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Monday, October 31, 2022
I Reads You Juniors: October 2022 - Update #37
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NEWS:
DC TV - From Deadline: The CW has cancelled its DC Comics' series, "Stargirl," with the last episode scheduled to air December 7, 2022.
From Deadline: Cristin Milioti has been cast as the female lead, "Sofia Falcone," in the HBO Max series, "The Penguin," which is a spinoff of this year's hit film, "The Batman."
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: After writing and producing the first two "Venom" film, Kelly Marcel will direct "Venom 3."
DC STUDIOS - From THR: Writer-director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran will co-chairs and co-CEOs of DC Studios, a newly formed division at Warner Bros. that will replace DC Films. They will report to Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav and will be in charge of all film, TV, and animation based on DC Comics' properties.
From Variety: Henry Cavill says that his Superman will be "enormously joyful" when he returns.
From THR: The formerly announced "Green Lantern" HBO Max series is being redeveloped. Its focus will now be on the Green Lantern "John Stewart," instead of the previously announced Alan Scott and Guy Gardner.
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: Actor Henry Cavill is in final talks to return as "Superman" in a number of Warner Bros. DC films.
MARVEL/DC COMICS TO FILM - From THR: Starring in a film based on a Marvel or DC Comics property is the one of the last bastions of huge paydays for movie stars.
COMICS TO FILM - From THR: The film adaptation of Rob Liefeld's comic book, "Prophet," has a writer, Kirk Johnstad ("300").
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: After 15 years at Warner Bros and four as the president of DC Films, Walter Hamada has finally left the Burbank, CA lot. Sources tell "Deadline" that the former executive is waiting for the senior Warner Bros Discovery brass to finalize his exit payout.
DC TV - From Variety: Alan Moore told the showrunner of HBO's recent hit "Watchmen" TV series to never contact him.
DC CINEMA - From THR: Without a leader, DC Films is at a turning point. Dwayne Johnson flexes his muscles, while James Gunn pitches one (or maybe two) secret film projects, plus sequels in development for Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Superman.
COMICS TO FILM - From THR: Millennium Media has released a first-look image from its upcoming film, "Red Sonja," based on the comic book character created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith, based on the Robert E. Howard character. Matilda Lutz plays Red Sonja.
EUROCOMICS TO FILM - From Deadline: Sony Pictures is making a new film based on the late Jean Claude-Forest's graphic novel, "Barbarella." It was previously adapted as the 1968 film of the same name starring Jane Fonda.
DC COMICS - From IGN: At NYCC 2022, DC Comics announced a revamp of its Superman line of comic books, with new titles and the return of Clark Kent/Kal-El to Earth.
EN MEMORIAM - From CBR: Korean comic book illustrator and visual artist, Kim Jung Gi, has died at the age of 47, Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Gi was also known for his complex friezes, which made him a "Guinness World Records" holder.
From BleedingCool: Cartoonist and graphic designer, Vincent Kukua, has died at the 45, Friday, October 4, 2022. He had worked for in production and prepress for Black Mask Studios, Image Comics, and Oni Press.
From BleedingCool: Comic book publisher, Drew Ford, has died at the age of 48, Sunday, October 2, 2022. Ford was the founder of "It's Alive Press," which published out-of-print comic books, foreign translations, and original material.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Meghan Fitzmartin talks about her plans for Tim Drake in the new ongoing series, "Tim Drake: Robin."
DC CINEMA - From TheWrap: Warner Bros. Discovery’s DC Chief is the best job in Hollywood that nobody wants.
