TheForce.Net – Latest News – Wizard World/Chicago Comic Con On The Way!
TheForce.Net – Latest News – Wizard World/Chicago Comic Con On The Way!
Wizard World/Chicago Comic Con On The Way!Posted By Mike on July 23, 2009
Though we know everyone’s mind is currently on SDCC, the ForceCast’s Jimmy Mac offers up an alternative for those convention fans not able to hit the west coast:
“Wizard World Chicago is only 2 weeks away. It all takes place at The Donald E Stephens Convention Center by Chicago’s O’Hare Airport Aug 6-9. This is a nice alternative for midwesterners who could not attend SDCC. There will be several Star Wars panels.
FRIDAY 8/6
-Jack Kirby Room 5p-6p – Clone Wars RoundtableSATURDAY 8/7
- Wil Eisner Room 2p-3p – Ray Park Q&A
- Jack Kirby Room 3p-4p – Billy Dee Williams Q&A
- Jack Kirby Room 4p-5p – Star Wars PanelPLUS, there will be plenty of autograph opportunities with a dozen Star Wars actors in attendance:
Ray Park, Billy Dee Williams, Orli Shoshan, Daniel Logan, Peter Mayhew, Jeremy Bulloch, Maria de Aragon, Dave Barclay, Tom Kane, Jerome Blake, Richard LeParmentier, and Doug Wangler
AND, Steve Sansweet will be a Special Guest and Tom Hodges will be taking his usual spot in the Artist Alley
Steve Sansweet will be doing a Star Wars presentation (it could be the Sat 4pm panel) – I will confirm when soon!
They are apparently transitioning the name of the event from Wizard World Chicago (which is what they always called it) to Chicago Comic Con.”
Thanks to Jimmy for the heads up! Click here for more details at the convention’s site.
AICN Exclusive Confirmed: Sam Raimi is going to direct WORLD OF WARCRAFT!!! — Ain’t It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Published on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 – 10:35pm
AICN Exclusive Confirmed: Sam Raimi is going to direct WORLD OF WARCRAFT!!!Hey folks, Harry here for one last night in Austin before flying down to Geek Mecca aka Comic Con. The great thing about Comic Con is it shakes a lot of juicy fruit from the tree of movie coolness – and we get tons of material, but not much of it is exclusive. As it is a pretty intense rat race there of all us online types chasing the same stories. Well…
This is one of those exclusives that untold geek hours have been spent trying to get to the truth of the matter. I first heard this 3 weeks ago, and spent a lot of time trying to nail this story down. And we finally have.
The last major update that we had on AICN on the WORLD OF WARCRAFT came from Moriarty here, back in 2007 The last major bit I heard was a rumor that Uwe Boll was offering Blizzard untold tonnages of gold left crowns of undetermined origin to direct – and that allegedly BLIZZARD laughed his ass out of the place. In Mori’s piece we were supposed to get this movie in 2009 with a $100 million budget. With LEGENDARY’s main man telling BLIZZCON that it’d be over that figure. And there was some concept art.
Well, I don’t have concept art. I don’t have the firm release date, but I do know who is directing the WORLD OF WARCRAFT film and that is Sam Raimi. It will come out in trades later this week or next. But you can take this one to the bank. Sam is going to make a huge budget fantasy bit of unfuckingimaginable coolness – and it will be yanked from the WORLD OF WARCRAFT.
Now – isn’t that the sort of Awesome we’re supposed to get to kick start Comic Con with? I think so.
I really think this is going to be amazing. How about you?
Looks like Legendary rushed out their Press Release – as Variety posted this story by Michael Fleming about an hour and a half after mine. It is planned to shoot after SPIDER-MAN 4
The Flash, Iron Man, The Green Hornet: July 20th Comic Reel – Comic Book Resources
The Flash, Iron Man, The Green Hornet: July 20th Comic Reel – Comic Book Resources
The Flash, Iron Man, The Green Hornet: July 20th Comic Reel* by Erik Amaya, Staff Writer
Posted: 9 hours ago | Updated: 7 hours ago
THE FLASH
As announced late last night, Geoff Johns has been hired on as a producer on a feature film based on “The Flash.” The lengthy Hollywood Reporter article which revealed Johns’s involvement also details a reorganization of DC properties in development at Warner Bros and the involvement of writers Grant Morrison and Marv Wolfman in other projects. Johns has also worked up a new treatment for “The Flash.”
