Warren Ellis has been talking plenty at Kapow, in London today. Lots of questions, lots of answers, lots of laughs, an unlit cigarette and a can or three of Red Bull. Amongst the jollity, he talked more about Gun Machine, his upcoming novel. That it is centred on a cop who discovers an apartment full…
Rich Johnston is embedded at Kapow. Why not come by and say hi? I’m in the Captain Britain T-shirt… Dan DiDio and Bob Wayne have just presented the Before Watchmen panel at Kapow, giving us a first look at the Josh Middleton cover for Silk Spectre as well as some very brief, blurry looks at…
The folks at Close Encounters, a comic shop in Northampton, England, are organising a comic convention for later in the year, possibly around September time, the Northants International Comics Expo. They will confirm fifteen guests on Monday. One of those guests will be Alan Moore. Intriguingly, admission will be gained by donating a graphic novel…
It was the clear winner of Free Comic Book Day. Depsite thousands and thousands of copies being given away for free, it sells on eBay for up to $13. The Mouse Guard hardcover was a hit, with six short original stories promoting Archaia’s books. Every other publisher should have been so jealous looking at it….
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Noomi Rapace has been taking meetings around Hollywood with an eye on netting some high-paying roles in studio pictures. The first fruit of these negotiations may have been revealed earlier in the week, and now we also know that she’s taking the lead female role in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes 2.
Well, The Hollywood Reporter are calling it the lead female role. We’ve heard that Rachel McAdams is coming back for another go around, but not that she was being relegated to second fiddle. The casting story shares a rumour that Rapace’s role is that of a French Gypsy.
The production is gearing up at Elstree now, with prop maker Brian Muir mentioning on his Facebook wall that he’s enjoying his work on the film. Sounds like the cameras should be rolling pretty soon.
There are two new main roles for male leads to be filled: Holmes’ nemesis Moriarty, and his brother, Mycroft.
I can’t see Ritchie taking a play out of the BBC playbook and going for a camp Irishman in the Moriarty role. Well, unless you count the oft-rumoured Daniel Day Lewis. And I’m sure this Mycroft will not only be smarter than Holmes, he’ll be better at beating people up.
Having been moved to the verge of a standing ovation by Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner in The Avengers, Rizzoli & Isles star Angie Harmon has decided she has to be She-Hulk. HAS TO BE. In her excitement, Ms. Harmon posed for a photo as though smashing the pavement. When she tweeted the picture, it…
Albert Moy sells Jim Lee’s original art on his behalf. He’s just put up the pages from the New 52 Free Comic Book Day volume. In which you get to see not only Jim Lee and Scott William’s original art for the story – but also the patch job they had to do to change…
While shooting a commercial for ShootTheCentrefold.com using the actual Batmobile from the 1998 Batman movie, North Miami Beach cops pulled over the vehicle. Producers were waiting around the corner with cameras rolling for the Batmobile to drive by. The driver, in platform heels and little else was given a warning for “Improper Footwear While Operating…
Will Arrow replace Smallville as the DC on CW show that I hardly ever watch but still somehow main a light interest in? Perhaps the clues are in this first teaser trailer. Which I can’t see – yet – because I’m away on a top secret mission for the good of Queen, Country and Bleeding…
A number of DC subscribers have contacted Bleeding Cool rather annoyed that DC Comics have told them that they can no longer get their favourite books in this fashion, and they will be cancelled with issue 10. Which means Justice League International readers will miss the final two issues of that comic, and unless they…
Greg Capullo once said that, when leaving Haunt, he had a choice between working on Batman and Wolverine, and went with the relaunch of Batman with Scott Snyder. Turns out that the temptation may have been even harder, and that he was offered the opportunity to draw Avengers Vs X-Men. In an interview he says;…
