New Iron Man 2 pictures






DC Comics solicitations July 2010

Highlights:


BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT ARCHIVES VOL. 7 HC
Advance solicited
On sale December 22
264 pg, FC, $59.99 US
Written by DON CAMERON, BILL FINGER & others
Art by DICK SPRANG, JERRY ROBINSON & others
Cover by DICK SPRANG
Don’t miss the latest set of 1940s stories from BATMAN #26-31! Includes appearances by Two-Face, the Cavalier, the villainous duo Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Crime Surgeon and more.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE DOOM PATROL VOL. 2 TP
On sale August 18
512 pg, B&W, $19.99 US
Written by ARNOLD DRAKE
Art by BRUNO PREMIANI
Cover by BOB BROWN
The fate of comics’ strangest super-team is revealed in this volume collecting DOOM PATROL #102-121! Don’t miss the original team’s final battles with General Immortus, The Brotherhood of Evil and the Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man.

Complete list of solicits here.

Production photos from Gerry Anderson's Super Car series

DVD new releases April 20, 2010: Avatar; Perry Mason; Whispering Smith; Xena

Perry Mason: Season Five, Vol. 1 Whispering Smith - 25 Episodes - starring Audie Murphy Xena: Warrior Princess - Season One

CD new releases April 20, 2010: Glee Power of Madonna; Moby Grape Live; Roky Erickson; Sly Stone in the Studio; Apples in Stereo

Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna Moby Grape Live True Love Cast Out All Evil Sly Stone in the Studio 1965-70Travellers in Space & Time

New Doctor Who promo pics

New Doctor, old companion to make stops on Sarah Jane Chronicles

The latest Doctor Who, Matt Smith, and 1970s companion Jo Grant (played by Katy Manning) will appear in the new season of "The Sarah Jane Chronicles" in two episodes penned by the show's executive producer Russell T. Davies, reports the BBC.

The two episodes will see The Doctor and his two former time-travelling partners caught up in an alien-busting adventure that will entertain Doctor Who fans of all ages.
Elisabeth Sladen, who plays Sarah Jane comments: "It's a fantastic script and I can't wait to work with another Doctor and hope Matt has fun with us. I've known Katy for ages and I am delighted to be working with her. I last met her in LA but this time we will be in Cardiff. LA was good but Cardiff is better."
Katy Manning, who recently returned to live in the UK again, adds: "Playing Jo Grant again is something I never really considered. I was gob-smacked when they told me and I am over the moon. What an incredible little treat. I come home and this is one of the first things that happens."
Executive producer Nikki Wilson says: "We are absolutely thrilled to be introducing Sarah Jane and the gang to both The Eleventh Doctor and Jo Grant, and to have a script penned by Russell T Davies is the icing on the cake!

"Viewers are in for a real treat, with an action-packed story full of Russell's usual wit and warmth, which takes the gang inside a secret base beneath Snowdon and introduces brand-new vulture aliens, the mysterious Shansheeth. All this, plus a trip to an alien planet – a first for The Sarah Jane Adventures."
Featuring the usual mixture of thrills, laughs and scares, the fourth series promises fun with enemies old and new, including the terrors of the Nightmare Man and a dangerous journey back into history.
A galaxy of guest stars are lined up to appear in the series and include Laila Rouass (Primeval, Footballers Wives) and Cheryl Campbell (Pennies From Heaven), whilst David Bradley (Argus Filch in Harry Potter) will provide the voice of the Shansheeth.
The Sarah Jane Adventures is executive produced by Nikki Wilson and Russell T Davies and produced by Brian Minchin.

DC previews new Doc Savage title

You can get a peek at DC's new Doc series here.

Record Store Day is this weekend: cool exclusives

Each year, record stores encourage people to remember that they still exist with a special day, and special treats to lure people through their doors.

This year's lineup of special 45 r.p.m. records and other goodies features limited-edition releases by Bruce Springsteen, Elvises Presley and Costello, Blur, Jimi Hendrix and more. See the entire lineup here.

Tolkien-C.S. Lewis team-up stories to hit big screen

A movie adaptation is in the works for James A. Owen's "Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica" series, which tells the fictional, world-hopping adventures of a young J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. It's a cool-sounding idea. I hadn't heard of the books before today.

Scorsese planning 3-D Hugo Cabret adaptation

This could be good: Martin Scorsese plans a animated, 3-D adaptation of Brian Selznick's children's book/graphic novel hybrid "The Invention of Hugo Cabret."

Based on Brian Selznick's best-selling children's book, story is set in 1930s Paris and centers on a 12-year-old orphan named Hugo, who lives in a train station and must finish what his late father started by solving the mystery of a broken robot.

Project, which will begin lensing in London in June, marks Scorsese's first foray into kid lit as well as his debut 3D film.

Joss Whedon to pen/direct Avengers film

This is a promising development. From Variety:
Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Incredible Hulk will soon start taking orders from Joss Whedon.
Marvel Studios is wrapping up a deal for Whedon to helm "The Avengers," which assembles the superheroes in one pic on May 4, 2012, that Paramount will distrib. Whedon will also rework Zak Penn's script.

Retro-Action Aquaman figure

Here's a pic of Mattel's new Mego-style Aquaman Retro-Action figure.