DHep #188 - Sexy in 2011

Who's sexy in 2011, I mean after Chris Chris Hemsworth. It our yearly list of sexy and it's a good one. This plus TV, movies and the insanity you've come to expect from the Hideout. Enjoy.

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Big Crow for Jor-El

Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder have reportedly been looking for a “marquee” actor to play Supes’ father in the Man of Steel reboot of the Superman franchise, someone with the acting chops that would parallel what Marlon Brando brought to the role in Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman film. According to Variety, the Oscar winning Australian actor Russell Crowe is about to step in Brando’s shoes and play Jor-El, the Kryptonian father of Superman (Henry Cavill) in the new Warner Bros. epic. Crowe will join a cast that includes (in addition to Cavill) Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as Superman’s adoptive human parents, the Kents, and Michael Shannon, who will play the villainous General Zod.

Comic Futures

The ICv2 Comics, Media, and Digital Conference, held in conjunction with Comic-Con International in San Diego, will bring together thought leaders from the comics, media, and digital worlds to discuss how the two most powerful trends in comics are shaping the future. Speakers and panelists at the Conference will look at the state of comics now, how comics are being used in other media, how digital comics are interacting with the transmedia uses of comic properties, and a panel discussion on “Comics at Comic-Con 2013,” in which digital, retailing, distribution, and creator panelists will look ahead two years to answer key questions about the future of comics.

The First Avengers. . .Poster

Here’s the first promo poster for Marvel Studio’s The Avengers, which Joss Whedon is currently directing and which will open on May 12th. The film features an all-star cast of Marvel superheroes including Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Black Widow (Scarlett Johannson), and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner).

Marvel Comics announced today at an afternoon press conference that Zeb Wells and Joe Madureira will be collaborating on a new Spider-Man comic book series, Avenging Spider-Man that will debut in November. Marvel editor Stephen Wacker noted that the impetus for the new series was a suggestion of doing another Marvel Team-Up book centering on Spidey, which he didn’t like, but he did like a subsequent pitch based on the idea of Spider-Man as a member of The Avengers, and Avenging Spider-Man was born.

Writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn just might be given the chance to realize his own plans for a Wonder Woman movie. A Wonder Woman movie script is already being developed by Warner Bros., but the studio could very well be looking to bring on a filmmaker like Refn, who’s known for handling darker and grittier fare. Plus, with his next picture, Drive, having recently received rave reviews at the Los Angeles Film Festival – and Refn already set to helm a Logan’s Run remake for Warner Bros. – he sounds all the more like a promising candidate. Refn saying quoted saying, "I have this dream concept: I want to make Wonder Woman as a feature. And I thought in order get to access to that I should probably become a bit more Hollywood-friendly." Best of all, he's already chosen his Wonder Woman: Christina Hendricks (Firefly, Mad Men), who worked with Refn in Drive.

DHep 187 - Thor vs The Season Finals

After a long hiatus, some computer problems and a few convention conflicts, the Hideout crew is back and ready to move forward with an episode where we discuss the Thor movie, a slew of cancel TV shows and the season and series endings of some of our favorites. Thanks for you patients and enjoy.

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DC's #1 - 52 Times

DC Comics has announced that it will renumber its entire comics line, beginning in late August and September, with new #1 issues. At the same time, DC will go digital day and date with its full line, offering all new titles digitally on the same day as the print copies are available. The launch of the new #1s will kick off on August 31st, when DC will release the last issue of Flashpoint, and the first issue of a new Justice League title. The new Justice League #1 will kick off a storyline by uber-creators Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, who will be working together on a comic title for the first time. The new title will be a “contemporary take on the origin” of the team. Those two titles will be the only two DC comics released on that date. Following the launch of the new program on August 31st, another 51 DC titles will be renumbered beginning with #1 issues.

Dating Hobbits

Titles and release dates for The Hobbit films were released on Monday May 30 2011, with a new cast member also added recently. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will open on December 14, 2012. The Hobbit: There and Back Again will be released December 13, 2013. The announcement from New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, and MGM also confirmed the news last week from Peter Jackson’s Facebook page that Orlando Bloom, who was offered a reprise of his role as the elf Legolas, had accepted and would be joining the production.

Where's That Super Suit

DC Comics won a round last week in its litigation with Marc Toberoff , attorney for the Siegel and Shuster heirs in their pursuit to regain Superman rights: a magistrate ruled that documents stolen from Toberoff’s office by a former attorney could be given to DC, according to Variety. The documents were stolen, given to Warners, then returned during an investigation by the U.S. Attorneys office. Now the judge ruling in the case says that because Toberoff voluntarily gave the documents to a grand jury investigating the theft, they should be made available to DC. Toberoff argues that the feds had agreed to keep the documents confidential. A district court judge is being asked to rule on the situation before the magistrate’s ruling is put into effect. DC wants the docs to reinforce the points it’s making in its lawsuit against Toberoff. That suit is a sideshow to the main event, the litigation between DC and the Siegel and Shuster heirs over the Superman rights. As things currently stand in that litigation, rights to the early works in which Superman was introduced will revert to the Siegel and Shuster estates.

Graphic Castle

Marvel Comics and ABC Studios have announced the September 28th release of a new 112-page hardcover graphic novel based on ABC television series Castle. The cover of the graphic novel will be revealed tonight on the season finale of Castle when celebrity mystery author Richard Castle displays the first graphic novel adaptation of his work. Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick are writing the Derrick Storm saga, Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm ($19.99, rated T+), while Lan Medina will handle the interior art and Carlo Pagulayan will provide the cover.