News bits: Besson, Di Bona, WonderCon and more

* In the missed-it department: French director Luc Besson has optioned Jacques Tardi’s classic comicbook series “Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec”; and “America’s Funniest Home Videos” producer Vin Di Bona has formed Vin Di Bona Comics, whose first title, “Urban Monsters,” will be published later this month through the Shadowline imprint at Image Comics.

* Fox is suing WB over the rights to "Watchmen."

* The schedule for next weekend’s WonderCon in San Francisco has been posted on the show’s site, with plenty of big names set to appear. Projects getting the panel or preview treatment include “Iron Man,” “Prince Caspian,” Pixar’s “Wall*E,” “Get Smart,” “Journey 3-D,” “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay,” “Jericho,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” and the upcoming “X-Files” movie. The con also will premiere WB’s animated DVD feature “Justice League: The New Frontier” and the first episode of the new animated series “The Spectacular Spider-Man.”

* Marvel's planned massive multiplayer online game has been killed.

* Popular comics cover artists Greg Horn and Glenn Fabry are working on a new series of children’s books called “The Professionals,” with the first of six planned volumes set to be published in May as “Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink.” Written by MAC, the series features a group of sixth-graders with professional jobs who take on the evil Mr. Who. Horn will provide covers and Fabry will draw full-page interior illustrations. Obviously, this is a switch in content for both artists, with Horn known best for covers featuring sexy superheroines and Fabry for his Vertigo work on the likes of “Preacher.” Book will get a preview at New York Comic Con in April.

* Rogue Wolf Entertainment has acquired Cold Cut Distribution, one of the few remaining comics distributors not named Diamond. The company is relocating its assets to a facility in Chicago and plans to continue to offer the same terms to retailers.

* More movie scribes are jumping into the comics biz, with Kim Krizan, who co-wrote “Before Sunrise” and the Oscar-nominated “Before Sunset,” contributing a tale to Boom! Studios’ anthology “Zombie Tales.” She talks about writing comics over at Comics Worth Reading.

* IGN poses the question of whether today’s superheroes — which are really yesterday’s heroes — will still be relevant tomorrow and gets some interesting feedback from its readers.