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Comic Review: The Regulators #1

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The Regulators #1
Written by Jeff Loew
Art by George Todorovski
Visionary Comics
Price: $0.99
Release date: April 7, 2010

The Regulators is a new science fiction/thriller story. It takes place on Mars with a very interesting political landscape. I am definitely intrigued and will probably continue reading the series to see what it as all about.

Most first issues run into the problem of over explaining and having to much exposition. I am happy to report that this is not the case in this issue, but rather it jumps right into the story. Although I was a little lost in the story because I was not sure what had happened to lead the characters to this point. I am hoping that this is resolved by a flashback or some sort of explanation of how the universe works and got to be that way. This also led to me not relating to many of the characters because they are not fully fleshed out yet. I can tell that the writing is good so I want to read more but so far I am still a little bit lost. Otherwise the story really seems interesting and I have lots of questions I want answered about the characters and I always love a good science fiction story [...]

Disney Quickly Gets ‘Tron’ Sequel Moving Forward

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Disney's Tron: Legacy is still eight months away from being released, but the studio is already anxious to get a sequel moving forward.

Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, who wrote the first movie and have worked as writers and executive producers on Lost, have been re-hired to immediately get to work on the follow-up. This is an interesting move, as there is still the chance -- despite the major buzz and great trailers we've seen -- that Tron: Legacy will end up disappointing the masses.

Much like the other news that they're making Dark Life before the book even comes out, it would seem that Disney is all about taking a few risks these days. This isn't the worst thing in the world; sometimes in Hollywood risks pay off big time, and you have to tip your cap to rolling the dice now and again. And worst case scenario, they toss the script and move on. Larger disasters have unfolded. [...]

‘War Of Gods’ Becomes ‘Immortals’; Adds John Hurt & Isabel Lucas

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It was a little strange when we were informed that two movies based on Greek mythology were coming -- one an adaptation of popular video game God of War; the other being Tarsem Singh's War of Gods -- with such similar titles. Though the Brett Ratner-directed God of War has since been put to sleep for now, it looks as if they don't want to take the risk on title confusions among movie-goers.

In a press release put out by Relativity Media, it was announced that War of Gods will now officially be called Immortals. The new title doesn't sound quite as epic (more like a Highlander sequel), but is effective enough for what they need it to be. Another possible title was Dawn of War.

Also announced in said press release, is that two new actors have joined the cast. John Hurt, who should be familiar to all movie fans for roles in films like Alien, the Hellboy movies, and the Harry Potter franchise (among many, many others), has been cast to play Zeus. Joining him will be Isabel Lucas, who will be playing Athena. Lucas was in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Daybreakers, and will be seen in the remake of Red Dawn. [...]

Robert Zemeckis To Direct Ocean Floor Adaptation ‘Dark Life’

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We're still patiently awaiting a movie based on the horrific underwater video game, Bioshock, but Walt Disney may be looking to transport us to the ocean's floor a little sooner.

It's being reported that director Robert Zemeckis is adding yet another project to his ever-growing to-do list. Zemeckis will take on an adaptation of the Kat Falls novel, Dark Life, which hasn't even hit bookshelves yet. Buying up rights to books that haven't come out yet has become another one of Hollywood's common habits; a rather risky move considering no one knows how the book itself will be received. If this ends up being a big success on page and screen, however, then they all look like geniuses.

Dark Life is set in the near future when real-world issues like global warming have lead to water levels rising past the point of no return, leading to massive devastation and many people moving into new settlements on the ocean floors. Over the years, this has lead to the development of many special abilities in younger kids and teens. [...]

Wondercon 2010: Greg Rucka Done At DC

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In a WonderCon shocker, current Detective Comics writer Greg Rucka announced during his spotlight panel that he has turned in his last story for DC Comics.

The fan favorite writer was putting out what will no doubt turn out to be a classic run on Detective Comics with artist JH Williams III and I'm sad to see him leave the book, as it was my favorite title DC was putting out.

That being said, I'm happy for Rucka because now he can focus on creator-owned books like Queen and Country and Stumptown.

On Twitter, Rucka commented:

To all who sent kind words: thank you! No bad blood w/ DC; just time to move on.

On his blog, JH Williams III wrote the following message [...]

WonderCon 2010: ‘Chuck’ Cast Discusses The Show’s Future

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Positive emotions were high among attendees at Sunday's WonderCon 2010 Chuck panel featuring Zachary Levi, Josh Gomez, and Adam Baldwin, along with show creator/producers Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz. This was no doubt caused by the Con's surprise screening of the latest episode a day earlier than its regular prime time air date.

That episode, "Chuck vs. The Other Guy" was originally written as the show's Season 3 finale, but after the network ordered more than its initial 13-episode run, the team had an option to amend it for the new finale but decided against it after reading the script.

"Essentially we had designed the whole season to get to that point... Chuck and Sarah in Paris," Fedak said.

"It actually works out great for fans because you get what was designed to be a season finale in the middle of the season and then it's on us to ramp it back up again, Schwartz said. "So you get twice as much excitement. It's a win-win."

Having attended the screening at WonderCon, I can say that I wish I could watch every episode with hundreds of adoring fans. It felt more like I was watching a cult classic I'd never seen than television programing [...]
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