Release date: TBA
IRON MAN 2Marvel Studios announced the film has wrapped principle photography on Saturday. “The next step for us is beginning the post production process which is extensive and filled with its own set of challenges,” said producer Kevin Feige. Meanwhile, Superhero Hype found an New York Post interview with actress Leslie Bibb from a month back where she mentioned her reporter character from the first film,
Directed by Jon Favreau, release date: May 7, 2010
THE GREEN HORNET
Seth Rogen is confident in the film, according to Sci Fi Wire. “To me we haven’t had a Kato since April, and we’re looking [for a new Kato],” Rogen told reportes on Saturday. Despite this, he believes the film will deliver something new. “We’re not trying to make what they would probably consider to be a 100 percent safe version of a movie like this,” he said.
Starring Seth Rogen, release date: July 9, 2010
RED
That same Hollywood Reporter article on DC Comics film projects also notes the Warren Ellis miniseries has been optioned as a feature outside the Warner Bros. Gates. “In a rare example of a film project that has ventured off the Warners reservation, DC has set up ‘Red,’ a spy thriller to star Bruce Willis, at Summit,” states the article.
Release date: TBA
LOBO
Sci Fi Wire spoke with producer Joel Silver about the long gestating project. “”I think we can do it. We’ve got a script we like,” said Silver. Currently, Sci Fi Wire notes, the project is aiming at a PG-13 rating. “I think we’ve done it that way, but I love it. I’ve just wanted to make it for a long time, and I think it’s a great character, a great guy,” the producer explained.
Release date: TBA
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLDMonday morning still means a double shot of photos from from director Edgar Wright’s blog. The weekend gave us Director of Photography Bill Pope and Ramona Flowers as realized by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Also, here’s what the director watched on Sunday.
Starring Michael Cera and Chris Evans, release date: 2010
GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT
MTV Splashpage gives us the first four minutes of the upcoming animated film:
Movie Trailers – Movies Blog
Featuring the voices of Christopher Meloni and Victor Garber, release date: July 28, 2009
TWO DAYS TO COMIC-CON
With CCI: San Diego only a two days away, announcements and surprises are around the corner. You might find yourself in possession of some of this information. In which case, let us know! Tips are always welcome and anonymity is upon request. Oven fresh rumors and movie news every weekday morning. I am Erik Amaya fearing the future threat of an overturned meat truck.
Keywords: the flash, iron man 2, the green hornet, lobo, scott pilgrim
Back from vacation..
Filed under: On a personal note.., Random Thoughts and Information
and I found myself locked out of my own blog. Not sure what happened, but had to reinstall everything and restore the database to get things working again.
I know that bluehost had an complete outage while I was gone, so it makes we wonder if they had somekind of hack that was the cause of it.
Ryan Reynolds is the “Green Lantern” – BFDealmemo on Variety.com
Disaster averted, I can see him playing the part no problem.
Ryan Reynolds is the “Green Lantern”By: Mike Fleming
Published: Fri, July 10, 2009, 5:07 PM
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Ryan Reynolds has landed the coveted role of “Green Lantern,” getting the starring role in Warner Bros.’ live-action film based on the DC Comics hero.
Martin Campbell will direct. The studio is still working on the picture’s budget, but production is expected to begin in January.
The news caps off a memorable summer for Reynolds, who played Deadpool in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” a performance that prompted Fox to begin development on a spinoff film. Reynolds followed that by starring opposite Sandra Bullock in the romantic comedy “The Proposal,” which crossed the $100 million mark this week.
Warners and Campbell chose Reynolds, who vied for the superhero role along with “The Hangover” star Bradley Cooper and Jared Leto. The momentum built for Reynolds in the last week, as he was the only actor whose option was extended.
Greg Berlanti wrote the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green. Donald DeLine will produce with Berlanti. Reynolds’ reps at UTA are working out his deal.
The actor will next star in “Buried,” a dark indie drama that will begin filming shortly in Barcelona with Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes. Reynolds will play a civilian contractor who is kidnapped in Iraq and awakes in a coffin, struggling against time to coordinate a rescue even though he doesn’t know where he’s buried in the desert.
