Hollywood’s franchise shortage
Over at Variety (which is now FREE for everyone to read, btw), a recent article captures studio exec fretting over the dwindling supply of potential mega-franchise properties, like LORD OF THE RINS and JAMES...
Jim Lee speaks
Jim Lee is one of the superstars of comics, both as an artist and a person. His 12 issue runs on BATMAN and SUPERMAN in recent years were important steps in getting DC's franchise...
Don’t forget: Spider-Man 3 trailer tonight!
The 2 1/2 minutes trailer will debut wide at 10 pm:
Spider-Man fans will get a long-awaited sneak peek at Columbia Pictures' highly anticipated motion picture Spider-Man 3 when a new, full-length, two-and-a-half minute trailer...
More 300 preview stuff
There was a sneak look at 300 footage this week and IESB.net is first out of the gate with the reviewgasm:
The footage shown was jaw dropping and truly captures Millerâs book the way no...
TRANSMET reconfigured
DC has announced a new line up of TRANSMETROPOLITAN trade paperbacks which will reduce the series t0 nine scathing volumes.
Four key titles in Vertigo's TRANSMETROPOLITAN collected edition series will be reconfigured in spring...
Iron Man News
Shellhead much in the news today. First, ComingSoon gets Robert Downey's thoughts on playing IRON MAN, and to everyone's surprise they do not involve crawling into other people's bed in an alcoholic stupor, but...
Movie updates
Rich JohnsTon got a brief respone from Frank Miller on yesterday's SIN CITY 2 rumors:
This is patent nonsense. Cybercrap.
Okay then.
Meanwhile, Cinematical has two news items of interest to our kind. #1, one-time Frank...
Marvel conference call transcript
Seeking Alpha has the transcript of Marvel's investor conference call yesterday. Nothing too interesting -- lots of questions about Hasbro's toy deal, and the repeated declaration that it was CIVIL WAR that sent Marvel's...
Marvel’s economics
Marvel released their quarterly economic indicators, today led by a drop in profits, but a rise in guidance.
Marvel Entertainment Inc,, which licenses comic book characters such as Spider-Man, on Monday said quarterly profit...
Sin City 2 off?
Here's a hot, unverified rumor: BIG TIME SALT ALERT! According to new scoopee film ick Sin City 2 may n not be moving along too smoothly:
Sin City 2 has been postponed indefinitely and insiders...
Show us the Gerard Way
We know rock and roll isn't as big as it used to be, and here at Stately Beat Manor we prefer to listen to bleeping blooping stuff like Vitalic, Röyksopp and Les Baxter, but...
Children think Batman thinks Robin doesn’t exist
A study to determine relative cognitive ability of children and grown-ups examines the relative levels of fantasy and reality that can be perceived. Many graphs and charts in the link, but the bottom...
