Comic News Roundup – January 2010 – Week 3
Samuel L. Jackson writing Cold Space for BOOM!
From legendary actor Samuel L. Jackson and Emmy nominated writer/producer Eric Calderon, the team that brought you the Emmy-award-winning, best-selling Afro Samurai, comes their next original series — Cold Space! When an on-the-run outlaw crash-lands on a hostile planet on the brink of civil war, he finds himself caught in the crossfire between two warring factions.
Martin Campbell Explains How Much Of ‘Green Lantern’ Will Occur In Space
“I don’t know what the percentage is, but there’s quite a bit in space,” said the director. “The initial trip up there, the training sessions he has to go through in order to become a Green Lantern. Then, of course at the end, he goes back up to Oa again … There are a couple of bits [on Earth] in between [the space scenes]. I think there will be enough [of a balance between space and Earth] to satisfy everybody.”
‘Too Cool To Be Forgotten’ Producer Talks Adaptation, Casting And Top Shelf Deal
“What really feels unique about it is that it’s very surprising where the story goes. It takes a genre that we’re familiar with — the whole “I fall asleep and then I wake up and I’m in high school again” thing — and it gives it such an incredible, emotional bang for that experience. It’s something you’ve never really seen in those “17 Again”-type movies. And that’s what we’re shooting for. It has a lot in common with another film I did, “Eternal Sunshine,” where it took another high-concept mechanism and squeezes a much more complicated and emotional story out of it,” said producer Anthony Bregman.
Priest is a future western that pits ‘Jedis’ vs. vampires
“You’ll see: Tokyopop, with Min-woo, created a continuation” comic series, Stewart said. “He had 16 books, but it was kind of a soap opera with no ending. It never continued, so you don’t know where the story goes. And now there are new stories that will be coming. You’ll see how that story dovetails with ours. The Ivan Isaacs character in the Priest comic book is the first prototype Priest. The characters in our movie are what came much later, when the Priests were trained by the church to be like Ivan Isaacs.”
Samuel L. Jackson’s ‘Thor’ Role Is News To Him – ‘Nobody’s Told Me Anything!’
“Nobody’s told me anything,” Jackson laughed when asked about the “Thor” role. “I was reading the trades last week and I saw the cast list. My name was in it, so maybe I am doing something that I don’t know about and I’ll hear about it soon… Since Disney’s bought the franchise, I have no idea what Marvel told them or even if my deal with Marvel is still valid.”
ONE TREE HILL’s Rob Buckley, Geek, Talks Comics
I collected comics as a kid. And I would say…I thought we’d died out by seventh grade. But don’t worry. The nerdery doesn’t stop there. Oh no. I think by that time I was well into my magician phase. So if you add on being a little bit chubby and a little bit awkward, and being in the two worst grades of any young person’s life, seventh and eighth grade. Add on to that being a magician? Oh, it’s a recipe for so much social success! My love for comics…[would] lie dormant until, oddly enough, I got into acting and I went to Comic Con one year. [laughs] It was like reuniting with an old flame. Oh! I love these things! And everyone at work makes fun of me. ‘Oh you got some more comics in the mail today.’ And I’ll be like, ‘They’re called graphic novels!’ Which I suppose is like saying, ‘It’s not a wine cooler. It’s a flavored alcoholic beverage!’ But it’s like, ‘Listen dude. You’re drinking a Zima.’ Grab a Fuzzy Navel and come drink with the big boys.
Bendis’s collaborator for FX’s “Powers” pilot revealed
Bendis’s collaborator is none other than Kevin Falls, the man behind NBC’s late, great “Journeyman.” Given how well Falls kept the mythos and storylines of “Journeyman” weaving in and out, he seems like an excellent pick to work on such a complex series as “Powers” is likely to be. I’ve already dropped a line to Mr. Falls’ folks, in hopes of chatting with him about the gig, so keep your fingers crossed just as tightly this time as you did last time. (It worked pretty well, after all.)
‘Incredible Hulk’ Director Says Making Hulk The ‘Avengers’ Villain Is ‘Too Simplistic’
“When you put Thor in Tony Stark’s universe, it’s fantastic,” director Louis Leterrier said. “Then you add the anti-superhero that is Hulk, who’s like, ‘Leave me alone, I don’t want to be a superhero,’ and you tell him, ‘You have to come with us or you have to fight us,’ and then on top of all this you have Captain America, a gung-ho super-soldier who starts doubting himself and his system… and that’s fantastic. You have all these interactions, and that’s just the beginning. Then you have the villains and the enormous potential of these action pieces… I’m first in line to see that stuff,” he laughed.
