I you wandered through your LCS this week, you may have seen Angelina Jolie looking back at you.  That’s because Top Cow has released the Wanted Movie Edition Trade Paperback to capitalize on the upcoming DVD release.

The WANTED MOVIE EDITION not only contains the hit comic story by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, it also features a movie photo cover (see attached), interviews with the director and cast of the film, a character dossier, deleted scenes, a making-of-the-comic featurette and more.

I think some are going to be dissappointed when they purchase the trade and find out Jolie on the cover turns into Halle Berry on the inside.   If you haven’t read Wanted, do yourself a favor and pick it up, it is a great story.  If you’re basing your purchase on the movie, pick up the book as it is a totally different story.

via Top Cow

Matthew Vaughn has announced that even though the studios have passed on making the adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass, Vaughn says he is going to raise the $30 million himself to get the film into production.

Chloe Moretz has already been cast in the film, but the Hollywood Reporter has Superbad’s Christopher Mintz-Plasse in negotiations to play The Red Mist, the angry teen son of a mobster who tries to find uncover Kick-Ass’ identity.

Vaughn first brought the project to Sony, which distributed his “Layer Cake,” but the studio balked at the violence, which he refused to tone down. Several other studios expressed interest but demanded that the protagonists’ ages be upped. Vaughn, who most recently co-wrote and directed the international hit “Stardust,” now is going it alone.

Even though Vaughn says he’s going it alone, unless he’s setting up his own distribution company, he’s going to find it difficult to get a hard R or potentially NC-17 rated film into theaters.

via Hollywood Reporter

Image Comics has announced Mark Millar and Tony Harris will be spanning the globe next couple of weeks, stopping at comic shops to sign copies of their sold out War Heroes series.  And by spanning the globe, I mean England and the U.S. and by next couple of weeks I mean August 9 - 23, 2008.

“The reaction Tony and I have received for WAR HEROES from fans and retailers alike has been phenomenal so we arranged this tour to say ‘thank you’ to as many of them as possible,” Millar said. “In fact, these trips may be the only way to get the book since the initial printing sold out instantly!”

Take the jump to see where they’ll be appearing.

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Image Comics has announced Mark Millar’s War Heroes has sold out at the distributor level, prompting the company to go back to press.

“Much like KICK ASS, the response to WAR HEROES has taken a lot of people by surprise,” said Millar. “Stores all over are reporting sell outs and are reordering as many as possible, even as the initial supply is exhausted! Those fans from ULTIMATES are coming to WAR HEROES in droves so we’re putting even more copies out there! Retailers are advised to order up as our initial printing had a substantial overprint and that clearly wasn’t enough for the fans!”

The second printing will arrive in August for $2.99.

If you liked Mark Millar’s Wanted, then you will really get a kick out of Marvel’s Kick-Ass six issue mini-series, which takes a look at the question, “What would happen if someone tried to be a superhero in the real world?”  The series has already been picked up to be turned into a movie, and has sold out several times at the distributor level.  In order to get you ready for the next issue, Marvel is sending issues #1-3 back to print and collecting them in the Kick-Ass Must Have one-shot.

Best of all, the price point for three issues can’t be beat.  Kick-Ass Must Have one-shot will sell for $4.99 when it arrives in stores on September 3.  Hey, that’s my birtday, guess that’s another thing to add to the wish list.

via Marvel