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In case you missed it, the 2019 Harvey Award Nominations were announced, Image Comics announced “Olympia” by Tony and Curt Pires and Alex Diotto, and DC revealed Grant Morrison and Xermanico’s “Green Lantern: Blackstars.”
– DC Comics detailed two new “Tales From the Dark Multiverse” one-shots: “Tales From the Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night” #1 by Tim Seeley and Kyle Hotz, and “Tales From the Dark Multiverse: Infinite Crisis” #1 by James Tynion IV, Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan. Lee Weeks will be providing cover art for both comics. The reimagining of ‘Blackest Night’ will see the Black Lanterns emerge victorious, with only Sinestro, now trapped between life and death as a Black and a White Lantern, left to save the world under the name of the Limbo Lantern. The Dark Multiverse equivalent of ‘Infinite Crisis’ will see the Blue Beetle survive and set off an irreversible chain of events after killing Maxwell Lord that will leave the Dark Multiverse changed forever. “Tales From the Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night” #1 will be released on November 13, along with a $1 reprint of “Blackest Night” #1. “Tales From the Dark Multiverse: Infinite Crisis” #1 will be released on November 27 with a $1 reprint of “Infinite Crisis” #1.
– The Folio Society revealed that they will be publishing a compilation of Golden Age Marvel comic books in one of their high-end hardback editions to celebrate the 80th anniversary of “Marvel Comics” #1. The edition’s full name is Marvel: The Golden Age, 1939-1949 and will collect “Sub-Mariner” #1, “Human Torch” #5, “Captain America Comics” #10, and “All Winners Comics” #19. All of the titles included were curated by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas. The compilation book will also be packaged with a facsimile of “Marvel Comics” #1. This is the first volume to be released as part of a new ongoing partnership with Marvel Comics, with a second volume scheduled for the first half of 2020. Marvel: The Golden Age, 1939-1949 will be released on September 25.
– A 10-episode podcast adaptation of Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross’s “Marvels” was announced to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the comic book series. The podcast series currently has a voice cast led by Seth Barrish as Phil Sheldon, Method Man as Ben Urich, and AnnaSophia Robb as Sheldon’s assistant, Marica Hardesty. Ethan Peck, Louisa Krause, Jake Hart and Ehad Berisha will form the Fantastic Four, voicing Mr. Fantastic, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm, respectively. The final two cast members at this time are Teo Rapp-Olsson as Peter Parker and Gabriel Ortega as Charlie Martinez. The original comic series followed photographer Phil Sheldon as he photographed landmark moments in the history of the Marvel Universe between 1939 and 1974. The podcast is set to be released this Fall on Stitcher Premium, with a wider release on other podcast platforms next year.
–THR reported that Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) is in talks to star in Paramount’s G.I. Joe spin-off movie, Snake Eyes. The character had previously featured in Paramount’s previous entries in the franchise, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and G.I Joe: Retaliation, and was portrayed by Ray Park. Robert Schwentke (Divergent) is set to direct the film, with Evan Spiliotopoulos providing the script. Snake Eyes is currently set for release on October 16, 2020.
– Joe Holt (The Punisher) joined the cast of the third series of AMC’s The Walking Dead franchise in a recurring role. He is set to portray Leo Bennett, an optimistic family man and a respected professor who would risk his own life to save others. The second spinoff series has yet to be named but has entered production in and around Richmond, Virginia, and will focus on the first generation to come of age in the zombie apocalypse. Holt will be joining the cast of Nico Tortorella, Annet Mahendru, Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Nicolas Cantu and Hal Cumpston. The series does not yet have a premiere date.
– A trailer for the second and final season of Star Wars Resistance was released. The series is set amid the events of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and before The Rise of Skywalker, and sees Kazuda Xiono and those onboard the Colossus trying to evade the First Order as their resources rapidly deplete. In the trailer itself, several familiar faces appear, including Kylo Ren, voiced by Matthew Wood. The series will premiere on October 6 on Disney Channel and DisneyNOW, with the following episodes airing on Disney XD. You can check out the trailer here.
