Blair Underwood – August 25, 1964  (“Deep Impact“, “Gattaca” and )

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje – August 22 1967  (“Lost”, The Mummy Returns, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra )

J. August Richards –  August 28th, 1973  (“Angel”)

Souce: Movieweb

Saw some of this footage already during ABC Family’s Harry Potter weekend  several weeks ago.  But its cool to see it again.  There is a 30 second Ad pre-roll before the video starts.

I guess this week is Blade week,   we get a double dose of the Vampire Hunter. It amazing how he can be such a star on the big screen and yet he struggles as a comic. Over the years he has had several on-going series but no ongoing series.    I wonder if its simply the concept of a vampire hunter thats limiting. Is it something thats only good in small  doses?  Does it get stale after 12 or so issues?   Or is it simply another victim of the minority character curse in comics.

Maybe, we are waiting on some writer to write the defeinitive Blade story something along the lines of Frank Millers run on Daredevil.   It’s my understanding that Daredevil was on the chopping block before Miller saved it. Maybe that’s what Blade needs that one great story to get things going. While you are waiting on that to happen you probably need to check out Ultimate Comics Avengers 3 #1 (of 6) and X-Men #2.

Here’s a trailer for Black Star Warrior which was screened at Comic-Con.  I really don’t have much to say about it other than fandom knows no limits.

Malik Yoba who starred as Ted Shaw in ABC’s Defying Gravity has signed on to SyFy’s new show titled Alphas.

From SyFy’s announcement: Alphas follows a team of ordinary citizens whose brain anomalies imbue them with extraordinary mental and physical abilities. Taking the law into their own hands, the unlikely team, led by Dr. Lee Rosen (David Strathairn) investigates cases that suggest other Alpha activity to uncover what the CIA, FBI and Pentagon have not been able or willing to solve. These gifted individuals must balance their quirky personalities and disparate backgrounds with their not always visible powers as they work to solve crimes, stop the ticking time bomb and catch the enemy.

I will probably watch the show even though it reads like several other shows and comics that I’ve seen or read before.  I won’t pass judgment on a show without having seen it, but let’s just say I’m a bit suspect about where the show might be going.  SyFy isn’t known for cancelling underperforming shows without giving them a full season to get an audience, so at least it won’t be cancelled the way ABC cancelled Defying Gravity.  I liked Defying Gravity and thought the show had potential.  I even liked Yoba’s portrayal of Ted Shaw.  SyFy has launched some great shows over the last couple of years, Eureka, Warehouse 13, Sanctuary, to name a few.  Maybe they’ll keep up the good track record.

SEGA under the weight of requests has released a teaser for the Thor video game.  It was be available for the PSP, PS3, XBox 360, Wii, and Nintendo DS.

LeVar Burton released an 8 page comic short with Dark Horse Comics called Con-CERNed.  ComicsAlliance has posted the short in it’s entirety here.  LeVar isn’t the first celebrity to try is hand at writing a comic book.  Almost a year ago, we posted a story about Tyrese Gibson’s Mayhem, which he was seen promoting at this years Comic-Con in San Diego.  I don’t have a problem with LeVar Burton and Tyrese Gibson venturing into these types of projects.  I kinda wish more guys like them would do more comics. Click HERE to read the whole comic.

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ComicsAlliance is pleased to debut the entire eight-page comic short, entitled "Con-CERNed," which follows physicist Simon Barstow as he confronts the mystery of his bizarre new abilities obtained while investigating the Large Hadron Collider.

Source: The Flickcast

Mark Ruffalo To Be The New Hulk In ‘The Avengers’ | The Flickcast.

I think Rufflalo will be a better Bruce Banner than either Eric Bana or Edward Norton.

Source: Pop Culture Shock

Sony Online Entertainment announced that Gina Torres will be voice of Wonder Woman in the upcoming DC Universe Online MMO. She is currently starring in the new ABC Family series Huge, Torres’ most notable television credits are her performances as assassin Anna Espinosa on Alias and Zoe Washburn, the shotgun-toting mercenary on Joss Whedon’s Firefly (and the feature film Serenity), in addition to her roles in Xena: Warrior Princess and Cleopatra 2525, which earned her an ALMA award. Her film credits include The Matrix Revolutions, The Matrix Reloaded, I Think I Love My Wife and Hair Show. She has also voiced the characters of Vixen in the Justice League animated series and Superwoman in the DC Universe animated feature Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.

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Who would have thought that there could possibly be more to Greedo shooting Han than we already knew.  Apparently, George Lucas decided to make a quick buck and let Adidas re-imagine the sequence as a commercial for a new shoe.  Great job guys…I mean that with all the sincerity of a Sarlacc Pit.

The recent passing of passing of Gary Coleman got me thinking about his connection to the genre and it hit me he was in Buck Rogers.   He played a super genius named Hieronymus Fox who ruled the planet Genesia.     This episode aired in 1979 which was over 30 years ago,  in some ways it feels like yesterday.

It was a fun movie. I enjoyed it a lot. It’s a perfect summer popcorn flick.  Prince of Persia doesn’t require any heavy lifting.  Its plot is simple and predictable.  The action sequences are excellent and switching between the actors and their stunt men is flawless.  The special effects are good.The movie is really pretty and as most Jerry Bruckheimer films go there is no shortage of action packed scenes.

Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney brought us Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure franchises.  Unfortunately, this movie for all its fun and action is not anywhere near the same level as those movies.  But if you are looking for a good time and a fun movie, check it out.

Joss Whedon is apparently all but cofirmed as the director of the upcoming Avengers movie and is also going to do a rewrite of the Captain America and The Avengers scripts. I recognize the importance of having a unified cohesive story, but Joss Whedon?  So he’s a great script doctor: Speed, Twister, X-Men, Alien: Resurrection.  Those were some great movies……Did you sense my sarcasm?

