ALERT: Stephen King on NPR
We're told that Stephen King will be on NPR’s TALK OF THE NATION on Wednesday March 12th from 2:30pm to 3:00pm EST live to promote the launch of DARK TOWER II: THE LONG ROAD...
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VIA Again With the Comics
Frankly we're surprised there hasn't been more of this kind of thing.
WOLVERINE update: Schreiber, Jackman
Sleb photo site Just Jared has a jillion photos of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth.
Above, Schreiber wonders why all X-men villains must have gnarly sideburns.
Here, Jackman/Wolverine realizes that...
Movie update: Norton Hulks out, Armie Hammer Jr. IS Batman again!
§ While IRON MAN has been everywhere from the Super Bowl to Lost, this year's INCREDIBLE HULK movie has had relatively little publicity. This may not be a bad sign: one theory we've heard...
More males cast for Wolverine
In yet more WOLVERINE casting news, Dominic Monaghan and Daniel Henney have signed up as, respectively, Barnell/Beak and Agent Zero. Monaghan, of Hobbit and Lost fame, continues his ground zero nerd-friendly career, and as...
Random mainstream news
§ The May solicits for both Marvel and DC are up.
§ J. Michael Stracsynski is no longer exclusive with Marvel, breaking up the old Millar/Bendis/JMS troika just a bit. He'll be announcing his...
Wolverine cast fills up
On the POSITIVE tip for Marvel's movie fortunes, a bunch of new cast members for the WOLVERINE movie were just announced, and they will provide Beat fodder for months to come.
Danny Huston, a...
Marvel’s dark ’09
Remember when Marvel Studios was one of the independent movie studios who signed a separate interim deal with the WGA? It turns out there was quite a bit of urgency behind this, as...
Marvel: Profits more than double, Publishing up 6% in Q4
Marvel had its quarterly earnings call today, and the picture was rosy, led by a rise in net income from $11.7 million in Q4 2006 to $27.6 million in Q4 2007. The rise...
Stand back ….
We love chronicling all the crossovers between our two favorite popular culture mediums involving giant muscled-up people hitting each other repeatedly: superhero comics and pro wresting.
Today, it's an interview at Marvel.com with Friend of...
