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– After the critical and commercial disappointment of Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Geoff Johns, along with Warner Bros. executive Jon Berg, are set to take over control of DC’s films. The pair will be running what is said to be a dedicated division of the company, and will be taking on a role not unlike Kevin Feige’s at Marvel. What this means for Johns’ writing of comics going forward remains to be seen, which is a bit disconcerting on the even of “Rebirth.”
– Renae de Liz has announced that her “The Legend of Wonder Woman” digital first series is coming back for a second volume. This is great news, as that series has been quite good – far better than the standard “Wonder Woman” series over the past year or so.
– AMC has tapped Robert Kirkman not to produce a comics adaptation for their network, but a documentary series called Heroes and Villains: The History of Comic Books, which is set to debut in 2017. While there are certainly people better suited to this role than Kirkman, I understnd AMC’s desire to have him on board. Also, if they need talking heads, I’m available!
– In news that seems both premature and sad, New York Comic Con has announced that this year will be Stan Lee’s last trip to the convention. Maybe he doesn’t want to fill out that silly fan verification information.
– In news that seems akin to “I would’ve caught the baby if you dropped it,” CBS has announced that they could have, and would have probably picked up Supergirl if the CW wasn’t interested in it. Somewhere, Ted Danson is crying into his CSI: Cyber cast jacket, wishing anyone would want him as much as CBS apparently wants Supergirl.
– Jim Lee wants you to know that DC’s new logo has “hidden meaning.” To try to demonstrate said meaning without the visual would be silly, so just click through.
– Who wants a Pirates of the Caribbean comic? Not you? Well, here you go anyway!
– It looks like John Boyega might be the most recent actor to join Black Panther.
– Rian Hughes once pitched DC 50 logos – which you can see here. Damn some of these look great.
– These X-Men Apocalypse goof record covers are not great, but they’re not terrible, either. They’re just…not much of a thing, huh?
– And, finally, Seth Rogen casts himself in Preacher – again, and again, and again.