‘Legion’ Director Reveals Comic Book Easter Eggs And Movie Connections
“What the angels are up to is sort of directly related [to the comic], and the character of Michael makes a reference in the story to the prophets. And that’s why the story is called “Legion: Prophets.” The characters in the film don’t have any idea what the prophets are, and that’s sort of late in the movie, but if you read the comics you’ll start to get a sense of who the prophets are, among other things.”
‘Smallville’ exclusive: Martha Kent returns
Sources confirm to me exclusively that Annette O’Toole has inked a deal to reprise her role as Clark’s mom later this season. Producers are still working out the exact timing of Martha’s reappearance, but a Smallville insider tells me it’ll most likely fall during May sweeps. That same source hints that the mother-son reunion will be rocked by an “unexpected surprise” or two.
‘Iron Man 2′: Jon Favreau reveals his hero’s new secret weapon
“The fact that our hero has no secret identity — that opens up a lot of things for us creatively,” he explains. “Usually the hero is forced to live an even more bifurcated existence between the esteemed persona of the superhero version of himself and the humble or disguised existences of his secret-identity self.”
Chloe Moretz Describes ‘Kick-Ass’ Gunplay… And A Nicolas Cage Scare!
“It was absolutely amazing, and probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life,” she explained. “It was four months-plus training. Learning how to roll, how to jump over barriers and land on your shoulder. I actually came home one day, and I had a big bruise all the way down my back! It was really fun to do. I learned how to take apart a gun, put it back together, clean it,” grinned the perky tween. “But they’d never let me touch a gun [unless] I checked it first, made sure it was a fake bullet; if it was supposedly clear, I had to check it to [confirm] that it was clear.”
The Edge Says ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ Musical ‘Is Going To Happen At Some Point’
“We’re just waiting until all the production issues get resolved,” The Edge told MTV News. “It’s going to happen at some point. It’s really a case of when — that’s the question.” The musician’s comments follow the recent announcement that “Turn Off The Dark” will have its premiere delayed to Fall 2010 after initially planning to open its curtains February 25.
Gordon Talks Scrapped “Ultimate Avengers Versus Ultimate X-Men” Animated Project
Marvel Animation Age caught up with Marvel Animation stalwart Steve E. Gordon to discuss the abandoned Ultimate Avengers Versus Ultimate X-Men direct-to-video animated project. Gordon sat down with Marvel Animation Age to discuss the recently revealed albeit long-since canceled Ultimate Avengers Versus Ultimate X-Men direct-to-video animated project from Marvel Animation. Posting early design work and details of the aborted project on his blog, Gordon states a direct-to-video Ultimate Avengers Versus Ultimate X-Men animated feature was in the early stages of production at Marvel Animation and Lionsgate Home Entertainment before it was scrapped and replaced with what would eventually become the 2009 direct-to-video Hulk Versus animated feature.
John Wagner on new Dredd Movie
I have read the script (by Alex Garland) and seen Jock’s visuals. While I can’t go into detail about the content I can say that it’s high-octane, edge of the seat stuff, and gives a far truer representation of Dredd than the first movie. I hated that plot. It was Dredd pressed through the Hollywood cliché mill, a dynastic power struggle that had little connection with the character we know from the comic.
Meanwhile, Back at The Hall of Justice…
- BOOM! Studios Announces Farscape: Scorpius Ongoing
- James Kyson Lee Talks “Heroes”
- Kate Mara Is Not Bethany Cabe In ‘Iron Man 2,’ Says Her Role Is Very Small
- Ryan Reynolds Says ‘Green Lantern’ Co-Star Blake Lively Will Be ‘Flawless’ As Carol Ferris
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt Had ‘Cool Conversations’ With Marc Webb About ‘Spider-Man’
- Clive Owen on rumours he is playing Kraven in the next Spider-Man
- Edgar Wright Shares ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ With His Pals
- Twilight: The Graphic Novel to bow with 350,000-copy first printing
- Sony Offers (500) Days of Summer Director Marc Webb the Next Three Spider-Mans
- ‘Smallville’ is bringing Perry White (a.k.a. Michael McKean) back, too!
- AMC Approves “Walking Dead” Pilot
- Sinestro Might Go Bad After ‘Green Lantern’ Movie… Carol Ferris, Too?
- Clark Gregg’s S.H.I.E.L.D. Crossover In ‘Thor’ And ‘Iron Man 2′ Confirmed
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