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EN MEMORIAM - From Deadline: The manga and anime creator, Leiji Matsumoto, has died at the age of 85, Monday, February 15, 2023. Matsumoto directed the legendary Japanese anime series, "Space Battleship Yamato" (1974-75), which is also known as "Star Blazers." He wrote and drew the manga, "Galaxy Express 999" (1977-81) and "Space Pirate Captain Harlock," to name a few. Matsumoto supervised the creation of several music videos for the French recording artists, the duo known as "Daft Punk," set to music from their 2001 album, "Discovery."
SONY MARVEL U - From ScreenRant: Series star Tom Hardy says that "Venom 3" is officially in pre-production.
COMICS - From TCJ: Dan DiDio, publisher of Frank Miller Presents and former DC Comics boss, talks to "The Comics Journal."
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: In the wake of the debut of the Disney Channel series, "Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur," reprint trade collections and back issues of the Marvel Comics' series of the same title are hot. So much for "Go woke, go broke."
CULLEN BUNNWORLD - From BleedingCool: Master of horror comics, writer Cullen Bunn, is dropping two new horror comic book series in May. "Lamentation" at Oni Press and "Ghostlore" at BOOM! Studios.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Variety: Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige talks about the studio's upcoming film slate.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: Director Todd Phillips shares a first-look at singer-actress image of Lady Gaga as "Harley Quinn" in the upcoming film, "Joker: Folie à deux."
MARVEL/SONY - From Deadline: Actor John Leguizamo talks about losing the role of "The Vulture" in Sony/Marvel's "Spider-Man: Homecoming."
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: Warner Bros. Pictures debuts a trailer for "The Flash," which is due June 16th.
DC ANIMATION - From DCBlog: Screenwriter Josie Campbell talks about the recently released animated Blu-ray movie, "Legion of Super-Heroes."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Tom Taylor talks about taking Jon Kent into the world of "Injustice" in the upcoming comic book series, "Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent."
From DCBlog: Alex Jaffe of "DC Blog" interviews writer Jeremy Adams about the upcoming arc in "The Flash," entitled "One Minute War."
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: Warner Bros. has released a new poster for its upcoming superhero flick, "The Flash." The film is due in theaters on June 16, 2023.
COMICS TO FILM - From IndieWire: Director of the upcoming "Cocaine Bear," Elizabeth Banks says she once made a pitch to direct "Thor: Ragnarok," but she never heard back from Marvel Studios. She also had a pitch for a Catwoman movie.
EN MEMORIAM - From CBR: Comic book artist, Lee Moder, has died at the age of 53 on or around January 15, 2023. He was best known for creating Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl with writer Geoff Johns, the star of the series "Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E." He also drew "Wonder Woman" and "Legion of Super-Heroes" for DC and "X-Force" for Marvel Comics. He also created the vampire comic book, "Shinku" with Ron Marz for Image Comics
MARVEL - From CBR: The great cartoonist and comics creator, Ho Che Anderson, talks about the cancellation of "Luke Cage: City of Fire" in this wide-ranging interview.
DC ANIMATION - From Deadline: "Abbot Elementary's" Quinta Brunson will voice "Hawkgirl" and Tyler James Williams will voice "Hawkman" in the upcoming animated Valentine's special, "Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special." The special will debut Feb. 9th on HBO Max.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Morgan Hampton talks about bringing Cyborg into the 21st century in the new "Dawn of DC" May 2023 launch, "Cyborg."
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: DC Studios' co-CEO Peter Safran says that the cancelled "Batgirl" film was "not releasable." He says that he wants to be "back in business" with the film's creative talent.
COMICS TO TV - From Deadline: Amazon Studios is developing a deal to adapt writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips comic books series, "Criminal," into a TV series. Brubaker will serve as head writer and executive producer.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: James Mangold, director of the upcoming "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" and previous "Logan," is in early talks to direct DC Studios' just announced "Swamp Thing" film.
MANGA TO TV - From CBR: Netflix has announced that its live-action series adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's legendary manga, "One Piece," will debut later this year (2023).
DC STUDIOS - From YouTube: Here is DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn's video announcement about Chapter One: Gods and Monsters of the new DC Studios film and TV slate.
From DCBlog: Here is a run down on the next generation of DC Comics movies and television, according to DC Studios co-bosses, James Gunn and Peter Safran. Chapter One (not Phase One) is entitled "Gods and Monsters."
From DCBlog: DC Studios Co-Chairmen and co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran talk about building a new DC Universe.
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