In 2010 DC Comics will release SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE and BATMAN: EARTH ONE. A new original ongoing series told in graphic novel form. The Earth One series will revisit Superman’s & Batman’s first years, retold on a new earth with an all new continuity SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE will be written by J. Michael Straczynski and [...]
News
Bruce Wayne Is Coming Back In 2010
In Final Crisis during an epic battle with Darkseid Batman was hit with the Omega Effect. Since then Bruce Wayne has been lost to the timestream and everyone in the DC Universe (except Tim Drake) is convinced he is dead. In April 2010 Grant Morrison’s BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE will hit stands. It [...]
Marvel Studios Chairman To Step Down
Variety is reporting that Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel will step down from his position once the Disney’s acquisition of Marvel is finalized (which is expected before the end of the year). Maisel will still act as an execitve producer on “Thor” and “The First Avenger: Captain America”.
War of The Supermen
The DC Universe “The Source” has announced the next big event in the DC Universe: War of the Supermen. Things between New Krypton and Earth had to come to a head sooner or later… War of The Supermen #0 will be released on Free Comic Book Day (5/1/10). The first cover has an amazing image [...]
Archie Comics Coming To The Big Screen?
Variety is reporting that Archie Comics Publications has signed with talent agency CAA, in hopes to create branded entertainment opportunities in both film and TV. Archie Comics owns Archie & Friends, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats, Cosmo the Merry Martian, Super Duck and Dotty and Ditto. Archie Comics has already seen some [...]
Kirby Heirs Reclaiming Copyrights
Jack Kirby’s four children have served 45 notices of termination to Marvel, Disney, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures. The notices express intent to regain copyrights, some as early as 2014. Jack Kirby and Stan Lee co-created many of Marvel’s famous heroes including: “Thor”, “Iron Man”, “X-Men”, and “The Fantastic Four”. [...]
DC Entertainment Formed
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. has created DC Entertainment Inc., a new company founded to fully realize the power and value of the DC Comics brand and characters across all media and platforms, to be run by Diane Nelson. DC Entertainment, a separate division of WBEI, will be charged with strategically integrating the DC Comics business, [...]
Disney To Acquire Marvel
The proposed transaction, still needs regulatory approval, will give Disney the ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters (which will be overseen by Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter) Under the proposed deal Disney will pay $30 in cash and about three-quarters of a Disney share for each share of Marvel. The total value of the Disney stock issued [...]