Cartoonist Mike Russell dropped us a note about his visit to the set of Twilight, the big-screen adaptation of the vampire book series by Stephanie Meyer. Check out his comic strip detailing his visit.
Joel Silver: Justice League “postponed,” Ritchie on Sgt. Rock?
Ain’t It Cool News has a Q&A up with producer Joel Silver, who talks about Speed Racer, Justice League (which he calls “postponed”) and Sgt. Rock, which he says he hopes to make with Guy Ritchie. (Thanks Ian).
The Ticker
–This week brings the regular network upfronts, meaning they reveal their schedules for next season, what shows stay, what shows go … that sort of thing. Yesterday NBC would have presented their schedule, but they bucked tradition and presented it back in April. We should have a report on ABC and The CW later today, followed by CBS on Wednesday and FOX on Thursday. Some info is, of course, already leaking out; Reaper will be back, while J.J. Abrams’ Fringe was picked up by FOX.
–PBS is bringing The Electric Company back. No word if the regular Spider-Man feature will return with it.
–Heroes will return a bit earlier than anticipated … via the Web. NBC plans to run webisodes starting July and starring a new villain.
May 13th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
The Electric Company! I will have to tune in, at least once, to see if it lives up to the original.
It would be cool if they could get some of the original cast back, or at least some of the old characters back. Arthur J. Crank, I’m looking at you.
How about Samuel Jackson as Easy Reader? Or maybe Chris Rock?
They also need a replacement for Spider-Man, though I wouldn’t mind if they did some kind of updated “Spidey Super Stories” for the new show. I’m just guessing Marvel won’t make Spidey available this time around.
Oh, and they MUST bring the silouettes! The two faces in profile, each one taking a syllable of the same word? I loved that!
Oh hell, I just need to get the “Best Of” DVDs from the original show, to go along with my Sesame Street “Old School” (pre-Elmo) DVDs. Roosevelt Franklin Lives!
Yeah, I’m pathetic.