I am somewhat underwhelmed and distrurbed by the announcements.  I understand that fanboys have a huge crush on Joss Whedon.  I must not be a fanboy because I don’t get it. Forget the fact that people are excited about him rewriting scripts.  I mean, who gets excited about a screen writer? Yeah, I watched Angel and Buffy, and thought they were pretty good shows.  Buffy: The Vampire Slayer the movie, however,was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Did I watch Firefly? Yes. I watched it on Netflix way after the fact.  Did I like it? Not really. I got the concept, but I thought the execution was poor.  I watched Serenity, I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t any better than Aeon Flux or Ultraviolet or Equilibrium.  I watched about 10 minutes of Dr. Horrible and even though I think Neil Patrick Harris is brilliant, I tired very quickly of the show and lost interest.  Dollhouse was a good concept.  I was looking forward to the show.  I watched every episode of Dollhouse, and never thought it delivered.  There were a handful of well written episodes but overall the show was lackluster.

One of my biggest issues with him is that whenever things he writes aren’t successful, he always blames others.  It’s the studio’s fault that Dollhouse failed.  It was Fox’s fault that Firefly didn’t succeed.  But he wants to take credit for things that do well.  Dr. Horrible is some of his best work, according to him, and it’s an internet sensation.  I guess what I’m trying to say is that I just don’t get fanboys’ love of Joss Whedon.  He doesn’t seem to be any more special than any other screen writer.  I am excited about the movies, but the fact that Joss Whedon is screen writing doesn’t have anything to do with it.

You may also want to check out Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1 (of 6) and Siege #4 (of 4)

Here’s a brief but informative article  on the history of War Machine.

Souce: Superhero Hype, SciFi Wire

Marvel’s slate of movies to be made included Luke Cage.  We have been hearing about a Luke Cage movie being produced and directed by John Singleton with Tyrese Gibson attached.  I would have liked to see that movie made, but it seems that version of the movie might not happen.  Apparently, there is a top actor currently in talks to star in Marvel’s Luke Cage.

Preferably, I would have liked to have seen a Black Panther movie first, but I’ll take a Cage flick.  The only question is who is Luke Cage?  I still think Tyrese would be a good choice.  I have seen different places on the net and in the comments section in the above sources the actor Terry Crews as a possibility.  I like Crews, but I don’t know about his acting chops.  He definitely has the look.  I don’t want to see Will Smith. There’s Morris Chestnut, LL Cool J, and even Lee Thompson Young (Smallville, Flash Forward).  So, I think casting will be important.

Who do you think should play him?

Its that time again.  As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their shops.   Who doesn’t love free stuff.

Source: Yahoo Movies

Seriously, after seeing this clip, who wouldn’t want to see the movie?

Source: SuperheroHype

It’s got new footage, and the suitcase armor.  Cool.

You have to love photoshop.   This guy has more pictures check them out.

Predators Trailer

Here’s a better question who is Nick Jones? According to the article he is  a former Marine who is currently an actor and model

Source:  Comicbookmovie.com

Source: HOT TOYS

Just in time for the Movie.  I wish I has the disposable income and the space to buy more stuff like this.   click the image for more photos.   Also check out the Blade action figures on the site as well.

Gina Torres in a interview with Wired Magazine on Women in Comics

There aren’t really any skinny bitches in the world of comic books…they’ve got muscle. . . . in that comics world they’re all curvaceous. They’re strong. And it’s important to have strong images of women out there, women who aren’t afraid of expressing themselves, women who aren’t afraid of taking chances, women who aren’t afraid of their own power.”

Read More http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/02/gina-torres/#ixzz0h1pLPZxJ

I must admit that I had never heard of Percy Jackson until I saw the teaser trailer last fall.  I am a huge mythology nut, especially Greco-Roman mythology, so this movie looked like it was right up my alley.  After watching the movie, I was more than a little pleased.  I kinda liked how they made Percy similar to Perseus, whose exploits were fictionalized in Clash of the Titans starring Harry Hamlin, and will be reimagined in this years Clash of the Titans starring Sam Worthington. 

Percy is the son of Poseidon (Kevin McKidd) God of the Seas and Earthquakes and one of the Big Three (Zeus and Hades).  Being the son of one of the Big Three gives him a considerable amount of power.  We saw him use his power over water; it will be interesting to see if they work in the earthquake powers if the series continues.

I haven’t read the books and don’t know how closely it tracks to the source material.  I am not sure if they are going to make this a franchise, but considering how popular the book is, I am sure that there were discussions.  The story was decent and the pacing was good.  When it ended, I seemed to want more, and as a movie goer that’s a good sign.  However, it ended in a way that if they don’t ever do another Percy Jackson movie it isn’t as if the story left you hanging.

The effects were good and the CGI was seamless with the live action.  All of the actors were perfect in their roles, though I did have a hard time buying Alexandra Daddario (Kate in White Collar) as a 17 year old.

Oh, and don’t think of this post as just another reason to post a picture of Rosario Dawson.

http://www.mania.com/10-influential-africa…cle_120722.html

I really hate these list when people don’t put more than 5 min worth of thought into it. The fact that you have Richard Roundtree and Michael Jackson on the list tells me this list is @$#$#!$ up.    Seriously “Mania”  what the hell does Richard Roundtree have to do with Sci-fi even in your article you only mentioned his small role in “Se7ven”.    This has to be one of those list where you wanted to create some buzz by putting MJ as #1, instead of taking the time to put some thought into a  meaningful list.

Last night I had to watch The Deep End, Grey’s Anatomy, and Private Practice.  Some might say, “hey, that’s a pretty good night of television.”  No it isn’t for a scifi fan.  I can’t remember a time when I watched a whole night of ABC.  Of course I could have put in a movie or two, but I want my sci-fi TV.  Fox is trying to throw us a bone by giving us a new show Past Life.  I watched about 6 minutes and 30 seconds of it before I realized how inferior it was to Medium, besides being a wee bit slow.

Could I have watched the Olympics? Sure.  I tried that the other night, and found myself bored to death by the skating event, and then I was unmoved by the women’s alpine skiing (congratulations to Lindsey Vonn and Shani Davis for their gold medals.)  But after last night, I draw the line.  I want Fringe, V, Bones, The Mentalist, Flash Forward, and all the other “be back in March” shows back on right now.  Don’t make me have to start watching America’s Best Dance Crew, Project Runway, or some other “fun to watch” reality show.

