Episode 141 - The Replacements

This show was recorded while the crew was at CGS Super Show, so me and Lorrie got some replacement. So this has a different crew, no breaks and a visit from two members towards the end. All this and we manage to have some geek talk too. Enjoy.

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Miracle Marvelman

In June Marvel is publishing Marvelman Classic Primer, a commemorative one-shot featuring interviews with various creators who worked on Marvelman over the years including Neal Gaiman and Mick Anglo, who created the character back in 1954.

A Little Angela in Your Waller

Angela Bassett is joining the cast of the Green Lantern movie that is currently in production in New Orleans under the direction of Martin Campbell. Bassett will play Dr. Amanda Waller.

Buck Rogers in the 3D Universe

Paradox Entertainment, which is currently rebooting the Conan franchise, has acquired the rights to create a new Buck Rogers film and hired Paul W.S. Anderson (Alien vs. Predator, Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat) to direct the science fiction epic from a script by Iron Man scribes Matt Holloway and Art Marcum.

Episode 140 - Murphy's Law

The topic of this episode is Eddie Murphy, from Saturday Night Live, to 48 Hours to Shrek, he's been a part of our lives from the beginning so it's only fitting we talk about his impact on media, the world and us. Enjoy.

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McGowan the Barbarian-ness

Rose McGowan, who was at one time slated to make a cameo appearance as Red Sonja in the new Conan film, will instead appear as a primary member of the cast, an evil half-human/half-witch.

Evans America

Chris Evans, who played Johnny Storm in two Fantastic Four films and who also stars in two other comic book-based films due out this summer, The Losers and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, has been offered the key role of Captain America. Reportedly the deal includes three Captain America movies, a similar number of Avengers films as well as appearances in several other Marvel movies.

Paramount Existence

Film rights to the Image comic series Existence 2.0 have been acquired by Paramount, with Smallville scribes Miles Millar and Alfred Gough attached as writers, according to Hollywood Reporter. The three issue series by Nick Spencer and Ronald Salas was released last year. It tells the story of a physicist whose consciousness is transferred into the body of the hitman that just killed him.

Breast-Witch Project

Zenescope has acquired the comic and graphic novel rights to the WB TV series Charmed, and plans to launch the series with a #0 issue in June and #1 at San Diego Comic-Con in July. The series will be co-written by Paul Ruditis, author of several Charmed novels, and comic writer Raven Gregory; with interior art by Dave Hoover.

Episode 139 - Animated Saturdays

On this episode we’re joined by Eric Flores (Dumok the Artist) in a discussion on Saturday mourning cartoons we remember fondly – and it turns out we remember a lot of them. With Facebook participation and generation gaps we go through pretty much all of them. Enjoy

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Smurf it to Me NPH

Neil Patrick Harris has signed on for the key live-action role in the upcoming The Smurfs movie, which will combine CGI with conventional cinematography. Live-action/CGI veteran Raja Gosnell - who directed Scooby Doo & Beverly Hills Chihuahua will direct the film.

JMS' Big Two

Alex Segura of DC Comics has announced that starting on July 1st, J. Michael Straczynski will be writing the flagship books for two members of the fabled DCU trinity, Superman and Wonder Woman. DC will announce the names of those who will be teaming with JMS on these titles, and the new directions these fabled heroes will be taking over the next few months.

Alice Has a Big Opening

Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland blew away all expectations by earning a stunning $116.3 million, totally smashing the previous March debut record of $70.9 million set by Zack Snyder’s 300. Alice earned 70% of its enormous take from its 3-D screens, and its gargantuan debut means that the rush to extra-dimensional filmmaking will pick up even more momentum.

Four New New Avengers

Marvel has revealed four members of the New Avengers, the most recent of which is Jewel, who as Jessica Jones starred in Bendis’ MAX comic Alias from 2001-2004. Her husband Luke Cage, Wolverine, and Spider-Man.

Nolan on Superman

"The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan is indeed shepherding a new Superman movie into development. Nolan's "Batman Begins" story partner David Goyer is currently working on a script for the film, confirming another rumor that made the rounds recently.

“We’re approaching it in a not dissimilar way in terms of trying to find an incredible story in a way that audiences can engage with it the way they engage with contemporary action films,” Nolan told the L.A. Times. "I think David’s approach is a very good way of doing just that."

Nolan shared some details about how his involvement with Superman came about. According to the filmmaker, he and Goyer had hit a roadblock while developing the third Batman movie, and in order to get their minds off the project for a while, they started discussing Superman.

“[Goyer] basically told me, ‘I have this thought about how you would approach Superman,’” said Nolan. “I immediately got it, loved it and thought: That is a way of approaching the story I’ve never seen before that makes it incredibly exciting. I wanted to get Emma and I involved in shepherding the project right away and getting it to the studio and getting it going in an exciting way.”

Still, a few more details about Nolan's take on Superman can be gleaned from the details of the interview, including the likelihood of audiences seeing the hero team up with Batman any time soon.

“A lot of people have approached Superman in a lot of different ways. I only know the way that has worked for us that’s what I know how to do,” he said. “Each serves to the internal logic of the story. They have nothing to do with each other.”

Episode 138 - My Name is Frankenstein

Despite some Skype sound problems we manage to have a show about one of the best comedies ever made, Young Frankenstein. Enjoy.

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Lee BOOM!

BOOM! Studios will publish three superhero titles presented by Stan Lee, under a new deal between BOOM! and Lee’s Pow Entertainment. One of the three titles will be written by BOOM! EIC Mark Waid (Incorruptible, Irredeemable). “A-list writers” are promised for the other two titles.

Batman beats Superman.. . .Again

In a Comic Connection auction on February 22, 2010, $1 million was paid for Action Comics #1. Meanwhile on March 1, 2010 another key auction was underway. And in the second record sale of a key high quality Golden Age book this week, a CGC 8.0 copy of Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of Batman, sold for $1,075,500 in a Heritage auction that closed on Wednesday, March 3rd 2010

Son of Kiss Might have “Bleached” Incarnate

Nick Simmons, son of Kiss legend Gene Simmons and star of A&E’s Gene Simmons Family Jewels is accused of plagiarism. Blog posts from anime fans claim that images, page designs, and even dialogue have been lifted from Bleach and used in Incarnate. There are Additional comparisons are being made to Hellsing and other manga, and even to manga fan art from Deviantart.

Episode 137 - Black History Month

Recorded back in February this is our Black History Month episode featuring Black heroes of comics, movies and TV. Enjoy.

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New DC Officers

CEO Diane Nelson has named her executive team at the recently created DC Entertainment, including her choices for replacement of long-time publisher Paul Levitz. Jim Lee and Dan DiDio, will serve as Co-Publishers of DC Comics. Writer Geoff Johns has been named Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment. DC newcomer John Rood has been named Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development. Longtime DC finance executive Pat Caldon has been named Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration.

Another Super RPG

Cubicle 7 has announced that it will release ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying, a new superhero RPG, in June. Written by Steve Kenson, the designer of Mutants and Masterminds, along with Gareth-Michael Skarka, Walt Ciechanowski and Morgan Davie, the 128-page comic-sized full color trade paperback will retail for $29.99.

Young Conan

The young actor who portrayed the youthful Snake Eyes in last summer’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra film will play the young Conan in the new Lionsgate feature film that Marcus Nispel is directing.