Now that the San Diego Comic Con has wound to a close, I can begin to sort through the various bits of info that were drowned out by the cacaphony of nerdly goodness.
- J.M. Straczyinski's Rising Stars is apparently in development as a TV series, with Sam Raimi attached in some fashion. A year ago this would have been great news, but now it's just too close in concept to NBC's Heroes for it to flourish on it's own merits.
- Marvel announced or illuminated several new movies in development including: Iron Man w/ Jon Favreau, Ant Man w/ Edgar Wright, a new Hulk w/ Louis Letterier, Captain America, Thor & Nick Fury. Marvel Films honcho Kevin Feige also said that it's not a coincidence that all of these characters have links to the Avengers. While I think a live-action Avengers flick could be mind-blowing, it would also likely be prohibitedly expensive to produce, so I'm not holding my breath.
- Finally I tried to watch G4's coverage of Comic Con, but after 20 minutes I couldn't take any more. As predicted, the actual comic book related stuff was glossed over in favor of MORE coverage of Snakes on a Plane and interviews with strippers in Black Cat costumes. More aggregious: the on-air personalities that actually read comics, Blair Butler & Adam Sessler, were never heard from at the show. Just a complete waste of time.
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