Source  CBR

In a interview with CBR writer Jeff Parker talks about the addition of 3-D man to “Agents of Atlas”.   Here’s a few excerpts

The idea for forging the various characters of “Atlas” into a team first came in 1978′s “What If?” #9, a book that featured 3-D Man. However, when you brought those characters into the current continuity with “Agents of Atlas” #1, you left 3-D Man out because he was a character created in the ’70s and not from books published by Marvel Comics’ predecessor, Atlas. Now it appears as though the current 3-D Man is going to play a large role in May’s “Atlas” #1. What made you want to look at him now, and is this the original 3-D Man or the new one who adopted the identity during “Secret Invasion?”

He kept coming up, and Gabe Hardman and I came up with a neat way to build a story  around him. This is Delroy, the current 3-D Man, formerly Triathlon [from Kurt Busiek's run on "Avengers"]. He has a kind of convoluted personal history, but don’t worry, you won’t need to know it. And you will also be seeing Chuck, the original 3-D Man.

Again, don’t fret over the continuity of the character; it will be told in a way that is very easy to get into, yet work with what has come before. Gorilla-Man will not tolerate having to listen to someone’s wending origin story.

Well, the theatrical trailer for M. Night Shayamalan’s and Nickelodeon’s The Last Airbender was released.  I doesn’t look all that great to me, in fact it looks pretty bad.  I suggest you save yourself the trouble and just go watch the animated version.  As a matter of fact, if you’ve seen the animated version, go watch it again.  I don’t have high hopes for this movie.  In fact, it may go down in flames much like the Dragonball movie or Street Fighter movie that came out not too long ago.  But, if you must insist, I have posted the trailer here if you really need to see it.  For the record, I do have issues with the casting since but they won’t be addressed in this post.

‘Robin Hood’ Trailer HD

Looks good.

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Aunjanue Ellis (Undercover Brother, True Blood) has been cast as the new director of the CBI.  The Mentalist follows the crime fighting of Agent Teresa Lisbon and her team.  Lisbon is assisted by former psychic/medium entertainer Patrick Jane as an independent consultant whose talents as a celebrity psychic/medium are key to solving tough cases, most times with his intuition and perceptions he solves a case before the investigation begins and spends the rest of the time finding evidence to back up his theories.  I like the show and thought the show was lacking diversity even with Tim Kang as a cast member.  I think she will be a fine addition.

Source: CBR

Here’s a few highlight from the interview with editor Axel Alonso and Scot Eaton.

Doom has turned the Marvel Universe upside down and played a part in making life miserable for any hero who tries to oppose the former Green Goblin’s Dark Reign. Recently, Doom launched a vicious sneak attack on King T’Challa, the former Black Panther and King of Wakanda. Doom’s attack nearly killed the monarch, and the injuries T’Challa sustained from it are why he’s no longer Black Panther or ruler of his country, both titles that now lie with his sister, Shuri.

In 2010, Doctor Doom will experience the consequences of picking a fight with T’Challa, because the former Black Panther has a plan. He’s a man with family and friends, like the Fantastic Four, and his wife, Storm, connects him to the X-Men as well. T’Challa also has the funds to pay for the skills of one of the most unpredictable and dangerous men in the Marvel Universe: Deadpool. All of these characters will collide in February when “DoomWar,” a five issue mini-series by writer Jonathan Maberry and artist Scot Eaton

How important and influential will “DoomWar” be to the future status quo of the Marvel U?

AA: Well, it’s an amped-up-like-you’ve-never-seen-him Dr. Doom and his full arsenal, which includes the full might of the Wakandan army, against the two Black Panthers, the X-Men, the FF and Deadpool, so this is kinda big. There will be some big status quo changes in the Marvel Universe, including one that will have a profound effect on the power balance in the Marvel Universe.

AA: It’s all kicks off in a double-sized first issue that ends with quite a punch. And it’s very new-reader friendly – if you haven’t been keeping up on “Black Panther” or Doom’s role in “Dark Reign,” it won’t matter. It’s a simple setup: A unconquered kingdom has fallen to a bloodless coup. Its former King (T’Challa) and current leader (Shuri) have fled; the current Queen has been captured and sentenced to death by the new regime. Behind this new regime is a nefarious figure with an agenda whose scope goes from beyond the nation’s borders (Doom). To save the Queen and recapture the kingdom, the renegade royals enlist the aid of the Queen’s family (the X-Men) as well as the ubervillain’s most dogged enemies (the FF). Its a war fought in three stages, and around the globe, with twists and turns and dirty tricks -i.e. Deadpool. And victory will require sacrifice.

You drew several “Black Panther” story arcs, including “Panther’s Bride,” where T’Challa and Storm got married. What’s it like returning to these characters, and what do you want your art to say about the new Black Panther, Shuri? What type of character do you see her as?

When I worked on the book in the past, Shuri was just the kid sister. A little spoiled, and showing some of the attributes that almost kept her from becoming the Black Panther when Wakanda need her most. Now I see her as a young woman with a lot to live up to and trying to keep from being too prideful, because even with the pressure, this is what she’s always wanted. And she’s stepped out of T’Challa’s shadow now, so I’ll try to keep that in mind when I approach the art.

Source: EW

Smallville’s coolness quotient just soared to new heights.

Blaxploitation icon-turned-L-Wordstaple Pam Grier is joining the cast for multiple episodes, sources confirm to me exclusively.

Grier has been booked to playDC Comics villainess Agent Amanda Waller. Never heard of her? This should bring you up to speed.

The Golden Globe nominated actress (for Jackie Brown) will make her debut in the second hour of the upcoming Justice Society-centric two-parter, “Legends,” scheduled to air in late January.

Pretty cool, huh?

Let me start by saying that I am a huge fan of “V”, “V: The Final Battle” and the “V” TV series.  However, I am not one of those fans who believed that the show should not be remade.  In preparation for the new series I watched the previous version just to remember how it was.  I have fond memories of watching it when I was younger and even role played with friends on the playground in elementary school.  I don’t think there was anyone I knew who wasn’t watching it.  I was more than excited when I first heard that ABC was going to do a re-imagining of the series.  One would think that with all that, the show was doomed for failure.  It isn’t.

