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Just like with DC, Marvel has signed a deal with Lego to produce playsets and characters based on Marvel Comic Book Characters. The line will be called “Lego Super Heroes Marvel Collection” and will draw from the Avengers, X-Men and Spider-Man titles.
I’m a little behind on this because of a busy week, but here it is….The AMV of the Week. YouTuber 1984Neptune is featured in this weeks AMV. He has taken The Saturdays “Up” and used several animation scenes of women from the X-Men Universe. Great job 1984Neptune.
It is being reported that James Mangold, the director of 3:10 to Yuma and Knight and Day has been tapped by 20th Century Fox to direct the next Wolverine movie. Hugh Jackman will be back in the title role of the film, currently titled The Wolverine. The screenplay is currently being written by Christopher McQuarrie is slated to begin filming this Fall in Japan. Jump over for a brief article below.
This is something that your patrons that enjoy comic books will want to know about. Marvel’s site has announce that Uncanny X-Men #544, which is the longest running X-Men comic, will be the last issue for that series. This will give you a discussion topic if you are unfamiliar with the comic book world.
Marvel’s site reports that G4 will start airing the new anime styled Marvel animation this July. The titles will be: Ironman; Wolverine; X-Men; and Blade. For all the areas that get G4 let your patrons know to start keeping an eye on their TV listings. Below is the trailer for the titles coming to G4.
http://marvel.com/news/story/16062/video_marvel_anime_launches_on_g4_this_july
I’m sure all of your patrons will remind you, but I’m here as well. Don’t forget that X-Men: First Class comes out this weekend. See the trailer below provided by Yahoo Movies.
Thanks to ICv2 for sharing the new X-Men: First Class trailer through Yahoo Movies.
Thanks to G4 and ICv2 for releasing this clip of the forthcoming Wolverine Anime.
Marvel’s website, linked below, has announced that G4 will be airing the Ironman & Wolverine Anime series exclusively this July. Voice casting for Ironman is Adrian Pasdar and for Wolverine is Milo Ventimiglia. The article also states that G4 will be airing the Blade & X-Men Anime series later this year as well. This makes it one step closer for these series to be made available through Blue Ray/DVD. Librarians that keep track of the anime collection in their library will want to keep their ear to the ground for when these become available for purchase.
http://marvel.com/news/story/15556/iron_man_and_wolverine_anime_casting_news
Let your library patrons that are interested in comic books and Japanese anime know about the link provided below. Marvel’s site has posted an article and has a couple of images from the new X-Men Anime series that will be coming out in Japan. When this series comes to U.S. shores libraries will need to consider purchasing this to have a great tie-in with United States comic books and Japanese Anime. You could use this to create new fans for both formats.
http://marvel.com/news/story/15331/first_look_x-men_anime_character_art