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In case you missed it yesterday, Dark Horse announced a new graphic novel based on the hit Nickelodeon animated series, “Avatar: The Last Airbender – Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy.”
– Marvel’s “Amazing Mary Jane” is one of several ongoing titles to remain on hiatus following the COVID-19 distribution shutdown of April and May. However, in a post to ComicArtFans, cover artist Paolo Siqueira now says the series has been canceled. The most recent, and seemingly final physical issue of “Amazing Mary Jane” was #6, released on March 18.
– The Hollywood Reporter states IDW Publishing’s new publisher, Jud Meyers, has been placed on administrative leave, just days after he was appointed Chris Ryall’s successor. Ezra Rosensaft, IDW CEO, declined to elaborate on why, but said, “President Jerry Bennington will assume his responsibilities as interim publisher at this time.”
– Writer Scott Snyder has revealed in an interview with Newsarama that he’s hoping to soon resurrect DC’s Writers Workshop initiative. The original workshops had a four term run, with the goal of giving “access and a voice to new and prospective talent.” No timetable for the revival or reason for the program’s three-year hiatus was revealed.
– TV Line reports that season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery, which aired its last new episode in April 2019, will premiere Thursday, October 15, on the CBS All Access streaming service. S3 will rejoin Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the rest of the Discovery crew after S2’s finale saw them enter a wormhole, propelling them a thousand years into the future. “Now living in a time filled with uncertainty, the U.S.S. Discovery crew, along with the help of some new friends, must work together to restore hope to the Federation,” reads the upcoming season’s official description.
– Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins will be pushed back from its original October 2020 premiere to an unchosen date in 2021, according to Hasbro chairman and CEO Brian Goldner, who told analysts during Hasbro’s quarterly earnings report on Monday. The new film will star Henry Golding as the titular character, as well as Andrew Koji, Haruka Abe, Iko Uwais, Samara Weaving and Takehiro Hira.
– The latest issue of Game Informer claims that Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales on PlayStation 5 includes a PS5 remaster of its PS4 predecessor, Marvel’s Spider-Man, from 2018. The report is unconfirmed by either Insomniac Games or Sony Interactive Entertainment.
– Some Amazon fishing by 13th Dimension has revealed that Insight Editions is publishing DC Comics: Batman — The Official Gotham City Cocktail Book, due out April 13, 2021. The solicitation copy reads, “With drinks inspired by everyone from Batman himself to Poison Ivy, Commissioner Gordon, and the Joker, ‘DC Comics: Batman: The Official Gotham City Cocktail Book’ includes step-by-step instructions and tips on how to craft the perfect cocktail, as well as beautiful full-color photography. A refined and elegant volume, this book is an essential addition to every fan’s bar cart or bookshelf.” The book is a 144-page hardcover, priced at $24.99. No author is attributed.
– Finally, Netflix announced The Witcher will get a six-part limited series, The Witcher: Blood Origin, telling the origin story of the Witchers, some 1200 years before the events of the original series starring Henry Cavill (Man of Steel). Writer Declan de Barra (“Of Banquets, Bastards, and Burials“) will oversee the limited series: he said, “A question has been burning in my mind ever since I first read The Witcher books: What was the Elven world really like before the cataclysmic arrival of the humans? I’ve always been fascinated by the rise and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and culture flourish right before that fall. How vast swathes of knowledge are lost forever in such a short time, often compounded by colonization and a rewriting of history. Leaving only fragments of a civilization’s true story behind.” There’s no word yet of an expected release date for Blood Origin.