The cast is excellent.  Morris Chestnut, Scott Wolf, Elisabeth Mitchell, Morena Baccarin, Joel Gretsch, and Alan Tudyk make up for a deep and talented cast.  Was I worried about the number of characters? No.  Nowadays, all new shows seem to follow the idea that a large cast of characters make for a wealth of stories.  The unique thing about “V” is that since its based on a fairly well known and beloved previous series, the writers aren’t going to skirt around the obvious.  The strength of this show is going to be its number of characters and the number of stories.  The 1983 miniseries and 1984 TV series had a lot of characters, but it never seemed like it was too many.  I don’t think that the premiere needed to be two hours.  In the one hour that we got, we got the arrival of the Visitors, the establishment of the Friends of the Visitors (I think they called them Friendship Ambassadors or something like that), the beginnings of the resistance, and the true nature of the Visitors.

The thing that I really liked was the notion that the Visitors have been here studying us and may have even had a hand in screwing up humanity in preparation for invasion.  Also, instead of the Fifth Column, there are Visitor sleeper agents (Morris Chestnut’s Ryan Nichols is one example) that are basically founding the resistance in an effort to save humanity.

It would have been better if I didn’t think the premiere was good because now my expectations are high.  I have more hope for this show than I did after the premiere for Flash Forward.

Disney has released a trailer for the video game based movie The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time starring Jake Gyllenhaal.  It looks interesting, and the effects look impressive.  Definitely worth checking out.

Random internet browsing turns up some interesting things. Like the fact that Glynn Turman was one on the short list of people to play Han Solo in “Star Wars” .  Yes that Glynn Turman from “Cooley High” and “A Different World”

Here’s  Turman in a 2007 interview.

Is it true that you were originally cast as Han Solo in Star Wars? That was in George Lucas’ book. Apparently George Lucas had me in mind for the role, and then thought that there might be too much controversy between a white Princess Leia and a black Han Solo – because those were the times – and he didn’t want to get into that. At the time, I had no idea. I just went to the audition, did it and got out of there. Years later, I read his book and said, “What?” I’m waiting to run into Harrison Ford and get my cut of his career.

I had gotten behind on my reading list of minority sci-fi and fantasy writers.  However, I was finally able to get a copy of Warchild by South American born Karin Lowachee.  It wasn’t a bad read, but it wasn’t spectacular either.  The story follows Jos Musey who gets taken at the age of 8 by pirates who killed his parents and destroyed the merchant ship that he was raised on.  He was saved from a life of servitude when an alien race who’s at war with humans attacks a space station he’s on.  He’s injured and taken by the aliens.  We follow him for almost ten years during his journey in learning about the aliens the humans are at war with, and his eventual confrontation with his past.   The space battles and crew battles could have been better.  Also, if you are a bit squeamish about suggested homo eroticism, you should avoid this book.  There aren’t sex scenes between men and young boys, but there is a lot implied.

This trailer has more of the story.  It’s also bootleg, so just be aware of the quality.  I am now convinced that this movie is going to be more about he effects than the story.  We’ve seen this kind of story done over and over again.

The Phantom: Syfy Reimagined Miniseries

I am not digging the costume. But I haven’t ever been a fan of the Phantom anyway. I’ll still end up watching it.

First Look at Zoe Saldana in The Losers – Superhero Hype!

Entertainment Weekly has published this first look at Zoe Saldana (Star Trek, upcoming Avatar) as Aisha on the set of comic book adaptation The Losers.

Aisha is a mysterious Middle-Eastern hellion who joins forces with Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Roque (Idris Elba), Pooch (Columbus Short), Jensen (Chris Evans), and Cougar (Oscar Jaenada) to take down the man responsible for their collective misfortunes, Max (Jason Patric)

Syfy has seen fit to continue the expansion of the Stargate franchise with a new show called Stargate Universe.  The story revolves around a scientist, Dr. Rush played brilliantly by Robert Carlyle, who is trying to dial the ninth chevron on a newly discovered Stargate.  I can’t say that the show was great, but I can’t say that it was bad either.  It was good enough to  give me hope that the show is going to get better.  There is a lot of potential.  It isn’t as dark as Battlestar Galactica, but it does have that same gritty feel.  It isn’t as clean and happy as SG-1 or Atlantis.  It isn’t even as much like Voyager as I though it would be, though some of it felt familiar. Oh, and why do black men in Syfy have to be so angry and angst ridden? Read the rest of my review after the break.

For those of you late to the game, a Stargate is a device created by an ancient race known as the Ancients.  These Stargates were distributed around the universe as a means to travel from one place to another using a wormhole.  In Stargate the Movie, Daniel Jackson in a matter of minutes figured out what the military had been working on for years.  Seven chevrons, based on constellations, need to be dialed to operate the Stargate,  You need 6 reference points and a point of origin.  In that case it was Earth.  Confused? It gets better. 

In Stargate Atlantis, they discovered that dialing an 8th chevron can dial a gate in another galaxy, there it was the Pegasus Galaxy.  That took a ZPM to create a tremendous amount of energy.  Which brings us to SGU.  Dr. Rush is trying to dial the 9th chevron on a gate they found which is powered by the core of a planet.  When i heard this a couple of things came to mind.  If the gate requires the energy of a planet, doesn’t that mean its going to send you very far away?  Its obvious to me that the gate was experimental, why isn’t it obvious to the characters in the show?  Why is the one black character on the show an angry black man?  It would have been much batter to switch his character with that of Scott.  Let him be Young’s second in command.  That would make up for the travesty that was done with the craziness they did to Rainbow Franks’ character on Stargate Atlantis.

I know I wasn’t the only one who thought the ship looked like a Wraith ship.  Also, I need for Eli to do more than just be a guy who solved a puzzle in a computer game.  He needs to do a “Carter” pretty soon.  I do like the fact that they will have only 12 hrs when the ship stops and dials a gate before it continues on.  Even though that reminded me of the Battlestar Galactica premiere episode “33”.  But it wasn’t half as good as that.

All that being said, it was a half-way decent episode of SGU, especially since it was a pilot.  There is a lot of potential to the show, and I’m pretty sure that the writers will hit their stride fairly quickly.

I’ll reserve my rating till i see a few more episodes.  At least we don’t have to worry about Syfy cancelling it too soon.

Official Press Release

Many know Steve Harvey as one of the Original Kings of Comedy, but he is also the face and narrator of the children’s book series Roopster Roux. Now this series is being adapted by Bluewater Productions into an original story graphic novel.

