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Friday, August 18, 2023
#IReadsYou Movie Review: BLUE BEETLE
Monday, July 31, 2023
I Reads You Juniors: July 2023 - Update #65
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NEWS:
DC COMICS - From GamesRadar: The site has a page that is a rundown of all the announced "Batman" publications for the nine months, from August 2023 to March 2024.
COMICS - From NYTimes: When collectors died, what happens to their estates. Who gets the comic books and/or the action figures? That discussed in this article from "The New York Times."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: The writers of DC Comics' "Knight Terrors" event talk about how their own nightmares equipped them for these comic books.
SONY SPIDER-MAN U - From ComicBook: Actor Thomas Haden Church who played "Flint Marko/The Sandman" in two movies, Sony's "Spider-Man 3" (2007) and Sony/Marvel's "Spider-Man: No Way Home," says that there are rumors that Sam Raimi is developing a fourth Spider-Man film with actor Tobey Maguire. Raimi directed and Maguire starred in the first three Spider-Man films.
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: James Gunn denies that he is packing "Superman: Legacy" with DC Comics characters in order "to attract buyers."
MANGA TO SERIES - From THR: Netflix has released the first full trailer for its live-action series version of "One Piece," the legendary manga from creator Eiichiro Oda. The series is set sail August 31st, 2023.
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From ThePopverse: Rodney Barnes will writer and Ramon F. Bachs will draw "Luke Cage: Gang War," a three-issue miniseries that is part of the "Gang War" event. The first issue of the Luke Cage mini arrives Nov. 2023.
From ComicBook: Because Warner Bros. and the lackeys can't stop digging in the Alan Moore graveyard: DC Studios has announced an animated film based on Moore and DaveGibbons' seminal graphic novel, "Watchmen."
From BleedingCool: Todd McFarlane announces five new Spawn-related series at Comic-Con 2023.
From CBR: Fantagraphics Books has announced the Brazilian comics anthology, "BRABA," in conjunction with Brazilian publisher, Mino. It is due Fall 2024.
From DCBlog: DC.com has a page dedicated to all things related to DC Comics at San Diego Comic-Con 2023.
DC STUDIOS - From CBR: "Joker: Folie a Deux" cinematographer, Lawrence Sher, said his relationship with the film's star, Lady Gaga, improved when he referred to her as "Lee," the nickname of her character in the film (presumed to be Harley Quinn).
From THR: Warner Bros. is trying to save "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom," and it is a chaotic situation. There have been massive reshoots and plans to feature both Michael Keaton's Batman and Ben Affleck's Batman have been scrapped at various stages. DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran have ordered many of the changes.
IMAGE TO ANIMATION - From IGN: The site has an exclusive poster reveals for Season 2 of Amazon Prime's animated hit, "Invinsible." The article also has a Season 2 teaser.
BRITISH COMICS - From 2000AD: Good Shepherd and Rebellion have entered into a partnership for Good Shepherd to develop and publish video game adaptations based on stories from the "2000 AD" universe, the home of "Judge Dredd," "Rogue Trooper," "ABC Warrior" and more, as well as Rebellion’s other comic IP, including "Roy of the Rovers" and "Battle Action."
ANIME/MANGA - From Deadline: Critics are reacting to the recently released final film of the famed animation director and manga creator, Hayao Miyazaki. Entitled "The Boy and The Heron" or "How Do You Live?" Gkids will release the film in North America later this year.
MARVEL - From EW: Iman Vellani, the actress who plays Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel on Disney+/Marvel Studios' "Ms. Marvel," will write the upcoming comic book, "Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant." Sabir Pirzada, one of the writers on the TV series, will co-write with Vellani.
DC STUDIOS - From YouTube: The final trailer for Warner Bros.'s upcoming DC Comics superhero film, "Blue Beetle," has arrived. The film is in theaters beginning August 18th, 2023.
COMICS - From ComicsBeat: There is a lot of conversation in this piece, "Comics retailers see uncertain future."
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: After casting the Superman (David Corenswet) and Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan), "Superman: Legacy" has started to round out it cast. Fan-favorite Nathan Fillion will be "Green Lantern/Guy Gardner;" Edi Gathegi will be "Mister Terrific;" and Isabela Marced will play "Hawkgirl."
From THR: Anthony Carrigan ("NoHo Hank" on HBO's "Barry") has been cast as the superhero, "Metamorpho" in "Superman: Legacy."
From Deadline: Writer-director James Gunn shares his excitement over "Superman: Legacy" and talks about why he has included Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, and Mister Terrific.
DC CINEMA - From YahooEntertainment: With an estimated loss of at least 200 million dollars, Warner Bros. Pictures' DC Comics' film, "The Flash," is reportedly the biggest box office flop in superhero film history.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Joe Quesada has revealed a page from his Marvel Comics mystery project.
