I wrote this up just to recap some of the bigger news coming out of this past weekend's Comic Con.
Comic Con 2008 news recap
Punisher: War Zone movie clips revealed
Some of the first clips of the new Punisher: War Zone were shown at Comic Con. The video is a music video of the violent action from the movie. This video also gave us a good look at the movies villain; Jigsaw. This movie looks to be very violent, something that was missing from the last Punisher movie. Ray Stevenson plays a very good Punisher. Let’s hope the movie is as good as this trailer is.
Link to video: http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/382367/punisher-war-zone/videos/punisher_warzone_072308.html
Ed Brubaker to write online live action series
The writer of Uncanny X-Men and the man who wrote the death of Captain America will be writing a live action series for crackle.com. The series is called Angel of Death and it stars Zoe Bell. The series is the story of an assassin (Bell) who after receiving a head wound is haunted by all of the death’s that she has caused, this causes her to kill the people who put out the hits. The series will premier sometime in 2009 and each episode will be around 8 to 10 minutes long. Once all of the episodes have been released online they will be collected in a direct to DVD video release.
Angel of Death website: http://crackle.com/outreach/angelofdeath
Watchmen video game announced
A video game of the huge comic and upcoming movie has been announced. The game will be downloadable and will be available for the X-Box 360, the PS3, and the PC. The game is said to be an “action brawler†which doesn’t really fit the tone of the original comic. Playable characters include Rorschach and Nite Owl.
X-Men panel
One big announcement that came out of Marvel’s X-Men panel was the announcement of Inferno II. Inferno II will be the next big event that will tie into the core X-Men books. The story was originally pitched as an idea for an annual, but it was decided that the story was too big for one issue. One preview image for the series was released: http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccxmen15.jpg
Some footage shown from X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The short clip featured video of Wolverine, Sabretooth, Blob, Deadpool, and Gambit. Wolverine himself, Hugh Jackman promised a berzerker rage in the movie.
Mondo Marvel panel
Some big announcements came out of the Mondo Marvel panel, one of them being the War Machine series. This series is taking the place of Iron Man: Director of SHIELD. It will be written by Greg Pak with art by Leonardo Manco. The first issue of the War Machine series will be released in December. War Machine preview art: http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccmondo17.jpg
Also announced was a six issue Punisher: War Zone miniseries. Despite the name, this series will not tie into the upcoming movie. The series will be put out weekly, so that means this it will only last for six weeks. An ongoing Agents of Atlas series was also announced. It will be written by Jeff Parker. Agents of Atlas preview art: http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccmondo3.jpg
New Robocop movie announced
MGM pictures has announced that Darren Aronofsky will direct the new Robocop movie. The movie will be released in 2010. The script will be written by David Self. The actor who will play Robocop has not been announced as of yet.
Red Sonja panel
The Red Sonja movie will be directed by Robert Rodriguez and will star Rose McGowen. Production on the movie will begin in October. Two promo images have been released: http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccredsonja1.jpg and http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccredsonja2.jpg
Stephen King to make online comic
With the help of Marvel, Stephen King will be releasing a new online comic called N. For a preview of the comic go to www.NisHere.com. The comic will be available for $.99 for five issues or $3.99 for the entire series. The series starts July 28 and runs through August 29.
Watchmen panel
Watchmen director Zack Snyder has been trying to keep this movie true to the comic and from seeing the preview images he is doing a good job. Snyder did say that there would be parts of the movie that did not take place in the book, and that has got some people worried. Now onto the preview images.
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen1.jpg
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen2.jpg
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen3.jpg
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen5.jpg
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen6.jpg
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The Spirit panel
Director Frank Millar spoke about directing the movie about the comic that his mentor Will Eisner (who died in 2005) created. A trailer of the movie was played, it introduced the women in the movie and the Octopus, played by Samuel L. Jackson. The final clip shown was of a knock-down drag-out brawl between the Spirit and Octopus. The clip ended with the Octopus dropping a toilet on the head of the Spirit and that saying “Come on. Toilets are always funny!â€
For a full recap and a look at the poster go to http://www.wizarduniverse.com/072508sdccspirit.html
Trailer for the Black Panther cartoon on BET released
The trailer really speaks for itself: http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video_sdcc.php?videoRef=NA_080725_black_panther2
I can’t help but think that this won’t be on TV for long.