The series chronicles the adventures of a sports-loving rooster who enjoys reading and whose heroic deeds are due in large part to the knowledge Roopster gains through various books. Aided by his super-charged skateboard, Roopster delivers positive educational messages while keeping readers entertained with action-packed adventures.

Harvey will serve as the on-page narrator for the newest comic adaptation written by series creator Lavaille Lavette. The graphic novel is scheduled for release in 2010. The graphic novel with be written by Ryan Burton (Female Force: Stephenie Meyer & Flying Saucers Vs the Earth) and drawn by Erik Thompson (Steve Lawlis & Atlas).

“I’m pleased and excited to partner with Bluewater Productions, said Lavette. Bluewater has a proven success record in the graphic novel universe. The Roopster Roux graphic novel series will be full of exciting adventures, destined to take the Roopster Roux character to new heights’

For those of you who missed the announcement (like me) they are canceling War Machine.   In this week Cup O’ Joe Marvel head honcho goes into the details and the future of the character.

“Why Cancel War machine? Why not put a Big artist on the book to attract attention why not try a little harder to move him from behind Tony Starks shadow and establish him as his own character by putting him on an Avengers book or something?”

Joe Quesada: Here’s the skinny  when you ask, why not just put a BIG artist on the book to attract attention, you make it sound like we operate under a business practice that just tells creators what they have to do as opposed to what they like to work on. Also, let me add that Leo Manco is an AMAZING artist and has done the work of his life on “WM,” and Greg Pak is one of the industry’s top writers, so we put some of our best creative talent on the title. However, in the case of “War Machine,” much like “Runaways,” we’re retooling and eventually looking to relaunch the book in a way that will garner it some extra attention and hopefully some added readers. We’ve done this quite successfully in the past, “Runaways” and “She-Hulk” being perfect examples of this, and also, while I’m not at liberty to say this, with War Machine, we have some very big plans that have been put into motion, but you’ll have to wait a bit to find out what those are. What I can say is that my gut tells me you’re going to be seeing more of Jim Rhodes doing his thing, than you ever thought possible.

This looks hilarious.

Source: SuperHeroHype

Official Press Release

Worldwide leader in family entertainment agrees to acquire Marvel and its portfolio of over 5,000 characters

BURBANK, Calif. & NEW YORK, Aug 31, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — –Acquisition highlights Disney’s strategic focus on quality branded content, technological innovation and international expansion to build long-term shareholder value

Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company (DIS) has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc. (MVL) in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today.

Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney on August 28, 2009, Marvel shareholders would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own. At closing, the amount of cash and stock will be adjusted if necessary so that the total value of the Disney stock issued as merger consideration based on its trading value at that time is not less than 40% of the total merger consideration.

Based on the closing price of Disney stock on Friday, August 28, the transaction value is $50 per Marvel share or approximately $4 billion.

“This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney’s creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories,” said Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company. “Ike Perlmutter and his team have done an impressive job of nurturing these properties and have created significant value. We are pleased to bring this talent and these great assets to Disney.”

“We believe that adding Marvel to Disney’s unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation,” Iger said.

“Disney is the perfect home for Marvel’s fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses,” said Ike Perlmutter, Marvel’s Chief Executive Officer. “This is an unparalleled opportunity for Marvel to build upon its vibrant brand and character properties by accessing Disney’s tremendous global organization and infrastructure around the world.”

Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Marvel including its more than 5,000 Marvel characters. Mr. Perlmutter will oversee the Marvel properties, and will work directly with Disney’s global lines of business to build and further integrate Marvel’s properties.

The Boards of Directors of Disney and Marvel have each approved the transaction, which is subject to clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, certain non-United States merger control regulations, effectiveness of a registration statement with respect to Disney shares issued in the transaction and other customary closing conditions. The agreement will require the approval of Marvel shareholders. Marvel was advised on the transaction by BofA Merrill Lynch.

Fringe Season 2 Sneak Peek: A New Day In The Old Town

I have set up a league just click here for the link. The draft will be automatic and will be held on Sept 5th.

League ID#: 766655
Password: fanboy

Sisko Defines a Starfleet Officer

Worf and Sisko

One of my favorite scenes from DS9.

Here’s an image of Brian Austin Green as Metallo

He will make an appearance in the September 25 Smallville season premiere for a 2 episode story arc.  I just have one request for the producers and writers of Smallville.  Why not have a cameo by John Henry Irons before you pull the plug on Smallville?  Is it too much to ask for some color?  You already got rid of Pete Ross and you depowered the Martian Manhunter (Phil Morris), even though officially Martian Manhunter isn’t black, but why not throw us black people a bone.  Some of us actually watch the show and if this is indeed your last season, why not at least attempt to give people of colored something on the show, besides the same white bread characters?

Access Hollywood Exclusive Clip New Moon

Source: HeyUGuys Blog

This has got to be the best trailer I’ve seen in recent years.  However, the movie does seem like a retelling of Prophecy starring Christopher Walken.  But I am a sucker for movies about angels, especially warring angels. (The Prophecy 1-4, Gabriel, Michael, Dogma, Constantine, What Dreams May Come, The Seventh Sign, and Fallen are all favorites).  I always imagined Michael as being a bad ass, and finally its going to be depicted on screen in a big way.

Tyrese Gibson’s comic book Mayem hit the stores yesterday.  I haven’t picked up my copy, but I will soon enough.  Its about a vigilante who takes refuge in the the basement of a church.  The cover art looks nice and I don’t mind supporting Tyrese.

I almost let summer pass by without mentioning DC’s the Blackest Night.  I suggest you do what I do and catch up.  Apparently, if you read The Blackest Night #0 you’ll catch up.  After that, you only need to read Blackest Night #1, Blackest Night Tales of the Corps, and Green Lantern #44.  And here are some cool images.  And if you didn’t know Batman was dead?  Sorry.

I’ve always been a fan of both characters.

Just because.

Source:  CanMag

I was a huge fan of the cartoon, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. I was a Flint and SnakeEyes fan.  Didn’t care much for Duke.  Paramount released this featurette covering the history of the G.I. Joe franchise.

I am not a big fan of Kate Beckingsale, but I like the trailer for this movie.  I might give it a look.

