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April 21, 2008

NYCC news hangover

CON WIPEOUT: Expect things to be quiet the next few days as the industry recovers from New York Comic-Con, which is being hailed as a smashing success across the comics blogosphere. ... The con's official blog estimates attendance as at least 64,000, a pretty big jump from the 49,000 who showed up last year. ... Sci fi site IO9 has a gushing report on the panel and preview of Marvel's "Incredible Hulk" movie. ... IO9 also reports on the new trailer for "The Dark Knight" previewed at the show. ... Boom! Studios announced a deal with the Jim Henson Co. to produce a series of miniseries based on the cult-favorite sci-fi show "Farscape." ... "Heroes" star Milo Ventimiglia's previously mentioned comicbook project with Devil's Due is titled "Rest." Variety's Marc Graser writes the four-issue series "will revolve around the dangers of staying awake as a man is drawn into a conspiracy between a malevolent pharmaceutical company and the U.S. government." ... Tom Spurgeon at Comics Reporter offers a fascinating list of 50 notes and observations from the con floor. ... Midway Games has confirmed that its next version of "Mortal Kombat" will pit the videogame's famed fighters against the heroes and villains of the DC Universe.

COMICS IN FILM: CHUD reports Joel Silver saying at this weekend's "Speed Racer" junket that WB's troubled "Justice League" movie is being tabled. ... Jennifer Garner's Vandalia Films banner is developing the Oni Press series "Three Days in Europe" as a feature in conjunction with Hugh Jackman's Seed Productions. The actors would star as a couple who face danger on what was to be a romantic vacation.

Apr 21, 2008 at 05:56 PM by Tom McLean in Current Affairs | Permalink

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