According to the Hollywood Reporter, two more actors have been rounded up to star in the upcoming Jonah Hex movie. Comedic actor Will Arnett and Revolutionary Road’s Michael Shannon will be joining the cast of the live action film based on the DC Comics character Jonah Hex, played by Josh...
In our previous article on attendees at the recent Charlotte ComiCon, the people we spoke with were all more or less in agreement on their reasons for being there: a fun atmosphere, true love of comic books and the search for some great reading material and additions to their collections....
April Fool’s jokes usually consist of innocent, harmless phone calls, fake spiders and the like. Practical jokes take it a little further with maybe alibis, pretend emergencies or other staged incidents. Most people can laugh these off quickly, acknowledge that they were had, and get over their initial “are you...
According to posts on Mark Millar’s official website, Warner Bros. has at least for now nixed plans for a trilogy of films featuring the Man of Steel. Warner Bros. had been promising for years that another Superman movie was in the works, and it looked like that promise was going...
While it’s no secret that DC Comics is planning something with Barbara Gordon, until recently head of the crimefighting Birds of Prey, what that plan exactly is remains a bit of a mystery. The last pages of Birds of Prey’s final issue showed Barbara in an old storehouse, staring up...
Fans who have spent the last 7 seasons of Smallville waiting for Batman or Wonder Woman to show up should stop right now! ComicBookMovie.com reports on an interview in Smallville Magazine where series co-creator Alfred Gough revealed that both the Amazonian Princess and the Caped Crusader were forbidden access into...
According to Comic Book Resources, DC Comics has announced a new weekly series that will launch later this summer. The announcement came during the annual meeting of ComicsPRO, an organization of direct to trade publishers. Rumors about the book began in February when samples of Kyle Baker’s Hawkman pages were...
Now that Battle for the Cowl #1 has hit the comic book shops and the subsequent tie-ins are certainly on their way, let the speculation as to who will inherit said cowl commence. If the first issue of this intriguing storyline has told us anything, it’s that the future of...
Green Lantern: First Flight hasn’t even hit stores yet, and already Warner Bros. and DC Comics are announcing their next animated project. On Monday, Warner Bros. confirmed that the sixth feature in the DC Universe series would be Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. The movie will likely be released direct to DVD...
As we pass through the ides of March into another week here at Comicbook.com, it’s time once again to take a short trip into the comic book universe to see what starts or black holes may exist in the galaxy of your local comic shop’s dollar bin. This week’s entry...
How does President Barack Obama know the economy is getting better? Because a rare Superman comic book just racked up a record price at auction. The comic book in question was a copy of Action Comics #1, which featured the very first appearance of Superman and was published in 1938....
According to reports on Newsarama and Comic Book Resources, DC Comics will raise its cover price from $2.99 to $3.99 per issue on some of its titles. The price change will begin with forthcoming issues of Booster Gold and Teen Titans. In an exclusive interview with Newsarama, DC’s executive editor...
In 1977, studio executives for the film Saturday Night Fever discovered that fans of the film were leaving theatres and rushing to the nearest record store. At the store, fans were buying the film’s soundtrack and disco records by the armload. Now that the Watchmen movie has conquered theatres, DC...
All of the buildup and hype surrounding the death of Batman now enters phase two with today’s release of Battle for the Cowl #1. Some very essential questions are answered in this wonderfully scripted and rendered issue, written and drawn by Tony S. Daniel. Questions such as what does Gotham...
There are predominantly two types of comic book characters with big heads: super-villains and children. Superheroes do not have big heads as a general rule, except in special issues where some diabolical menace temporarily turns their head big. The fact that virtually all big headed adults in comic books turn...