‘The Book of Eli’ Trailer HD

I am looking forward to this movie.

Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Official Trailer

The only thing that’s come out of Comic Con that I am excited about.

Source: CBR

“There’s a new Doctor in the house,” Quesada said of the upcoming “Doctor Voodoo” series, debuting Jefte Palo’s interior art. Rick Remender writes that book.  Here’s a interview with Palo

 2010 will see “Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers,” a 4-issue mini by Reggie Hudlin and Denys Cowan, focusing on the Panther in WWII.  

Quesada said Marvel is “heading toward the end of the third act of what we started in ‘Civil War,’” and will pull back from mega-events. “You’ll see more family-oriented adventures, between the X-Men family, the Avengers family, and Daredevil,” he said.

McCann said that Marvel slowed down its trade paperback releases at the request of retailers to help support individual issue sales.

“Allan Heinberg is knee-deep in writing a massive ‘Young Avengers’-related project,” Quesada said in response to a question. He said Marvel will wait until Heinberg and the writer have finished everything to make sure the series comes out in a timely fashion.

“One of the things we’re trying to acknowledge that there’s a new planet in our solar system, and that the race of Kryptonians had been conquerors. One of the races they conquered was the Thanagarians, who come by and are like, what the eff?”

The Thanagarians arrive as the Kryptonians are moving one of Jupiter’s moons to New Krypton. A Joe Kubert cover will see the Hawk characters fighting Commander Kal-El and Robinson added that he wants to turn Mon-el from a “weak J’onn J’onzz” to “the alien Namor.”

Since I realize that there are people who may not have seen the movie yet, I’m just going to post a link to my thought over on LiveJournal.
The entry is public, please let me know what you think.

Letterman – Optimus Prime Top Ten List

I thought this was funny.

This is only for real hardcore X-men fans. The guys over at Uncanny X-men.net have created a relationship map (basically who dated who in the X-books). You want to know who Storm dated before she married the Black Panther, if Wolverine is a player then you need to check this out.  X-men Relationship Map

Michael Jackson in Men Black II

Michael Jackson Captain EO comic

The Wiz

Last Night they gave out the 35th annual Saturn Awards.  No big surprises other than my usual gripe about things getting nominated or even worse winning that aren’t in the genre, like Angelina Jolie winning Best Actress for Changeling.   It makes me wonder if they simply gave her the award with hopes of getting her to attend the awards or to generate some press for the event.  Yes she may have done a number of genre films, but this wasn’t one. 

 I was curious as to how films get nominated and this is what it says on their site.  The nominations are done by committee.  The committee is divided evenly between fans, academics and industry professionals.  It also says that they use the broadest definition possible to determine nominations for the categories.   I guess their definition of broad means that we can make anything fit as long as it serves our puposes. 

The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed, who felt that films within those genres were never given the appreciation they deserved.

Winners below the break

-THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD went to Leonard Nimoy and it was presented to him by his most recent director, J.J Abrams.

-THE LIFE CAREER AWARD (whatever that means), went to one of the best character actors in the world, the one, the only, Lance Henriksen, and the award was presented to him by none other than pal Ed Harris.

-THE VISIONARY AWARD went to Jeffrey Katzenberg, and it was presented to him by everyone’s favorite multi-tasking producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

-BEST SCI-FI FILM: Iron ManThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonTV SERIES: LostDVD RELEASE: Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer

-BEST FANTASY FILM:

-BEST HORROR FILM: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

-BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER: The Dark Knight

-BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: Let The Right One

-BEST ANIMATED FILM: WALL•E

-BEST ACTOR: Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man)

-BEST ACTRESS: Angelina Jolie (Changeling)

-SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

-SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tilda Swinton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

-BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNG ACTOR: JadenChristopher Smith (The Day The Earth Stood Still)

-BEST DIRECTOR: Jon Favreau (Iron Man)

-BEST WRITER: Christopher Nolan and Jonathon Nolan (The Dark Knight)

-MUSIC: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight)

-COSTUME: Mary Zophres (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls)

-MAKE-UP: Greg Cannom (The Curios Case of Benjamin Button)

-SPECIAL EFFECTS: Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin (The Dark Knight)

IN TV:

-BEST

-BEST SYNDICATED/CABLE TV SERIES: Battlestar Galactica

-BEST PRESENTATION ON TV (???): The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (accepted by uber producer Dean Devlin)

-BEST ACTOR: Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)

-BEST ACTRESS: Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica, accepted by co-star and hottie Grace Park, on behalf of Mary)

-SUPPORTING ACTOR: Adrian Pasdar (Heroes)

-SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter)

-BEST GUEST STAR: Jimmy Smits (Dexter)

IN DVD:

-BEST

-BEST CLASSIC FILM RELEASE: Psycho, Universal Legacy Series

-BEST COLLECTION: The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration

-BEST SERIES ON DVD: Moonlight

-BEST RETRO SERIES: The Invaders (accepted by show producer and infamous filmmaker Larry Cohen)

-BEST DVD SPECIAL EDITION: Stephen King’s The Mist (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition)

The Last Airbender Teaser Trailer

So you will probably begin to get sick of me now since we are less than a month from the release of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, but I’m hoping it will be worth it.

There’s been lots of HP-related news lately, and it would take way too long to post everything, but what I will post is an extended clip of the “Tom Riddle Orphanage” scene, which previously debuted at the MTV Movie Awards a few weeks ago.

Extended Orphanage scene from \"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince\"

Also, the Official HBP website is now live, and it looks amazing!! Check it out at www.harrypotter.com

C’mon Potter fans, tell me what you think!!

(On a side note, for Potter fans planning to attend DragonCon, Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) has been confirmed to attend!!

Source:  ComicsCritics.com

First Look at ABC’s Revamped “V”

ABC has released a preview trailer of the revamped series “V.” Most of us have a special affinity for the miniseries. The television show follow up wasn’t great. I liked Star Wars and watched repeats of Star Trek TOS as a kid, but this was the one series I can say solidified my interest in Science Fiction. I have the miniseries and the TV series on DVD and watch them both at least once a year. So I do hope that this revamp is good and the series does proper respect to the original.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally my Ronniekins gets some love!!!!!
In other fandom news: (Comments are also spoilerish…)

LAFAYETTE IS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I was so desperately hoping that they found a way to keep him on the show, considering that his character died in the books. This is one bit of "deviation from the plan" that I am all in favor for!!! And according to Mr. Tip-Yo-Waitress himself, we may have him for Season 3 as well!  See this article for more on what’s to come for Lafayette.

