Green Lantern is an upcoming 2011 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. The film will star Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, with Martin Campbell directing a script by Greg Berlanti and comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, which was subsequently rewritten by Michael Goldenberg. Green Lantern is scheduled to be released on June 17, 2011 in 3D in 2 days. I am really excited with the release of this movie it is the time to use all the new special effects that…
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It’s shaping up to be an interesting month in the world of comic books. First, DC Comics announced that they would be re-launching their superhero universe in new first issues, which means Action Comics will never reach a thousand. Now, Marvel is also putting an end to the numbering on one of its longest running series. Yes, it’s the end of an era, as Uncanny X-Men #544 will be the final issue of the long running series. According to a Marvel press release, the events of X-Men Schism tear the…
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On June 11, 2011 at the LA Times’ Hero Complex Film Festival there was a brief discussion with DC Comics’ Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, who spoke about the recent announcements concerning DC’s comic books. Johns and Lee mainly took to addressing concerns and restating their excitement for the project. They really hammered home the idea that they are taking very great care to appease old readers while becoming more accessible for new ones. Johns also noted that the first arc of the JLA book he’s doing with Lee is…
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Friday DC Comics revealed the final 4 titles of the new DC Universe about the Superman Family: “A new era of DC Comics begins as the longest-running monthly comic of all time releases its first issue #1 since 1938. “This September, New York Times bestselling writer Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN) joins with sensational artist Rags Morales to bring you tales of The Man of Tomorrow unlike any you’ve ever read before in ACTION COMICS #1. This momentous first issue will set in motion the history of the DC Universe as…
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Newsarama news. Next week we will see a new comic title Captain America Corps #1 (of 5). This series will take us through time and a look at the Captain America Legend throughput the ages as they meet together to stop a major crisis. Captain America Corps #1 is the first of a five-issue limited series, it promises to showcase not only Cap himself, but also an entourage of affiliated heroes. Led, of course, by Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes, the team consists of U.S. Agent, American Dream and Commander…
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Well we can’t leave our favorite Dark Knight Batman out of the new DC Universe. Here are the titles involving the Batman legend: “DC Comics’ flagship title is relaunched for the first time ever in DETECTIVE COMICS #1 by acclaimed writer/artist Tony Daniel. Marking the first time Batman will appear in a debut issue of Detective Comics, the series will find Bruce Wayne on the trail of a dangerous serial killer known only as the Gotham Ripper.” “In the first BATMAN #1 since 1930, New York Times bestselling writer Scott…
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The Sucker Punch director plans to treat the Big Blue Boy Scout the way that Christopher Nolan handled the Dark Knight—as if none of the films that came before existed. Will that way lead to success or failure? In planning his path to bringing Superman to the big screen once more, Snyder seems to have realized that a break from the past—a break that Bryan Singer’s Richard Donner-esque Superman Returns resolutely refused to commit to—is mandatory. In an interview with the L.A. Times, Snyder revealed his plan: “Literally, the one…
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From newsarama: New York, NY – June 1, 2011 – Valiant Entertainment, the character-based entertainment company with more than 1,500 characters in its library, announced it will reintroduce the critically acclaimed Valiant Universe in print and digital comics in 2012. Valiant has hired accomplished industry executives and creative talent to expand its management team. The first announcement is that former Marvel CEO and Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo has assumed the role of Chairman of Valiant. Valiant Entertainment, co-founded by Jason Kothari and Dinesh Shamdasani, has received a capital infusion from…
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(Beware Major Spoilers) That “especially newsworthy development” is (turn away now if you haven’t heeded earlier warnings!) the apparent death of James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes — Marvel’s current Captain America — at the hands of Sin, the Red Skull’s daughter and successor to that title. Several months back, Fraction warned us that by the end of Fear Itself, Sin will have “done things that her dad tried to do time and time again and failed,” and it looks like that promise has paid off — not that Bucky hasn’t escaped…
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Here is one of my favorite Trailers of the up coming movie Green Lantern this has Sinestro, Kilowog, Tomar-Re, and the Guardians. Release date June 17, 2011 in (USA). All the previews make me think Warner Bros. Pictures may have a winner on their hands. The film will star Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, with Martin Campbell directing a script by Greg Berlanti and comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, which was subsequently rewritten by Michael Goldenberg. Green Lantern is scheduled to be released on June 17, 2011…
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Here are some of the new titles with art work starting in September for DC Comics from Michael Doran, Newsarama Senior Editor. Writer Brian Azzarello, author of The Joker and 100 Bullets, teams up with the immensely talented artist Cliff Chiang (Neil Young’s Greendale) for WONDER WOMAN #1, an exciting new series starring the DC Universe’s greatest superheroine. The cover to issue #1 is by Cliff Chiang. Click Image to enlarge. “Geoff Johns, one of comics’ greatest storytellers, reunites with GREEN LANTERN and BRIGHTEST DAY collaborator Ivan Reis to bring…
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Marvel held one of their famed Next Big Thing press calls recently, this time talking about the upcoming Captain America #1 by longtime Cap scribe Ed Brubaker and Civil War artist Steve McNiven. Big changes are in store for the character, most notably that Steve Rogers will be taking up the mantle once again come July. In addition, the current Captain America book will be retitled to Captain America and Bucky, depicting the WWII adventures of the famous duo. When we asked about Bucky’s role in the present now that…
