WW Chi round-up
Even more than usual, according to the report we heard, Chicago was the sleepy hungover Sunday to San Diego...there was a good bit of comics news, and the WB held off on the Dark...
STARDUST lags at box office
Despite generally excellent reviews -- 73% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes -- STARDUST was a non-starter at this weekend's box office:
The weekend's other significant new release, Stardust, crash-landed, conjuring an estimated $9 million at...
Studio briefing: Thor, Punisher, Maintenance
Stardust helmer Matthew Vaughn has been tapped to direct Marvel's THOR Variety reports. Vaughn was once slated to direct X-MEN 3 so he's on a comic book tear;
Mark Protosevich ("I Am Legend") did...
Why is Robin kissing Superboy?
DirtbikeAcura RSX message boarders invade gay superhero film set and the results will make baby Jesus and Paul Levitz cry. Also, NSFW.
I look down and see something that I wish I had never saw....
Morning briefing: Gugino, Hulk
§ Sexy Carla Gugino will play Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre in WATCHMEN.
Gugino will play Sally Jupiter, a burlesque dancer-turned-costumed heroine and sex symbol the Silk Spectre who is part of the Minutemen, a group...
WW Chi: DC Comics
This Friday, members of the DC Comics staff and freelance community will be on hand for Wizard World Chicago. Writers and artists scheduled to attend the convention include:
• ...
Copyright problems sink int’l LEAGUE distro
On Monday, Rich Johnston's LITG column reported on difficulties with the long awaited LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: THE BLACK DOSSIER, due to potential copyright problems.
DC sources inform me that the reasons for...
OCEAN optioned
Variety has the latest comics-to-movies deal: 300's Gianni Nunnari and Nick Wechsler have optioned OCEAN by Warren Ellis and Chris Sprouse.:
Nunnari and Wechsler will produce, and Craig J. Flores is exec producing.Story concerns the...
New Superboy ruling
Jeff Trexler has the decision and report on the latest ruling in the Superboy case in which Joanne Siegel and Laura Siegel Larson are suing Time Warner for the rights to Superboy, The latest...
Listen up if you can’t be there live
For those of you that aren't in SD, DC Comics is giving you a way to feel like you were there.
For at least the second year in a row, DC has podcasts available from...
DC to publish HEROES comic
Some would say this license is hardly a surprise!
DC Comics, the world's largest English language comic book publisher and home to Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman announced plans to publish a hardcover collection of...
Morning Briefing: Y, Hex, Watchmen, UGO, etc.
Just a few entertainment briefs as we deal with last minute stuff:
§ The Y THE LAST MAN movie has a writer and director, D.J. Caruso and Carl Ellsworth, whose previous credits include DISTURBIA. Caruso...
