The Greatest American Hero is making comic books
It seems that a guest-stint on Heroes isn’t enough, William Katt must further prove himself by starting his own comic book company, Catastrophic Comics. Their debut comic, called Sparks, is being released today.
According to the press release, the series is set in 1948 and follows Ian Sparks, a masked vigilante who discovers the high price of being a hero. Sparks was co-created by William Katt and Christopher Folino, the writer/director of the cult comedy film “Gamers.”
“My goal for Catastrophic Comics is to tell original stories, with amazing art work, that don’t suck. And I can’t imagine a better book to launch our company with than Sparks. JM and Chris have done a superb job with this gritty book,” commented William Katt.
Between this and his upcoming TV appearance, it seems that Mr. Katt is milking his former television glory for all its worth. Not that I blame him. The Star Trek actors have been doing it for decades.
Emily the Strange - The First Movie Adapted From a Sticker?
Emily the Strange was created by Santa Cruz skateboarder Rob Reger in the early 1990’s to help promote his company Cosmic Debris Etc. Inc. Before becoming a cult counterculture icon, Emily began on a sticker that was passed out for free at concerts, record stores and skate shops to help promote Cosmic Debris. I give you this back story because I think it’s very important to establish that Emily The Strange will be the first movie ever to be adapted from a sticker. And I remember a few years back when people thought it was strange that DreamWorks was making a movie out of a line of action figures.
The character is a goth looking 13-year old girl who is usually accompanied by her four black cats: Sabbath - the troublemaker, Nee-Chee - the schemer, Miles - the creative, and Mystery, the leader of the group. The franchise has a considerable merchandising catalog, including clothing, stationery, stickers, and accessories, very popular with the Hot Topic crowd.
Dark Horse Entertainment president Mike Richardson will produce the film, which is currently on the hunt for a director. Richardson says that the filmmaker choice may in turn dictate what format will serve the story best: live-action, animation, or a combination of both. I can’t really imagine Emily the Strange as a live-action movie. May-be they could do a mixture using the Sin City approach. The story is said to be based on one of the four Emily the Strange young adult novels, which will be published next year by HarperCollins. Not much is known other than it will offer up some backstory on the character, and will feature her four cats.
The project is also not yet set-up at a studio. Universal, who is producing the comic book company’s Hellboy series, has a first-look deal.
source: The Hollywood Reporter
New Iron Man Photos and… Movie Trailer?
ScreenRant has four new photos from Jon Favreau’s Iron Man. Check them out below (and above).
Earlier today, Marvel reported that a new Iron Man movie trailer would debut during LOST. Many fans watched tonight’s episode, but were left disappointed when no trailer premiered. Some website’s speculated that maybe Marvel meant next week’s episode. The comic book company appears to have since removed the article announcing the trailer. Other movie websites also removed their articles completely (can no one post a retraction now-a-days). I’m guessing that the new Iron Man trailer will premiere on Saturday during WonderCon in San Francisco, and then Paramount will make the official announcement regarding it’s network premiere during Lost. I could be wrong.
Tony Stark with personal assistant Pepper Potts
Tony Stark with his mentor and eventual nemesis Obadiah Stane
Tony Stark, the prisoner
“Hi, I’m a Marvel.” “…and I’m a DC.”
There are far too many Mac vs. PC advertisement parodies on the internet, but we’ve actually found one that is quite funny. Some random guy named Mike took the low budget approach (don’t let that fact scare you away) and used two action figures in front of a white sheet of paper. The resulting videos use Superman as the straight-man-like spokesperson for DC Comics, a once striving comic book company with promising film properties. And much in the vein of the Apple advertisements, Spider-Man represents the cooler and more modern Marvel Comics, which has a lot in development, at least in terms of film franchises. The second video features a laugh out loud cameo of another popular Marvel character. The third and fourth videos poke fun at the biggest fanboy complaints regarding Superman Returns. Check them out after the jump.
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