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Comicbookresources.com (CBR) has released what the DC Universe will look like after Flashpoint. It is very interesting”: In the wake of its summer “Flashpoint” event, DC Comics will re-number its entire superhero line, debuting more than 50 first issues in September while introducing “a more modern, diverse DC Universe.” The sweeping line-wide change debuts on Aug. 31, when the publisher releases just two comics — the final issue of “Flashpoint,” and the first issue of “Justice League,” under the new creative team of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee. According to…
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X-Men: First Class is an upcoming 2011 American superhero film directed by Matthew Vaughn. It is based on the characters appearing in Marvel Comics and is the fifth installment of the X-Men film series and prequel to X-Men. X-Men: First Class is scheduled for release on June 3, 2011.The film is set in the 1960s and will focus on the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the origin of their groups, the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants. The film stars James McAvoy as Professor X and Michael Fassbender…
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In the court cases in 2009 and 2010 what do we know? Warner Brothers and DC comics have lost a little bit of Superman, and could lose him completely come 2013. Judge Stephen Larson has given Superman’s co-creator Jerry Siegel rights to additional works in the franchise, including the first two weeks of the daily Superman newspaper comic strip and early issues of both Action Comics and Superman comics. According to Variety, this means that the Siegel estate now owns the rights to all depictions of Superman’s origins from the…
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Wow, have we all become numb to the changes in the DCU in the past. What began in Marv Wolfman‘s 12-part maxi-series in 1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths when all things changed and the multiverse was simplified and characters changed, people and heroes died, is happening in Flashpoint. The title of the 1985 series was inspired by earlier crossover stories involving the multiple parallel Earths of the Multiverse, such as “Crisis on Earth-Two” and “Crisis on Earth-Three”, but instead of lasting two to five issues and involving members from many superhero…
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KIRBY: GENESISFrom Dynamite Entertainment News Release, The Kirby Event of the new millennium begins here, brought to you by the best-selling and award-winning creators of MARVELS! The Pioneer 10 space probe carried a message to the stars. Now an answer’s on the way — but not one we expected! When it arrives, the lives of three ordinary people — and the entire world — will be changed forever. Featuring Captain Victory, Silver Star and more of Jack Kirby’s greatest concepts, including characters never before seen in comics form! Kurt Busiek…
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the 2011 film in the Transformers film series, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and is scheduled for release on July 1.Initially scheduled to be released on July 1, on May 20, 2011 it was announced that the film would be released on June 29 instead. The film will be presented in regular 2D, Real D 3D and IMAX, featuring Dolby Surround 7.1 sound. The first hour and a…
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Warner Bros. has premiered a new trailer for Green Lantern featuring narration by Geoffrey Rush’s Tomar-Re that conveniently lays out the mythology for the Green Lantern Corps. And it’s easily the best Green Lantern trailer to date. The Martin Campbell-directed movie, which opens in 2D and 3D on June 17, stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Mark Strong, Peter Sarsgaard, Temuera Morrison, Tim Robbins, Taika Waititi and Angela Bassett. If Hal Jordan can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be…
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Marvel news release: Because YOU demanded it: Exploding out of FEAR ITSELF with an all-new series is the ORIGINAL Alpha Flight by the superstar creative team of writers Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente and artist Dale Eaglesham–with covers by the incomparable Phil Jimenez! Get in on the ground floor of this highly anticipated maxi-series with this standalone adventure by artist X: Who are Guardian, Vindicator, Sasquatch, Snowbird, Shaman, Northstar, Aurora, and Marrina? How did they become their nation’s most beloved heroes? And are they strong enough to withstand their…
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It’s official, Wonder Woman will not be a series on NBC. NBC held more up fronts today and Entertainment Weekly has learned the network passed on David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman pilot. A relief to some for sure but for a bummer for others who were looking forward to seeing a live-action Amazon Princess again. The pilot starred Adrianne Palicki as Diana, Elizabeth Hurley and Cary Elwes. There’s no official reason why the show was passed over but that “scuttlebutt reveals the pilot earned mixed reviews at test screenings. And then…
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Priest, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined…
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Smallville Final, the special two-hour series finale airs on Friday, May 13th at 8pm EST on The CW. It is the culmination of 10 years of story to bring Clark Kent to the point he becomes Superman. Tomorrow night it will climax with the next stage of Clark’s life. Will he marry, will he fight Darkseid, will Oliver Queen turn against him, will Clark put on the suit, will he fly, and will he finally be called Superman. Recently reporters were allowed to see a sizzle reel made up of…
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Greg Pak’s The Incredible Hulks ends with issue 635 in August, ending his run on the book and character that has lasted five years and granted a sense of reliability to a title that had run away in many disparate directions until this relative new talent took over the book. Greg Pak’s run began with 2006’s critical and commercial hit Planet Hulk. Pak has probably had more of an impact on the character and his success than anyone since Peter David, spun off new books and new characters. The series is…
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Matt Fraction dissects the second issue of Fear Itself, from the conflict between Thor and Odin to the reveal of the Worthy. I had to show the interview by Ben Morse to illuminate what went on in Fear Itself #2 to help those who are confused with the story so far. The Fear Itself Line Up Click Here WARNING: READ FEAR ITSELF #2 BEFORE READING THIS STORY—SPOILERS AHEAD!While FEAR ITSELF #2 provided a heaping helping of action, intrigue and surprises this past week for readers, things went from bad to…
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