DC ANIMATION - From DCBlog: My Adventures with Superman co-executive producers Jake Wyatt and Brendan Clogher and co-producer Josie Campbell discuss the new Cartoon Network/Adult Swim animated series.
From DCBlog: Voice actors Alice Lee (Lois Lane) and Ishmel Sahid (Jimmy Olsen) talk about the new Cartoon Network/Adult Swim animated series, "My Adventures with Superman."
From YouTube: Here is the teaser trailer for "Suicide Squad: Isekia," a new anime series starring DC Comics' Suicide Squad. The animation is produced by WIT Studio, who produced the "Attack on Titan" anime. No word on the arrival date.
MARVEL TELEVISION - From Deadline: Peter Shinkoda, an actor on Netflix/Marvel's former "Daredevil" series, has accused former head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb, of making anti-Asian comments. This is in regards to the writing and story development of the series.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Deadline: Marvel Studios' "Doctor Strange" star, Benedict Cumberbatch, says that Doctor Strange will return to silver screen next year... Stay tuned.
DC TV - From Deadline: "Smallville" actor, Allison Mack, has been released a year early from prison. She was sentenced to three years in federal prison in 2021 for participation in the notorious NXIVM cult. Mack played the character "Chloe Sullivan" on The WB/CW's "Smallville" during the series' entire run from 2001 to 2011.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From CBR: A fan found some merchandise, action figures, that reveal what Wolverine, Cyclops, and Rogue will look like in the upcoming Disney+ animated series, "X-Men '97."
MANGA - From BleedingCool: TOKYOPOP is launching "LoveLove," a diverse imprint of shojo, josei, girls love, boys love manga, and graphic novel titles by Western creators; the LoveLove line offers romantic stories and characters for everyone.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics will launch "Spider-Boy" in November from writer Dan Slott and artist Paco Medina.
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Friday, June 23, 2023
#IReadsYou Movie Review: THE FLASH
Monday, June 19, 2023
Two Musical Tracks Released from "'The Flash' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)"
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
I Reads You Juniors: May 2023 - Update #48
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NEWS:
DC STUDIOS - From CBR: Barbara Muschietti, producer of "The Flash," promises lots of surprises in the film's post-credit scenes (plural).
CHARITY - From BleedingCool: Writer Len Kaminski, who co-creator of Marvel Comics' "War Machine" armor, needs financial help for a number of reasons. One of them is to get him legal help so he can escape from some kind of evil nursing home.
From GoFundMe: This is the link to the "Go Fund Me" page for Len Kaminski.
EISNER AWARDS - From Gizmodo: The nominations for the 2023 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - or simply, the Eisner Awards - have been announced. The winners will be announced on the evening of July 5th at San Diego Comic-Con 2023. Image Comics leads the nominations with 20. The nominations were chose by an all-white jury.
From ICv2: After charges of racism, comics creator Thomas Woodruff removes is Eisner Awards 2023-nominated original graphic novel, "Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral" (Fantagraphics Books), from consideration for the awards.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Greg Pak talks about the character "Cameron Kim" and his new miniseries, "City Boy."
DC TV - From DCBlog: Actor Tom Cavanagh talks about reprising his role as "Reverse Flash" in the finale of The CW's long-running TV series, "The Flash."
IMAGE - From ImageComics: Image Comics is pleased to announce a worldwide exclusive distribution deal with Lunar Distribution, effective with September on-sale titles (which will open for order on the Lunar site for retailers on Wednesday, June 14), for Direct Market/comic shop distribution.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Longtime editorial figure, Mike Carlin, has retired from DC Comics after 37 years. He arrived at DC in 1986 after several years at Marvel Comics.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Ram V talks about his new "Dawn of DC" series, "The Vigil," star four new South Asian characters.
DC TV - From CBR: The CW's TV series, "Gotham Knights," which is in its first season, is apparently the cheapest DC Comics-inspired series the network has ever produced.
DARK HORSE - From GamesRadar: Dark Horse Comics will re-release the "Trigun" manga and its sequel, "Trigun Maximum," in new deluxe hardcover volumes .
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Oscar-nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor will reportedly star opposite Tom Hardy in Sony Pictures' "Venom 3."
MARVEL - From CBR: Marvel is killing Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan in the upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man #26."
MILLARWORLD - From CBR: Netflix executive and comic book writer, Mark Millar's upcoming crossover event series, "Big Game," is actually a secret sequel to his first Millarworld series, "Wanted" (2003-04, Top Cow/Image).
HELLBOY - From ComicBook: "Hellboy" comic book creator, Mike Mignola, says that principal photography on the film, "Hellboy: The Crooked Man," has finished.
