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The Rundown: November 18, 2019

By | November 18th, 2019
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Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com.

In case you missed it, Edo Brenes took home the 2019 Observer/Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize. We also have an exclusive preview of Titan Comics’ collection “The Philosophy of Deadpool,” and an interview with Dinesh Shamdasani and Hunter Gorinson about their new company Hivemind, the Bloodshot movie, and more.

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– With Scott Snyder set to step off of “Justice League” in January, DC has announced the new creative team. Per CBR, Robert Venditti will take over the series starting with February’s “Justice League” #40. He’ll be joined by artists Dough Mahnke and Jaime Mendoza on issue #40, with Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan joining him for issue #41. Covers for both issues were drawn by Bryan Hitch. The storyline will see the Superman villain Eradicator leading a genetically engineered, superpowered strike team on a mission to conquer the Earth. We’ll have more on DC’s February solicitations in next week’s Soliciting Multiversity column.

– The most profitable comic book film of all time has broken another record: Warner Bros.’s Joker has passed $1 billion worldwide. This makes it the first R-rated film to reach that milestone, and the seventh film this year following fellow comic book adaptations Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far from Home, and Captain Marvel, as well as the Disney films The Lion King, Toy Story 4, and Aladdin. You can find more context on the achievement over at Forbes.

– The CW’s The Flash has found a missing person–or, at least, found someone to play her. Per TVLine, Natalie Dreyfuss is set to join the cast in the role of Sue Dearbon, better known to comics readers as Elongated Man’s eventual wife Sue Dibny. Dreyfuss is set to meet her comics husband–played in the show by Hartley Sawyer–later in season 6.

– Now that IDW’s “Big Hero 6 #1” hit shelves this week, writer Hannah Blumenreich has taken to Twitter to voice her displeasure with the changes between her original script and the version that made it to stores. As The Beat reports, the series has seen over a year of delays, with its initial publication date set for summer of 2018. Blumenreich reported clashes with both Disney and IDW, noting that she “sure would take [her] writer’s credit with a grain of salt.” In response to The Beat’s request for comment, IDW provided a statement responding to Blumenreich’s claims. “Sometimes the end result does not match everyone’s personal vision, but we will continue to work with our partners to create the best comics we can, while also trying to stay true to each of our creators’ intentions,” the statement read.

– Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller are in talks to reunite for a new trip to Sin City, this time as a television series set up with Legendary Pictures. According to Deadline, Rodriguez and Miller are expected to be executive producers on the project. This will mark the third collaboration between the duo. Both prior collaborations were adaptations of Miller’s influential noir graphic novel: 2005’s Sin City, and 2014’s sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

– Via The Hollywood Reporter, a film adaptation of Andy Weir and Sarah Anderson’s “Cheshire Crossing” has been picked up by Amblin Partners. Erin Cressida Wilson (The Girl on the Train) will pen the script. “Cheshire Crossing,” which hit shelves in July, follows Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Alice from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Wendy from Peter Pan as they meet at a boarding school for troubled young women.

– Striking a blow to the heart of the Boomer War, folks on Reddit and 4chan have been editing boomer political cartoons to make them… wholesome. The revisions take newspaper op-ed cartoons that emphasize the generation gap–typically by featuring a baby boomer who is exasperated by either millennials or Generation Z kids–and replacing their text and content with messages of optimism and togetherness. MEL Magazine has a write-up of the new trend.

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– In honor of the new “Rai” series that will go on sale this Wednesday, the metal band A Sound of Thunder has released a theme song for the new book. Featuring lyrics by series writer Dan Abnett, “Break Free (Theme from Rai)” is offered exclusively through the band’s Kickstarter as a companion to their new album Parallel Eternity. “I’ve never been asked to write lyrics before,” Abnett said. “It was fun, it was educational, and it was a privilege. We should all leave our creative comfort zones more often, and learn from the way other people do their things. When can we do it again?” You can hear a sample from the song on YouTube, and check out more of Abnett’s songwriting account over at Newsarama.

– According to Variety, Sophia Di Martino is in talks to join the cast of the upcoming Disney+ series Loki. Details are still scarce for the series–including details on who Di Martino will play–but the show is rumored to follow Loki as he influences events throughout human history. Director Kate Herron will be helming the series, which is being created and showrun by Rick and Morty scribe Michael Waldron. Loki is set for release on Disney+ in Spring of 2021.

– Finally, Disney/Fox has shuffled around a couple of release dates for its upcoming comic adaptations. The upcoming “Kingsman” prequel The King’s Man, which has already been promoted in theaters, has been moved from February 14, 2020 to September 18, 2020. The adaptation of Noelle Stevenson’s “Nimona” has been pushed from March 5, 2021 to January 14, 2022. Additionally, Marvel has added a number of untitled films to their release slate, including a film October 7, 2022, and films on February 17, May 5, July 28 and November 3 in 2023. Deadline has the full schedule of Disney/Fox’s upcoming films through 2023.


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