-fed fantasy lands – it’s Spice World all over again. That Bunny-Mecha (see Amber’s picture) is going to be a fan favourite, I think. For a slightly better look at “the world of Sucker Punch“, the film’s official site has now opened.
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran a set for photos from the Westboro Baptist Church protest against the San Diego Comic Con 2010. And the much more impressive counter protest from ComicCon attendees. It became the most read Bleeding Cool post of the show, beating out exclusive movie and comics scoops by a significant degree. So here…
Almost four minutes of Megamind were played at Comic-Con yesterday. Today, they’re everywhere. From what I hear, Dreamworks have made some notable steps forward in how they use 3D in this film, taking it beyond what they acheived with How to Train Your Dragon and Shrek 4. Obviously hard to judge from the above 2D clip…
Here’s how Whedon sees The Avengers going down, according to our ears in the crowd at Comic-Con: It’s going to be 3D. But actually shot in 3D? Er… dunno. Why did nobody ask him this? His favourite Avengers storyline was The Death of Adam Warlock that ran across The Avengers Annual #7 and Marvel Two…
I understand from the San Diego Comic Con bars that Harker, the Markosia-published graphic novel sequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and the only such sequel that has received approval from members of the Stoker family, has been optioned by Hollywood. It’s not a major studio, and we are talking five rather than six figures for…
If you know who Jack Cardiff is, then you’ll already want to see Camera Man; if you don’t know who he is, then you need to see it. A couple of months back I spoke to director Craig McCall about his documentary portrait of the great man. You can check out that audio over at Hey U…
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…
