Myron over at blogofoa has been super busy for the last two months. Here's the latest on Warner Bro's plans for the franchise. (Maybe we can get added to his list of favorite blogs again...ha ha...=)
Tuesday, June 28
Green Lantern 2?
Myron over at blogofoa has been super busy for the last two months. Here's the latest on Warner Bro's plans for the franchise. (Maybe we can get added to his list of favorite blogs again...ha ha...=)
Scott Snyder
He is also writing Batman & American Vampires monthly. The artist that draw for him are top notch!
Rafael Albuquerque & Sean Murphy( American Vampires) Greg Capullo (Batman in September 2011) Yanick Paquette ( Swampthing 2011)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Snyder
http://twitter.com/#!/ssnyder1835
podcast interview w/ IGN http://ie.comics.ign.com/articles/117/1177077p1.html
Nathan Fox Monthly!
Am I the only one who feels weird when USA Today breaks a comic book news story? The bad news is Robert Kirkman and artist Greg Capullo are leaving Haunt. The Awesome news is writer Joe Casey (Butcher Baker) and Nathan Fox are taking over. Also Greg Capullo is drawing Batman written by Scott Snyder. Win, win, and win.
Thursday, June 16
It Arrives
If audiences have learned anything from J.J. Abrams over the past decade or so, it’s to expect the unexpected when it comes to his wildly diverse projects. He has experimented in nearly all genres (even blending them) in his impressive resume that includes cult television hits Lost, Alias, and Fringe as well as big screen successes Cloverfield, Mission Impossible III, and 2009’s acclaimed Star Trek revamp that managed to turn the heads of even the staunchest Trek-haters. When it was announced that Abrams was putting together a new project, under the watchful eye of mentor Steven Spielberg, puzzlingly titled Super 8, message boards went crazy, and rightfully so.
After all, if there is any one factor that binds Abrams’ vast array of work together it is his love of mystery, and Super 8 is no exception. Well folks, the waiting is over and after months of vague viral marketing campaigns and trailers that revealed – well – nothing, Super 8 is currently at a theatre near you, resting comfortably atop the box office competition, a seat it has rightfully earned.
Continue reading the full review here.
Sunday, June 5
Our Last Hope is the First Class
A confident young man, complete with a full head of hair, swaggers over to a beautiful young woman, spouting off evolutionary facts as off kilter, albeit effective, pick up lines. Ladies and gentleman, meet Charles Xavier, who general audiences now know as Professor X, the wise, benevolent, very bald and wheel-chair bound leader of the super powered squad commonly known as The X-Men.
Set in the early 1960s, X-Men: First Class is a wildly imaginative and stylish film, a loose prequel to the popular film franchise that has brought in over one billion dollars over the course of four installments.
Even though the series had continued to prove profitable, it began to fall out of favor with both critics and audiences, first with the initial trilogy’s concluding chapter, X-Men: The Last Stand, and next with the entertaining, but overall disappointing X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Somewhere along the line, the films lost the thematic integrity and smart storytelling with which director Bryan Singer’s X-Men and X2 established the bar for serious, respectable comic adaptations.
Enter director Matthew Vaughn, hot off his success with the no holds barred Kick-Ass, and a limited but impressive resume that also features the British gangster film Layer Cake and the underrated fantasy gem Stardust. Vaughn proves to be just the adrenaline boost that the lagging X-Franchise needs. His presence, coupled with a story from Singer (who also returns in a producing capacity) makes for a fast, fun, thrill ride with real gravitas, a true return to the excellent form of the first two films.
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