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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Remembering Mark Twain, Season of the Witch, TV DVD News, Dante's Inferno, Avengers: Earth's Greatest Heroes, Comic Previews


Remembering Mark Twain

Moviehole says here that Albert S. Ruddy told them that Clint Eastwood's next project is a biography of Samuel Clemens. Ruddy said: "I'm doing another movie with Clint in the spring called 'Remembering Mark Twain.' He's directing the movie, and he's gonna bookend the movie playing Samuel Clemens in the hospital. It's a really sweet, beautiful movie. So that's what I'm all about."



Season of the Witch

Reuters reports here that Stephen Graham has joined the cast for "Season of the Witch." The tale tells of 14th century knights escorting a girl thought to be the witch responsible for spreading the Black Plague. Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman play the knights while Graham will play a swindler and navigator. Production begins in early November in Austria and Hungary.



TV DVD News

TVShowsOnDVD.com has posted info about "Super Dave" (Vol. 1) here, "Steve Canyon" (Vol. 1) here, "Hannah Montana" (Season 1) here, "Dead Like Me" (Complete Series) here, "Eon Kid" (Season 1, Vol. 1) here, "The All-New Super Friends Hour" (Season 1, Vol. 2) here.



Dante's Inferno

Variety reports here that Universal Pictures now has the rights for the unreleased Electronic Arts video game to be called Dante's Inferno by the time it hits the marketplace next year. Both the Dante's Inferno game and movie involve a journey through the depths of hell.



Avengers: Earth's Greatest Heroes

This at posting at Marvel Animation Age says the "Hulk: Gamma Corps" animated series has been cancelled, even before production had begun.They go on to say the work being done there would be used in the upcoming "Avengers" cartoon. Joshua Fine, Director of Animation Development for Marvel Animation, said: "It became apparent to us that the creative work that was being done to bring Hulk's world and his villains to life was too good to relegate to his universe alone, and would be much better suited as part of an full-on Avengers scenario. It became apparent to us that the creative work that was being done to bring Hulk’s world and his villains to life was too good to relegate to his universe alone, and would be much better suited as part of an full-on Avengers scenario."




Comic Previews
Comics Continuum has posted preview pages of
X-Men: Manifest Destiny #3,




X-Men/Spider-Man #1,



Wolverine and Power Pack #1,



Marvel Zombies 3 #2,



Avengers: The Initiative Special #1,



Invincible Iron Man #7,



& Marvel Illustrated: Kidnapped! #1











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