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Monday, October 3, 2022
DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for October 4, 2022
Absolute Doomsday Clock HC, $125.00
American Vampire Omnibus Volume 1 HC (2022 Edition), $125.00
Batman #128 (Cover A Jorge Jimenez), $4.99
Batman #128 (Cover B Gabriele Dell’Otto Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman #128 (Cover C Francesco Mattina Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman #128 (Cover D Ryan Sook Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #128 (Cover E Jock Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman #128 (Cover F Guillem March Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Batman Knightwatch #2 (Of 5)(Cover A Marcelo Di Chiara), $2.99
Batman The Long Halloween Haunted Knight Deluxe Edition HC, $49.99
Black Adam The Justice Society Files Doctor Fate #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Kaare Andrews), $5.99
Black Adam The Justice Society Files Doctor Fate #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Photo Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Constantine Distorted Illusions TP, $16.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #5 (Of 7)(Cover A Daniel Sampere & Alejandro Sanchez), $4.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #5 (Of 7)(Cover B Ivan Reis & Danny Miki Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #5 (Of 7)(Cover C Mateus Manhanini Identity Crisis Homage Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #5 (Of 7)(Cover D Ariel Colon Card Stock Variant), AR
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #5 (Of 7)(Cover E Mikel Janin Card Stock Variant), AR
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #5 (Of 7)(Cover F Daniel Sampere & Alejandro Sanchez Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #5 (Of 7)(Cover G Perforation Trading Card 1 Of 2 Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #5 (Of 7)(Cover H Perforation Trading Card 2 Of 2 Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Dark Crisis The Deadly Green #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Goni Montes), $5.99
Dark Crisis The Deadly Green #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Felipe Massafera), $5.99
Dark Crisis The Deadly Green #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Steve Beach Foil Variant), AR
Gotham City Year One #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Phil Hester & Eric Gapstur), $4.99
Gotham City Year One #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Ryan Sook), $4.99
Gotham City Year One #1 (Of 6)(Cover C David Marquez), AR
Hardware Season One HC, $29.99
I Am Batman #13 (Cover C Georges Jeanty Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 (Cover A Carmine Di Giandomenico), $5.99
Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 (Cover B Lee Bermejo), $5.99
Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 (Cover C David Nakayama), $5.99
Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 (Cover D David Nakayama Madness Foil Variant), $5.99
Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 (Cover E Blank Variant), $5.99
Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 (Cover F Francesco Mattina), AR
Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 (Cover G Ben Oliver), AR
Joker The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 (Cover H Haining), AR
Jurassic League #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Dan Mora Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
MAD Magazine #28 (70th Anniversary Issue), $5.99
Monkey Prince #7 (Of 12)(Cover A Bernard Chang), $3.99
Monkey Prince #7 (Of 12)(Cover B Marcus To Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Monkey Prince #7 (Of 12)(Cover C Dexter Soy Card Stock Variant), AR
Multiversity Teen Justice #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Robbi Rodriguez), $3.99
Multiversity Teen Justice #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Stephanie Hans Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Multiversity Teen Justice #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Lee Bermejo Black Adam Movie Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Poison Ivy #4 (Of 6)(Cover C Sozomaika Card Stock Variant)(Corrected Printing), $4.99
Poison Ivy #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Jessica Fong), $3.99
Poison Ivy #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Stjepan Sejic Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Poison Ivy #5 (Of 6)(Cover C David Talaski Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Poison Ivy #5 (Of 6)(Cover D Tula Lotay Card Stock Variant), AR
Poison Ivy #5 (Of 6)(Cover E Stjepan Sejic Foil Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Superman #1 (Facsimile Edition)(2022), $6.99
Sword Of Azrael #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Nikola Cizmesija), $3.99
Sword Of Azrael #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Steve Beach Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Sword Of Azrael #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Jorge Corona Card Stock Variant), AR
Task Force Z #12 (Of 12)(Cover C Chris Batista Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Trial Of The Amazons HC, $29.99
Young Justice Targets #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Adrian Gutierrez Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
I Reads You Juniors: March 2022 - Update #95
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NEWS:
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: In "The Amazing Spider-Man #93," Spider-Man gets a mysterious new enemy, "Chasm."
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: The British comic book artist, Garry Leach, has died at the age of 67, Saturday, March 26, 2022. He is best known for reviving "Marvelman" with Alan Moore for "Warrior," the magazine published by Dez Skinn's Quality Communications. With Dave Elliot, Leach started Atomeka Press, best known for the comic book anthology, "A1."
MARVEL STUDIOS - From BleedingCool: According to James Gunn, his Disney+ special, "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special," will introduce "more than one great new MCU character."
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Yen Press announces 9 new manga and prose titles due for September 2022.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From BleedingCool: "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" star, Simu Liu, will not sign "Master of Kung-Fu" comic books.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: Director Matt Reeves released a deleted scene from his superhero film, "The Batman," featuring Robert Pattinson’s Batman facing off against his classic nemesis, the Joker, played by Barry Keoghan.
BRITISH COMICS - From BleedingCool: Rebellion has announced "Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition." It will collect the artist's Judge Dredd stories, published in their original size in a deluxe limited edition.
