Planet of the Apes film delayed
"Rise of the Apes," a prequel to "Planet of the Apes" has been pushed back to a November instead of June 2011 release, Variety reports.
Comic posts of note: Jack Kirby, Alex Toth
Amen, brother
From columnist Howard Bell:
I sat on the patio last summer as the last heat of the day disappeared in the west. As I relaxed in my chair, I thought about the song that John Lennon never wrote. I was not a big fan of The Beatles or the British invasion. I was a loyal big band fan. But the touch of John Lennon’s music carried me over the ages into harmony with the generations. Here he was, such a good representative of love and peace and he was gunned down with no cause.
That’s what happened in Tucson, Arizona. I do not despise or hate the young man who gunned down all those people; I only feel sorry for him and his parents. The little 9-year-old girl who was killed might have been the first female president of the United States. She may have been the world’s greatest dancer, or the best teacher in a grade school. But she’ll be none of those. I don’t know what went through this man’s mind and I suppose we’ll never really know. He attacked a congresswoman, a part of our U.S. government. It was as though he shot a star in the flag.
Beatles sell 5 million songs in 2 months on iTunes
They've still got it!
But downloading a song here and there is for dilettantes. When it comes to the Beatles, you need it all. What you really need is this:
And this:
Since the four unknown Liverpudlians finally arrived on iTunes last November 16, sales have been (shocker!) swift—two million songs and 450,000 albums (13 are available via the site) in the first week alone. And now, iTunes reps tell EW, they have hit new marks: 5 million and one million, respectively.
The top song, George loyalists will be happy to learn, remains the same: “Here Comes the Sun.” As does the top album, Abbey Road.
But downloading a song here and there is for dilettantes. When it comes to the Beatles, you need it all. What you really need is this:
And this:
Andrew Garfield in Spider-Man costume
Here's a shot of Garfield in Spidey suit for the movie franchise reboot.
TV Green Hornet unhappy with movie version
Van Williams is disappointed in Seth Rogen's take on the..., what's Green Hornet's nickname? Green Avenger? Buzzy Batman? Emerald Something or Other?
Anyway:
Anyway:
“I was pretty upset with the way they did it," Williams said. " They took their own license with it, they didn’t follow the character. I was very insistent, when I was offered that role [for the television series] that I was going to follow the characters as they had done it through all the radio shows…I wasn’t going to do camp, like they did in Batman.”
Williams revealed that he hasn't seen the film but seeing the trailer for it was enough to make him turn down an invitation to the premiere. “After all I’d heard, I was not that interested. I’ve got a lot of friends calling me and
saying, ‘they ruined it.’ I haven’t seen it, but after all this bad comment, I’m not sure I want to see it.”
DC to launch sequel to Wednesday Comics
Details are sketchy, but it looks as if DC is doing a follow-up to it's pretty-darned-good tabloid-size Wednesday Comics anthology series. Cartoonist Steve Rude spilled the beans by mentioning he's doing a New Gods feature for the title.
Radio show, book, celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Batman TV show
Interesting, I just received bootleg DVDs of the 1966 "Batman" series yesterday and enjoyed watching the first two-parter last night. I guess I knew, on some level, that this was the program's 45th anniversary -- the same age as me. I just celebrated my own 45th last month...
Anyway, the first episode of "Batman" did indeed air in January 1966, and to celebrate KSAV Internet radio is presenting a special interview program. Guests include Jim Bear, editor of "14 Miles to Gotham City," a new collection of essays about the show, and veteran DC Comics writer Chuck Dixon. The program airs Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 ET/PT.
The show also will be available here as a download starting Jan. 19.
...Now back to those bootlegs: I resisted getting these for many years in hopes that legitimate, remastered DVD sets of the show would eventually come out. But rights to the program are still evidently in legal limbo. If/when the show is officially released on DVD or via a streaming service (since DVDs may not exist by then), I will purchase them. I promise. But I want to enjoy the "Batman" experience with my kids and, admittedly, for myself. I grew up watching repeats of this show. It hooked me on comics and pop culture and, lookee, here we are 45 years later. Dipping back into the series last night was fun and I look forward to watching more soon.
Anyway, the first episode of "Batman" did indeed air in January 1966, and to celebrate KSAV Internet radio is presenting a special interview program. Guests include Jim Bear, editor of "14 Miles to Gotham City," a new collection of essays about the show, and veteran DC Comics writer Chuck Dixon. The program airs Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 ET/PT.
The show also will be available here as a download starting Jan. 19.
...Now back to those bootlegs: I resisted getting these for many years in hopes that legitimate, remastered DVD sets of the show would eventually come out. But rights to the program are still evidently in legal limbo. If/when the show is officially released on DVD or via a streaming service (since DVDs may not exist by then), I will purchase them. I promise. But I want to enjoy the "Batman" experience with my kids and, admittedly, for myself. I grew up watching repeats of this show. It hooked me on comics and pop culture and, lookee, here we are 45 years later. Dipping back into the series last night was fun and I look forward to watching more soon.
New pop culture books
Art of Jim Starlin
Creators Of The Superheroes
The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 2: 1937-1939
Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades
Bond Girls
Bond Villains
The Art of District 9: Weta Workshop
Hiroshima: The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen (Asia/Pacific/Perspectives: Asian Voices)
Sucker Punch: The Art of the Movie by Zack Snyder
Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman: My Life as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman and Other Movie Heroes
Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them
Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster
Spider-Man musical, you guessed it....
Delayed again (not that I'll likely make it to Broadway to see it anyway, but I find the whole debacle interesting. Like everyone else, I guess.) This time the delay is so cast members can rehearse a new ending. Hopefully nobody will get hurt.
The show had been scheduled to open in February.
Earlier this month it was announced that U2 stars Bono and The Edge, who wrote the score, would return from touring to help fix the show's problems.
Four actors from the production have been injured during previews, while frequent technical glitches and negative early assessments from critics have caused further problems.
In December lead actress Natalie Mendoza announced she was pulling out of the show.
Despite its fraught preview performances, the musical is still selling out the 1,930-seat Foxwoods theatre in Times Square almost every night.
Pilot a go for new Charlie's Angels TV series
Via Entertainment Weekly:
The producers (Leonard Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen), Sony Pictures TV and Flower Films will now dive into casting to figure out the tricky task of finding TV’s new Angels. We hear there’s an offer out to Mark Piznarski (Gossip Girl) to direct.
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