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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Buzz about the pilot of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ Sherlock was, at best, mixed. Then, after reshoots, the show was scheduled for the summer which is where, history suggests, a TV network will dump things that they’re not too hopeful about. But, actually, when the show aired, it was rather good – with a particularly exciting first episode – and it earned some rather decent ratings and great “appreciation index” scores. These showed Auntie Beeb that her public were very happy and a second season was swiftly comissioned. Much rejoicing was heard around the entirely fictional Bleeding Cool secret HQ.
The second Sherlock series should mean that sometime around the turn of the New Year, or leading into the Spring, Martin Freeman will be getting back into character as John Watson for three more feature-length episodes of elementary entertainment. Meanwhile, our most recent inside info on the matter told us that shooting for the Hobbit films was likely to start in New Zealand this November or December.
It seemed like all of the old rumours of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins,were going to come to nothing. I have to admit, when no lesser a chip-wrapper than The Sun reported that Freeman was out of contention for a turn in Middle Earth due to his 20-week Sherlock schedule, I just thought the story was spurious. I assumed – and apparently wrongly – that The Sun had simply decided to rehash the old Freeman rumours with a new spin.
And then today, Entertainment Weekly injected the whole saga with a healthy dose of credibility. Their story might have told an entirely different story to The Sun’s but it certainly didn’t contradict it. According to EW, Freeman was offered a seven-figure sum to play Bilbo and did have to turn it down, but the twist is, New Line and MGM are moving their Hobbit schedule around to allow for Freeman to take on both projects.
How good must it feel to be Martin Freeman right now? Good for him.
Such determined scheduling should mean that more Hobbit announcements are imminent. Will Peter Jackson finally be revealed as the director? And will the production meet the deadline of Ian McKellen’s impatient body clock?
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…
