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Chris Claremont & Salvador Larroca Are Back on New Limited Series


Marvel Comics has announced that Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca will team up again to work on a five-issue X-Treme X-Men limited series, which kicks off on November 30, 2022.

This new limited series picks up from the final issue of X-Treme X-Men, published in 2013. In the new story arc, Kitty Pryde is hit with a powerful psychic attack by Ogun that sends the X-Treme team off on a high-stakes mission to figure out what secrets is Ogun hiding from them.

“It’s been a long time and I’ve missed this team and this book that I consider a child of mine," said Larroca about being back on this series. "I hope fans enjoy what we’re doing with this new run--there are lots of new histories to tell. This is the book that Chris Claremont fans have been waiting for and I’m proud to once again illustrate his awesome plots.”

The first issue will feature a cover by Larroca. There will also be variant covers available through a new variant cover program launched alongside this title.



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Milestone Generations Documentary

Narrated by award-winning actor and musician Cliff ‘Method Man’ Smith, Milestone Generations chronicles the relaunch of Milestone Comics and Milestone Media’s mission to address not only the lack of superheroes of color in comics but also the lack of storytellers of color creating the content.

The film, directed by Justice A. Whitaker, produced by Courageous Studios, and presented by Ally, is available to stream on July 29th on HBO Max.


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SilverSmith said:
Milestone Generations Documentary

Narrated by award-winning actor and musician Cliff ‘Method Man’ Smith, Milestone Generations chronicles the relaunch of Milestone Comics and Milestone Media’s mission to address not only the lack of superheroes of color in comics but also the lack of storytellers of color creating the content.

The film, directed by Justice A. Whitaker, produced by Courageous Studios, and presented by Ally, is available to stream on July 29th on HBO Max.


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EA Are Supposedly Working On A Black Panther Game

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Electronic Arts is getting into the super hero game with a new title based on the Black Panther, according to a report from Giant Bomb member (and former GamesBeat staffer) Jeff Grubb on his daily news show, Game Mess Mornings.

According to Grubb, the title is early in development and is a single-player affair. A new Seattle studio founded by former Monolith Productions VP and studio head Kevin Stephens is likely working on the project.

Starting with the death of one Black Panther, players take on a character that is becoming the newest incarnation of the Wakanda hero.

We have reached out to EA for comment and will update the story if GamesBeat gets a reply.
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https://venturebeat.com/2022/07/25/report-ea-is-working-on-a-black-panther-game/
 
Ra said:
It was okay. It reminded me a bit of the late 90's movie Deep Rising (similar type monster & ending).
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I just read online that the creature was supposed to be loosely linked to the Cthulhu Mythos. I had no idea when I saw the movie, although I usually think that whenever I see anything with tentacles on its head.
 
Ra said:
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I actually have the first issue of this … somewhere. I got it when I was in the second or third grade way back in the 70’s. I remember thinking how cool he was because he was “real.” … lol

I kinda’ forgot about him pretty soon after issue one. I don’t remember much follow through on any of the daredevil, Evel Knevel, type stuff that interested me in the character in the first place. If they had done more stunts, it actually could have worked. As a child, for a brief period of time, I was really enthralled with him. If they had been able to do more with the character, build some kind of momentum and keep it going for a while longer, they could’ve made a ton with action figures and other merchandising. I could see my dumb ass, as a kid, begging for a Human Fly action figure and tickets to the Human Fly live stunt show. …lol
 
samson1701 said:
I actually have the first issue of this … somewhere. I got it when I was in the second or third grade way back in the 70’s. I remember thinking how cool he was because he was “real.” … lol

I kinda’ forgot about him pretty soon after issue one. I don’t remember much follow through on any of the daredevil, Evel Knevel, type stuff that interested me in the character in the first place. If they had done more stunts, it actually could have worked. As a child, for a brief period of time, I was really enthralled with him. If they had been able to do more with the character, build some kind of momentum and keep it going for a while longer, they could’ve made a ton with action figures and other merchandising. I could see my dumb ass, as a kid, begging for a Human Fly action figure and tickets to the Human Fly live stunt show. …lol
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I had one issue of the comic back in the day. The one where he's hang off a rope that's attached to a blimp. The reason I even picked it up was the comic book suit design was good & with that "pimp cane" I thought he's got to be black under that mask. Go figure. o_O Being that he wasn't black & didn't fight any actual super villains in the comics, of course I didn't bother with any follow up as well.

I wonder if Marvel/Disney still has any license/trademark over the character because I could see them doing some type of present day take with this. Do some type of Disneyland/Disneyworld Human Fly stage attraction with someone in a more comic accurate version of the suit doing acrobatics/parkour/martial arts demonstrations. Set it up like a super hero stage show where he's fighting some villain & his hench men. Give out new exclusive Human Fly comics for everyone attending the shows and maybe even do a limited series Marvel comic with the Human Fly actually going up against a real Marvel street level villain (low level one of course).
 
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Official Trailer (Studio Trigger Version)




The series follows David, a street kid trying to eke out a living in the body modification-obsessed metropolis of Night City. After crossing paths with Lucy, an elusive hacker, David chooses to pursue a life as an “edge runner” — an outlaw mercenary-for-hire willing to go toe-to-toe with the city’s most notorious cyber-psychos and criminals in his quest to become a so-called legend.
 
The Batgirl Movie Is Dead
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You’re never going to see that new Batgirl movie. According to reports, Warner Bros. has decided to cancel the nearly finished project and not release it either in theaters or on HBO Max, which was the original plan.

There are multiple reports as to the reasoning behind this and io9 has reached out to Warner Bros. for comment. We’ll update this piece if and when we hear back. For now though, the New York Post, which broke the news, says test screenings of the film were so bad that the studio felt releasing it could damage the DC brand. The Wrap adds that the film was made as a streaming movie, not a big theatrical release, and Warner Bros.’ new management wants DC titles to be as big as possible. Which Batgirl was not. Variety then offers another angle that “Studio insiders insist the decision was not driven by the quality of the film or the commitment of the filmmakers, but by the desire for the studio’s slate of DC features to be at a blockbuster scale,”

Directed by Bad Boys for Life team Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Batgirl stars Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon, who then becomes the titular character. Michael Keaton was set to reprise his role as Batman in the film too. According to the Wrap, Warner Bros. has nothing against any of those people and hopes to work with them soon—it’s just that the film was made under a different regime, and it doesn’t mesh with the current boss’ plans. Plans that include DC films being as big and theatrical as possible.

This is wild though. According to those reports, Batgirl cost at minimum $70 million and maybe closer to $100 million. To just eat that much money is simultaneously incredible but also, if it’s being done for the right reasons, honorable. If the studio truly doesn’t think the movie it has is good enough for audiences, and that releasing it could damage the DC brand as a whole, losing $100 million now is better than the countless billions it could lose in the future. You almost respect the choice, though you simultaneously feel bad for all the hard work everyone involved put into it.

However, you also can’t help but think about how this fits into Warner Bros. and DC’s complex and fascinating history. How Justice League was first released as an inferior version, which certainly did damage not just to the DC brand, but fractured the fan base. You also can’t help but wonder about The Flash, another upcoming Warner Bros. movie that certainly cost much more than $100 million and has a much, much bigger problem than it just not being a good movie: star Ezra Miller has become a mainstay in the police blotter. Will that film still be released? And if so, what does that say about Batgirl? Is bad press okay but a bad movie not?


So many questions, not a lot of answers. At least now. Whatever happens here, no one can ever say that the behind the scenes drama at Warner Bros. and DC Films is boring.
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