Stories For November 10 2010 MRD Media Watch

Stories For November 10 2010 MRD Media Watch
Courtesy of Diamond Comics

The next comic part of DH: HD, the initiative from Dark Horse, Toshiba, and USA Today, is Serenity: Downtime, an all-new, eight-page story exclusive to USAToday.com that comes from writer Zach Whedon and artist Chris Samnee.

After the second episode of The Walking Dead brought in 4.7 million viewers, AMC announced that it had renewed the show for a 13-episode second season via a press release. No details about when those episodes might begin airing were provided. Click here for more information.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products, DC Entertainment and Nick Grace of Water Lane Productions Ltd. have announced that the live show entitled Batman Live will begin touring the United Kingdom and other cities in Europe beginning summer 2011 before coming to North America in 2012. Details from the press release are as follows:

"Opening in Manchester on July 20, 2011 and visiting Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Birmingham, London, Liverpool, Nottingham, Dublin and Belfast, tickets for “Batman Live” go on sale on Friday, November 12, 2010. 'Batman Live' is a visually stunning production, complete with a brand new original storyline. The live show will feature Batman, his trusty counterpart Robin, tireless butler Alfred and a host of other favouriteBatman characters, including Villains such as The Joker, The Riddler, Catwoman and The Penguin. The story will take place in several settings from the famed DC Comics stories, including Gotham City, Wayne Manor, the Batcave and Arkham Asylum." Click here to read the official press release in full.

In a Wall Street Journal interview, Robert Iger, the chief executive of Walt Disney Co., provided his views on where Disney is going as a company and confirmed that the integration of Marvel Entertainment into the greater Disney family will involve three live-action TV series for ABC/ABC Family. Source: WSJ.com.

The Examiner is reporting that current WWE star John Cena and actor/former WWE star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are among those in the running to play Clark Kent/Superman in the upcoming film from Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment. Source: Examiner.com.