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[Press] CBLDF Events in LA, Chicago, NYC This Week!
This week the CBLDF is proud to meet our members at events in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York! Come out to meet your fellow members and support the cause!
July 9: Los Angeles – Digital LA Comics Panel at Meltdown!
From our friends at Digital LA: The big San Diego Comic-Con celebration of comic books, pop culture, movies, and more is just around the corner! We’re going to get into the comics spirit in LA with a mini-panel on Digital Comics and online comics communities.
Join us for our casual discussion where we’ll discuss
- Digital distribution of comic books
- How to use online communities and social networks to market comics
- How to reach core fans to promote comic-related properties in movies (Wolverine, Iron Man, Dark Knight), television (HEROES), and video games
- Writing a graphic novel so you can own rights and get to-movie exec prod credits instead of writing a screenplay, to movie which gets you less
Scheduled Speakers include:
- Sam Humphries, creator of MySpace Comic Books
- Jermaine Turner, Disney XD, Director- Original Series
- Rich George, IGN, Comics Editor
- Jason Badower, artist/writer on online comic HEROES, True Blood, Zero G
- Jonah Weiland, Comic Book Resources, executive producer
- Chip Mosher, BOOM! Studios, Marketing and Sales Director
Agenda
7-8 Networking, check out the store
8-9:30 Panel Discussion
9:30-10 Networking
$15 ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED http://digitalla. net/comicspanel. htm
Meeting for a good cause: $5 of each registration will be donated to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, founded in 1986 as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of First Amendment rights for members of the comics community.
We’ll be hosted by Meltdown Comics, LA’s must-see pop culture destination. Meltdown’s large 9000 sq ft st
ore on Sunset will be hosting comic events thruout July leading up to Comic-Con. Check out the schedule at http://meltcomics. com and follow at http://twitter. com/meltdowncomi cs
July 11: New York City – Conversational Comics Continues!
Conversational Comics, the three-panel speaker series sponsored by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, continues at host venue Union Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Saturday, July 11 at 2:00 pm.
Jessica Abel (Artbabe, La Perdida), Jason Little (Shutterbug Follies) and Matthew Thurber (1-800-Mice, Kramers Ergot) will talk with comics critic Bill Kartalopoulos (Parsons, Print Magazine) about the nature of narrative and fiction in comics. We’ll consider forms of storytelling that comics can adapt, and others that comics can generate.
Then stick around to get a book signed, hit the taco truck, and sip a summer drink with our featured cartoonists.
All events take place at 2:00 pm in the back room at Union Pool. Union Pool is located at 484 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211, one block from the Lorimer-Metropolita n G and L stop.
Suggested donation for each event is $5. All proceeds go to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
Listen to the audio recording of our first Conversational Comics panel discussion, on June 27, 2009, featuring David Heatley, Lauren Weinstein, and Julia Wertz discussing the subject of autobiography in comics at http://www.cbldf. org/pr/archives/ 000402.shtml
July 13: Chicago – American Library Association Graphic Novel Panel & Library Appreciation Party
The CBLDF is proud to honor our friends in the library profession with a panel and party at the American Library Association Conference.
1:30 PM My, those novels are certainly . . . Graphic. From their origins, cartoons, comic books, and graphic novels have been touchstones for controversy. In recent years, the status of graphic novels has been growing in the library world, bringing along high profile cases of censorship in libraries and schools across the country. A panel of creators will discuss the origins of comics censorship, how their works have been affected, and what it’s like to be in the center of a censorship controversy. Panelists to include: Neil Gaiman, Terry Moore, and Craig Thompson. Moderated by CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein . This Panel is Co-sponsored by the Association of American Publishers and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Travel expenses sponsored in part by the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo.
6:00 PM CBLDF Library Appreciation Party Come to the Piece Brewery at 1927 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 with your ALA badge as the CBLDF raises a toast to the librarians on the front lines of intellectual freedom! Complimentary Piece Pizza will be served and a cash bar is available featuring location-brewed beer, including a dollar off brewer’s choice beer especially for the event! This event is sponsored by the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo.
Wizard Chicago Gets Anime Central Aftershock – Scoop – Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! -
Scoop – Where the Magic of Collecting Comes Alive! – Wizard Chicago Gets Anime Central Aftershock
Wizard Chicago Gets Anime Central Aftershock
Chicago Comic-Con
Wizard’s Chicago Comic-Con, set for August 6-9, 2009 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, will be the only place to experience the first ever Anime Central Aftershock.
