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,…
The Associated Press revealed tonight the results of new laboratory tests of collectible drinking glasses for toxic metals lead and cadmium. The tests are part of an investigation in response to a McDonald’s recall of 12 million Shrek glasses this summer. According to the AP, the glasses tested were purchased at a Warner Brothers Studios…
The comic book industry generates a lot of data every week, and I’ve long found it curious that there aren’t too many people sifting it in interesting ways. So it caught my attention last night when someone tweeted @bleedingcool that 10.7% of this week’s comics include solicited credits by women. When asked for more info,…
Though production has already wrapped, the key casting of Heathcliff in Andrea Arnold’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights was successfully being kept a complete and total secret. The game’s up now, though, with The Daily Mail blowing the surprise: James Howson: The first black Heathcliff in new Andrea Arnold film. Yep – the immediately…
Here are two stories, of varying credibility, about the potential “villain” roles in Chris Nolan’s next Batmovie, The Dark Knight Rises. We’ll start with the one I’m most doubtful of and move on to the less sketchy one afterwards. Total Film have speculated, with no apparent inside info but a willingness to take a blind punt,…
Matthew Wilder has been planning Inferno, his Linda Lovelace* biopic for some years now, and Lindsay Lohan had been attached to star for a good long while. Filming was regularly stalled, however, as Ms. Lohan took detours to rehab, the courtroom and prison. For all of that time, Wilder publicly stood by his star, but…
Okay, I’m taking the day off. Here’s your automatic comic book feed… This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on. Comic Riffs – DON’T TOUCH MY JUNK: The week’s…
Michael J. Bassett is currently waist deep in preproduction on his Silent Hill sequel movie and getting around to the casting of some key roles. Over on his blog, he’s soliciting assistance in finding the right actress for the key role of Heather: Clearly this is a crucial decision and one that I’m not going…
Decades ago Scott Rosenberg was faking interest in his comic book Cowboys & Aliens, trying to get it made as a film – despite the comic book not actually existing. All he had was a cool cover and a cool name. He made a splash on the cover of Variety and spent the next years…
On Friday 26th November, the next series of Mitchell, Webb, Armstrong and Bain’s Peep Show begins on Channel 4. If you want to see the first episode now, however, you can, courtesy of the internet. This isn’t a bootleg, it’s just Channel 4′s marketing plan, releasing the show to their 4OD video on demand service ahead…
In Leeds right now, they are entering a one day comic con, Thought Bubble, hitting well above its weight with a guest list including John Romita Jr, Becky Cloonan, Tony Harris, Kieron Gillen, Bryan Talbot, Dan Abnett, Doug Braithwaite, Dider Crisse, Ian Churchill, Paul Cornell, Paul Duffield, Adi Granov, Antony Johnston, Barry Kitcon, Jamie McKelvie,…
EditorWatch: Just because you work on Flash doesn’t mean you have to rush through the proof pages of issue 6… PressWatch1: The Daily Herald covers Superman’s arrival in Mount Prospect, and the fan letter that brought him here. The visit was the brainchild of 73-year-old Annette Kowalczyk, a lifelong fan who wrote to DC Comics…
I’m sure just what the world is crying out for right now is another film about Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg. It seems everybody pretty much liked The Social Network, including myself*, so there hardly seems any need. No need, but there are means and that’s almost always enough. Mark Zuckerberg and The Found is to be…
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…