The LOST panel
A lot of news came out of this panel. One huge piece of news is that Jin and Locke will still be on the show next season. It was said that now the creators are trying to steer away from flashbacks, which is very unlike the show. Vincent the dog is said to be fine and will survive the series and will appear in the final show. Season 5 is going to be seventeen episodes long and will start in February. Near the end of the panel someone burst onstage and played a video from the Dharma booth. The video is from 30 years in the past and it predicted many events that are happening today. After the video stopped a Dharma rep declared the panel over.
Secret Invasion panel
A big Marvel event was announced at this panel. It is called War of the Kings (promo art: http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccinvasion5.jpg) In this event you will see the Inhumans, Vulcan, Havok, Polaris, and Marvel Girl. Onto Secret Invasion news. We will find out what happened to the heroes who were replaced by Skrulls and we will find out who the he is in “He loves you.†Deadpool will have a role in Secret Invasion and when it is done he will have new friends and new enemies.
Ultimate Universe panel
The panel was actually called “Marvel: The Ultimate Universe Must Die.†Ultimate Captain America Annual will show the origin of the Black Panther. Mark Millar will be returning to writing in the Ultimate Universe, but to what extent was not announced. Someone in the crowd asked if Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk would ever be finished, this made writer Damon Lindelof run on stage and hand off the script for the final issue to Joe Quesada. There are plans for Ultimate Deadpool to return.
Dark Horse panel
Umbrella Academy 2 will be released on November 26. The volume will focus on Number 5 and his time traveling ability.
DC: One Weekend Later panel
The panel is hugely news worthy because it was announced that Neil Gaiman will be writing a Batman project with Andy Kubert on art. The story is called “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?†The story will happen in January and will include one issue of Batman and one issue of Detective Comics; both will be oversized.
Comic Con 2008 news recap
Punisher: War Zone movie clips revealed
Some of the first clips of the new Punisher: War Zone were shown at Comic Con. The video is a music video of the violent action from the movie. This video also gave us a good look at the movies villain; Jigsaw. This movie looks to be very violent, something that was missing from the last Punisher movie. Ray Stevenson plays a very good Punisher. Let’s hope the movie is as good as this trailer is.
Link to video: http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/382367/punisher-war-zone/videos/punisher_warzone_072308.html
Ed Brubaker to write online live action series
The writer of Uncanny X-Men and the man who wrote the death of Captain America will be writing a live action series for crackle.com. The series is called Angel of Death and it stars Zoe Bell. The series is the story of an assassin (Bell) who after receiving a head wound is haunted by all of the death’s that she has caused, this causes her to kill the people who put out the hits. The series will premier sometime in 2009 and each episode will be around 8 to 10 minutes long. Once all of the episodes have been released online they will be collected in a direct to DVD video release.
Angel of Death website: http://crackle.com/outreach/angelofdeath
Watchmen video game announced
A video game of the huge comic and upcoming movie has been announced. The game will be downloadable and will be available for the X-Box 360, the PS3, and the PC. The game is said to be an “action brawler†which doesn’t really fit the tone of the original comic. Playable characters include Rorschach and Nite Owl.
X-Men panel
One big announcement that came out of Marvel’s X-Men panel was the announcement of Inferno II. Inferno II will be the next big event that will tie into the core X-Men books. The story was originally pitched as an idea for an annual, but it was decided that the story was too big for one issue. One preview image for the series was released: http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccxmen15.jpg
Some footage shown from X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The short clip featured video of Wolverine, Sabretooth, Blob, Deadpool, and Gambit. Wolverine himself, Hugh Jackman promised a berzerker rage in the movie.