ACen Aftershock!, as it’s known, offers a taste of anime and manga fandom with exhibitors, artists, anime showings, panel events, cosplay, contests, and a host of other exciting events normally found only at the yearly Anime Central show. This is the first time ever that ACen has offered programming to fans outside of their annual event. Attendees are encouraged to show up in anime costume.
The Midwest Animation Promotion Society will offer programming at both the Hyatt Regency O’Hare and DonaldE.StephensConvention Center.
Tickets are available now at www.wizardworld.com.
“I am thrilled to be working with our friends in the Anime community for the first time at our event. I couldn’t pass up this opportunity to bring even more excitement to all our fans in Chicago,” Chicago Comic-Con producer and Wizard publisher Gareb Shamus said.
“We’re excited to be working with Chicago Comic-Con on this venture,” said Rosa Halcomb, the chair for Anime Central 2009 and 2010. “This is an amazing opportunity for fans to get a taste of Chicago Comic-Con and Anime Central at the same time. It’s going to be so much fun
NASCAR.COM – A week later, Busch still upset about Daytona crash – Jul 9, 2009
From whiny little prick, to delusional moron. I didn’t think I could loose anymore respect for that SOB, but then I read this article.
I KNOW FOR A FACT that he has done the exact same thing numerous times. I have seen it with my own eyes.
Just GET OVER YOURSELF!!!
NASCAR.COM – A week later, Busch still upset about Daytona crash – Jul 9, 2009
A week later, Busch still upset about Daytona crash
Busch said he got “dumped”, punishments are needed
By Raygan Swan, NASCAR.COM
July 9, 2009
08:15 PM EDTJOLIET, Ill. — Tony Stewart said he and Kyle Busch are on the same page regarding the last lap crash at Daytona, but to hear Busch’s comments Thursday at Chicagoland Speedway, they aren’t even reading the same book.
Busch managed to stifle much of any harbored anger left over from the wreck, but declared he was “dumped” by Stewart and that NASCAR should implement a rule to deter such actions; actions that he said are becoming all too common in restrictor plate racing at tracks such as Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.
Busch was leading the Coke Zero 400 and tried to block Stewart twice but on the second attempt Busch made contact with the front of Stewart’s No. 14 machine sending the No. 18 hard into the wall allowing Stewart to take the win.
A week later, Busch attempted to take an apathetic position on the matter; initially at least.
“I really don’t have feelings, so it really doesn’t mean a whole lot. I thank him for I guess checking on me to see if I was alive,” Busch said.
Stewart, who openly regretted how Saturday night’s race ended, called Busch on Tuesday and said the two drivers shared, what he thought to be, an amicable 30-minute phone conversation.
From his words Friday, Busch’s feelings may have changed since their conversation.
“If I’m ever second I normally finish second,” he said. “If I’m leading I guess I’m getting wrecked. It seems to me like I don’t know how to win restrictor plate races.”
Busch went further to say that NASCAR should take action. (Continued)
“NASCAR can take a step in looking at it and if the second place driver dumps — quote unquote — the leader, then black flag his ass,” he said. “He doesn’t get the win, you know. If he’s on him from behind and moves him out of the way and there’s no wreck then fine he can win the race but if you’re up along side the guy and you dump him then I say black flag him and give the win the third-place driver.”
If he could have the last lap to do over, Busch said he wouldn’t change anything he did.
“I don’t have it back, so it doesn’t matter, it’s over with, it’s done,” Busch said. “I did everything I could do to try to win the race and I didn’t.”
As for Stewart, he was made aware of Busch’s comments Friday but contends he is sticking to the exchange the drivers shared Tuesday.
Meanwhile, several other Cup drivers were asked to address the last-lap incident in Daytona and whether or not they felt it should be a shared concern between NASCAR and the Cup teams.
Greg Biffle said restrictor plate racing is its own animal and that sometimes, NASCAR drivers need to be protected from themselves. Still, Biffle had no tangible solution.
“The thing is we’re crashing on the straightaway and the crashes are two cars. It’s not multiple cars. It’s not one guy cutting one guy off. It’s two cars involved in these wrecks at the end of these races and it’s the first- and second-place guy trying to get the trophy,” he said. “There’s no way to fix that, for sure.”
