April
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Deal memo: Stan Lee, 'Last Blood,' 'Afterburn'
Comics movie news from Variety and around the web:
* Stan Lee has set up three original pics at Disney through his POW! Entertainment company. The titles are "Nick Ratchet," "Tigress" and "Blaze." Lee and POW! partner are exec producing the pics, which all are based on stories by Lee.
* Tobey Maguire has picked up the rights to "Afterburn," a comic published by Canadian house Red 5.
* Benderspink has added the vampire title "Last Blood" to its slate of comics pics in development.
* Keanu Reeves tells MTV about turning the roles of Dr. Manhattan in "Watchmen" and Racer X in "Speed Racer."
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Now I might be the only one to say this, but I actually think it would have been really awesome to see Keanu play Dr. Manhattan. :-P
No, I'm definitely the only one that is going to say that.
Posted by: Nick Alan Jones | April 09, 2008 at 10:09 AM