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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Somewhat mysteriously (not to mention Polishly), the latest Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader leaked its way online at some point in the last few days. To get us all up to speed, here it is, followed by the film’s new French poster (via IMPAwards).
As you can see from the little badge there, the film will also be released “En 3D dans les salles equippees”.
The 3D here has been a post-production conversion, and these are controversial at the best of times. In this case, I’ve read some completely contrasting reports, and amid them some splendid rumours.
First, the positive. Harry Knowles says that the film is going to make some very unconventional use of the 3D format:
Then – for the last 8 months, I’ve had a source telling me that the 3D on this film is going to blow people’s minds. I can’t say who, but I will say if they’re excited, I’m excited. I’ve heard rumors of characters you’ll only SEE in the 3D version of the film. And it makes the William Castle in me giggle for days.
Okay, Harry. If you say so. But, I feel we should also hear the negative. Joe Dante, director of The Hole 3D, was speaking to The Herald in Ireland, and the conversation turned to the Narnia post-conversion. Dante said:
A lot of directors don’t necessarily want to add 3D, it’s done without their consent. My friend Michael Apted just did a Narnia picture, and he was very upset that they insisted that his finished film be turned into 3D, because he had no intention when he was making it of doing it. He said, ‘if I was gonna’ do a 3D movie, I would have done it differently’. And the fact is that, when you make a 3D film — if you’re doing it correctly — you shoot it for 3D.
So, a friend speaks openly to a friend and the Narnia 3D is a bad idea; Harry Knowles passes on anonymous quotes and it’s going to blow our minds. Now… did I just shiver because it’s getting cold, or because the ghost of Alan Freed walked into the room?
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;…
