The Weekend in Review: Ignatz, Shuster Awards, and Iron Man 2.
There was a ton going on this weekend, in Baltimore, in cyberspace, and here in New York. Here are some highlights. The New York Anime Festival showed record attendance. Up 16% from last year, which is great to hear. The Ignatz Awards were announced. Congratulations to Jordan Crane, Nate Powell, and for the Kramers Argot, [...]
Today in “What Does This Remind You Of?”
For your consideration: Brian Austin Green as Metallo on Smallville. Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in Iron Man 2. Heh. Well, this is awkward. No, not that the fact that the former 90210 alum is sticking close to something that he previously did on Sarah Conner Chronicles BUT the fact that he looks so much like [...]
The Friday Morning Film Round-up.
Things are a-shakin’ in the comic book and sci fi film world this week. “The Usual Suspects” writer Christopher McQuarrie said he will be writing “Wolverine 2″. Apparently, the Oscar winning screen writer helped on the last film’s script but declined credit. McQuarrie’s collaborator on “The Usual Suspects” (Bryan Singer) may direct a Battlestar Galactica [...]
Hey, check out some grainy footage from Iron Man 2 and Kick-Ass.
Over the weekend, grainy footage from the Kick-Ass and Iron Man 2 panels at SDCC wound up on the Internet. The Iron Man 2 footage, which was sweded by a couple of budding fanboys, showed Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) giving it to Gary Shandling which was quite hilarious. The Kick-Ass footage, however, I don’t [...]
Fans Swede “Iron Man 2″ footage, Be Kind Rewind Style.
So some fans “Be Kind Rewind” ‘d the “Iron Man 2″ footage from Comic Con, because the studio hadn’t released the clip yet. And we echo what Topless Robot had to say on this topic: I’d also like to ask why on god’s green earth these studios don’t release the actual footage after showing it [...]
SDCC: Matt Fraction is all things “Iron Man”.
That is certainly a good thing. From consulting on the “Iron Man 2″ movie, to being nominated for an Eisner for his work on “Invincible Iron Man” it now surfaces that Matt Fraction is writing the video game version of Jon Favreau’s film. The trailer premiered at Comic Con. Along with this bit of news, [...]
The Daily Planet Presents: Thursday Walk of Shame #1 with Jeff Ayers and Dave Press.
I shot this idea at Jeff earlier this week of doing a Basement Tapes-like weekly column where he and I talk about this Wednesday’s comics and other comic related events the morning after. Hence, “Thursday’s Walk of Shame.” Now, would probably be a really great time to say GIANT SPOILERS from this week, and last [...]