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– Official solicitations for September’s Marvel Legacy books have begun rolling in today. Rodney Barnes and Joshua Cassara launching Falcon’s first ever series was the first announcement. Then came the solicits for “X-Men: Blue,” which will be written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by Jorge Molina, and “X-Men: Gold,” which will be written by Marc Guggenheim and drawn by an artist that’s yet to be announced. Lastly, as of this post, was the announcement of Greg Pak’s return to planet hulk with Greg Land in “Incredible Hulk.” The general hope of the internet and humanity is that Marvel’s hiding something up their sleeves for these solicits that would negate the disappointment of the initial Marvel Legacy announcement. Though if rumors are to be believed I don’t know that that will be the case.
– Andrea Colvin has been promoted from Senior Editor for Roar Comics and CubHouse Comics at Lion Forge Comics to Vice President and Executive Editor of Lion Forge Comics. Former Executive Editor Mark Smylie steps down to Contributing Editor. Colvin stated, “I’m honored to help further Dave Steward II’s [Lion Forge’s CEO] vision of making comics that truly do speak to and represent everyone.” She’s previously worked as VP of Content, Book Division, for Andrews McMeel, where she co-founded the AMP! line of Middle Grade graphic novels.
– The Wrap is reporting that Lionsgate is in “advanced negotiations” to distribute the Hellboy reboot, which is tentatively titled Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen. The which is directed by Neil Marshall and will star Stranger Things’ David Harbour as the titular character. The film is set to start filming in September.
– Producer of Netflix’s Castlevania, Adi Shankar has announced via facebook that his next project will be an anime adaptation of Assassin’s Creed. The only real detail mentioned besides the fact that it will be an anime series is that it will be an original story.
– In other Netflix related news Luke Cage has cast two prominent roles. Mustafa Shakir will play John McIver, better known in the comics as Bushmaster. Gabrielle Dennis will be playing Tilda Johnson who’s gone by many names in the comics such as Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, and Nighthawk. Tilda Johnson is also being played by Nabiyah Be in Black Panther.
– “Harley Quinn and Batman” has been announced as a prequel comic to Batman and Harley Quinn which will examine how the Harley ends up in jail at the start of the upcoming animated film. It will be written by Ty Templeton and drawn by Rick Burnett. When the film releases on August 15th the series will swap names to “Batman and Harley Quinn” to match the film. It will also enter into an accelerated publishing schedule which will follow a seven part sequel whose chapters will be written and drawn by various artists on a weekly schedule.
– In an interview with Yahoo! Movies The Batman director Matt Reeves spoke about his desire to emulate Christopher Nolan’s ability to make a film feel like it belonged distinctly to him. He also lamented the “narrow band of films” that the genre is currently producing, explaining that, “You can use the metaphors of the genre to talk about a lot.”
