Seriously! Go look! After a long 3 month downtime, the free rental site Demonoid.com is back up. Their main page says they are running a test script to see how things work, but the downloads are working. There have been some minor problems connecting to the site, but that may be from all the people trying to connect at once.
Source: Demonoid
So the latest firmware update added the comic reader to the PSP. Sadly the comic store doesn’t open until December. What good is a reader if you’ve got nothing to read on it!?
Spider-Man was recently arrested for punching a tourist while in costume. I’m sure it was an accident, his spider sense probably went off and he swung at the first target. Jameson is probably having the best day of his life right now.
In serious news, the guys that dresses up as Spidey and entertains tourists on Hollywood Boulevard was arrested. There was a call to police about a man dressed as the web slinger had hit a tourists in the face and arm. The police showed up and found 4 people dressed as web head. They found the assailant, but the tourist didn’t want to press charges, instead the man had outstanding warrants and was taken into custody.
The Spider-Man movies are in no way related or effected by this.
Source: L.A. Times
Black Cat is straying from her comic book story for the upcoming Spider-Man 4.
Reports from Hey You Guys is saying that instead of trying to get her father out of prison, she is the daughter of the new editor at The Daily Bugle. She falls in love with Peter Parker, and discovers his super hero identity. Her father then dies, and she becomes a threat to Parker.
Doesn’t seem to be sticking true to her thief story roots. But when has a super hero movie stayed to the original story exactly?
Source: Hey You Guys
Virginia is getting its first 2-day comic convention in 25 years. VA Comic Con is coming to Richmond November 21-22. I thought we had some writers here from Richmond that would have told you about this sooner, but I’m still the only one writing here…
I doubt many of you have heard of these guys. Cort and Fatboy once hosted “The Cort and Fatboy” show on KUFO out of Portland, Oregon. You might be saying to yourself, “Wait, Nick is from Roanoke, VA. How does he know about this?!” A friend of mine on Xbox Live told me about them and I’ve been listening to them for a while.
Recently Cort and Fats had been fired from their spot on KUFO due to new owners and the owners screwing everything up. The community freaked out, without their afternoon radio hosts, daytime entertainment would suck!
Well the guys are back, and they have their own show on their website. They provide a daily podcast for your listening pleasure. They focus mainly on pop culture and current events. So if you need a good laugh, or just want to hear some smart mouthed snark, check them out.
Alan Moore is set to write the lyrics for Gorillaz next major project. This project is a follow up to 2007’s Monkey: Journey to the West. As for content, nothing is said yet. Fans of Gorillaz, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett work should be excited for the project.
If Gorillaz make a movie out of this, expect Moore to get pissed and immediately hate it.
Source: Guardian
Mania is reporting that Rachel McAdams has auditioned for Felicia Hardy in Spider-Man 4. Felicia Hardy, a.k.a. Black Cat, meets Spidey while being a cat burglar ( silly name, cause you don’t steal cats) to get her father out of prison.
Later on in their story, Black Cat becomes Spidey’s stalker, and they form a relationship. The story in the movie could work the same way, and give Sony another character to do a spin-off with.
No word on if she is confirmed for the role, or if anyone else has beat her to it.
Mania is also reporting that casting for a male villain for the movie is happening as well. No one knows who this will be yet, considering Spider-Man punches lots of bad dudes in the face.
Source: Mania
For those that don’t know, Shel Dorf founded Comic-Con. He was the brains behind it all. Mr. Dorf, pictured to the left looking classy, passed away November 4, 2009. He was 76 years old, and was undergoing treatments for diabetes through the past year.
Source: Reuters
Don’t worry, you’re getting a second chance! Now I know the game is retail right now, so beta doesn’t apply to this. Instead, it’s a free weekend to give Champs a try! This Halloween weekend everyone can play for free. The offer only lasts from 10:00 a.m.October 30th to 10:00 a.m. November 2nd, pacific time.
Also, the weekend event includes the Champions: Online Halloween activities, complete with a zombie invasion…cause you can never have too many of those…
Jump over to the Champions site and sign up and download the client.
No, this has nothing to do with me being jumped by Ninja Turtles or by people dressed as them. Viacom has bought the rights to a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CGI cartoon. Viacom is the owner of Nickelodeon, and the new home of the next Turtles toon.
Bryan Singer, pictured above about to be punched in the head by Wolverine…I hope, wants to come back to the X-Men movie series. Singer directed the first and second mutant movies, but left to direct Superman Returns. Fans may have mixed feelings about this, since the third movie was left in the hands of Brett Ratner…
So Venom is getting his own spin-off movie. Yes, I know, fairly old news but now we know a little bit more about him. They are turning him into an anti-hero. Spoilers for Spider-Man 3 ahead.
Sam Raimi sat down with MTV to talk about Spider-Man 4. He revealed some interesting info, confirming when filming will start and when the official release date is.
Don’t expect any new Superman movies in the near future. Warner Bros. has come out and said they have no plans for a new Supes movie.
