Hot Tub Time Machine‘s Rob Cordrry has a few dream projects in mind – one of which is starting in the big screen version of a little comic created by Garth Ennis. Can we make this happen, or better yet, can he?
Rob shares his thoughts here plus a Dragon sized box office, 24 clocks out and the passing of the legendary Dick Giordano.
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It might be the most obvious movie title of all time – HOT TUB MACHINE. Rob Corddry is here top explain just what it all means, plus we get another Amanda Waller and finally a look at SCOTT PILGRIM!
AND Rob rejoins us on Monday to discuss his plan to join the cast of THE BOYS big screen adaptation!
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WE’RE BAAAACK! A massive rain and windstorm took out our power and internet for nearly a week, but we’ve bounced right into our pop culture routine with a look at the best episodes of USA Network’s PSYCH, at least according to series star James Roday. And will The Human Torch really become Captain America, plus Marvel covers IRON MAN in a cool new way!
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USA Network’s PSYCH is ending the season with a bang – or actually a scream. Series star JAMES RODAY directed and co-wrote a special tribute to Hitchcock and he takes us behind the scenes right here – plus Wondercon gets a DOCTOR WHO premiere, we get a RED SKULL and you will get comics on the iPad! PRESS THE BUTTON to Get The Point!
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Alexander Gould (Shane) is one of the biggest parts of the Showtime series WEEDS. Over the last five se4asons, his character has been embroiled in some pretty heavy storylines. So, how did this all work for Alex who was only ten when he started the series? He explains what is was like growing up on cable, plus GL makes it to 3-D, MASS EFFECT is headed to the troops and somebody is still interested in THE SHADOW.
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March is National Women’s History Month, and it’s coming in like a lioness this year as we bring you a Munden’s Bar story called “Good For The Goose”, written by Martha Thomases and
Valerie D’Orazio,
drawn by Norm Breyfogle, lettered by
Bob Pinaha,
colored by Matt Webb, and pulled together by ladies’ man
Mike Gold.
A good portion of the success enjoyed by DC’s direct-to-DVD features belongs to the directing expertise of Andrea Romano. So how does she find thopse wonderful voices and which Hollywood A-Listers are on her “wish list”? Plus, Stan The Man is looking for a few good musicians – really, True Believer we’re not kidding!
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In a discussion last week with Mike Gold, I mentioned I had a film his wife would love to see, and he’d get a kick out of it too. And, since it’s available via Creative Commons, I can share it with you as well.
Sita Sings The Blues is a bit of a find, and it’s a bit tricky to find as well. Created by cartoonist Nina Paley, and featuring the songs of Annette Hanshaw, it’s an award-winning retelling of the Ramayana in four different animation styles. Sita is a goddess/princess/woman utterly devoted to her husband Rama, the god/prince/man, and they just can’t quite make thier marriage work. You can’t see it in theaters, but you can download it, or you can buy a limited edition DVD. (Why it’s a limited edition is a loooooong story.)
It’s 82 minutes long and worth every second. Watch it.
So the mouse is eating the spider. What does it all mean?
Poke around the Internets and you’ll see a lot of hysteria. Comics fans aren’t happy; they’re worried Disney will Disnify the whole thing. Movie fans are worried the Marvel flicks will have all the weight and depth of your average Disney movie. Theme park fans are concerned about Universal losing their franchise just so Ant-Man and the Wasp can fit into “It’s A Small World After All.”
Calm down. Assuming the deal gets approved by Marvel’s stockholders – which is likely – and the government – which is likely but not as certain – contracts are contracts and Disney would rather spend the next five years buying other things than paying for litigation. Paramount will still release those next five Marvel Films films, Universal will continue to maintain their current lifespan (however long that might be) with the Marvel rides and that fat lady who’s knocking the poo out of Captain America’s winged head in those commercials, and the comic books will continue to be published.
Well, most likely.
Marvel’s been trying to pattern itself after the Disney business model for at least the past four or five owners, so it’s no surprise that the House of Mouse took preemptive measures. Disney can’t mess with their theme parks right now – I mentioned the contractual obligations and, quite frankly, business ain’t what it used to be. The Disney characters and the Marvel characters are not a good theme park fit: the latter are not grandmother-friendly.
I doubt Disney will interfere with publishing very much, at least not in the short run. They have a very bad track record in the publishing fields, and the racks are littered with their cancelled product. They’re in the licensing business; that’s what they do and what they know. If the overall comic book publishing field continues to deteriorate they might do what they did with their other product and simply license it all out. It would be wonderfully ironic if Mark Waid’s Boom Studios gets the franchise, and I’ll bet you Mark feels the same way.
If there are any changes, they are likely to take the form of a reorientation of the Marvel characters towards the teen-age male market. Disney is weak in that demographic and can use some bolstering up. And bringing Marvel Comics back to the teen-ager friendly arena isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It worked for Lee and Kirby and Ditko and Thomas and Buscema; today there are more than enough really good writers and artists to address that market in a contemporary manner.
So I don’t think we’ll see Doctor Doom threatening The Little Mermaid. Don’t hold your breath for that Sinister Seven Dwarves movie. The Hulk probably will not stomp Goofy. Stan Lee will not be frozen and placed on the shelf next to Walt Disney and Jim Henson. All that’s a pity. Disney has no sense of humor. Just ask the Air Pirates.
The fact is, big business has never, ever been able to understand the American comic book industry. We defy the Harvard MBA mentality, and I’m proud of that. If DIsney does what Disney does best and the publishing business doesn’t implode, nobody will notice a thing. The Avengers 3 will make more money than publishing could lose.
Unless Dean Jones is cast as Nick Fury.
A 33 year veteran of the comic book industry, Mike Gold is ComicMix’s editor-in-chief. Portions of this blather appeared in today’s The Point podcast.
“The Comix4Sight.com benefit for comics veteran John Ostrander has raised $31,322.00 thus far,” committee co-chairperson Mike Gold revealed today. “And we still have more than 100 great pieces of original art, signed books and prints, and manuscripts to auction off!”
“Contributions are continuing to pour in, even after the benefit at the Chicago Comic-Con,” program coordinator Adriane Nash stated. “In the past several days, we’ve received material from Paul Gulacy, Jason Owen, golden age great Fran Matera, the cast of The Simpsons, and so much more.”
“The auction held last week at the Chicago Comic-Con raised half the current total in about two hours,” Nash continued. “We wouldn’t have had time to present everything if we had all night.
“Details about the upcoming auctions, including a full schedule of sales, will be posted online at www.comix4sight.com beginning Wednesday August 19th. As we’ve stated, we will donate any excess revenue to other comics professionals suffering from major vision issues or to The Hero Initiative, whose help and assistance has been critical to our success,” Nash concluded.
A 27-year veteran of the comics field, Ostrander is undergoing a series of operations and medical treatments to fight off blindness and glaucoma. “The response from the entire comics community has been overwhelming,” Gold noted. “The cost of these John’s procedures has been through the roof and are only partially covered by insurance.”
The Comix4Sight.com committee includes Nash, Gold, writer Gail Simone, and getthepointradio.com’s Mike and Kai Raub. Auctioneers included WGN-AM radio news director Charlie Meyerson, artist Hilary Barta, comics/movie attorney Ken Levin, and yours truly. Monetary contributions are also gratefully accepted by check or through PayPal at Comix4Sight.com. Individuals and corporations interested in making contributions should send them to:
Mike Gold and Adriane Nash
arrogantMGMS
304 Main Avenue, #194
Norwalk, CT 06851
A full list of contributors will be posted at Comix4Sight.com.
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