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With the success of Iron Man evident, Marvel took advantage of their quarterly conference call with investors to review the future. While it should be noted publishing itself was down 4%, the future for the company is certainly bright given the licensing revenue that should roll in over the next three years. The studio arm,… [Continue Reading]
Wanted is more than month away from release, but screenwriters Derek Haas and Michael Brandt (3:10 to Yuma) have been signed to write a sequel. The Universal Studios movie is based on Mark Millar and J.G. Jones’ Image miniseries so a sequel would be moving into original territory.
No surprise here. Iron Man blasted his way through the box office charts, taking in an estimated $104.3 million dollars. The revenue includes Thursday night’s sneak preview. The Friday opening of over $38 million ranked as the 14th best in history. Shellhead’s $104 million exploits were found on 4105 screens averaging $24,543 per screen. Other… [Continue Reading]
I’ll admit it right up front; I grew up with Iron Man as my favorite Marvel super-hero. I can’t say why exactly, although I really liked the armor and the gadgets and when Gene Colan began drawing his adventures, I loved the artwork. So, you might imagine, I was predisposed to enjoy the movie which… [Continue Reading]
The Iron Monger may be defeated in today’s release of Iron Man but talk is already starting for the sequel. After all, seeds have been planted about the Mandarin, his old comic book foe. Sumner Redstone and his Paramount Pictures head honcho Brad Gray confirmed last nigh that they anticipate approving a sequel with May… [Continue Reading]
Wolfgang Peterson (Das Boot) has exited work on the delayed adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game. Chartoff Productions seeks another director who can get this project it production sometime in 2009 for a 2010 release. Card has written a fresh draft of the script and until a director is signed, casting will be on… [Continue Reading]
Writer Antony Johnson (Stormbreaker) and Wilson Tortosa (Tomb Raider) have been named the creative team behind DelRey Manga’s interpretation of Wolverine, coming in spring 2009. The project was announced in 2007 as part of series of projects between Marvel and DelRey. More X-Men material is expected from Raina Telgemeier and Dave Roman. TokyoPop announced at… [Continue Reading]
Reginald Hudlin is BET’s president of entertainment. Regindald Hudlin write the Black Panther for Marvel. So, is there any surprise that BET announced a first quarter 2009 debut of a Black Panther animated show? Kill-Switch is another new series in development at the Sci-Fi Channel. The series writers Don Mancini and Howie Mandel will also… [Continue Reading]
William Monahan (The Departed) wrote a story for a forthcoming issue of Playboy that has already been optioned for a film which he will write. It’s a profile of Jim Keene, the son of a police chief, and a drug dealer who works undercover at a psychiatric institute to avoid jail time. His assignment is… [Continue Reading]
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