DC TV - From THR: Actor Misha Collins ("Castiel" on The CW's "Supernatural") has been cast as "Harvey Dent" in The CW pilot for "Gotham Knights," based on the DC Comics characters.
IDW PUBLISHING - From GamesRadar: IDW is collecting Berkeley Breathed's Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper comic stip, "Bloom County," in a new edition. "Bloom County Library: Book One" is scheduled to arrive Fall 2022.
DC TV - From THR: The CW network (which is up for sale) has given an early renewal to seven of its scripted dramas, including "Flash" and "Superman & Lois."
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: The site has a first look at "Legion of X #1," which is due from Marvel April 20th. The series is written by Si Spurrier and drawn by Jan Bazaldua.
DC TV - From Deadline: Actors Fallon Smythe and Tyler DiChiara have joined The CW's pilot for the DC Comics-based series, "Gotham Knight."
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Titan Comics will launch its "Titan Manga" line with a new edition of "Afro Samurai Vol. 1" by Takashi Okazaki, on June 26th, 2022.
RUMORS /MARVEL STUDIOS - From ScreenGeek: A hot rumor is that "Wolverine" will appear in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," but he will not be played by Hugh Jackman, the actor who portrayed the character in Fox's "X-Men" films.
DIGITAL COMICS - From GamesRadar: "Zestworld," a new digital publishing platform, wants to help comic book writers and artists with creating and maintaining comic book intellectual property.
DC CINEMA - From BleedingCool: Comedian George Lopez, Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, and Damián Alcázar joined the cast of Warner Bros.' "Blue Beetle" film, its first starring a Latino character.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson team up for "Captain America #0" and then movie on to their respective "Captain America" titles. "Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty" features Steve Rogers, and "Captain America: Symbol of Truth" returns Sam Wilson to the mantle of Captain America alongside Steve.
MANGA TO ANIME - From BleedingCool: In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Cartoon Network's "Toonami," a new image from the anime adaptation of Junji Ito's legendary manga, "Uzumaki."
MARK MILLAR - From BleedingCool: Mark Millar announces "The Magic Order 3" with Italian artist Gigi Cavenago, with the first issue due in July.
DC COMICS - From Variety: Actor Paul Dano, who played the "Riddler" in the current hit, "The Batman," will write the comic book, "Riddler: Year One."
DC TV - From DCBlog: Showrunner Robert Patino talks about his new streaming series, HBO Max's "DMZ," based on the Vertigo comic book series.
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: "The Batman" crosses the 500 million dollar mark in global box office.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Sydney Sweeney of HBO's "Euphoria" is joining Sony Pictures Marvel Comics character film, "Madame Web."
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: The mega-hit film, "The Batman," is due to stream on HBO Max on Tuesday, April 19th ... maybe.
SONY MARVEL U - From Variety: "Morbius" star Jared Leto has made the cover of "Variety" magazine.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: "X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1" is supposed to radically change the Marvel Universe. This comic book ships in June.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Marcio Takara will launch a new "Poison Ivy" comic book this year.
BOOM STUDIOS - From BleedingCool: Former comic book artist, J. Scott Campbell, will provide a variant cover for the first issue of writer Dan Panosian and artist Giorgio Spalleta's "Alice Ever After" comic book from BOOM! Studios.
DC COMICS - From GamesRadar: "Flashpoint Beyond #0" will arrive April 5th, but readers can read the first five pages in all DC Comics titles released on March 29th and April 5th.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From GamesRadar: Samuel Jackson may have let it slip that Martin Freeman will reprise his role as CIA agent "Everett Ross" in the Disney+ series, "Secret Invasion."
SONY MARVEL U - From GamesRadar: Jared Leto is starring as Marvel character, "Morbius," and he'd like the vampire to cross over with Tom Holland's "Spider-Man."
DC CINEMA - From GamesRadar: The Batman's secret website, "Rataalada" has a cryptic message teasing the Joker.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Christopher Priest and artist Rafa Sandoval will help DC Comics launch its new "Black Adam" comic book series. "Black Adam #1" arrives Tues., June 21st.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Jessica Jones will return in "The Variants," a new "multiversal" series from Marvel Comics and written by Gail Simone and drawn by Phil Noto.
