ICv2’s site is reporting that Marion Cotillard is in talks with Warner Bros. to possibly take on the role of Thalia Al Ghul in the next Batman movie. Follow the link below for the brief article.
I Am Legion Optioned
ICv2 is reporting that I Am Legion, a French comic that is a World War II vampire tale, has been optioned for an English adaptation. Follow the link to read the short article.
Border’s having Trouble
ICv2’s site has been having articles about Borders possible bankruptcy. ICv2 mentions Wall Street Journal’s article speculating about this looming nearer for the book retailer. Libraries that have accounts with Borders will want to stay on top of this. Follow the link below to ICv2’s full article.
Marvel Fears Itself
Here is Marvel’s next big company event for 2011, “Fear Itself”. After it’s all done then libraries can start purchasing the collected editions, which will be a few months down the road. Follow the link for the short article on Marvel’s website.
First Look at New Movie Spider-Man Costume
Marvel’s site has posted the first look of Spider-Man’s new costume for the upcoming summer movie. Librarians could put this as a screen saver on your Teen/Young Adult computers to draw interest to the movie as well as for your graphic novel collections. Follow the link to the short article.
http://marvel.com/news/story/15102/the_amazing_spider-man_movie_update
I Am Number Four
All of the Teen/Young Adult librarians should recognize this title. Below is a trailer for Dream Works adaptation of I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. This is pretty close to a comic book flavored movie so it will have a cross over appeal. It is coming out on Feb. 18, so start letting your patrons know about the opening beginning this upcoming Monday to prepare for the Friday release. Thanks to Yahoo for the trailer.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Trailer
See the trailer for the third Transformers movie below. As all librarians now this will appeal to your anime and comic book patrons and even to patrons in general just by the amount the first two movies made.
Distant Worlds Final Fantasy Tour
Librarians in New York, Atlanta and Chicago let your gaming and anime patrons know about this live concert in your three cities. The concert is the Distant Worlds Music From Final Fantasy. Below is a link to the tour’s website. On the site you can get locations and dates as well as order tickets on-line. Then on April 1, 2011 the Tour will have a DVD of the Distant Worlds performance available on amazon.com. This is great so all of your library’s gaming and anime fans that can’t attend a live performance will be able to view it.
All-Star Superman DVD
DC Comics next animated feature on DVD is the adaptation of the graphic novel All-Star Superman. You can view the trailer here and then prepare your library purchasers to order or purchase on release date the DVD for your library’s collection. It will be in brick and mortar stores February 22. You can get more information at
X-Men First Class First Look
Marvel’s website has the new trailer for X-Men: First Class. Yahoo also has the trailer along with a good size article by Matt McDaniel. You can link below for McDaniel’s article. Watch the trailer here for your first look!
http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/627-x-men-first-class-mutates-history-in-new-trailer