Tomorrow's Headlines, Today: "NERDS GO ON WILDING (ON INTERNET) WITH 3 SUPER-POWERED GEEK ANNOUNCEMENTS TO 'MELT YER FACE!'"
Barry Allen as the Flash! In the DCU . . .
Ian McKellen as Gandalf! In The Hobbit . . .
Venom as Anti-Venom (The Cure? The Antidote?)! In the Marvel U and Amazing Spider-man . . .
A few quick hits:
See some of the figures for the upcoming Dark Knight here; and no, Deathstroke the Terminator is not in the movie, just the figure line. And yes, that is Firefly; see comment on Deathstroke.
Also, Dark Horizons has a surreptitiously taken pic of Two Face from the upcoming Bat-film, which since there hasn't been anything else, and Mattel is not yet releasing the figure to the public, constitutes a firt look.
Warner Bros. renews their rights on Akira and that looks to be coming out as a two film series, produced by Leo DiCaprio.
David Fincher is now the director linked to Charles Burns' Blackhole; script by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avery. That can't be a bad thing.
Great casting news: Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool in the new Wolverine movie.
Not so great casting news: Will.I.Am of the Black Eye Peas as Wraith in the new Wolverine movie. Really, Marvel Films?
Go back to Figures.com (link above) for tons more on toys coming from Speed Racer, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Kung Fu Panda. Me? I am looking forward to Hulky Polky Dancing Hulk: "Hulk Smash Left Arm! Hulk Smash Right Arm! Hulk Turn on Puny Humans!"
More posts after the new year (promises, promises . . . ) but for now, behold:
A teaser for the movie; Drew Struzan goodness; I can't believe that this is actually happening - feels just like it did before Phantom came out, but this time I don't think we will be as disappointed. It is, after all, Speilberg directing and not Lucas.
Here's the teaser poster for Jon Favreau's Iron Man :
And here's a teaser image for a big announcement Marvel Comics is making on October 11th, 2007, apparently :
Can you tease a date?
This is another perfect example of Marvel's insistence to make everything they do overblown. World War Hulk (and Planet Hulk leading up to it) has been a great storyline with little or no hype to it before it was released. The much bally-hooed Civil War on the other hand was screamed about everywhere possible, and for the most part was a major disappointment. Spidey's current One More Day storyline is super-duper hyped, but with only one issue of the 4-parter out so far, I will reserve judgment. Suffice it to say that first issue was no great shakes.
Anyway, that's my dig at Marvel this week - come back later in the week for a dig at DC!
We try to be equal opportunity in our hating here at TTHQ . . .
Here are a bevy of links to keep you glued to the internet for the night:
Director Zach Snyder (Dawn of the Dead, 300) intros his new in-production comics-to-film adaptation Watchmen here.
Cartoonist Daniel Clowes (David Boring, Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron) makes headlines in Connecticut in ways he probably wishes he never did. Read about the ridiculousness here and here; get Tom Spurgeon's take here.
Kevin points out a highlight reel panel from the latest issue of Frank Miller's and Jim Lee's All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder (Issue #7) right here.
Have I mentioned how much I am enjoying these webcomics? Especially, Andy B's Raising Hell and Cam Stewart's Sin Titulo!
