Posts tagged with 'D.C.'

    • The Collectapocalypse

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 18 2007 09:51 AM | PERMALINK

      The Collectapocalypse has begun.

      Like so many other rabid comic book collectors and purists, it is absolutely essential to my very sanity and self-worth as a person that every single issue I own is in pristine, virginal supermint condition. It is also inherently imperative that each issue must stay in said condition until the bitter end of time itself, a frozen image of perfection, encased in a protective shell that would make Han Solo jealous.

      Covers must keep an unmolested luster bright enough...

    • JLA Rumors Get Crazy

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 03 2007 10:32 AM | PERMALINK

      In an age where it is finally attractive for established big-name talent in Hollywood to play superhero roles in movies, it's getting harder and harder to tell the genuinely possible casting rumors from the blatantly made up casting rumors. In point of fact I did not actually know where to land on the newest JLA casting rumors that began circulating two days ago. You know the ones, that Mel Gibson is signing on to work with Miller again, and that the Gyllenhaal siblings are signing on to dress up the...

    • Another "Dark Knight" Leaked Scene

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 30 2007 02:00 PM | PERMALINK

      As usual, minor spoilers involved ... pretty minor this time, so don't worry too much about learning anything you didn't want to learn. If you "have to go in fresh" to the movie, turn away now.

      This is by far the coolest "Dark Knight" scene I've yet seen leaked, because we actually get to see something blown up! Fox Chicago posted this video of a former candy factory getting blown up for what is undoubtedly a climax scene in the film.

      The building, in the film, will apparently be portraying Gotham...

    • Superman Returns ... With a Better Movie

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 28 2007 10:00 AM | PERMALINK

      It's funny how the comic book/movie rumor mill works. Two weeks ago, it was a streaming flood of Marvel news, one piece of news after another, day after day. This week has decidedly been a D.C. week, with no signs of stopping today with a new "rumor" regarding the anticipated return of Singer behind the camera of "Superman."

      Film Ick is reporting this is more than a rumor, citing that this comes from reliable inside sources, and given their track record, I believe them. From the sound of it, the...

    • JLA=CGI?

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 23 2007 03:00 PM | PERMALINK

      Word on the street Thursday has it that the upcoming Justice League of America movie will not, in fact, be a live action movie. Rather, IESB is reporting on what sounds to be fairly reliable rumors that the movie will be a CGI/motion-capture affair. This could make for an interesting movie feel (I've actually always wanted "Kingdom Come" to be done in this manner on screen, so this is probably as close as I'm ever going to get) and would obviously make it easier to pull this movie and "Superman...

    • Two More "Dark Knight" Leaks

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 23 2007 02:00 PM | PERMALINK

      Some new set reports regarding "The Dark Knight" Thursday from HollywoodChicago, the most boggling is the prospect of Anthony Michael Hall playing a minor antagonist (meaning not a major villain but someone who doesn't like Batman … kinda sounds like a Peter Parker/Eddie Brock kind of dynamic) in the film.

      Hall apparently will be playing the "Reese" character for those of you that have read the recent plot spoilers floating about. I suppose it's not that bad if it is true, Hall is an adequate actor...

    • D.C. DVD Release Dates

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 21 2007 02:33 PM | PERMALINK

       

      For the kid in you, or for those of you that are kids, Warner Home Video has announced release dates for "Batman: The Complete Fourth Season" and "Teen Titans: The Complete Fourth Season," with both DVD collections hitting shelves on November 20th.

      Beyond the collected episodes, the "Batman" set will include a Batman: Season 4 Unmasked featurette highlighting "Robin, the Boy Wonder." The DVD extra will detail how the series creators settled on this version of Robin as well as detail the...

    • The Ultimate Upcoming Comic-Book Movie List

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 16 2007 01:00 PM | PERMALINK

      We’ve been covering so much comic-book movie news around here lately it’s hard to keep in focus exactly how many are in the works. To really get a handle on it one needs to put it in list form, so here we go. Titles are roughly organized in the order that we are likely to see them release. By this count, we have 22 announced movies that are either in some sort of production or recently announced as well as eight movies that were announced, but have lost steam as a project or have disappeared...

    • DC vs. Marvel: Eisner Awards Edition

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 06 2007 03:45 PM | PERMALINK

      D.C. had a huge night at last week's Eisner Awards, racking up 13 awards at the event dedicated to excellence in the comic book/graphic novel fields. Notable among the awards the comic publisher took home were Best Single Issue, by Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke for “Batman/The Spirit #1,” Best Continuing Series by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely for “All Star Superman” and Best Limited Series by Paul Pope for “Batman: Year 100.”

      Marvel did not fare so well on this night, taking home a paltry three...

    • D.C. Lands Heroes License

      POSTED BY , JULY 27 2007 03:00 PM | PERMALINK

      D.C. Comics has landed another huge license after nabbing the World of Warcraft property earlier this week, following an announcement that they would handle the rather inevitable comic treatment of the massively popular superhero-themed show Heroes.

      The hardcover collection will translate the 43 comic stories featured on the Heroes website last season. Also noteworthy is that the cover art duty will be handled by two of the masters of the art, Jim Lee and Alex Ross. The transcendent beauty of Ross’s...