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– Dark Horse Comics announced “Pros and (Comic) Cons,” a new anthology book edited by Hope Nicholson (“The Secret Loves of Geek Girls,” “The Secret Loves of Geeks”). It will feature essays and comics featuring “the mad world of comic conventions and the funny, sad, sweet, embarrassing, and heartfelt stories that go along with them,” with contributions by creators like Brian Michael Bendis, Greg Pak, Jenn St-Onge, Tim Seeley, Kieron Gillen, Sina Grace, Amy Chu and many more. The book is due out May 29, 2019.
– In an interview with Forbes magazine, Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson revealed a new “Timecop” series is in the works, following the company’s new production deal with Vanguard Visionary Associates. “Timecop,” which was created by Richardson, Mark Verheiden and Ron Randall in 1992, was previously adapted into a Jean-Claude Van Damme film and an ABC TV series during the ’90s.
– Deadline reports Julius Avery (director of the upcoming Overlord) will helm a new Flash Gordon movie. Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman), who was previously attached to the project, will produce the film instead. This will mark the first big screen adventure for Alex Raymond’s spacefaring hero since Mike Hodges’s 1980 cult classic, and the first adaptation since Syfy’s 2007 TV series starring Eric Johnson.
– Producer/screenwriter Malcolm Spellman (Empire) is attached to a Bucky/Falcon miniseries for the Disney streaming service, reports Variety. It is one of several series being considered by Marvel Studios for the streaming service, alongside projects starring Loki, and Scarlet Witch. Bucky and Falcon have been portrayed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie, respectively, since 2011 and 2014.
– At ICv2, Tokyopop announced their first series based on Disney’s Mulan, and two new additions to their International Women of Manga line next year: “Star Collector,” by Sophie Schonhammer and Anna Backhhausen, and “Servant & Lord,” by Lorinell Yu and Lo. They also confirmed the ongoing “Nightmare Before Christmas – Zero’s Journey” will run for a total of 20 issues for “the next year‑and‑a‑half.”
– Jason Flemyng (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, X-Men: First Class) will play the villainous Lord Harwood on the Epix TV series Pennyworth. And in further Batman TV prequel news, Jaime Murray (Dexter, Defiance) will play Theresa Walker on Gotham: the character was described by Deadline as “Jim Gordon’s (Ben McKenzie) principal nemesis” on the fifth and final season.
– IDW have announced Men In Black/Ghostbusters: Ecto-terrestrial Invasion, a new board game that will mark the first crossover between the two franchises. IDW have had the comic book license for Ghostbusters since 2008, while the license for Men in Black (which was created by Lowell Cunningham and Sandy Carruthers at Aircel Comics in 1990) is owned by Marvel. The game features character designs by Derek Laufman (“RuinWorld”), and it is due for release in late 2019.
– Finally, it was announced last week the childhood home of Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) in Springfield, Massachusetts, will be restored as the Geisel Innovation Center. Karen Fisk, coordinator of the restoration project for the Springfield Museums, said, “This will be a center that will honor the legacy of the man who believed in the intelligence of children.” As well as an author of illustrated children’s books, Geisel (1904 – 1991) was a prominent political cartoonist, whose work in that area has seen a renewed interest from the public.