I don’t think anybody thought the rumor was true but it was out there for a while. 

Sometimes you have to try something different despite all of your instincts telling you not to do it.   This was my initial impression of Batman and Robin # 1.   We know Bruce Wayne will return from the dead eventually, so why should I get excited about a a short term change.   Why should I  trust Morrison with Batman after the incomprehensible Batman R.I.P.    This was my initial impression of Batman and Robin # 1,  guess what I was wrong.   He nailed it, he made me want more,    I want to see more of the the new flying Batmobile,  I want to see more of the relationship between Damian and Dick,  in just one issue the dynamic of there relationship has been established for the rest of the series.    We got to see Damian’s brashness and cockiness clash  with Dick’s quite confidence.   I’m not really a fan of Quitleys artwork but I  love his story telling.   The biggest compliment I can give the book is that I want more,   Bruce can cool his heels for a while wherever Morrison stuck him at the end of Final Crisis (don’t get me started), lets enjoy the new dynamic  duo.

This weeks picks:

Action Comics #878	Batman #687	Cable #14 2nd Ptg
Fantastic Four #567	Red Robin #1	Titans #14
Uncanny X-Men #511	War of Kings: Savage World of Skaar

New issues below the break

DC Comics » Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #2 (of 6)

DC Comics » The Flash: Rebirth #3 (of 5)

DC Comics » The Flash: Rebirth #3 (of 5) Var Ed

DC Comics » R.E.B.E.L.S. #5

DC Comics » Super Friends #16

DC Comics » Titans #14

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

DC Comics » Final Crisis HC

DC Comics » Final Crisis Companion TP

DC Comics » The Flash: The Human Race TP

DC Comics » Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 4 TP

COMICS

Marvel » Amazing Spider-Man #597

Marvel » Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter #1 (of 3)

Marvel » Cable #14 2nd Ptg

Marvel » Captain America #50 2nd Ptg

Marvel » Dark Avengers #4 2nd Ptg

Marvel » Deadpool #11

Marvel » Deadpool #10 2nd Ptg

Marvel » Ender’s Game: Recruiting Valentine (One-Shot)

Marvel » Fantastic Four #567

Marvel » Genext: United #2 (of 5)

Marvel » Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #2 (of 4)

Marvel » Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #2 (of 4) Henrichon Variant

Marvel » Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #12

Marvel » Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1

Marvel » Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (One-Shot) Martin Variant

Marvel » New Mutants #1 2nd Ptg

Marvel » Pride & Prejudice #3 (of 5)

Marvel » Punisher: Frank Castle Max #71 (MR)

Marvel » Thor: Tales of Asgard By Lee & Kirby #2 (of 6)

Marvel » Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #5 (of 6) 2nd Ptg

COMICS

Marvel » Uncanny X-Men #511

Marvel » Uncanny X-Men: First Class Giant-size Special Special #1

Marvel » War of Kings: Savage World of Skaar

Marvel » Wolverine #74

Marvel » X-Factor #44

Marvel » X-Men Forever #1

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

Marvel » Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel TP Direct Market Edition

Marvel » Captain Britain and MI: 13 Vol. 2: Hell Comes To Birmingham TP

Marvel » Dark Reign: Deadpool/Thunderbolts TP

Marvel » Essential Thor Vol. 4 TP

Marvel » Excalibur Visionaries: Alan Davis Vol. 1 TP

Marvel » Immortal Iron Fist By Fraction & Brubaker Omnibus HC

Marvel » Runaways Vol. 8: Dead End Kids Digest TP

Marvel » Runaways: Dead Wrong TP

Marvel » Sub-Mariner: Depths HC Premiere

Marvel » Supreme Power: High Command HC Premiere

Marvel » X-Men: Phoenix Rising HC Premiere

Marvel » X-Men: Phoenix Rising HC Variant Edition

Marvel » X-Men: The End Trilogy TP

Marvel » X-Men Noir HC Premiere

The Old Man Story arc is almost over and this is best issue so far.   If your not a Wolverine fan or you don’t simply get the character I suggest you read this along with Wolverine: Enemy of the State.    Mark Millar seems to have an understanding of the character that most writers don’t get.    The essence of the character is always his internal struggle with wilder more savage side.   This story is  eerily similar to  Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven” .  The film tells the story of William Munny, an aging and retired gunslinger who takes on one more job with a old friend, years after he had hung up his guns and turned to farming.  If you have seen that movie you basically have the plot of  ”Old Man Logan”, simply replace Munny with Logan and Ned with Hawkeye.    This will be one of those stories that will still be talked about 10 years from now if the final issue lives up to expectation.

Recommendations:

Batman and Robin #1	Black Panther 2 #5	Dark Avengers #5
Mighty Avengers #25	New Mutants #2	Skaar: Son of Hulk #11
Spawn #192	Ultimatum #4 (of 5)

New Comics below the break

 DC Comics » Secret Six #10 

 DC Comics » Solomon Grundy #4 (of 7) 

 DC Comics » Strange Adventures #4 (of

 DC Comics » Warlord #3 

 DC Comics » Superman/Batman Finest Worlds HC

COMICS

 Marvel » Agents of Atlas #6 

 Marvel » Amazing Spider-Man #596

 Marvel » Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse – Necromancer #2 (of 5) (MR) 

 Marvel » Astonishing Tales #5

 Marvel » Black Panther 2 #5 

 Marvel » Daredevil Noir #3 (of 4) Calero Varant 

 Marvel » Dark Avengers #5 

 Marvel » Dark Avengers #5 Young Guns Pham Variant 

 Marvel » Exiles #3 

 Marvel » Marvel: Your Universe #5

 Marvel » Mighty Avengers #25 

 Marvel » New Mutants #2 

 Marvel » New Mutants #2 Benjamin Variant 

 Marvel » Official Index To The Marvel Universe #6

 Marvel » Skaar: Son of Hulk #11 

 Marvel » Thunderbolts #131 2nd Ptg 

 Marvel » Ultimate Spider-Man #133 

 Marvel » Ultimate Spider-Man #133 White Var 

 Marvel » Ultimatum #4 (of 5) 

