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– One of the most anticipated comics films is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and today brought a new trailer, two months ahead of the film’s release. The trailer debuted on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and fleshes out a bit of the plot. There was also a new poster released, which you can see on this page.
-Just a day after casting Black Bolt, Marvels’s Inhumans cast Serinda Swan as his wife, Medusa. Swan has some comics TV experience, as she appeared as Zatanna on Smallville, and has appeared in non-comics programming like Graceland and Chicago Fire. The series will debut in IMAX later this year, before moving to ABC.
-David Lopez, co creator of “Fallen Angel” with Peter David and a frequent Marvel artist, is releasing a new project, “BlackHand IronHead,” via Panel Syndicate next month. Panel Syndicate, launched by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin, is a digital “pay what you want” platform, and home to projects like “The Private Eye” and “Barrier.”
-Milkfed Criminals – the production company headed up by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction – unveiled “ODY-C,” “Sex Criminals,” and “Pretty Deadly,” and Bitch Planet” leggings, for the high, high price of $80. A special, limited time design will be done by “Bitch Planet” artist Valentine de Landro at Emerald City Comicon this weekend.
-EMET Comics, publishers of “Finding Molly” and “Fresh Romance,” are celebrating March being Women’s History Month by spotlighting a female comics creator daily on Twitter. March 1 kicked off with Sally Thompson.
-Rick Remender created a studio to act as an umbrella for his projects under the name Giant Generator. The studio will handle not just his comics work, but all creative endeavors, including television and film projects.
-The recently announced DC/Hanna-Barbara crossover annuals, featuring team ups like Space Ghost and Green Lantern and Booster Gold and the Flintstones, will now be called ‘Specials,’ for reasons that remain unclear.
– Natalie Alyn Lind, who played Natalie St. Cloud on Gotham has been cast on the untitled X-Men series alongside Stephen Moyer and Jamie Chung.
– Biomax is coming to Supergirl, courtesy of Rahul Kohli, who you may know from one of the CW’s other comic book adaptations, iZombie.
– And, finally, Alex Hirsch, creator of Gravity Falls, is involved, in a somewhat vague creative capacity, with the new Miles Morales animated Marvel film.