Bottom line, the safety of the drivers needs to be paramount, Biffle added. The fact that Busch was hit by more than one car crossing the finish line at the end of Saturday night’s race is a major concern and maybe cars aren’t getting slowed down quick enough or maybe they are still racing hard to the finish line.
“When you can see the checkered flag from here to there, it’s tough to just roll over and play dead, but at the same time, you don’t want to get turned around on the frontstretch in front of the whole field,” Biffle said.
Juan Montoya simplified matters and said drivers just need to be aware because restrictor plate racing is what it is.
“I’ve been to Daytona now six times and I think all of them have been like that, so I don’t know why all of a sudden it’s an issue,” Montoya said. “At Talladega there are always wrecks. At Daytona there are always wrecks. People pay to go and see that, I guess. And it’s fun; I don’t mind. It sucks when you’re in the middle of it but it is what it is, you know? It is restrictor plate at its best.
“There is always somebody going to walk out of there mad and ticked off that they should have or could have and when the caution came out why some people raced to the flag and some people didn’t. It is what it is. You’ve got to be aware. You’ve got to learn to ride a little and be lucky.”
JT to get a charge from the GREEN LANTERN? — Ain’t It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Just the THOUGHT of this makes me ILL!!
JT to get a charge from the GREEN LANTERN?Hey folks, Harry here… Got an unconfirmed rumor that at Leavesden Studios – there’s been some Warner Bros. screen testing on GREEN LANTERN and that Justin Timberlake was suiting up for the test. That does not mean that JT is going to be Hal Jordan, but just that he’s one of the guys that they’ve been seriously considering for the role of our Emerald Knight. At least that’s the latest from our source, Alphonse.
I know my general instant reaction to Pop Star casting is to curl in the corner shivering from the hives it gives me, but Justin has done some solid film work thus far – plus that sipping commercial where he gets dragged through all sorts of locales. It makes me giggle. What do you folks think of the possibility? Better or worse than Jack Black?
[Press] D23 TO MAKE FIRST-EVER APPEARANCE AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON
D23 TO MAKE FIRST-EVER APPEARANCE
AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON
The Official Community for Disney Fans to Bring Special Exhibits, Sneak Peeks
and a D23 Member-Exclusive Lithograph to Comic-Con
BURBANK, Calif. – July 8, 2009 – The fantastic intersection of Disney creativity and science-fiction imagination will be the focus of D23’s first-ever appearance at San Diego Comic-Con from July 23 to July 26, and D23: The Official Community for Disney Fans has been developing unique plans for its debut at the popular annual convention.
At Booth 3917 on the Comic-Con floor, D23 will present a display of costumes and props from Disney’s classic sci-fi and fantasy films, including The Rocketeer, The Black Hole, Condorman, Sky High and 1982’s landmark Tron. This “Heroic and Robotic” exhibition has been created exclusively for Comic-Con International 2009.
Comic-Con attendees who also are members of Disney’s rapidly growing D23 – or who sign up during the four days of Comic-Con – can receive a free, exclusive lithograph by Disney master artist Dave Pacheco, which celebrates famous Disney robots. (To receive the lithograph, D23 Members must provide their membership card and photo identification at the D23 booth.) The limited-edition lithograph comes with a certificate of authenticity and will be available only during Comic-Con while supplies last.
D23 also will provide a sneak peek of its upcoming D23 Expo, the ultimate Disney fan event, to be held this Sept. 10-13 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The upcoming fall issue of Disney twenty-three magazine, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, will be previewed, as well.
For more details about D23’s Comic-Con plans and for information on the D23 Expo,, fans can visit www.disney.com/D23, or follow “Disney D23” at Twitter and on Facebook.
About D23
The name “D23” pays homage to the wonder and excitement that began in 1923 when Walt Disney opened his fledgling studio in Hollywood. D23 is the first official community for fans in Disney’s 85-year history. D23 gives its members a greater connection to the entire world of Disney by placing them in the middle of the magic through its quarterly publication Disney twenty-three; a rich website at www.disney.com/D23; a new collectibles line, The Walt Disney Archives Collection; and special events for D23 Members throughout the year.
