Archive for the 'Animation' Category

See Batman: Gotham Knight at Wiz World Chi

Thursday, June 19th, 2008--by Stephen Schleicher

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DC Comics and Warner Bros have announced Bruce Timm, Josh Olson, Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka, Alan Burnett, and others will make an appearance at Wizard World Chicago for the Batman Gotham Knight World Premiere and Panel.

If you are going to Wiz World Chi, better take the jump to see how you can get into this big event.

Oh, and more cool pics from the movie after the jump too!

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Shots from Spider-Man Finale and Summer Schedule

Saturday, June 14th, 2008--by Stephen Schleicher

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I missed this one yesterday, and you have probably already watched the season finale of The Spectacular Spider-Man, but in case you missed it, or just want a few tasty images to save to your computer, take the jump for info about the second season, and the rerun schedule for this summer.

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Spider-Man vs. Venom This Weekend

Thursday, June 12th, 2008--by Stephen Schleicher

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This weekend, during the season finale of The Spectacular Spider-Man, it’s Peter Parker against Eddie Brock in a smack down drag out fight in the middle of the Thanksgiving holiday.

The CW and Kids’ WB! has sent Major Spoilers your first look at the episode.

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Interview: Josh LeBar

Friday, June 6th, 2008--by Press Release

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Josh LeBar draws on all kinds of life experiences when giving voice to Flash Thompson for “The Spectacular Spider-Man.”

LeBar, best known for his role as agent Ari Gold’s arch rival Josh Weinstein on HBO’s “Entourage,” has lived the life of both a prep jock and an aspiring super hero … so taking on Flash Thompson’s persona wasn’t much of a reach.

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Interview: Screenwriter Josh Olson

Thursday, June 5th, 2008--by Press Release

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Hollywood tradition dictates that an Academy Award nomination begets lucrative offer after offer, and the nominee usually reaps the immediate seven-figure benefits. But sometimes, boyhood dreams take precedence.

Buoyed by his Oscar nod for scripting “A History of Violence,” Josh Olson has become one of the most sought-after writers in Hollywood. But amidst the offers following his nomination came the opportunity to pen a chapter of “Batman Gotham Knight” – and that was an offer simply too tempting to resist. The result is an impressive opening segment to the film that not only arrests the imagination with visually stunning perspectives of Batman, but sets the thematic tone for the entire six-chapter film.

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BEHOLD! I GIVE YOU VENOM!

Thursday, June 5th, 2008--by Stephen Schleicher

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‘nough said.

Well except you’ll want to tune into The Spectacular Spider-Man this weekend.

via The CW and The Kids’ WB!

More Changes on the Way for Spider-Man’s Black Suit

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008--by Stephen Schleicher

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The introduction of the symbiote suit two episodes ago have really changed how Peter Parker does his work as Spider-Man, but as we already know, strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

Take the jump for the slight modifications the suit has undergone since its debut, and learn what’s on the way (plus a tasty image or two too).

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Simpson’s Voice Actors Reach Agreement

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008--by Stephen Schleicher

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20th Century Fox and the voice cast of The Simpsons have reached an agreement for more money, and the animated series will go on.

Under the pact, the top actors will be paid nearly $400,000 per episode. While this is lower than the reported $500,000 the cast originally sought, it remains a significant increase from their current paychecks of about $300,000 an episode.

Rest assured, this agreement means the Simpsons will be on for four more years.

Uh… yea!? Is anyone still watching this show? The show stopped being laugh out loud funny about 10 years ago.
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Spider-Man Needs an Intervention

Monday, June 2nd, 2008--by Stephen Schleicher

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Or so says the title of this weekend’s The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series on the Kids’ WB! Things are moving along quite quickly following last week’s unveiling of the Sinister Six as Peter Parker discovers his black suit isn’t all that it is cracked up to be.

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Director Jennifer Coyle Discusses The Sinister Six

Monday, June 2nd, 2008--by Press Release

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Jennifer Coyle has literally worn her love of Spider-Man for much of her adolescent and adult life – she went so far as to paint a huge Spidey on the back of her motorcycle jacket in her days growing up in Rolling Hills and at Cal State Long Beach.

Today, she paints the web-slinger on a much broader canvas – as one of the directors on “The Spectacular Spider-Man,” CW4Kids’ hit Saturday morning television series. Coyle’s second episode of the series’ first season — “Group Therapy” – premiered this past Saturday.

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Interview: Gregory Noveck, DC Comics Senior Vice President of Creative Affairs

Friday, May 30th, 2008--by Press Release

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DC Universe original animated movies are created by a unique collaboration between four diverse units within the Warner Bros. family – Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video, Warner Bros Animation and, the source of the characters and many of the stories, DC Comics. Leading the charge for the latter group is Gregory Noveck, Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs for the iconic comics company, and credited as Executive in Charge of Production for DC Comics on all of the DC Universe films.

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Final Three Spectacular Spider-Man Shows Begin This Weekend

Friday, May 30th, 2008--by Stephen Schleicher

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The first season of The Spectacular Spider-Man begins to wrap up this weekend with The Sinister Six making an appearance in the episode entitled “Group Therapy”. The show has been doing gangbusters in the ratings, landing in the top spot for the 10 a.m. Saturday morning timeslot.

Take the jump for the final three schedule, as well as more images featuring the Sinister Six.

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Sinister Six on Spectacular Spider-Man

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008--by Stephen Schleicher

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A slightly revised version of the Sinister Six are making their appearance on The Spectacular Spider-Man this weekend, and Major Spoilers has your first look at the team up of bad guys bent on taking Spider-Man down.

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Interview: Greg Rucka Discusses Batman Gotham Knight

Friday, May 23rd, 2008--by Press Release

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Want a nice, frank conversation? Corner Greg Rucka and pick a subject. He is anything but restrained, speaking freely and constantly exuding the kind of creative flashpoint from which arises his fascinating array of benchmark characters.

Raised on California’s Central Coast, and schooled at Vassar College and USC, Rucka brings a street sensibility to his work – which has ranged from nearly a dozen novels and several short stories to a daunting list of comics, non-fiction essays and, now, a segment of the highly-anticipated animated film, “Batman Gotham Knight.”

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Spectacular Spider-Man’s Matt Wayne Talks Black Cat and Black Costume

Thursday, May 15th, 2008--by Press Release

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More Black Cat images continue to trickle in from The CW and The Kids’ WB! This time, the images are accompanied by comments from Matt Wayne, writer for the episode entitled Persona.

In the episode, Spider-Man learns the hard way not to judge a book by its cover when another Spider-Man starts making headlines … as a crook! It’s the Chameleon, master of disguise, looting the city and laying the blame at Spidey’s feet. The Web-Slinger is forced to team up with another crook, the lovely Black Cat, to stop his foe’s faux-Spidey crime spree and clear his name. Along the way, Spider-Man inadvertently comes in contact with an alien symbiote that dramatically alters our hero’s color scheme … and begins to mess with his mind.

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