Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Latest News on Smallville, The Raven, Spiderman, The Goon

Latest News on Smallville, The Raven, Spiderman, The Goon
Courtesy of Diamond Comics
  • With the 10th and final season of Smallville now under way, Variety.com has reported that The CW has begun hunting for a superhuman successor to that series by ordering a pilot script based on the DC Comics heroine Raven. Diego Gutierrez, who most recently served as co-executive producer on three episodes of V, has been tapped as the writer & executive producer for the possible series. 

  • Actors Campbell Scott and Julianne Nicholson will play the parents of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) in the new Spider-Man film from director Marc Webb. Additionally, "Slumdog Millionaire" actor Irrfan Khan has joined the cast of as a character named Van Atter, and Rubicon’s Annie Parisse has signed on to play his wife. The film is nearing the end of its casting, with production set to begin in Los Angeles at the end of December. Source: Hollywoodreporter.com.

  • As part of DH:HD, the joint initiative of Dark Horse, USA Today, and Toshiba, the first four pages of the original The Goon: Irish Wake story from writer/artist Eric Powell is now available on USAToday.com along with Powell’s insights on this particular The Goon story. ‘I was really excited to do this one,’ Powell told USA Today. ‘Any chance I'm offered to get the word out about The Goon, I jump at it. Something unique like this gives me a chance to do that but also gives me a chance to do something a little bit different from the creative side.’

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