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TRANSFORMERS, FANTASTIC FOUR, THE DARK KNIGHT, SPIDER-MAN 3: AUGUST 30TH COMIC REEL WRAP

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TRANSFORMERS, FANTASTIC FOUR, THE DARK KNIGHT, SPIDER-MAN 3: AUGUST 30TH COMIC REEL WRAP

by Hannibal Tabu, Staff Writer

Posted: August 30, 2006

TRANSFORMERS

Ain’t It Cool News has an extreme close up of Bumblebee’s face, apparently snuck off of the Michael Bay-helmed set.

Meanwhile, IMDB has an video interview
(Windows Media required) with producers Tom DeSanto and Don Murphy,
where they chat about both the adaptation and their work on “Teen
Titans Go!”

FANTASTIC FOUR

CBR caught the recent press conference
about the new animated series. Marvel’s Craig Kyle said, The look is
somewhat anime in its inspiration, but again this came from the guys in
France. What we found is — and you can see this in the model sheets –
the expressions of these characters are so awesome. There’s one sheet I
just love which is all the faces of Ben. They way they bring all this
great emotion to this big rocky character we just love. The look for
this series we think will appeal to all kinds of kids, but again we
want the older fans like me and Chris [Yost, who also took part in the
conference] to sit down and really enjoy this. We think this style has
great broad appeal.”

THE DARK KNIGHT

Director Christopher Nolan sat down with IESB
and talked about what he had planned for the next film. He said, “I
think what people responded to well about ‘Batman Begins’ is how
different it was from their expectations so I think we would be foolish
to not recognize that and to [try to replicate that now predictable
blueprint]. I think we’ll be doing something very different for the
sequel. I certainly wouldn’t have any interest in trying to repeat
experience or the formula we’ve made, because particularly being the
origin story, it’s a very unique thing, a very singular experience. My
interest would sort of be to move on from that and to do something
quite different.” He also quashed rumors of Hoffman as Penguin and
Phillipe as Harvey Dent. “No,” the director said, “not true.”

SPIDER-MAN 3

A rep from Sony told Superhero Hype that the film had not been audience tested, and that reshoots were for different reasons altogether.

THE BATMAN

Comics Continuum
has the network description of the fourth season premiere, an episode
titled “A Matter Of Family.” The description reads: “When the circus
comes to Gotham, ruthless crime boss Tony Zucco demands protection
money from the Flying Graysons, a family of trapeze artists. They
refuse to pay and Zucco exacts revenge, leaving, Dick, the youngest
Grayson an orphan. Having experienced a similar tragedy himself, Batman
is driven to take down Zucco and in the process discovers an unexpected
bond with Dick.”

Toon Zone
notes an interesting irony in this situation. “Mark Hamill, widely
known as The Joker from ‘Batman: The Animated Series,’ will voice the
role of Tony Zucco in the upcoming season of ‘The Batman.’ Zucco will
be responsible for the death of Dick Grayson’s parents; Grayson will,
of course, also grow up to become the famed Boy Wonder, Robin. Kevin
Conroy, voice of Batman in a host of animated DC programming, will play
the role of Dick Grayson’s father. Looks like the Joker will, somewhat,
finally get what he wants.”

SMALLVILLE

The aforementioned page
at Comics Continuum is also the first to report that “Pascale Hutton
will guest star as Raya in ‘Zod,’ the sixth-season opener of
Smallville, scheduled to air on The CW on Thursday, Sept. 28. She was
Susan Gallagher in the ‘Ageless’ episode during Season 4 … Look for
Clark and Raya to wear Middle East-inspired garb in the episode, which
will also introduce Aaron Ashmore as Jimmy Olsen, a love interest for
Chloe.”

I HAVE TO TAKE THIS CALL

Car hunting in the Valley may have the Comic Reel down, but it shouldn’t stop you, because here’s where you
get in on the action. Did you see a link we didn’t catch? Have you
snuck into a closed movie set, and have inside data? Maybe your cousin
is dating somebody who knows something, and they had to tell you?
Whatever it is, we wanna know it all — fire off an email
and let us know whether you want your name used or your contributions
to geekdom to go down anonymously. Broadcasting live from Los Angeles,
this is novelist/karaoke host/all-around lunatic Hannibal Tabu
saying thanks for your time and indulgence, and [tagline sent back to
development hell until something hipper can be dreamed up].

 

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