DARK HORSE TV - From Deadline: Netflix has given "The Umbrella Academy" Season 3 a teaser, first photos, and a release date (Wed., June 22nd).
DC VIDEO - From DCBlog: In a video interview, writer James Tynion IV talks about his horror comic book, "The Nice House on the Lake."
MANGA TO TV - From TheWrap: Netflix rounds out the cast of its "One Piece" adaptation with six more cast members.
MANGA - From BookRiot: "The Evolution of the Magical Girl in Manga and Anime" by Emily Martin.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Marvel Comics is reprinting Neil Gamain and Mark Buckingham's first six issue of "Miracleman" in "Miracleman: The Golden Age Vol. 1."
DC TV - From Deadline: HBO Max has ordered a miniseries, "The Penguin," based on the villain from "The Batman." Colin Farrell will reprise his role from the film as the character.
DC CINEMA - From WeGotThisCovered: The DC Comics film, "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" has a new release date. It is moving from Summer 2023 to Dec. 16, 2022 - the same day as "Avatar 2."
From WeGotThisCovered: The DC Comics film, "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" is moving its release date from Dec. 16, 2022 to March 17, 2023.
From WeGotThisCovered: DC Comics films are changing release dates: "DC League of Superpets" moves to July 29, 2022, and "Black Adam" moves to October 21, 2022.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Actor Christopher Abbot ("Catch-22") has joined Sony Pictures' Marvel Comics character movie, "Kraven the Hunter," as the film's main villain, "The Foreigner."
DARK HORSE - From THR: Filmmaker and sometime comic book writer, Kevin Smith, is launching a line of comic books via Dark Horse Comics. Called "Secret Stash Press," some of the titles will feature characters from some of Smith's films.
THE BATMAN - THR: "The Batman" opens with an estimated gross of $128.5 million to win the 3/4 to 3/6/2022 weekend box office.
From Here: I Reads You's (and "Negromancer) review of "The Batman."
From DCBlog: The DC Comics blog rounds up the "Easter eggs" in "The Batman."
From Variety: "The Batman" director Matt Reeves says that actor Colin Farrell was NOT supposed to be so unrecognizable as "Penguin."
From Variety: "The Batman" director Matt Reeves says that ending in Arkham Asylum does not mean that HE will be in the sequel...
From Deadline: "The Batman" looks at a $250+ million dollar debut at the worldwide box office.
From Variety: "The Batman" director Matt Reeves could not attend the film's world premiere at Lincoln Center in New York because he tested positive for COVID-19.
DC CINEMA - From ScreenRant: Warner Bros. president Toby Emmerich says that the strength of DC Comics movies like "The Batman" lies in their filmmaker-driven approach.
MARVEL/TRAILERS - From GamesRadar: The Zeb Wells-John Romita, Jr. relaunch, "The Amazing Spider-Man #1," has a trailer.
DARK HORSE - From BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics will publish the autobiography of "Watchmen" artist, Dave Gibbons, entitled "Dave Gibbons' Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiograhy." Written by Gibbons and Tim Pilcher, the book will also contain Gibbons' side of his break-up with "Watchmen" co-creator Alan Moore.
BOOM STUDIOS - From PreviewsWorld: The site interviews television writer-producer LaToya Morgan ("The Walking Dead") about her fantastic comic book miniseries, "Dark Blood."
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Ablaze announces two new titles from the Pacific Rim. There is the Korean Webtoon, "Heavenly Demon Reborn!" and the "Shonen Jump" title, "BLITZ."
COMICS - BleedingCool: AMC Networks has started its own comic book division, MC Networks Publishing. Metallica guitarist, Kirk Hammett, will be writing one of the debut titles.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Hot off her historic win at the 2022 SAG Awards, actress Ariana DeBose has joined the cast of Sony Picture's "Kraven the Hunter" film as the Marvel Comics' character, "Calypso," a voodoo priestess.
BRITISH COMICS - From BleedingCool: Alan Moore and Ian Gibson's "The Ballad of Halo Jones" is comprised of three books. Rebellion will collect them in an omnibus edition due in January 2023.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Lunar Distribution will also distribute titles from Vault Comics, beginning May 2022. However, Vault will continue its relationship with Diamond Comic Distributors.
MANGA - From ComicBook: "Fire Force" and "Soul Eater" creator, Atsushi Ohkubo, might not be retiring after all.
THE BATMAN:
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