 Marvel » Ultimatum #4 (of 5) Peter Parker R.I.P Var 

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

 Marvel » Captain America Vol. 1: Fighting Chance TP

 Marvel » Deadpool Vol. 1: Secret Invasion Direct Market Edition TP

 Marvel » Marvel Saga: Astonishing X-Men TP

 Marvel » Sentry: The Age of the Sentry TP Direct Market Edition

 Marvel » She-Hulk Vol. 9: Lady Liberators TP

 Marvel » Uncanny X-Men: Lovelorn TP

So we finally know who will replace Batman the orginal Robin – Dick Grayson.   Was this a surprise to anyone ?  I didn’t think so I will say that Tony Daniel did a great job with art and the writing.    His  story wasn’t necessarily a Batman it was a story about a great man and the burden that it places on his sons.    While reading this I  kept thinking about the TV show Dallas and the battles between JR and Bobby over their fathers oil company Ewing Oil.     Tim, Dick and Jason have all have their issue with dealing with Bruce’s loss.   Tim wants it but he’s not ready , Jason isn’t emotionally stable enough to do the  job the way it needs to be done.   That leaves Dick as the only choice for job, despite Bruce’s request that he not don the mantle of the bat.    

So here’s the new status quo of the Bat family:

Dick Grayson aka Nightwing is now Batman 

Damien Wayne is now Robin  (Damien is Batman’s son if your confused read Batman and Son)

Tim Drake is now Red Robin

Jason Todd is dead (as if falling into a river can kill you in comic book)

COMICS

 DC Comics » Batman In Barcelona: Dragons Knight (One-Shot) 

 DC Comics » Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink #1 (of 2) 

 DC Comics » Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive (One-Shot) 

 DC Comics » Green Lantern #41 

 DC Comics » Green Lantern #41 Variant 

 DC Comics » Justice League of America #33 

 DC Comics » Justice Society of America #27 

 DC Comics » The Last Days of Animal Man #1 

 DC Comics » The Spirit #28 

 DC Comics » Superman #688 

 DC Comics » Teen Titans #71 

 DC Comics » Trinity #52 

 DC Comics » Wonder Woman #32 

 DC Comics » Wonder Woman #32 Manapul Variant 

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

 DC Comics » Robin: The Teen Wonder TP

 DC Comics » Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool TP

 DC Comics » Trinity Vol. 1 TP

 DC Comics » Wonder Woman: Love and Murder TP

COMICS

 Marvel » Amazing Spider-Man #595 

 Marvel » Amazing Spider-Man #595 Granov Variant 

 Marvel » Avengers: The Initiative #24 

 Marvel » Avengers/Invaders #11 (of 12) Alberti Variant 

 Marvel » Dark Reign: Elektra #3 (of 5) 

 Marvel » Dark Reign: The Hood #1 (of 5) 

 Marvel » Ender’s Shadow: Battle School #5 (of 5)

 Marvel » Ghost Rider #35 

 Marvel » Guardians of the Galaxy #14 

 Marvel » Immortal Iron Fist #26 

 Marvel » Incredible Hercules #129 

 Marvel » Lords of Avalon: Knight of Darkness #6 (of 6) 

 Marvel » Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #48 

 Marvel » Moon Knight #30 

 Marvel » Ms. Marvel #39

 Marvel » New Avengers #53 

 Marvel » New Avengers #53 Bachalo Variant 

 Marvel » Nova #25 

 Marvel » Runaways 3 #10 

 Marvel » Secret Invasion Chronicles #3 (of 9)

 Marvel » Squadron Supreme 2 #11 

 Marvel » The Stand: American Nightmare #3 (of 5) Perkins Variant 

 Marvel » Thor #601 2nd Ptg 

 Marvel » Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #6 (of 6) 

 Marvel » War Machine #6 

 Marvel » Wolverine #72 

 Marvel » Wolverine: First Class #15 

 Marvel » Wolverine: Origins #36 

 Marvel » X-Force #15 

 Marvel » X-Force #14 2nd Ptg 

 Marvel » X-Men: Future History – The Messiah War Sourcebook

 Marvel » X-Men: Legacy #224

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

 Marvel » Dead of Night: Devil-Slayer TP (MR)

 Marvel » Essential X-Men Vol. 9 TP

 Marvel » Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch: Addict TP

 Marvel » Incredible Hercules: Love and War TP

 Marvel » Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 TP

Source: Comicbook Resources

Here’s a few excerpts:

“The Black Panther was one of the characters I loved to read as a teenager, but after I started working in comics, I kind of lost track of the character. He’s always interested me though. I like the visuals and the fact that he’s African,” Conrad told CBR News. “I know they made the Panther more serious and political oriented in recent years and I like the chance to work with characters that are more than just action. I believe there’s going to be a lot of politics and drama in these stories and I think that’s going to be great to work with.”

“Black Panther” is a series starring a costumed hero, but the unique nature of the Panther as ruler and spiritual protector of an entire country means the book can go anywhere and tackle almost any genre. It’s that quality that makes the series especially compelling for Conrad. “It’s challenging and I always like to be challenged. I think the only way we can improve is to try and get challenges, where you have to improve and go farther,” Conrad said. “So I think working on this series is great because I have the chance to do a lot of stuff; some of it I’m very used to and some of it is new to me. That’s going to allow me to keep improving and challenging myself.”

 

Reginald Hudlin to leave Black Panther.

Source: IGN

With all the other movies scheduled to come out in the next month or two, is it too early to get hyped for Sherlock?

Source: ComingSoon.net

Djimon Hounsou and Hayden Hayden Christensen are going to take the lead n the film adaptation of Lee Falk’s Mandrake comic strip.

Jackson Mandrake lives life on the edge. Working as an underground magician and escapologist, his act has grown increasingly dangerous. Following a daring escape from an SUV that has been dropped out of an plane at the Burning Man Festival, he is coerced by the CIA into breaking a deep-cover agent named Xi 

Shing Lung out of a maximum security jail. Hypnosis, contortion, distraction and technical wizardry all come into play as Mandrake breaks the agent out from the inside within a 24-hour deadline.