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– “Criminal Macabre” is returning to Dark Horse with a new self-contained hardcover graphic novel. “Criminal Macabre: Spirit of the Demon” will see supernatural detective Cal McDonald on the trail of a knife-wielding, blood-draining priest, leading him right up to the gates of Hell. Writer Steve Niles will be joined by “Spawn” and “Punisher” artist Syzmon Kudranski for the OGN, while Halloween and They Live director John Carpenter will provide an introduction for the book. “Criminal Macabre: Spirit of the Demon” will be available in comic shops on July 6, 2022.
– Marvel’s Midnight Suns has been delayed until the second half of 2022, according to a statement on the game’s official Twitter. According to the statement made by Creative Director Jake Solomon and Senior Franchise Producer Garth DeAngelis, the development team needs “more time to make this the best game possible.” It goes on to say the extra months will be used to add “more story, cinematics, and overall polish.”
– Fans of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure will be able learn more about the upcoming season during Netflix’s Anime Day. Kicking off on November 9 at 10am JST, the streamer will livestream a “special talk session” featuring cast members from the new season, titled JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean. This includes Fairouz Ai, who voices season protagonist Jolene. The stream, available in English on the company’s YouTube page, will open with a message from CEO Ted Sarandos and Netflix Japan vice president of content Kaata Sakamoto, and composer Yoko Kanno performing music from the season.
– Snowpiercer‘s third season is set to debut on Monday, January 24. The dystopian thriller, based on the Bong Joon-ho film of the same name (itself based on the French graphic novel “Le Transperceneige”), was one of three renewals announced by TNT and TBS, the others being American Dad (also January 24) and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (January 20).
– COVID-related delays have pushed the release date of Vault’s ““Fox and Hare” #1 from this month to February 2022. The comic, written by Jon Tsuei and drawn by Stacey Lee, sets out to emphasize the “punk” aspect of the cyberpunk genre. “Jon and Stacey are making a masterpiece,” Vault Editor-in-Chief and co-founder Adrian Wassel said of the project, “reclaiming Asian identity in a genre that has a long, problematic history of fetishization and erasure, in equal measure — and I’ll stand by them taking exactly as long as they need to make it their perfect story.”
– Daniel Dae Kim will portray Fire Lord Ozai in Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation. Kim is known for his roles in Lost and Hawaii Five-0, and is the executive producer of ABC’s The Good Doctor.
– While vague on the details, Matt Smith recently spoke about his character cut from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. In an interview with Happy Sad Confused podcast host Josh Horowitz, Smith confirmed that he was considered for a role in the most recent installment in the franchise, though the part was written out by the time filming began. He went on to say the role would have been “a transformative Star Wars story detail,” before adding that “it never quite got over the line.”
– A live-action film adaptation of Kousuke Oono’s “The Way of the Househusband” is due to hit Japanese theaters in Summer 2022. The cast from the television series, which debuted in October of last year, are set to reprise their roles in the feature. This includes Hiroshi Tamaki as Tatsu, the former Yakuza crime lord turned titular househusband. Tōichirō Rutō, who directed several episodes of the series, will helm the film.
– Finally, Z2 has brought on former talent agent John Domingos to help expand their catalog. The publisher has made a name for itself specializing in original graphic novels by and about musicians. With Domingos’s hiring, they hope to expand their model to include movies, comedy, fashion, sports, and pop culture. This comes after the announcement of “Cheech & Chong’s Chronicles: A Brief History of Weed,” written by the comedy pair themselves (with Eliot Rahal) and drawn by Noah Van Sciver.
