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In 2012 Warner Bros. Japan is planning on the debut of a live action movie of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin. The movie will star Takeru Satoh as Kenshin. The company is hoping this will become a series of movies if it proves popular enough. Hopefully when this finishes its run the Blu-Ray and/or DVD will be available for the North American market. Jump to AnimeNews Network for the full article.
It has been leaked that Warner Bros. is planning a second Green Lantern film. The family and I are hoping to see the movie this week. When you look at how much is coming out this year that is comic book related not every movie will have a great opening because with the expense of movies now, families have to pick and choose which they will see to save on money. We had to wait because we didn’t have the money when it came out. So hopefully this will possibly gain revenue from overseas and DVD sales. Also with the new Green Lantern Animated Series being on the air, children will be more familiar with the character for a possible second movie. Nothing is definite that a second movie will be made, but who knows. But Warner Bros. has to get another franchise going since their biggest franchise is ending in July with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Read more on this at ICv2’s link below.
Universal has set a date for the R.I.P.D. movie for June 28, 2013. This movie is set to star Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, which is based on the story written by Peter Lenkov from Dark Horse Comics. We’ll just have to see how this will play out.
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has announced on their sight that the Supreme Court has handed down a decision in the Brown v. EMA case. The court struck “down the California law that attempted to ban the sale and display of violent video games to minors in a 7-2 decision”. Justice Scalia wrote the majorities decision for the court. To view the full article and excepts from the decision follow the link below.
http://cbldf.org/homepage/breaking-cbldf-cheers-free-speech-victory-in-brown-v-ema/
The Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Center commissioned seven creators to draw manga style representations of Tokyo neighborhoods. The end result is pictured above. The images above along with others other general images made to represent the Center will have life size versions at the Japan Expo in Paris from June 30 – July 3. At the Expo you will be able to take pictures with the characters and write messages of support back to the communities still recovering from the March Earthquake. The images above counter-clockwise are: Shiro Asakusa – You Higuri; Ruri Akihabara – Shunsaku Tomose; Reia Genza – Akira Hiyoshimaru; Kyosuke Shinjuku – Katsuki Kuzuya; Azusa Daiba – Toko Hinamatsuri; Mio Shibuya – Reine Hibiki; and Souta Ikebukuro – Kanan Asuka.
Our condolences go out to the family of Gene Colan whom passed away this last week. One of my best memories of Mr. Colan was at a convention about 15 or 16 years ago. It was when I was a college student and he was at a convention I went to in Dallas. It was early in the morning and their was hardly anyone on the floor. Gene was sitting at a table with a gentleman and I had a Tomb of Dracula issue for him to sign. He was kind of taken aback to a degree, because he didn’t want to destroy my comic. He was very respectful about not wanting to devalue my book so he signed it in pencil on the inside so I could erase it later if I wanted. Since there was no one in the area yet I told him that I appreciated his concern, but that I didn’t want this to resale and that I had a paint pen I wished him to sign with on the cover of the issue. He looked at me like I was crazy, but he didn’t say anything. He proceeded to pick a fairly small area of the cover and signed it for me. This is still one of my favorite signatures and memories that I have over the years. To a great gentleman…..we will miss you greatly.
On Friday, July 29th, G4 will premiere the Madhouse produced anime series of Ironman and Wolverine. Ironman will be up first with an 11:00 p.m. (ET) showing followed by Wolverine at 11:30 p.m. (ET). If you get G4 as part of your cable package make a note or set your DVR’s.
IDW is publishing a hard cover graphic novel over the events of Code Name: Geronimo which will also be the graphic novels title. The graphic novel will be written by Captain Dale Dye (USMC, Retired) & Julia Dewey Dye, Phd. (Military History,Anthropology). The art will be done by Gerry Kissell & Amin Amat. The scheduled release date is September 6th for $14.99, with a portion of each sale going to the American Veterans Center.
If you or one of your patrons happens to be going to the San Diego Comic-Con you can pass this along to them. On July 22nd, Friday of the Con, at 10:30 a.m., in room 8, a screening of the pilot for Locke & Key and then a panel afterwards with author Joe Hill and IDW’s Chris Ryall will be held. This might be the only chance to see Locke & Key since the Fox network didn’t pick it up as a series and no other networks have looked at it either.
Konami has announced that two super rare variant cards, from previous releases, will be included in the Yu-Gi-Oh 5D’s: Hidden Arsenal Special Edition. The two cards will be sorted at a one per box ratio. The cards are: “XX-Saber Emmersblade” and “Naturia Pineapple”. The cards are scheduled as a July 12 street date. Any librarians that have patrons into the Trading Card Games can use this as a talking point and possibly be the first to tell them about it.