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Archie Vs. Predator By Alex De Campi And Fernando Ruiz From Dark Horse Comics - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News

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Heh.

On a semi-related note, I just picked up the Afterlife With Archie trade. Been hearing some really good things about it, and it's got Francesco Francavilla art, so it's going to be worth the money even if the story isn't that great.

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Makes me kind of curious about this Predator book.
 
NYCC 2014: Crossed Dead On Arrival Will Be Written And Directed By Garth Ennis In Video Webisodes With Webcomic, And A Feature Film Goal - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News

William Christensen announced at NYCC on Saturday night that the Garth Ennis created webcomic coming October 30th entitled Dead on Arrival will also be part of a series of filmed live action webisodes directed by Ennis.

As the funds start coming in, pieces will be put together on professional budgets for large-scale scenes and special effects teams. There will be an ongoing multi-month fundraiser, Christensen said. Unlike Kickstarter, there won’t be a limiting goal to reach before moving forward. It’ll take some time, he said, and their initial goal is $100,000 for Season One. They are hoping to surpass the goal and put the extra money into higher production quality. They want to develop 3 or 4 seasons of webisodes that then move into a Feature Film. Ennis reportedly already has the Feature Film script written for Crossed. PR will be forthcoming about these plans.
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Innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
 
Greg Berlanti Developing Archie TV Series for Fox Called Riverdale

According to THR, Riverdale will highlight the Archie, Betty, Veronica love triangle, but also feature familiar supporting characters like Reggie Mantle, Jughead Jones and Kevin Keller as well as Josie and the Pussycats. During the course of the show, the main trio will “explore the surrealistic twists of small-town life, in addition to the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome fa?ade.” I haven’t read Archie since I was a kid at sleepaway camp, but I’m pretty sure the source material didn’t have a dark, surreal quality to it.

Archie Comics Chief Creative Office Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is on board to pen the script. Here’s what he had to say about the project:

“This is something we’ve been working on for awhile now, figuring out the best way to bring these characters to life for what will be, essentially, the first time. The entire team working on Riverdale is as passionate about Archie as Jon and I are, so it feels like the stars have finally aligned for Archie and the rest of the gang.”

Archie Comics publisher/co-CEO Jon Goldwater also added:

“This is a historic moment for Archie Comics, and we couldn’t be happier to partner with Fox, Warner Bros. and Greg Berlanti to bring our characters to television. Greg and Roberto are experts when it comes to making great, compelling television and bringing beloved comic book creations to life on the screen. They’re the perfect team to welcome viewers to Riverdale.”
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They already did a live version of the Riverdale gang and it was depressing because of course it was.



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John Constantine: Examining the DC Comics’ character’s history and uncertain future.

Great rundown of the character's life to this point, with quotes from a lot of past writers. And some less than kind words about his current incarnation.

If Moore’s John Constantine had been built on hints and shrewd withholding of information, Delano’s was built on an abrupt shift to rich and detailed mythmaking. His 40 issues on the series were those rare outbursts of creativity in a monthly comic, in which nearly every issue introduced a character or plot development that became fundamental for subsequent writers and readers of the character (in this respect, its closest analogue might be Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s run on Uncanny X-Men from a decade prior).
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So true.

“When [New 52 Constantine] became the only incarnation of this character, he just becomes some British geezer that does some magic,” Milligan said.

He’s not alone in his disappointment. “They’ve taken the character and put him in a place that’s Constantine-lite,” said Karen Berger, who left DC last year. “As far as I’m concerned, he’s not the real Constantine.”
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