DC TV - From DCBlog: Actor Tyler DiChiara talks about his journey on the The CW series, "Gotham Knights," as the character, "Cullen Row."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Alyssa Wong talks about "Spirit World #1."
DC STUDIOS - From THR: The site looks into the "quest" to cast the biggest roles in DC Studios' headline film project, "Superman: Legacy."
From CBR: A hot rumor suggests that actor Nicholas Hoult, who played Beast in Fox's "X-Men" films, beginning with 2011's "X-Men: First Class," is being eyes to play either Clark Kent or Lex Luthor in "Superman Legacy."
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Writer-artist Mike Mignola is working on a new comic book project that is outside his "Hellboy" universe.
EN MEMORIAM - From TheDailyCartoonist: Canadian author, illustrator, and humorist, Bruce McCall, has died at the age of 87, Friday, May 5, 2023. He was best known for his contributions to "The New Yorker," especially his cover paintings, including the most recent issue.
From TheNewYorker: The venerable magazine remembers cover artist Bruce McCall, along with those who knew him.
DC ANIMATION - From DCBlog: The team behind the new animated superhero film, "Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One," take readers behind the scenes.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Sarah Kuhn talks about her Lois Lane YA graphic novel, "Girl Taking Over's," which is drawn by Arielle Jovellanos.
DC COMICS - From Deadline: Publisher and Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of DC Comics, Jim Lee, has been promoted to President of DC Comics.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From CBR: Writer Brian Michael Bendis talks about his involvement in Marvel Studios' first film, "Iron Man" (2008), which was writing material for Samuel L. Jackson's cameo as "Nick Fury."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: "DC Pride 2023" is an all-new 104-page anthology starring DC's fan-favorite stable of LGBTQIA+ characters—this time, with a focus on never-before-seen team-ups. DC’s 2023 Pride collection of books and comics will be available at local comic book shops, bookstores, and libraries. "DC Pride 2023" will publish on May 30th.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
I Reads You Juniors: April 2023 - Update #48
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NEWS:
DC STUDIOS - From YouTube: The Flash - Official Trailer #2. The film is due June 16th.
EN MEMORIAM - From TheDailyCartoonist: American cartoonist Ted Richards has died at the age of 76, Friday, April 21, 2023. Richards was best known for his work in Underground Comix. He was a member of the "Air Pirates" collective, whose "Air Pirates Funnies" comic book got them sued by Walt Disney Productions. Richards produced such titles as "Dopin' Dan," "E.Z. Wolf," and "The Forty Year Old Hippie." Richards would later move into computer software designing.
IDW - From ComicsBeat: IDW Media Holdings, Inc., parent of IDW Publishing, has been delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), although I didn't know they were listed. 39 percent of the staff have been laid off, including the entire PR and marketing department and also publisher Nachie Marsham.
From BleedingCool: IDW CEO Davidi Jonas says "today we hit reset," as the company undergoes layoffs.
IMAGE - From ScreenRant: Todd McFarlane's "Spawn" will crash Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander's "Killadelphia," beginning with the next story arc that begins in Killadelphia #31.
DC ANIMATION - From Deadline: Amazon's "Prime Video" Warner Bros. Batman animated series, including Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves' "Batman: Caped Crusader."
EN MEMORIAM - From TCJ: Author Andrew Farago offers an obituary of comics historian, author, editor and curator, Maurice C. Horn, passed away on December 30, 2022, at the age of 91. According to Farago, Horn wrote some of the first reference books about comics ever written and he was among the very first people to take comics seriously. His books include "A History of the Comic Strip" (1968), written with Pierre Couperie, "The World History of Comics" (1976), and "Sex in the Comics" (1985), to name a few.
MILESTONE - From DimesDaggers: Writer Andrew Farago looks back at the 30th anniversary of Milestone Comics in "How 'Hardware' Made Me WOKE."
SONY MARVEL U - From Variety: At CinemaCon 2023, actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson introduced footage for Sony Pictures' Marvel Comic film, "Kraven the Hunter." The footage, which featured some bloody images, was reportedly well-received. The film, which will debut later this year, will also be rated "R."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Author Rachel Allan talks to "DC Blog" about her new original graphic novel, "Harley Quinn: Ravenous."
DC STUDIOS - From YouTube: The studio has provided an "in-production teaser" and first-look at the upcoming series, "The Penguin," starring Colin Farrell.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: After his "Gambit" and "X-Treme X-Men" mini-series, Chris Claremont is already working on his next X-Men comic book.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Actress Juno Temple (of Apple's "Ted Lasso" series) has landed the lead in Sony/Marvel's "Venom 3."