Mondo Marvel panel
Some big announcements came out of the Mondo Marvel panel, one of them being the War Machine series. This series is taking the place of Iron Man: Director of SHIELD. It will be written by Greg Pak with art by Leonardo Manco. The first issue of the War Machine series will be released in December. War Machine preview art: http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccmondo17.jpg
Also announced was a six issue Punisher: War Zone miniseries. Despite the name, this series will not tie into the upcoming movie. The series will be put out weekly, so that means this it will only last for six weeks. An ongoing Agents of Atlas series was also announced. It will be written by Jeff Parker. Agents of Atlas preview art: http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccmondo3.jpg
New Robocop movie announced
MGM pictures has announced that Darren Aronofsky will direct the new Robocop movie. The movie will be released in 2010. The script will be written by David Self. The actor who will play Robocop has not been announced as of yet.
Red Sonja panel
The Red Sonja movie will be directed by Robert Rodriguez and will star Rose McGowen. Production on the movie will begin in October. Two promo images have been released: http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccredsonja1.jpg and http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccredsonja2.jpg
Stephen King to make online comic
With the help of Marvel, Stephen King will be releasing a new online comic called N. For a preview of the comic go to www.NisHere.com. The comic will be available for $.99 for five issues or $3.99 for the entire series. The series starts July 28 and runs through August 29.
Watchmen panel
Watchmen director Zack Snyder has been trying to keep this movie true to the comic and from seeing the preview images he is doing a good job. Snyder did say that there would be parts of the movie that did not take place in the book, and that has got some people worried. Now onto the preview images.
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen1.jpg
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen2.jpg
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen3.jpg
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen5.jpg
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen6.jpg
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen7.jpg
http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Jim/watchmen8.jpg
The Spirit panel
Director Frank Millar spoke about directing the movie about the comic that his mentor Will Eisner (who died in 2005) created. A trailer of the movie was played, it introduced the women in the movie and the Octopus, played by Samuel L. Jackson. The final clip shown was of a knock-down drag-out brawl between the Spirit and Octopus. The clip ended with the Octopus dropping a toilet on the head of the Spirit and that saying “Come on. Toilets are always funny!â€
For a full recap and a look at the poster go to http://www.wizarduniverse.com/072508sdccspirit.html
Trailer for the Black Panther cartoon on BET released
The trailer really speaks for itself: http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video_sdcc.php?videoRef=NA_080725_black_panther2
I can’t help but think that this won’t be on TV for long.
The LOST panel
A lot of news came out of this panel. One huge piece of news is that Jin and Locke will still be on the show next season. It was said that now the creators are trying to steer away from flashbacks, which is very unlike the show. Vincent the dog is said to be fine and will survive the series and will appear in the final show. Season 5 is going to be seventeen episodes long and will start in February. Near the end of the panel someone burst onstage and played a video from the Dharma booth. The video is from 30 years in the past and it predicted many events that are happening today. After the video stopped a Dharma rep declared the panel over.
Secret Invasion panel
A big Marvel event was announced at this panel. It is called War of the Kings (promo art: http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/Previews/PREV423/sdccinvasion5.jpg) In this event you will see the Inhumans, Vulcan, Havok, Polaris, and Marvel Girl. Onto Secret Invasion news. We will find out what happened to the heroes who were replaced by Skrulls and we will find out who the he is in “He loves you.†Deadpool will have a role in Secret Invasion and when it is done he will have new friends and new enemies.
Ultimate Universe panel
The panel was actually called “Marvel: The Ultimate Universe Must Die.†Ultimate Captain America Annual will show the origin of the Black Panther. Mark Millar will be returning to writing in the Ultimate Universe, but to what extent was not announced. Someone in the crowd asked if Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk would ever be finished, this made writer Damon Lindelof run on stage and hand off the script for the final issue to Joe Quesada. There are plans for Ultimate Deadpool to return.
Dark Horse panel
Umbrella Academy 2 will be released on November 26. The volume will focus on Number 5 and his time traveling ability.
DC: One Weekend Later panel
The panel is hugely news worthy because it was announced that Neil Gaiman will be writing a Batman project with Andy Kubert on art. The story is called “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?†The story will happen in January and will include one issue of Batman and one issue of Detective Comics; both will be oversized.
