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In case you missed it, Marvel Entertainment announced Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti’s “G.O.D.S.,” shortly before it was announced they would be folded into other Disney units, and chairman Ike Perlmutter had been laid off. Hope Larson also unveiled a new book, “Be That Way,” and we talked to Matt D. Wilson about “Impostor Syndicate.”
– Eve L. Ewing, Luciano Vecchio, and Morry Hollowell launched a four-part “Avengers Unlimited” arc, starring Namor the Sub-Mariner and the Wasp/Janet van Dyne. The story sees the unlikely duo investigate a threat from beneath the seas, causing unusual waves, and the disappearance of a climate change researcher. The first part of the arc, “Avengers Unlimited” #39, is available now on Marvel Unlimited, with subsequent chapters releasing every Tuesday exclusively on the app. The comic marks a reunion for Ewing and Vecchio, who previously collaborated on 2018’s “Ironheart” series.
– Marvel Unlimited also began a “Marvel Meow and Pizza Dog Infinity Comic” last week. The four-part comic by writer/artist Jason Loo follows Hawkeye/Kate Bishop and Lucky the Pizza Dog, as they babysit Bucky Barnes’s cat Alpine, Black Widow’s Liho, and Captain Marvel’s Chewie during an emergency. Part two of their hair-raising adventure releases on the app tomorrow.
– Sony Pictures Animation announced Spider-Man: The Spider Within, an animated short film starring Miles Morales, in which the young wallcrawler battles a manifestation of a panic attack. It will premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival this June, shortly after the release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The project was developed as part of Sony Animation and Imageworks’s new LENS mentorship program, which aims to provide opportunities for filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds. Jarelle Dampier, Khaila Amazan, Clara Chan and Joe Darko were the four high-potential candidates who were chosen to work on the short last year.
– TVLine reports Demetrius Grosse (Fear the Walking Dead, Westworld) will portray Eric Williams, the brother of Simon Williams, on Marvel Studios’ Wonder Man series. In the comics, Eric is a troubled sibling who becomes the villainous Grim Reaper, a recurring foe for Simon/Wonder Man, who is being portrayed on the show by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Wonder Man will begin filming this spring, and premiere on Disney+ sometime in the near future.
– In more Marvel Studios news, Karan Soni and Leslie Uggams were confirmed as returning to their roles as Dopinder and Blind Al in Deadpool 3, due out November 8, 2024; while Lee Sung Jin, creator of Steven Yeun’s upcoming Netflix series Beef, revealed he is taking over as writer on the Thunderbolts movie, releasing July 26, 2024. The project reunites Jin with Yeun, who has an undisclosed role in the movie, and director Jake Schreier, who executive produced and helmed several episodes of Beef.
– In a press release for Genndy Tartakovsky’s new show Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, Warner Bros. Discovery revealed the upcoming My Adventures with Superman will premiere on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block. It is unknown if this is solely because the animated series will premiere during primetime hours, or if it is more adult-aimed than it originally seemed. The show was originally intended to premiere on HBO Max before the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, along with Batman: Caped Crusader, which is now launching on Amazon Prime Video. My Adventures with Superman, starring the voices of Alice Lee as Lois Lane, and Jack Quaid as Clark Kent, will begin sometime later this year.
– Deadline reports writer and director Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, Midnight Mass et al.) pitched a Clayface movie to DC Studios. The site also states Clayface might be a major character in Matt Reeves’s The Batman Part II, due out in 2025, which may or may not affect Flanagan’s separate pitch moving forward. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane for 1940’s “Detective Comics” #40, the shapeshifting Clayface has proven to be one of Batman’s more quietly enduring foes, and either project would mark the character’s first live-action film appearance.
– Finally, check out Tom King’s badly drawn April Fools’ Day covers for three DC titles releasing next month. The first two, for “Batman” #134, and “The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing” #7, go on sale April 4, while the third, for King and Jorge Fornés’s “Danger Street” #5, releases April 11. All three feature a signed comment from King simply saying, “I’m sorry.”