IDW - From BleedingCool: Here is the checklist for IDW Publishing's "Star Trek" crossover event, "Day of Blood," which runs through Star Trek titles from July to Sept. 2023.
MARVEL COMICS - From Marvel: Writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Todd Nauck will return to X-Men villain Magneto's days as headmaster of The New Mutants in the four-issue miniseries, "Magneto." The first issue is due Aug. 2nd.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From CBR: Hot rumor says that Oscar-nominated actor Adam Driver is in final negotiations to play "Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic" in Marvel Studios' planned "Fantastic Four" film.
From Newsarama: According to "Deadpool" star, Ryan Reynolds, the "Wolverine" that Hugh Jackman will play in "Deadpool 3" is "something completely new."
DC COMICS TO SERIES - From GamesRadar: Jim Mickle, the showrunner for Netflix's "Sweet Tooth," which is based on Jeff Lemire's comic book series, will have a more ambitious second season.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Here is a look at the new character designs for DC Comics' "Knight Terrors" event, which takes over the publishing line this July and August.
MANGA TO LIVE-ACTION - From CBR: The site is reporting that Netflix held a private screening of its live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's legendary shonen manga, "One Piece." The preview apparently flopped with that test audience.
MARVEL - From Newsarama: Canadian super-team, Alpha Flight, returns to Canada and into their own comic book series, "Alpha Flight," written by Ed Brisson and artist Scott Godlewski. The first issue this "Fall of X" X-Men spinoff is due August 16th.
From Newsarama: Another "Fall of X" spinoff from the "X-Men" is the miniseries, "Children of the Vault."
RETAIL - From TCJ: Venerable and maybe even legendary comic book and collectibles retailer, Chuck Rozanski of "Mile High Comics," tells his side of the story to "The Comics Journal."
EN MEMORIAM - From Deadline: "MAD Magazine" cartoonist Al Jaffee has died at the age of 102, Monday, April 10, 2023. Jaffee was a Mad contributor for 65 years. His career as a cartoonist, running from 1942 to 2020, holds the "Guinness World Record" for the longest. Jaffee was high school classmate of future comic book and cartooning legends, Will Elder, Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, and John Severin, at the High School for Music & Arts in New York City.
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Science fiction and fantasy author, comic book writer, and tarot card expert, Rachel Pollack, has died at the age of 75, Friday, April 7, 2023. Her novel, "Godmother Night," won the 1997 "World Fantasy Award for Best Novel." In comic books, she is best known for her 1996-95 run on DC Comics' "Doom Patrol" series (issues #64-#87). Her "78 Degrees of Wisdom" is reference for Tarot readers.
DC STUDIOS/TRAILERS - From YouTube: Here is the first trailer for DC Studios' "Blue Beetle" film, which is due in theaters, August 18, 2023.
From DCBlog: A list of the Easter eggs found in the "Blue Beetle" trailer.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: "Joker: Folie a Deux" has wrapped up filming. Director Todd Phillips shares new images of its stars, Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. The film is due Oct. 4th, 2024.
COMICS TO TV - From Deadline: Sony Pictures Television is developing the Black Mask graphic novel, "Destiny, NY," by Pat Shand and Manuel Preitano, for television.
BOOM STUDIOS - From Variety: Actress Amy Jo Johnson and her partner, Matt Hotson, will write a "Power Rangers" comic book that will debut next year. Johnson played "Kimberly Hart," the original "Pink Power Ranger" in the 1993-95 original "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" TV series and in two films.
COMICS TO ANIME - From Variety: Netflix is producing an anime series version of the "Scott Pilgrim" graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Multiple cast members from 2010 live-action film, "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" will be voice performers for the anime.
MANGA TO FILM - From GamesRadar: Fangoria Studios is set to adapt some of manga master, Junji Ito's horror manga short stories into movies, including the vampire tale, "Bloodsucking Darkness."
AMAZON - From THR: Former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief and Marvel Entertainment CCO, Joe Quesaada, has signed a first-look deal with Amazon. He will develop established and new comic book properties for film and television.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Acclaimed writer G. Willow Wilson talks about her "Poison Ivy" comic book series and about the new miniseries, "Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods."
EN MEMORIAM - From CBR: The American comic book writer, Steve Skeates, has died at the age of 80, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Skeates was best known for co-creating the DC Comics characters, "Hawk and Dove" with the late artist, Steve Ditko. Skeates also produced a noted run on "Aquaman" (1968-71) with artist Jim Aparo.
MARVEL - From CBR: There will be a new ongoing comic books series starring Marvel Comics' ultimate vampire hunter, "Blade." The new series is written by Bryan Edward Hill and drawn by Elena Casagrande and is due July 2023.