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Comic News Roundup – September 2009 – Week 4

Ticket Sales Planned for Stage ‘Spider-Man’
Despite recent financial troubles that stalled work on “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” the coming Broadway musical based on the sticky Marvel superhero, producers are confident enough in the show’s future to start selling tickets: a spokesperson told Playbill that tickets would go on sale Oct. 31.

‘We Don’t Have Any Current Plans For Superman,’ Says DC Entertainment President
“We’ve obviously done a lot of great things behind the property in our history, and it’s a key part of the family, but we don’t have current plans behind Superman,” new head of DC Entertainment, Diane Nelson, said.

Sam Mendes Talks Preacher
“It’s getting closer,” says Mendes. “I’ve seen a script and it’s very good. We’re a little further down the road than when I last spoke to you. I love graphic novels – Road To Perdition was based on graphic novel – so I’m used to that form and Preacher is absolutely brilliant. I certainly feel it’s a movie. It’s funny, it’s violent as hell, it’s extremely blasphemous and profane, but it has an amazingly skilful tone,” says Mendes. “I met Garth Ennis and I’m just a huge fan of it.”

The Next DC Animated Film is a CRISIS Story! Here’s the official breakdown!
An original story from award-winning animation/comics writer Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League) rooted in DC Comics’ popular canon of “Crisis” stories. In Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, a “good” Lex Luthor arrives from an alternate universe to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, a gang of villainous characters with virtually identical super powers to the Justice League. What ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in a war that threatens both planets and, through a diabolical plan launched by Owlman, puts the balance of all existence in peril.

Nicolas Cage Reveals Why He Left ‘The Green Hornet’
“‘The Green Hornet’ was something that I wanted to do, I think Michel Gondry is very talented and I had hoped it would work but I think Seth Rogen and Michel had a different take on the character,” Cage told The Canadian Press. “I had to have some humanity and to try to give it something where you could understand why the character was the way he was but I don’t think there was enough time to develop it.”

Mark Millar Says ‘Kick-Ass’ Ending Teases Sequel
The “Kick-Ass” sequel that writer Mark Millar said would begin shooting within two years already has a premise, and he says there will “definitely” be a follow-up. “There’s a basic plot,” Millar told MTV News. “The series ends on a teaser for the next one, and the movie ends on that teaser, too. We don’t want to sound too cocky, but we know this is good. It didn’t cost that much money to make. There will definitely be another one.”

‘Waverly’ star joins ‘Weapon’ adaptation
Developing feature based on comic book series
David Henrie of the Disney Channel series “Wizards of Waverly Place” will pair with Platinum Studios to develop its comic book series, “The Weapon,” into a feature film he’d star in. “Weapon” follows martial arts enthusiast and inventor Tommy Zhou, who has developed a ground-breaking portable innovation that an evil order will stop at nothing to steal. Released in 2007, “Weapon” was created by Platinum chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg.

Dave Sim Talks Cerebus TV
“What Cerebus TV is about: art and artists talking about art and examining that art in black and white. I enjoy reading about artists’ lives in Alter Ego but I’m always far more interested in their materials, drawing choices, influences, mentors. I want to do a feature called “What Are You Working On Right Now?” Because that’s the thing any artist is the most focused on. What he or she is doing at the moment, problems that need to be solved. Problems that were solved.”

Top Cow President On ‘The Witchblade’ Movie: ‘It’s Very Different From The Book’
“You look into the feelings, the tones and how the character acts, the thing that is the same in ‘Wanted’ is the character arc of Wesley,” said Top Cow president Matt Hawkins of the main character in the “Wanted” movie and comic book series. “If you actually look at his journey, it’s the same arc—the circumstances are slightly different and the other characters are slightly different, but it’s the same character arc—so that’s what we’ve been diligently working on with ‘Witchblade,’ too.”

‘Priest’ Ordains Three New Castmembers: Amick, Plummer, Dourif Join Roster
In addition to “Twilight” actor Cam Gigandet and “True Blood” star Stephen Moyer, actress Madchen Amick and actors Christopher Plummer and Brad Dourif are joining the cast of “Priest,” based on the popular manga series of the same name. Paul Bettany stars as the titular warrior priest who must track down his kidnapped niece, presumably abducted by a group of vicious vampires.

Alleged Casting Notice Reveals Four Characters From ‘Green Lantern,’ Including Villainous Sinestro
According to SpoilerTV, an allegedly official casting notice reveals four familiar characters that will appear in Hal Jordan’s first live-action flight — Carol Ferris, Dr. Hector Hammond, Sinestro and Abin Sur. While the authenticity of the casting call can’t be verified just yet, it nonetheless provides some interesting possibilities about “Green Lantern.”

Epic fantasy graphic novel series DevaShard headed to big screen
Fluid Comics’ DevaShard, which recently previewed at San Diego Comic-Con, is making its way to the big screen, courtesy of Vanquish Motion Pictures. DevaShard, crafted by Fluid Comics’ Zen, Keith Burns and Johnny Tam, is inspired by Asian mythology, centering on two forsaken sons – one born of darkness, the other of light – who are struggling to find their place in a grim world riddled with corrupt kingdoms, cursed demons and terrifying magic.

Niles Talks Adaptation Process for 30 Days of Night Sequel Dark Days
“The first movie established the vampires fear of exposure, that the fact that nobody believes in them is their greatest strength,” Steve Niles explains, “so now, we just had to accelerate that. In the new movie, we had to start with what happened in New Orleans. We just moved that storyline from the original book to the beginning of this new one. There’s some evidence of what happened in Barrow and Stella Oleson is out there trying to spread the word just like in the Dark Days comics.”

Disney Faces Rights Issues Over Marvel
Heirs to the comic book artist Jack Kirby, a creator of characters and stories behind Marvel mainstays like “X-Men” and “Fantastic Four,” last week sent 45 notices of copyright termination to Marvel and Disney, as well as Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and other companies that have been using the characters.

Dennis Quaid ready for a G.I. Joe sequel, with one condition
“I’m definitely on board if they do another one. I don’t know if they have a script yet, but I’m definitely interested. I want to get out of the pit,” says Quaid. “I want to ride a horse and shoot a gun. I want a horse with an accelerator suit.”

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Scott is an art director, writer and comics creator living in Los Angeles. He has been a pop culture maven from a very young age. His very first job was as a manager of a comic book store. He spent several years working in a video store, and yes, we are talking VHS tapes. A student of literature and Writing, he brings his obsessive love of comic book trivia, movie history and science fiction/fantasy writing to bear on the work he does for CoolShite.

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